13th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

James A. Galligher Colonel December 20, 1861 Discharged October 6, 1863
Michael Kerwin Colonel October 27, 1862 Discharged January 7, 1863
Peter C. Shannon Lt. Colonel April 16, 1862 Promoted from Captain Co. B to Major October 22, 1862; to Colonel, July 15, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Garrick Mallery, Jr. Lt. Colonel February 17, 1863 Discharged July 15, 1864
Jacob H. Dewees Lt. Colonel May 2, 1862 Promoted from Captain Co. A, to Major, November 14, 1863; to Lt. Col., May 1, 1865; prisoner from June 24, 1864, to March 3, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Henry A. White Major June 23, 1862 Captured at Winchester, Va., June 15,1863; discharged August 27, 1863
Martin J. Byrne Major September 27, 1862 Wounded at Fisher's Hill, Va., February 26, 1863; discharged August 27, 1863
George F. M'Cabe Major August 29, 1863 Promoted from 1st Lt. company B, October 15, 1863; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Timothy A. Byrnes Major October 11,1862 Promoted from Captain company I, December 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
George R. Maguire Adjutant August 30, 1862 Promoted to Captain company E, June 5, 1865
Philip H. Galligher Quarter Master August 4, 1862 Discharged November 9, 1864
Anthony Wise Quarter Master September 8,1862 Promoted from Q. M. Sergeant, Jan. 25, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
John L. Burke Commissary S. November 15, 1861 Promoted from Q. M. Sergeant, October 31, 1862; discharged January 3, 1865
Daniel A. Callahan Commissary S. October 29, 1862 Promoted from private company L, March 29,1865; to Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; -mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Geo. B. Lummis Surgeon September 12,1862 Captured at Jefferson, Va., October 13, 1863; discharged November 1, 1864
William F. Osborn Surgeon January 7, 1865 Mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
John C. Stanton Assistant Surgeon September 12,1862 Discharged May 26, 1865
Charles W. Moore Assistant Surgeon March 31,1863 Discharged September 14, 1864
Nathan J. Nyce Assistant Surgeon April 5, 1865 Mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
James Gombitelle Chaplin December 17, 1862 Discharged June 2, 1863
John A. Turner Sergeant Major August 25, 1862 Prisoner from February 26, to May 7, 1863; Promoted from private Co. L, March 23, 1865; commissioned 2d Lt. Co. M, February 13, 1865; not mustered; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Edward O'Shea Sergeant Major October 1, 1861 Promoted to 1st Lt. company L, November 4, 1862
William O'Conner Sergeant Major February 10, 1862 Promoted to 2d Lt. company L, January 18, 1863
Oliver W. Longan Sergeant Major September 4, 1862 Captured at Winchester, Va., June 15, 1863; discharged by special order, February 20, 1864
Curtis A. Eldridge Sergeant Major September 4, 1862 Promoted to 2d Lt. company B, December 2, 1864
John Hatfield Veterinary Surgeon March 3, 1863 Discharged by special order, dated August 29, 1864
David W. Farroe Hospital Steward July 20, 1862 Promoted from private company D, September 1,1862; prisoner from June 15, to September 26, 1863; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
David A. Cochran Hospital Steward September 4, 1862 Promoted from private company G, October 10, 1863; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Joseph Hoyt Hospital Steward May 19, 1862 Transferred to U. S. Army, August 7, 1863
David Ford Quarter Master Sergeant August 21,1862 Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant company I, February 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Robert M'Elhinny Commissary Sergeant August 23,1862 Promoted from Corporal company F, December 16,1864; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
S. A. Sollenberger Commissary Sergeant August 23,1862 Promoted to 1st Lt. company K December 13, 1864
Jacob Dumpire Bugler May 18, 1862 Promoted from Bugler company A, January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
Dominic Murphy Bugler November 9, 1861 Discharged November 9, 1864, expiration of term
George H. M'Leary Saddling Sergeant February 27, 1864 Promoted from private company D, March 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 14, 1865
James W. Stevens Saddling Sergeant January 2, 1862 Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 22, 1864
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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