15th Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| Wm. J. Palmer | Colonel | November 30, 1861 | Promoted from Captain Anderson Troop, September 8, 1862; prisoner from September 19, 1862 to January 15, 1863; Bevet Brigadier General, November 6, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| William Spencer | Lt. Colonel | November 30, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lieut. Anderson Troop, October 1, 1862; resigned February 6, 1863 |
| Chas. B. Lamborn | Lt. Colonel | June 4, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, 30th Regiment P. V., February 17, 1863; resigned February 1, 1865 |
| Charles M. Betts | Lt. Colonel | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Company F to Major, May 11, 1864; to Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| A. G. Rosengarten | Major | November 30, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant Anderson Troop, November 13, 1862; killed at Stone River, Tenn., December 29, 1863 |
| Frank B. Ward | Major | November 30, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company B, October 10, 1862; died January 4, 1863, of wounds received at Stone River, Tenn., December 29, 1862; buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa. |
| William Wagner | Major | October 23, 1862 | Promoted from Captain, Company B, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Abra'm B. Garner | Major | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Captain, Company K, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Jas. Blackstone, Jr. | Adjutant | November 30, 1861 | Promoted from Private, Anderson Troop, October 10, 1862; resigned February 27, 1863; re-mustered March 1, 1863; promoted to Captain Company E, March 14, 1863 |
| William F. Colton | Adjutant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Major, March 14, 1863; to Captain, Company A, May 11, 1864 |
| Charles E. Scheide | Adjutant | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company L, June 30, 1864; to Captain, Company K, March 13, 1865 |
| Josiah C. Reiff | Adjutant | August 22, 186 | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company H, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| George S. Fobes | Quarter Master | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Private, Company B to Commissary Subsistance, October 1, 1862; to Quarter Master, March 1, 1863; resigned July 29, 1864 |
| John W. Johnston | Quarter Master | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal, Company E, November 4, 1864; absent, on detached service, at muster out |
| Chas. S. Hinchman | Commissary Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Regimental Comissary Sergeant, March 1, 1863; absent, on detached service, at muster out |
| Jos. W. Alexander | Surgeon | October 20, 1862 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| George F. Mish | Assistant Surgeon | October 4, 1862 | Prisoner from December 29, 1862. to February, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Eli J. Say | Assistant Surgeon | April 7, 1863 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| J. B. M'Glumphey | Veterinary Surgeon | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Company D, July 22, 1864; mustered out with Regiment. June 21, 1865 |
| W. Wallace Borst | Sergeant Major | September 6, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Serg't Company B, March 15, 1865; Comissioned 2d Lt., Company M, May 29, 1865, and 1st Lt., Company A, June 21, 1865; not mustered; mustered out with Company, June 21, 1865 |
| Wm. H.Wayne, Jr. | Sergeant Major | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company B, March 14, 1863; died at Philadelphia, Pa., April 12, 1863 |
| Washington Airey | Sergeant Major | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Company C, November 1, 1862; to Captain, Company L, March 1, 1863 |
| Edward Sellers | Sergeant Major | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, March 1, 1863; to Captain, Company H, May 8, 1863 |
| Samuel Phillips | Sergeant Major | October 3, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company H, May 8, 1863; to 2d Lieutenant, Company G, July 22, 1864 |
| John F. Conaway | Sergeant Major | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant Company I, January 21, 1865; to 1st Lieutenant Company B, March 13, 1865 |
| Wilfred H. Keely | Quarter Master Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, Company G, July 17, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Albert B. Fobes | Quarter Master Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from private Company B, November 1, 1862; transferred to Company A, March 1, 1863 |
| Abner Evans | Commissary Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, Company M, July 9, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| William M. Fields | Commissary Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Corporal, Company D, March 1, 1863; to 1st Lieutenant Company ti, M;ay 8, 1863 |
| Abner Evans | Commissary Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, Company M, July 9, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Harry Walters | Commissary Sergeant | October 10, 1862 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, Company B, May 8, 1863; transferred to Company B, July 16, 1863 |
| Wm. A. Palmer | Commissary Sergeant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, Company L, May 8, 1863;transferred to Company L, November 14, 1863 |
| George H. Kline | Saddler | October 10, 1862 | Promoted from Saddler Company G, August 16, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1885 |
| William M'Gee | Saddler | August 30, 1862 | Promoted from Saddler Company K, March 1, 1863; discharged for promotion, August 15, l863 |
| Charles P. Sellers | Hospital Steward | August 22, 1862 | Promotod from Private, Company H, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| William G. Stewart | Hospital Steward | October 10, 1862 | Promoted from Private, Comlpany I, February 11, 1863Inustered out with reginient, June 21. 1865 |
| James L. Anderson | Hospital Steward | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Private, Company I; discharged on Surgon's Certificate, January 25, 1863 |
| Lyman S. Strickler | Chief Bugler | August 22, 1862 | Promotod from bugler, Company D, November 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 21, 1865 |
| Henry Le Caron | Chief Bugler | August 30, 1862 | Promoted from Bugler, Company A, November 1, 1863; to 2d Lt., 13th Regiment U. S. Colored Troops, September 13, 1864; to 1st Lt., March 24, 1865; mustered out January 10, 1866 |
| Wm. M. Murdock | Chief Bugler | October 3, 1862 | Promotod from bugler, March 1, 1863; transferred to Company K, November 1, 1863 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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