21st Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
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| William H. Boyd | Colonel | July 28, 1863 | Discharged November 4, for wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va, June 3, 1864 |
| Oliver B. Knowles | Colonel | August 7, 1863 | Promoted from Major, January 18, 1864; Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Richard F. Molson | Lt. Colonel | August 26, 1863 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Charles F. Gillies | Major | July 26, 1863 | Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; discharged October 15, 1864; re-commissioned January 31, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Robert Bell | Major | June 23, 1863 | Promoted from Captain company B, April 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Richard Ryckman | Major | June 27, 1863 | Promoted from Captain Company F, November 9, 1864; Brevetted Lt. Colonel, April 5,1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Henry C. Pearson | Adjutant | July 24, 1863 | Promoted from private company H, April 8, 1864; to lst Lieut., Company H, June 27, 1864 |
| Samuel Henry | Adjutant | June 27, 1863 | 1st Lt. Company H, June 27, 1864; commissioned Captain, Company F, May 17, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| George M. Fleming | Quarter Master | August 8, 1863 | Promoted from private company E, March 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Benjamin J. Levy | Commissary of Subsistance | July 27, 1863 | Promoted to Captain and Commissioned Sub. United States Volunteers, April 18, 1865; Brevetted Major; discharged June 29, 1865 |
| William H. King | Surgeon | March 23, 1863 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Elias C. Kitchen | Assistant Surgeon | July 27, 1863 | Promoted to Surgeon 155th Regiment P. V., January 30, 1865 |
| Samuel M. Murphy | Assistant Surgeon | August 20, 1863 | Died at Bald Eagle, Pa., November 16, 1864 |
| Luther L. Rewalt | Assistant Surgeon | February 3, 1865 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Frederick S. Kohler | Assistant Surgeon | March 2, 1865 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Isaiah L Kephart | Chaplain | August 22, 1863 | Discharged by Special Order, May 6, 1865 |
| Henry B. Kendig | Sergeant Major | February 2, 1864 | Promoted from private Company E, March 22,1864; to 2d Lieutenant Company E, June 24. 1864 |
| Henry C. Teeter | Chaplain | June 27, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company F, July 1, 1864; to 2d Lieutenant, Company F, November 10, 1864; Vet |
| William H. Pfoutz | Sergeant Major | July 15, 1863 | Promoted from private, Company E to Regimental Commissary Sergeant, February 4, 1864; to Sergeant Major, November 10, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| William B. Cook | Quarter Master Sergeant | August 1, 1863 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Peter Swisher | Commissary Sergeant | August 1, 1863 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, March 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Thomas A. Graham | Quarter Master Sergeant | July 8, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Sergeaant, Company A, November 10, 1864; transferred to Company A, February 24, 1865 |
| John Kadel | Chief Bugler | July 23, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Thomas M. Kennedy | Hospital Steward | February 23, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Thomas M. Kennedy | Saddler | January 5, 1864 | Promoted from private Company I, March 5, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865; Vet |
| Theodore F. Colby | Saddler | July 15, 1863 | Mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
| Peter Gockley | Veterinary Surgeon | July 15, 1863 | Promoted from private Company E, February 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 8, 1865 |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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