2d Regiment Cavalry/59th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Field and Staff Officers

2d Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers^*

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Term/ Years	Remarks
R. Butler Pricer	Colonel	September 7, 1861	3	Promoted to brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; discharged January 31, 1865
Wm. W. Sanders	Colonel	March 26, 1865	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865; regular U. S. Army officer
Joseph P. Brinton	Lt. Colonel	October 28, 1861	3	Promoted from Major to Lt. Col., March 1, 1862; to brevet Colonel, August 1, 1864; discharged February 28, 1865
Joseph Steele	Lt. Colonel	September 16, 1862	3	Promoted from Captain, Company M, to Major, May 1, 1863; to Lieut. Colonel, April 4, 1865; mustered out, June 23, 1865
Charles F. Taggart	Major	November 18, 1861	3	Died at Warrenton, Va., October 24, 1863, of wounds received in action, October 22, 1863
Jos. Archambault	Major	September 10, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain, Company A, May 19, 1862; resigned May, 1863
P. Benner Wilson	Major	August 18, 1861	3	Promoted from Captain, Company F, October 28, 1862; transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Robert M. Brinton	Major	October 17, 1861	3	Promoted from Captain, Company H, April 19, 1865; to brevet Lt. Colonel, April 1, 1865;transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Benj. Chambers	Adjutant	December 5, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company A, June 10, 1862
Charles Chauncey	Adjutant	November 8, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company K, April 1, 1862
Albert V. Sloan	Adjutant	September 14, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company G, September 29, 1862
Albert C. Walker	Adjutant	November 20, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company M, May 1, 1863
James C. Reed	Adjutant		3	Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company K, January 1, 1863; discharged January 28, 1865
Samuel Rumford	Adjutant	October 18, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant Company A, February 27, 1865; discharged June 17, 1865; Vet
Chas. Middleton	Adjutant	June 10, 1862	3	Discharged September 24, 1862
John A. Ellison	Quarter Master	September 14, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain, and Assistant Quarter Master, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1863
Louis M. Chasteau	Quarter Master		3	Promoted from 2d Lt., Company E, June 1, 1863; mustered out, October 16, 1864; expiration of term.
Benjamin Jones	Quarter Master		3	Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, November 25, 1864; transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Joseph W. Gibson	Commissary of Subsistance		3	Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, November 25, 1864; transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Wm. H. Taggart	Surgeon	October 12, 1861	3	Resigned September 21, 1862
Wm. M. Weidman	Surgeon	October 15, 1861	3	Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, October 1, 1862; mustered out, October 31, 1864; expiration of term
Edward Donnelly	Surgeon	November 29, 1864	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
James J. Straum	Assistant Surgeon	October 2, 1862	3	Discharged July 4, 1864
Philip S. P. Walter	Assistant Surgeon	February 18, 1863	3	Discharged December 30, 1863
F. B. Davidson	Assistant Surgeon	August 18, 1864	3	Promoted to Surgeon 45th Regiment P. V., May 27, 1865
Samuel R. Nissley	Assistant Surgeon	April 18, 1865	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Solomon Penrod	Veterinary Surgeon	August 18, 1864	3	Promoted from Saddler Sergeant, December 27, 1864; transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865; Vet
R. S. Caldwell	Sergeant Major	October 1, 1861	3	Discharged Novernmber 3, 1862
John T. Prall	Sergeant Major	October 13, 1861	3	Promoted to Captain Company A, January 13, 1865; Vet
Domin'k Gallagher	Sergeant Major	October 1, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant Company M, January 30, 1865; discharged June 17, 1865
James M. Lynch	Quarter Master Sergeant	August 23, 1861	3	Promoted from private Company B to Quarter Master Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant Company B, October 23, 1862
John Merryman	Quarter Master Sergeant	February 24, 1864	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865
Jacob H. Martin	Quarter Master Sergeant	August 23, 1861	3	Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Company K, February 27, 1864
William C. Frew	Quarter Master Sergeant	October 17, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant Company D to Quarter Master Sergeant to Captain Company G, February 27, 1865; Vet
Henry Yohrans	Commissary Sergeant	December 20, 1861	3	Promoted from Corporal, Company H; discharged June 28, 1865; Vet
Frank J. Walton	Hospital Steward	February 20, 1864	3	Discharged by General Order, June 28, 1865
A. B. Porter	Hospital Steward	December 26, 1863	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865; Vet
Aaron K. Seip	Hospital Steward	October 14, 1861	3	Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Company H, June 17, 1864; Vet
S. L. C. Stect	Chief Bugler	December 17, 1863	3	Transferred to 1st Provisional Cav'y, June 17, 1865
Jas. K. Leighton	Saddler	November 9, 1861	3	Promoted from Saddler Company F, date unknown; transferred to 1st Provisional Cav'y, June 17, 1865; Vet

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^*Bates' Note: There are no muster-out rolls of this regiment in the Adjutant General's office of the State, therefore the record of a large number of both officers and men are incomplete, and some, perhaps, entirely wanting.

Source:
Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

Official Army Register of the Volunteer Forces, U. S. Army, Part III: Pa., Del., Md., D. C., Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C., August 31, 1865.

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