3rd Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

William H. Young Colonel 1861
3
Resigned October 31, 1861
Wm. W. Averell Colonel October 12, 1861
3
Promoted to Brig. General, September 26, 1862; to brevet Major General U. S. A., August 7, 1864; to brevet Brig. General and brevet Major General U. S. A., March 13, 1685
John Battalion M'Intosh Colonel November 15, 1862
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. 5th reg. U. S. Cavalry to Colonel, November 15, 1862; to Brig. General, July 21, 1864
Samuel W. Owen Lt. Colonel August 19, 1861
3
Resigned October 25, 1862
Edward S. Jones Lt. Colonel August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain company C, November 20, 1862; commissioned Colonel, August 16, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Ernest M. Bement Major August 19, 1861
3
Resigned June 10, 1862
H. C. Cooper Major September 16, 1861
3
Resigned November, 1861
J. Claude White Major August 19, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain company L, December 1, 1862; resigned July 15, 1863
0. O. G. Robinson Major August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain company G, December 11, 1862; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
James W. Walsh Major January 1, 1862
3
Promoted from Captain company I to Major, December 4, 1863; to Lieut. Colonel, October 31, 1864; to brevet Colonel, April 9, 1865; transferred to battalion, July 27, 1864; to 65th reg. P. V., May 8, 1865
John F. Seal Adjutant August 17, 1861
3
Mustered out, to date July 29, 1862
Robert Douglass Adjutant July 18, 1861
3
Resigned July 17, 1862
Abel Wright Adjutant December 10, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. company M to Adjutant, September 17, 1862; to Captain company K, May 1, 1863
Harri'n L. Newhall Adjutant October 4, 1862
3
Promoted from 2d Lt. company B, May 1, 1863; discharged by special order, March 19, 1864
J. T. Walton Battalion Adjutant December 20, 1861
3
Resigned July 5, 1862
Robert P. Wilson Battalion Adjutant January 24, 1862
3
Discharged to receive commission in U. S. regular army, October 2, 1862
Philip Pollard Quarter Master October 28, 1861
3
Promoted to Captain and C. S., November 30, 1862
S. P. Boyer Quarter Master August 23, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. company C, May 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Alex'r M. Wright Battalion Quarter Master July 23, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt. Co. K, resigned March 29, 1863
W. RedwoodPrice. Commissary Sergeant August 13, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. company D, to Commissary Sergeant, January 25, 1862; to Captain company C, May 1, 1863
Samuel C. Wagner Commissary Sergeant August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, May 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Thos. H. Ridgely Surgeon August 17, 1861
3
Discharged December 9. 1861, to date November 8, 1861
J. L. Stewart Surgeon November 8, 1861
3
Resigned March 11, 1862
Wm. Battalion Hezlep Surgeon March 12, 1862
3
Mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Thos. H. Ridgely Assistant Surgeon December 4, 1861
3
Resigned September 18, 1862
Thos. H. Sherwood Assistant Surgeon August 17, 1861
3
Promoted to Surgeon 27threg. P.V., April 15, 1864
Henry J. Durant Assistant Surgeon November 26, 1861
3
Promoted from battalion Hospital Steward, March 26, 1863; transferred to battalion, July 27, 1864; to 65th reg. P. V., June 7, 1865
Theodore T. Tate Assistant Surgeon May 29, 1863
3
Resigned August 23, 1864
Moses R. Hunter Chaplin November 29, 1861
3
Resigned November 4, 1863
Joel G. Rammel Chaplin July 23, 1861
3
Pomoted from Sergeant company B, March 20, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Holden Chester Veterinary Surgeon August 23, 1861
3
Promoted from private company L, February 20, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Samuel S. Green Sergeant Major August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company H to Sergeant Major, November 9, 1861; to 2d Lt. company E, June 23, 1862
Guy C. Humphries Sergeant Major August 13, 1861
3
Reduced and transferred to company D, April 11, 1863
Sam'l J. M'Cullough Sergeant Major August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant company H, May 12, 1863; commissioned 2d Lt. company H, October 16, 1863; not mustered; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Wilson P. Dodson Quarter Master Sergeant July 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Co. B to battalion Quarter Master Sergeant, March 18, 1862; to Quarter Master Sergeant, September 1, 1862; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
J. Lee Englebert Batallion Quarter Master Sergeant July 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Commissary Sergeant to battalion Quarter Master Sergeant; to 2d Lt. company E
Jas. H. M'Tiernan Batallion Quarter Master Sergeant August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from battalion Commissary Sergeant; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, date unknown
Thos. H. Sherwood Batallion Quarter Master Sergeant August 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant company C to battalion Quartermaster Sergeant; to 2d Lieut. company L, March 8, 1862
George W. Ewing Commissary Sergeant August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant company G, June 12, 1863; com. 2d Lt. company G July 16, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Ira L. Long Battalion Commissary Sergeant August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company H, November 9, 1861; reduced to Master Sergeant, and transferred to company H, February 1, 1862
Paul Murphy Hospital Steward August 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal company H. March 1, 1863; transferred to battalion, July 27, 1864; Vet
Jacob Tomer, Jr. Hospital Steward April 1, 1863
3
Promoted to Hospital Steward, April 1, 1863; transferred to battalion July 27, 1864; to 65th regiment P. V., June 6, 1865
James M'Elroy Battalion Hospital Steward July 23, 1861
3
Promoted from private company B, November 1, 1861discharged February 15, 1863
George W. Moore Battalion Hospital Steward December 31, 1861
3
Discharged, date unknown
Henry G. Seaman Chief Bugler July 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Bugler company B, November 1, 1861; discharged, date unknown
Edward D. Bryden Chief Bugler August 13, 1861
3
Promoted from Bugler company D, August 27, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
John Keily Sadler July 18, 1861
3
Reduced and transferred to company A, August 8, 1862
John H. Murphy Sadler August 26, 1861
3
Promoted from Saddler company M, August 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment, August 24, 1864
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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