6th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| Richard H. Rush | Colonel | August 27, 1861 | Resigned September 29, 1863; buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelpia |
| Charles L. Leiper | Colonel | September 7, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company L, to Major, September 1, 1864; to Lt., Colonel, February 1, 1865; to Colonel, March 20, 1865; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| John H. M'Arthur | Lt. Colonel | September 11, 1861 | Transferred to 5th Regiment U.S. Cavalry, February 3, 1862 |
| C. Ross Smith | Lt. Colonel | October 1, 1861 | Promoted from Major to Lt., Colonel, March 29, 1862; commissioned Colonel September 30, 1863, not mustered; promoted to Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out, September 19, 1864, expiration of term |
| Albert P. Morrow | Lt. Colonel | September 9, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company C, to Major, February 10, 1865; to Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; to Lt., Colonel, March 20, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Robert Morris, Jr. | Major | October 31, 1861 | Captured June 9, 1863; died at Richmond, Va., August 13, 1863; buried in Oakwood Cemetery |
| John H. Gardiner | Major | September 3, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company B, November 20, 1862; resigned February 5, 1863 |
| George E. Clymer | Major | August 8, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company G, March 29, 1862; resigned February 5, 1863 |
| Henry C. Whelan | Major | September 10, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company C, March 1, 1863; commissioned Lt., Colonel, September 20, 1863, not mustered; died at Philadelphia, March 2, 1864 |
| J. Henry Hazeltine | Major | September 18, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company E, March 1, 1863; discharged November 12, 1863 |
| William P. C. Treichel | Major | August 24, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company A, January 11, 1864; discharged July 14, 1864 |
| James Starr | Major | October 14, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company I to Major, March 2, 1864; wounded at Wilderness, Va., May 7, 1864; promoted to Brevet Lt., Colonel and Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out October 14, 1864, expiration of term |
| Abraham D. Price | Major | September 26, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company I, March 22, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Charles B. Coxe | Major | November 20, 1862 | Promoted from Captain, Company L, March 22, 1865; discharged June 17, 1865 |
| Bernard H. Herkness | Major | September 4, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company H, March 22, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Frederick C. Newhall | Adjutant | August 27, 1861 | Promoted to Captain, Company K, March 27, 1862; buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelpia |
| W. W. Frazier, Jr. | Adjutant | September 3, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company B, to Adjutant, March 27, 1862; to Captain, Company B, April 11, 1864 |
| Rudulph Ellis | Adjutant | November 20, 1862 | Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, 1863; promoted to Captain, Company B, November 20, 1862 |
| Stephen W. Martin | Adjutant | August 31, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company M, April 30, 1864; killed at Old Church, Va., May 30, 1864 |
| Andrew L. Lanigan | Adjutant | August 22, 1862 | Promoted from Sergeant Major to Adjutant, May 31, 1864; wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., July 28, 1864; promoted to Captain, Company F, March 22, 1865 |
| William R. Wright | Adjutant | December 17, 1864 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company L to Adjutant, March 22, 1865; to Captain, Company B, March 27, 1865 |
| Charles A. Newhall | Adjutant | May 1, 1865 | Transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Thomas E. Maley | Quarter Master | September 12, 1861 | Discharged April 14, 1862 |
| Theodore M. Sage | Quarter Master | August 30, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company F, June 20, 1863; killed by guerrillas near Elk Run, Va., November 4, 1863 |
| Richard M. Sheppard | Quarter Master | August 24, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company H. to Quarter Master, March 19, 1864; to Captain, Company M, March 1, 1865 |
| James W. M'Ihenny | Quarter Master | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company H to Quarter Master, March 20, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 | |
| J. Newton Dickson | Commissary of Subsistence | October 4, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company A, to Commissary of Subsistence, April 8, 1862; to Captain, Company C, March 1, 1863 |
| Henry Winsor, Jr. | Commissary of Subsistence | October 14, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company H, to Commissary of Subsistence, March 1, 1863; to Captain, Company G, August 10, 1863 |
| William Kirk | Commissary of Subsistence | October 1, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company B, September 1, 1863; died June 28, 1864 of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., on May 7, 1864 |
| Edward Whiteford | Commissary of Subsistence | May 28, 1863 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company H to Commissary, December 16, 1864; to Captain, Company G, February 10, 1865 |
| Charles White | Commissary of Subsistence | December 9, 1861 | Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, February 10, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| William Moss | Surgeon | September 13, 1861 | Resigned October 10, 1862 |
| John B. Coover | Surgeon | December 10, 1862 | Killed by guerrillas near Halltown, Va., on September 27, 1864 |
| Daniel D. Swift | Surgeon | June 30, 1864 | Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, March 21, 1865; transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Charles M. Ellis | Assistant Surgeon | September 21, 1861 | Resigned January 18, 1863 |
| G. A. Prieson | Assistant Surgeon | August 1, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, October 10, 1862 |
| Thomas L. Morrison | Assistant Surgeon | January 31, 1863 | Resigned June 30, 1863 |
| George S. Engler | Assistant Surgeon | March 26, 1863 | Resigned June 25, 1864 |
| William B. Henderson | Assistant Surgeon | March 27, 1865 | Discharged June 17, 1865 |
| Joseph J. Yocum | Assistant Surgeon | April 8, 1865 | Transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| J. D. Turner | Chaplain | September 6, 1861 | Discharged October 12, 1861 |
| Washington B. Erben | Chaplain | October 31, 1861 | Resigned July 19, 1862 |
| Samuel L. Gracey | Chaplain | November 20, 1861 | Transferred to 2d Provisional Cavalry, June 17, 1865 |
| Arthur E. Murphy | Sergeant Major | August 24, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant Company A, to Sergeant Major to 1st Lt., Company A, March 1, 1864 |
| James M. Hadley | Quarter Master Sergeant | October 2, 1861 | Promoted from Corporal Company F, January 1863; discharged October 2, 1864, expiration of term |
| E. A. Van Trump | Hospital Steward | September 27, 1861 | Discharged, date unknown |
| Joseph Nosher | Chief Bugler | October 17, 1861 | Not accounted for |
| John C. Reynolds | Chief Bugler | October 17, 1861 | Not accounted for |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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