Ringgold Battalion
Regiment
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Roster of Officers
Source: Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the U. S. Army for the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, Part III. Published by order of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with the Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives, Approved March 9, 1865, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, DC, April 31, 1865.
This battalion, composed of five companies, was organized at Washington, Pa., from June 19, 1861 to October 14, 1862, to serve three years. It was consolidated with the Washington and Lafayette Cavalries, February 9, 1864, to form a battalion, which was consolidated with the 2d Pennsylvania Cavalry February 22, 1864.
Captains
Andrew J. Greenfield
George T. Work
Henry H. Young*
James Y. Chesrown*
Henry A. Myers
Andrew J. Barr*
First Lieutenants
John Dabinette
Caleb J. McNulty
Hugh Keyes*
Frank B. Smith
Felix Doyle
James P. Hart
Benjamin W. Denny
Second Lieutenants
George W. Jenkins
Robert C. Welsh
Felix H. Crago
William F. Speer
James Gibson
John Holland
Casualties
Promoted (1)
First Lieut. Henry Anisanset, Septemer 6, 1861
Assigned (1)
Captain Milton W. Mitchner, April 1, 1862
Discharged (1)
Second Lieut. Robert S. H. Keys, February 12, 1863
Died (1)
Captain John Keys, November 10, 1863, of disease,
at Beallsville, Washington County, Pa.
Missing (1)
Second Lieut. James McAlister, since October 31, 1862
Second Lieut. Geo. T. Hammond, September 21, 1863
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*Discharged by reason of consolidation
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