187th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

John E. Parsons Colonel August 30, 1862 Promoted from Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Vols. to Lt. Col., January 31, 1865; to Col., May 12, 1865; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Joseph F. Ramsey Lt. Colonel June 22, 1863 Discharged September 29, 1864
Joseph A. Ege Lt. Colonel February 26, 1864 Promoted from Captain, Company D, June 19, 1865; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
George W. Merrick Major March 18, 1864 Promoted from Captain, Company A, May 12, 1864; discharged September 26, 1864 for wounds, with loss of leg, received at Petersburg, Va., Jun 18, 1864
David Z. Seipe Major January 27, 1864 Promoted from Captain, Company B, Jun 24, 1865; mustered out with regiment August 3, 1865
Thomas E. Little Adjutant July 9, 1863 Promoted to Captain, Company I, May 11, 1864
Jerome W. Henry Adjutant May 12, 1864 Mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Matthew H. McCall Quarter Master January 27, 1864 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company B, March 18, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
James P. Wilson Surgeon April 14, 1864 Died at harrisburg, Pa., July 5, 1864
John C. Fruit Surgeon July 19, 1864 Mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Joshua R. Hayes Assistant Surgeon July 24, 1863 Discharged by Special Order, September 23, 1864
W. W. Webb Assistant Surgeon April 15, 1864 Discharged by Special Order, October 5, 1864
Theodore Jacobs Assistant Surgeon October 27, 1864 Mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
James T. Mahon Assistant Surgeon January 4, 1865 Mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
William E. Zinn Sergeant Major February 10, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company D, May 1, 1864; promoted to 2nd Lt., Company I, March 29, 1865
Douglass H. Jay Sergeant Major April 7, 1864 Promoted from Private, Company G, May 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Frank Smith Quarter Master Sergeant May 7, 1864 Promoted from Private, Company H, May 11, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Henry M. Wilson Commissary Sergeant January 26, 1864 Promoted from Private, Company B; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
George W. Kennedy Hospital Steward January 5, 1864 Promoted from Sergeant, Company E; mustered out with regiment, August 3, 1865
Philip W. Richards Principal Musician January 15, 1864 Transferred to Company E, January 1, 1865

Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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