26th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

William F. Small Colonel June 1, 1861
3
Wounded at Williamsburg; discharged June 30, 1862
Benj. C. Tilghman Colonel May 29, 1861
3
Wounded at Chancellorsville; discharged July 26, 1863, to accept Colonelcy of 3d U. S. Colored Troop; Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865
Rush Van Dyke Lt. Colonel June 1, 1861
3
Discharged April 10, 1862
Robert L. Bodine Lt. Colonel June 1, 1861
3
Promoted from priv. to Commissary Sergeant, June 4, 1861; to 2d Lt. Company K, August 21, 1861; to Captain, January 14, 1862; to Major, July 15, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, October 12, 1863; to Colonel, February 20, 1864; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 14, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Casper M. Berry Major June 11, 1861
3
Discharged July 7, 1862
Sam'l G. Moffltt Major May 27, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company A, to Major, November 12, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Joseph Dickinson Adjutant June 1, 1861
3
Transferred to Staff of General Hooker, August, 1861
Peter P. G. Hall Adjutant June 1, 1861
3
Discharged by Special Order, February 16, 1863
John S. Riehl Adjutant June 1, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company D, to Adjutant, February 10,1863; wounded at Mine Run, November 27, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
John Adler Quarter Master May 31, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt. Company I, May 31, 1861; died July 31, 1862
Geo. W. Dickinson Quarter Master May 30, 1861
3
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company I, to R. Quarter Master, August 1, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
St. Jno. W. Mentzer Surgeon June 1, 1861
3
Promoted to Assistant Surgeon U. S, Volunteers, March 25, 1863
Solomon S. Shultz Surgeon August, 1863
3
Resigned September 18, 1863; appointed Assistant Surgeon U. S. Volunteers
Lewis R. Kirk Surgeon November 3, 1862
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon 112th Regiment P. V., November 3, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1865
Samuel Hopkins Assistant Surgeon June 1, 1861
3
Discharged, 1861
Jules B. Cohen Assistant Surgeon June 1, 1861
3
Discharged, 1861
T. W. Alexander Assistant Surgeon February, 1862
3
Promoted to Surgeon 160th Regiment P. V., October 20, 1862
David Newcomer Assistant Surgeon June 21, 1862
3
Resigned August, 1862
T. A. F. Magnin Assistant Surgeon July 20, 1862
3
Resigned December 29, 1862
Isaiah P. Dewling Assistant Surgeon July 20, 1862
3
Discharged November 19, 1863
H. S. Gross Assistant Surgeon August 15, 1862
3
Resigned October 17, 1863
William Craig Assistant Surgeon Apromoted 1, 1863
3
Mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Charles A. Beck Chaplain June 1, 1861
3
Resigned July 12, 1862; re-commissioned September 15, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Robert E. Parker Sergeant Major May 27, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant of Company A, August 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 1, 1864
John W.Woodward Sergeant Major May 27, 1861
3
Promoted to 1st Lieut. Company I, January 1, 1863
Sam'l G. Wregner Sergeant Major May 27, 1861
3
Died of wounds received at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Chas. W. Vanzant Commissary Sergeant May 28, 1861
3
Promoted from private of Company A, December 1, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Wm. Sonerbier Quarter Master Sergeant May 28, 1861
3
Transferred to 99th Regiment P. V., May 30, 1864; Vet
Jacob C. Hamilton Quarter Master Sergeant May 30, 1861
3
Promoted to 2d Lieut. Company I, June 1, 1863
Charles Gass Hospital Steward May 28, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company E, March 8, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Luther Gerhard Hospital Steward May 27, 1861
3
Promoted Hospital Steward, United States Army, February 16, 1863
Charles G. Marshall Musician May 27, 1861
3
Promoted Principal Musician September 30, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, June 18, 1864
Joseph Steiner Musician May 27, 1861
3
Transferred to 99th Regiment P. V., May 30, 1864; Vet

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

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