45th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks

Thomas Welsh Colonel July 22, 1861
3
Promoted to Brigadier General, March 1, 1863; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, August 14, 1863
John I. Curtin Colonel August 16, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company A to Major, July 30, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, September 4, 1862; to Colonel, April 13, 1863; brevet Brigadier General, October 12, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
James A. Beaver Lt. Colonel July 22, 1861
3
Promoted to Colonel 148th Regiment P. V., September 4, 1862
Francis M. Hill Lt. Colonel October 18, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company I to Lt. Colonel, March 1, 1863; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, August, 1864
Theodore Gregg Lt. Colonel October 27, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company F to Lieut. Colonel, September 23, 1864; to brevet Colonel, July 30, 1864; prisoner from September 30, 1864, to February, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
John M. Kilbourne Major July 27, 1861
3
Resigned July 30, 1862
Edward A. Kelsey Major October 12, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company K to Major, July 1, 1863; died June 24, 1864, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864
John F. Trout Major September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company C to Major, March 31, 1865; prisoner from September 30, 1864, to March, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Calvin S. Budding Adjutant September 9, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt. Company K to 1st Lt. and Adjutant, March 26, 1862; mustered out, October 20, 1864, expiration of term
Decatur Dickinson Adjutant September 29, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Major to 1st Lt. and Adjutant, November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
John M'Clure Quarter Master October 18, 1861
3
Dismissed September 24, 1864
William Pfaller Quarter Master August 10, 1862
3
Promoted from private Company B to 1st Lt. and Quarter Master, November 22, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
George L. Potter Surgeon October 12, 1861
3
Resigned August 1, 1862
Theo. S. Christ Surgeon October 12, 1861
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, August 4, 1862; mustered out, October 20, 1864; expiration of term
Francis Barker Davison Surgeon August 12, 1864
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon 59th Regiment P. V. to Surgeon, May 27, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Charles Styer Assistant Surgeon August 1, 1862
3
Promoted to Surgeon U. S. Vol., January 12, 1863
Robt. R. Wiestling Assistant Surgeon August 13, 1862
3
Resigned February 22, 1863
W. S. Youndt Assistant Surgeon February 23, 1863
3
Resigned May 18, 1865
John K. Maxwell Assistant Surgeon March 3, 1863
3
Resigned August 27, 1864
C. Edward Iddings Assistant Surgeon January 25, 1865
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Wm. J. Gibson Chaplain October 1, 1861
3
Resigned January 1, 1864
Frederick A. Gast Chaplain May 17, 1865
3
Mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
Harvey H. Benner Sergeant Major September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergt. Company B to Sergeant Major, November 1, 1861; to 2d Lieut. Company B, July 7, 1863
William H. Childs Sergeant Major September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company B to Sergeant Major, January 1, 1864; killed in action before Petersburg, June 22, 1864; Vet
John M. Kline Sergeant Major August 16, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company B to Sergt. Major, June 22, 1864; to 1st Lt. Company B, September 7, 1864
Jacob Meese Sergeant Major August 16, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company A to Sergeant Major, December 22, 1864; to 2d Lt. Company F, January 31, 1865; Vet
H. S. Thompson Sergeant Major September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal Company E to Sergeant Major, February 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
Amos Mullen Quarter Master Sergeant August 9, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company K, October 21, 1861; prisoner from December 14, 1863, to November 19, 1864; mustered out, October 20, 1864; expiration of term
James H. Musser Quarter Master Sergeant October 18, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company C, January 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
Jacob S. Roath Commissary Sergeant September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Company B, November 1, 1861;to 1st Lieutenant Company B, May 21, 1865; Vet
Charles Cook Commissary Sergeant August 16, 1861
3
Promoted from Corporal, Company A, May 21, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet
W. G. Hunter Hopital Steward November 9, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company A, November 26, 1861; not on muster-out roll
James A. Myers Commissary Sergeant August 13, 1862
3
Promoted from private Company B, September 22, 1862; discharged May 26, 1865
H. D. Demming Commissary Sergeant February 25, 1864
3
Promoted from private, Company G, May 26, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865
George Dyer Principal Musician September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company B, October 21, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, December 18, 1862
Abram Girod Principal Musician September 2, 1861
3
Promoted from Musician. Company B, March 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 17, 1865; Vet

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

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