47th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

Tilghman H. Good Colonel September 24, 1861 Mustered out, September 24, 1864, expiration of term
J. P. Shindle Gobin Colonel September 2, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company C to Major, July 24, 1864; to Lieutenant Colonel, November 4, 1864; to Colonel, January 3, 1865; to brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
G. W. Alexander Lt. Colonel September 24, 1861 Mustered out, September 23, 1864, expiration of term
Charles W. Abbott Lt. Colonel September 17, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company K to Lieutenant Colonel, January 3, 1865; mustered out, with Regiment, December 25, 1865
Wm. H. Gausler Major September 24, 1861 Discharged by Special Order of War Dep't, April 15, 1864
Levi Stuber Major August 30, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company I to Major, May 22, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
W. Fuller, Jr. Adjutant August 30, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant of Company F to Adjutant, October 30, 1861; resigned January 9, 1862
W. H. R. Hangen Adjutant December 13, 1862 Dismissed by order of War Dep't, April 15, 1864
W. S. Johnston Adjutant August 5, 1863 Promoted from private, Company E to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, September 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
James Van Dyke Quarter Master September 2, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt.. Company C to Quartermaster, September 24, 1861; resigned January 16, 1862
Francis Z. Heebner Quarter Master September 14, 1861 Promoted from private, Company B to Quartermaster, January 20, 1862; prisoner from October, 1864, to March, 1865; mustered out, June 1, 1865, expiration of term
W. H. Ginkinger Quarter Master September 14, 1861 Promoted from private, Company B to Commissary Sergeant, September 18, 1861; to Quartermaster, June 23, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865; Vet
Elisha W. Bailey Surgeon September 24, 1861 Mustered out, September 23, 1864, expiration of term
S. B. Sturdevant Surgeon March 1, 1865 Mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
Lewis H. Adler Assistant Surgeon August 1, 1862 Resigned September 27, 1862
Jacob H. Scheetz Assistant Surgeon September 24, 1861 Mustered out, September 23, 1864, expiration of term
Win. F. Reiber Assistant Surgeon October 30, 1862 Resigned January 23, 1865
C. F. Weiland Assistant Surgeon February 27, 1865 Promoted from private, Company K to Assistant Surgeon, December 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
John Y. Shindle Assistant Surgeon February 25, 1865 Mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
W. D. C. Rodrock Chaplain August 14, 1861 Commissioned Chaplain, October 31, 1861; re-mustered, September 18, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
Clhas. H. Martin Sergeant Major March 1, 1862 Promoted from private, Company B, to Sergeant Major, September 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865; Vet
W. M. Hendricks Sergeant Major September 2, 1861 Promoted from Company C to Sergeant Major, September 17, 1861; discharged September 12, 1864; Vet
Charles H. Small Quarter Master Sergeant March 1, 1862 Promoted from Company H to Quarter Master Sergeant, June 2, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865
H J. Hornbeck Quarter Master Sergeant September 18, 1862 Promoted from Company G to Quartermaster Sergeant, April 15, 1864; discharged June 1, 1865
Jacob Beck Quarter Master Sergeant January 9, 1862 Promoted from Corporal, Company A to Quartermaster Sergeant, March 1, 1862; deserted April 1, 1864
Charles Backman Commissary Sergeant August 20, 1861 Promoted from Company B to Commissary Sergeant, November 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, December 25, 1865; Vet
H. D. Wharton Commissary Sergeant September 2, 1861 Promoted from Company C to Commissary Sergeant, July 1, 1865; discharged October 12, 1865; Vet
Emory Lindster Hospital Steward August 24, 1861 Promoted from Company H to Hospital Steward, August 25, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, December, 25, 1865; Vet

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

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