62nd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers


Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

Samuel W. Black Colonel July 4, 1861 Killed at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862
J. Bowrn'n Sweitzer Colonel July 4, 1861 Prompted from Major to Lt. Colonel, Nov. 17, 1861; to Colonel June 27, 1862; to brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment July 13, 1864
Frederick Lehman Lt. Colonel July 4, 1861 Promoted to Colonel, 103d Regiment P. V., October 3, 1861
James C. Hull Lt. Colonel July 4, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company A, to Lt. Colonel, June 27, 1862; died May 22, 1864, of wounds received Laurel Hill. Va.
James W. Patterson Major July 4, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company B, to Major, December15, 1861; resigned August 10, 1862
William G. Lowry Major July 4, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company C, to Major, Sept.10, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, July 2. 1863; buried in National Cemetery, Section B, Grave, 26
Joseph H. Brown Adjutant July 4, 1861 Resigned October 28, 1862
J. E. Cunningham Adjutant December 11, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company L, October 25, 1862; killed at Fredricksburg, Va., December 13, 1862
Samuel K. Forsyth Adjutant July 4, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant Major to Adjutant, March 19,1863; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, June 30, 1863
John E. Myers Adjutant July 4, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt., Company C to Adjutant, June 30, 1863; killed at Spottsylvania, Court House, May 12, 1864; buried in Wilderness burial ground.
Andrew T. Howden Quarter Master July 4, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
James Kerr Surgeon July 4, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
Joseph H. Webb Assistant Surgeon July 4, 1861 Resigned September 12, 1862
Thad. S. Gardner Assistant Surgeon August 2, 1862 Promoted to Surgeon 162d Regiment P. V., October 23, 1863
Wallace D. Martin Assistant Surgeon March 17, 1863 Resigned October 9, 1863
Joseph F. Wilson Assistant Surgeon October 23, 1863 Resigned April 28, 1864
Philip M. Zeigler Assistant Surgeon November 6, 1863 Mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
James F. Reed Chaplin July 4, 1861 Resigned March 2, 1862
Albert G. Williams Chaplin July 24, 1862 Resigned December 4, 1862
Charles Seager Sergeant Major July 22, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company F, December 8, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 10, 1862
Samuel Kennedy Sergeant Major July 4, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant Company F, December 8, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 10, 1862
Charles Seager Sergeant Major July 22, 1861 Promoted to Adjutant 103d Regiment P. V., February 9, 1862
Watson H. Guthrie Sergeant Major July 4, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company I, December 14, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
Walter Fleninken Quarter Master Sergeant July 4, 1861 Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, date unknown
George S. Campbell Quarter Master Sergeant July 4, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
George E. Berger Commissary Sergeant July 4, 1861 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Company K, February 9, 1864
Joseph O'Brein Commissary Sergeant July 4, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company G, March 22,1864; mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864
Ernest G. Krehan Hospital Steward July 23, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, July 13, 1864

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

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