72d Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
Into Service

Remarks

DeWitt C. Baxter Colonel August 10, 1861 Promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Theodore Hesser Lt. Colonel August 10, 1861 Killed at Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863; buried on battle grounds of Wilderness, Va.
Henry A. Cook Lt. Colonel August 10, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company I, December 20, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
James M. DeWitt Major August 10, 1861 Dismissed July 19, 1862
Samuel Roberts Major August 10, 1861 Promoted from Captain, Company A, July 28, 1862; discharged October 22, 1863
Charles W. West Adjuttant August 10, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Wal'r C. Whiteman Quarter Master August 10, 1861 Dismissed November 12, 1863
Julius B. Allen Quarter Master August 10, 1861 Promoted from 1st Lt. Company K, July 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Richard Burr Surgeon November 1, 1861 Discharged February 18, 1862
Joshua R. Haye Surgeon March 7, 1862 Discharged August 1, 1862
Martin Rizer Surgeon August 10, 1861 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, August 4, 1862; mustered out with Regiment. August 24, 1864
J. Willis Houston Assistant Surgeon July 31, 1862 Discharged October 6, 1862
A. Stokes Jones Assistant Surgeon August 10, 1862 Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Nath'l P. Barnett Assistant Surgeon April 2, 1863 Died August 12,1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C.
Gamaliel Collins Chaplain August 10, 1861 Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
DeBen'le B. Shewell Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Commissioned to 2d Lieut., January 16, 1862, not mustered; died July 21, 1862, of wounds received in action
Christian Young Sergeant Major August 16, 1861 Promoted to Sergeant Major, January 16, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company H, April 7, 1862
Theo. F. Hutchins Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted to Sergeant Major, April 7, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company B, May 1, 1862
Jas. W. Sunderland Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company H, to Sergeant Major, May 1, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company K, July 7, 1862
Thomas J. Rorer Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted to Sergeant Major, July 7, 1862; to 2d Lieut., Company E, August 5, 1862
A. P. Meconnahey Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted to Sergeant Major, date unknown; deserted December 1, 1862; returned December 1, 1863; transferred to Company D, date unknown
Samuel Hayes Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, to Sergeant Major March 1, 1863; to 1st Lt., Company K, December 25, 1863
George Elliott Sergeant Major September 18, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, to Sergeant Major, January 1, 1864; transferred to 183d Regiment P.V., July 19, 1864; Vet
Michael Specht Sergeant Major August 10, 1861 Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company K, July 20, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Sam'1 K. Maguire Quarter Master Sergeant August 10, 1861 Died at Bolivar Heights, Va., October 9, 1862
Henry Russell Quarter Master Sergeant August 10, 1861 Promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, October 9, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company A, January 25, 1863
John Hayes Quarter Master Sergeant August 10, 1861 Promoted from Corporal, Company K, February 8, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Wm. C. Zeanes Commissary Sergeant February 22, 1862 Promoted from private, Company B, to Commissary Sergeant, November 1, 1862; discharged to accept promotion, date unknown
Bartram Ashmead Commissary Sergeant August 10, 1861 Promoted from Corporal, Company E, October 9, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
R. B. Heintzelman Hospital Steward August 10, 1861 Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, September 20, 1861; discharged by order of War Depart., December 4, 1862
Paul Bridger Hospital Steward August 10, 1861 Promoted from private, Company E, December 14, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864
Robert Whitely Principal Musician August 10, 1861 Promoted from Musician, Company C, March 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24 1864

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

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