83d Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
| Name | Rank | Date of Muster | Term/ | Remarks |
| John W. M'Lane | Colonel | July 29, 1861 | Enrolled at Erie, Pa., July 29, 1861; Killed at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862 | |
| Strong Vincent | Colonel | July 29, 1861 | Enrolled at Erie, Pa., July 29, 1861; promoted from Major to Lieut. Colonel, September 1861; to Colonel, June 27, 1862; to Brigadier General, July 3, 1863; died July 7, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863 | |
| O. S. Woodward | Colonel | August 26, 1861 | Enrolled at Erie, Pa., August 1, 1861; promoted from Captain, Company D to Colonel, March 28, 1864; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; wounded, with loss of leg, at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864; mustered out, September 20, 1864, expiration of term | |
| Chauncey P. Rogers | Colonel | August 26, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company D to Lieutenant Colonel, November 17, 1864; to Colonel, March 28; mustered out with Regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| Hugh S. Campbell | Lt. Colonel | August 26, 1861 | Enrolled at Waterford, Pa., July 29, 1861; promoted from Captain, Company E to Lt. Colonel, June 27, 1862; wounded at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and Bull Run, Va., August 31, 1862; resigned May 14, 1863, to accept Provost Marshalship 19th Dist. Pa. | |
| DeWitt C. M'Coy | Lt. Colonel | September 3, 1861 | Enrolled at Meadville, Pa., August 19, 1861; promoted from Captain, Company F to Lt. Colonel, January 25,1864; to Brevet Colonel, August 1, 1864; mustered out, October 14, 1864, expiration of term | |
| William O. Colt | Lt. Colonel | August 26, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company A to Major, January 14, 1865; to Lieutenant Colonel, March 28, 1865; mustered out, October 14, 1864, expiration of term | |
| Louis H. Naghel | Major | September 8, 1861 | Killed at Gaines' Mill, Va., June 27, 1862 | |
| Wm. H. Lamont | Major | August 21, 1861 | Promoted from Adjutant to Major, June 27, 1862; discharged July 2, 1864 | |
| W. H. Dunbar | Major | May 31, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| John M. Clark | Adjutant | August 27, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company I to Adjutant, June 27, 1862; to A. A. A. G., May, 1863; mustered out, September 20, 1864, expiration of term | |
| B. M. Frank | Adjutant | March 11, 1865 | Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company K to Adjutant, May 5, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| James Saeger | Quarter Master | August 25, 1861 | Enrolled at Meadville, Pa., August 15, 1861; promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company B, September 8, 1861; resigned February 28, 1862 | |
| Daniel W. Clark | Quarter Master | September 6, 1861 | Enrolled at Tionesta, Pa.; promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company G, July 16, 1862; mustered out, September 26, 1864, expiration of term | |
| George M. Boal | Quarter Master | March 25, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| William Faulker | Surgeon | September 8, 1861 | Enrolled at Waterford, Pa., August 27, 1861; captured June 29, 1862; resigned October 14, 1862 | |
| E. P. Allen | Surgeon | December 13, 1862 | Resigned March 3, 1863 | |
| J. P. Burchfield | Surgeon | April 12, 1863 | Mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| David E. Belknap | Assistant Surgeon | September 8, 1861 | Enrolled at Fairview, Pa., September 8, 1861; resigned June 17, 1862 | |
| Isaac Walborn | Assistant Surgeon | June 24, 1862 | Promoted to Surgeon 162d Regiment P. V., December 13, 1862 | |
| Michael Thompson | Assistant Surgeon | August 4, 1862 | Resigned May 14, 1863 | |
| Jonathan Woaring | Assistant Surgeon | April 11, 1863 | Resigned May 13, 1863 | |
| William S. Stewart | Assistant Surgeon | May 22, 1863 | Mustered out, September 20, 1864 | |
| Jared Free | Assistant Surgeon | June 26, 1863 | Killed by guerrillas near Rappahannock Station, Virginia, December 10, 1863 | |
| T. C. M. Stockton | Assistant Surgeon | May 16, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| Josiah Flower | Chaplain | October 21, 1861 | Resigned July 8, 1862 | |
| Orson B. Clark | Chaplain | September 1, 1862 | Mustered out, May 29, 1865 | |
| James H. Barnett | Sergeant Major | August 26, 1861 | Enrolled at Waterford, Pa.; promoted from 1st Serg't Company E, April 2, 1862, to 2d Lieut. Company E, June 27, 1862 | |
| James M. Hunter | Sergeant Major | July 24, 1861 | Enlisted at Erie, Pa.; promoted to 2d Lieut. Company A, April 4, 1862 | |
| John W. Marshall | Sergeant Major | September 3, 1861 | Enlisted at Meadville, Pa.; promoted from Sergeant Company F, June 27, 1862, to 2d Lieut. Company F, February 1, 1863 | |
| E. L. Whittelsey | Sergeant Major | September 19, 1861 | Enlisted at Waterford, Pa.; promoted from Sergeant Company E, February 1, 1863; to 2d Lieut., Company E, June 27, 1864 | |
| Charles Himrod | Sergeant Major | August 26, 1861 | Enlisted at Waterford, Pa.; promoted from 1st Sergeant Company E, June 27, 1864; mustered out, October 30, 1864; Vet | |
| John H. Johnston | Sergeant Major | July 18, 1863 | Drafted; promoted from private Company A, March 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 | |
| Edwin W. Bettis | Quarter Master Sergeant | August 30, 1861 | Enlisted at Erie, Pa., July 29, 1861; promoted from private, Company K, September 8, 1861; mustered out, October 30, 1864; Vet | |
| Henry M. Adams | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 1, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company F, March 18, 1865; mustered out, October 30, 1864; Vet | |
| John H. Borden | Commissary Sergeant | August 27, 1861 | Enlisted at Erie, Pa., July 29, 1861; promoted to 1st Lt., Company I, September 4, 1862 | |
| John C. Rockwell | Commissary Sergeant | August 27, 1861 | Enlisted at Girard, Pa., August 20, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, March 1, 1862 | |
| Walter F. Stacy | Commissary Sergeant | August 28, 1861 | Promoted from private Company I, September 4, 1862; mustered out, October 31, 1864; Vet | |
| Chas. F. Cummings | Commissary Sergeant | August 21, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company A, March 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment. June 28, 1865; Vet | |
| Joseph W. Scholl | Hospital Steward | August 25, 1861 | Enlisted at Meadville, Pa., August 15, 1861; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, May 11, 1864 | |
| Philip J. Harlow | Hospital Steward | September 8, 1861 | Enlisted at Greenville, Pa., September 5, 1861; promoted from private, Company K, March 28, 1862; mustered out, October 31, 1864; Vet | |
| Solomon S. Riddle | Hospital Steward | October 7, 1862 | Promoted from private, Company K, March 17, 1865; mustered out with regiment, June 28, 1865 |
Sources:Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
1 Judson, Amos M., Captain of Company E. History of the Eighty-Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Erie, Pennsylvania: B. F. H. Lynn Publisher, 1865.
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