96th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Field and Staff Officers

96th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Term/ Years	Remarks
Henry L. Cake	Colonel	September 23, 1861	3	Resigned March 12, 1863
Jacob G. Frick	Lt. Colonel	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted to Colonel, 129th Regiment P.V., July 29, 1862
Peter A. Filbert	Lt. Colonel	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Captain, Company B, July 30, 1862; discharged December 22, 1862
William H. Lessig	Lt. Colonel	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Captain, Company C to Major, September 15, 1862; to Lt. Colonel, December 23, 1862; commissioned Colonel, March 13, 1863, not mustered; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Lewis J. Martin	Major	September 23, 1861	3	Killed at Crampton's Gap, Md., September 14, 1862
Levi Huber	Major	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Captain, Company B, January 18, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
M. Edgar Richards	Adjutant	September 23, 1861	3	Aide de Camp to General Bartlett from June 14, 1862, to September 22, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
John T. Hannum	Adjutant	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from 1st Lt. Company D, December 27, 1862; died June 7, 1864, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va.
Charles Sailor	Quarter Master	September 23, 1861	3	Resigned July 14, 1862
John A. Schweers	Quarter Master	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeamt, July 15, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Daniel W. Bland	Surgeon	October 12, 1861	3	Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Washington G. Nugent	Assisstant Surgeon	October 12, 1861	3	Promoted to Surgeon 126th Regiment P.V., September 12, 1862
John R. Shamo	Assisstant Surgeon	July 15, 1862	3	Resigned August 12, 1863
William H. Egle	Assisstant Surgeon	September 12, 1862	3	Resigned March 9, 1863
Samuel B. Light	Assisstant Surgeon	October 18, 1863		Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Samuel F. Colt	Chaplain	September 23, 1861	3	Resigned July 11, 1862
John Harlan, Jr.	Sergeant Major	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted to 2d Lt. Company A, September 28, 1862
Joseph F. Dengler	Sergeant Major	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant Company A, September 28,1862; discharged January 20, 1863, for wounds received at Gaines' Mill Va., June 27, 1862
Edward J. Phillips	Sergeant Major	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from private, Company C, January 20, 1863; to Captain, Company F., January 6, 1864
Smith Dalrymple	Sergeant Major	August 2, 1862	3	Promoted from private Company F, January 9, 1864; transferred to Company F, July 25, 1864
James M. Treichler	Sergeant Major	September 24, 1861	3	Promoted from Sergeant Company H, July 25, 1864; transferred to 95th Regiment P.V., October 18, 1864; Vet.
Ga'l Schollenberger	Quarter Master Sergeant	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from Corporal, Company C, July 15, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
Jonas J. Dampman	Commmissary Sergeant	September 23, 1861	3	Mustered out with Regiment, October 21, 1864
John Rogers	Hospital Steward	September 23, 1861	3	Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, December 4, 1863
Nicholas J. Rehr	Principal Musician	August 27, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, July, 1862
Horace G. Wallbridge	Principal Musician	August 27, 1861	3	Discharged by General Order, July, 1862
John P. Brennan	Principal Musician	September 23, 1861	3	Promoted from private Company E, April 10, 1864; transferred to 95th Regiment P.V., October 18, 1864; Vet.

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

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