13th Pennsylvania Reserves/
42d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name
Rank

Date of Muster into Service
Remarks
Thomas L. Kane Colonel May 21, 1861 Mustered as private, May 13, 1861; promoted to Colonel, June 12, 1861; res. and elected Lt. Colonel, June 13, 1861; wounded at Dranesville, December 20, 1861, and at Harrisonburg, June 6, 1862; Promoted to Brig. Gen., September 7, 1862; to Bv. Maj. Gen., March 13, 1865; resigned November 7, 1863
Charles J. Biddle Colonel May 29, 1861 Resigned February 1, 1862
Hugh W. M'Neil Colonel May 29, 1861 Promoted from Captain Co. D, to Colonel, January 22, 1862; killed at Antietam, September 16, 1862
Charles F. Taylor Colonel May 28, 1861 Promoted from Captain Co. H, to Colonel, March 1,'6; -killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
Alanson E. Niles Lt. Colonel May 31, 1861 Promoted from Captain Co. E, to Major, March 1, 1863; to Lt. Colonel, May 15, 1863; resigned March 28, 1864
Roy Stone Major May 29, 1861 Promoted to Major, June 13, 1861; to Colonel of 149th P. V., August 29, 1862
W. R. Hartshorn Major May 29, 1861 Promoted to Captain Co. D, February 5, 1862
John T. A. Jewett Adjutant May 29, 1861 Promoted to Major, June 13, 1861; to Colonel of 149th P. V., August 29, 1862
Roger Sherman Adjutant May 28, 1861 Promoted from Sgt. Major to Adjutantt, May 23,1863; resigned March 21, 1864
Henry D. Patton Quarter Master May 29, 1861 Promoted to Captain and Assistant Q. M., U. S. V., December 1, 1862
Lucius Truman Quarter Master May 29, 1861 Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 31, 1864
S. D. Freeman Surgeon May 29, 1861 Resigned October 1, 1862
Jonathan J. Comfort Surgeon December 17, 1862 Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 31, 1864; Brevetted Lt. Colonel, March 13, 1865
W. T. Humphrey Assistant Surgeon June 21, 1861 Promoted to Surgeon 149th reg. P. V., September 5, 1862
W. B. Jones Assistant Surgeon August 2, 1862 Resigned November 1, 1862
Daniel 0. Crouch Assistant Surgeon December 1, 1862 Resigned June 10, 1863
Lafayette Butler Assistant Surgeon September 30, 1863 Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 30, 1864
W. H. D. Hatton Chaplin August 3, 1861 Resigned November 11, 1862
William Baker Sergeant Major August 15, 1862 Transferred to 190th regiment P. V., May 31, 1864
W. C. Hunter Quarter Master Sergeant May 21, 1861 Transferred to 190th reg. P V., May 31, 1864; Vet.
John Lemon Commissary Sergeant May 29, 1861 Promoted from Corporal company K, January 1, 1863; mustered out with company, June 11, 1864
B. Fenton Ward Hospital Steward May 29, 1861 Promoted to 2d Lt. Co. I, July 1, 1862
Jeremiah J. Starr Hospital Steward May 28, 1861 Transferred to 100th reg. P. V., May 31, 1864; Vet.
Henry Zundel Principal Musician May 29, 1861 Promoted from private company F, September 1863; mustered out with company, June 11, 1864

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

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