6th Pennsylvania Reserve
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
W. Wal'e Ricketts | Colonel | April 22, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, February 27, 1862 |
Wm. Sinclair | Colonel | June 27, 1861 | Resigned May 23, 1863 |
Wellington H. Ent | Colonel | April 22, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company A, to Major, September 21,1862; to Lt. Colonel, May 1, 1863; to Colonel, July1, 1863; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; wounded at Bethesda Church, May 30, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Wm. M. Penrose | Lt. Colonel | June 21, 1861 | Resigned December 21, 1861 |
Henry B. M'Kean | Lt. Colonel | April 22, 1861 | Promoted from Adjutant to Lieutenant Colonel, April 1, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, November 25, 1862 |
William D. Dixon | Lt. Colonel | April 24, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company D to Lt. Colonel, September 12, 1863; to Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Henry J. Madill | Major | June 22, 1861 | Promoted to Colonel 141st Regiment P. V., August 30, 1862 |
Wm. H. H. Gore | Major | April 22, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company I to Major, September 1, 1863; to Brevet Lt. Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Geo. S. Coleman | Adjutant | April22, 1861 | Promoted from Private, Company A to Adjutant August 11, 1862; wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Robert H. M'Coy | Quarter Master | June 22, 1861 | Resigned March 26, 1862 |
Aaron A. Scudder | Quarter Master | April 21, 1861 | Promoted to Quarter Master, April 5, 1862; to Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; captured at Brentsville, Va., February 14, 1864; discharged March 12, 1865 |
Charles Bower | Surgeon | June 22, 1861 | Promoted to Brevet Lt. Colonel and Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Z. Ring Jones | Assistant Surgeon | June 22, 1861 | Promoted to Surgeon, 63d Regiment P. V., August 20, 1862 |
A. J. Atkinson | Assistant Surgeon | July 15, 1862 | Resigned March 20, 1863 |
J. Leander Bishop | Assistant Surgeon | August 26, 1862 | Promoted to Surgeon, 36th Regiment P. V, February 5, 1863 |
Joseph K. Corson | Assistant Surgeon | March 14, 1863 | Promoted to brevet Major, March 13,1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Samuel Jessup | Chaplain | June 22, 1861 | Resigned July 30, 1862 |
Thos. Stevenson | Chaplain | October 6, 1862 | Resigned April 23, 1863 |
Thomas H. Abbott | Sergeant Major | April 19, 1861 | Transferred to 191st Regiment P. V.; Vet |
B. R. Hayhurst | Sergeant Major | April 22, 1861 | Transferred to Company G, April 11, 1863 |
H. Malcolm Dwyer | Quarter Master Sergeant | July 25, 1861 | Transferred to 191st Regiment P. V.; Vet |
Jas. B. Goodman | Commissary Sergeant | April 22, 1861 | Promoted to 2d Lieutenant, Company H, April 13, 1863 |
Perez L. Norton | Commissary Sergeant | July 27, 1861 | Transferred to 191st Regiment P. V.; Vet |
John S. Stearnes | Commissary Sergeant | July 15, 1861 | Promoted from Private, Company C to Hospital Steward, December 24, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
L. D. Montanye | Hospital Steward | October 11, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 30, 1862 |
D. Henry Barston | Hospital Steward | August 21, 1862 | Promoted to Assistant Surgeon, 173d Regiment P. V., June 19, 1863 |
James S. Drake | Hospital Steward | June 22, 1861 | Died October 18, 1861 |
Emanuel Kurtz | Principal Musician | April 22, 1861 | Promoted from Private ,Company A to Principal Musician, November 1, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Jas. A. Nicholson | Principal Musician | April 24, 1861 | Promoted from Private, Company D to Principal Musician, August 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, June 11, 1864 |
Henry A. Burbank | Principal Musician | April 15, 1862 | Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, September 30, 1862 |
Christopher Woods | Principal Musician | May 14, 1861 | Promoted to Principal Musician, September 1, 1861; discharged August 11, 1862 |
J. W. Chamberlin | Principal Musician | July 13, 1861 | Transferred to Company A, April 15, 1862. |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
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