8th Pennsylvania Reserves/

37th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Field and Staff Officers

Name

Rank

Date of Muster
into Service

Term/
Years

Remarks
George S. Hays Colonel April 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Company C, June 28, 1861; resigned July 11, 1862
Silas M. Baily Colonel June 20, 1861
3
Wounded at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862; promoted from Captain Company I to Major, June 4, 1862; to Colonel, March 1, 1863; to brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
S. Duncan Oliphant Lt. Colonel April 24, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company G., June 28, 1861; resigned December 29, 1862
William Lemon Lt. Colonel April 30, 1861
3
Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 12, 1862; promoted from Captain, Company H, March 10, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
John W. Duncan Major April, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company E, June 22, 1861; resigned November 21, 1861
Jesse B. Gardner Major April 24, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company G, December 7, 1861; dismissed May 23, 1862
Robert E. Johnston Major June 25, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company B, March 10, 1863; resigned September 16, 1863
George S. Gallupe Major April 17, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain, Company C., November 2, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
H. W. Patterson Adjutant April 24, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt., Company G, to Adjutant, July, 1861; to 1st Lt. 4th U. S. Infantry, June 29, 1862
Henry Wetter Adjutant April 30, 1861
3
Promoted from 2d Lt., Company H, May 20, 1862; wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862, and at Thoroughfare Gap, with loss of leg, August 18, 1862; resigned December 28, 1863
J. G. Swearengen Adjutant June 21, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant, Company D, December 14, 1862; resigned January 6, 1864
A. Wilson Smith Adjutant September 1, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company A. to Sergeant Major, July 5, 1862; to Adjutant, February 8, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
J. Lind. Ingraham Adjutant June 13, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant, Company I, to 2d Lt and Adjutant, October 1, 1862, not mustered; killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862
G. Lean. Eborhart Quarter Master  
3
Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, July 29, 1861; to Quarter Master, July 1, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
H. A. Lichtenthaler Surgeon June 22, 1861
3
Resigned March 11, 1862
Henry K. Neff Surgeon June 22, 1861
3
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, March 28, 1862; dismissed June 10, 1/862
Thomas Jones Surgeon September 20, 1862
3
Killed in action, May 15, 1864
F. O. Alleman Assistant Surgeon April 8, 1862
3
Resigned July 20, 1862
J. W. Rugh Assistant Surgeon July 15, 1862
3
Resigned May 16, 1863
G. H. Kline Assistant Surgeon July 25, 1862
3
Dismissed March 1, 1863
S. C. M'Cormick Assistant Surgeon June 11, 1863
3
Mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
William Aiken Chaplain June 22, 1861
3
Mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
Alfred T. Clark, Jr. Sergeant Major April 30, 1861
3
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant, Company H, October 10, 1861
Jacoh R. Callahan Sergeant Major June 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant, Company F, March 1, 1864; transferred to 191st Regiment P. V., May 15, 1864; Vet
George W. Silvey Quarter Master Sergeant June 22, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant to Quarter Master Sergeant, March 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
Charles Todd Commissary Sergeant April 22, 1861
3
Promoted from private, Company A, March 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
James K. Dunbar Hospital Steward  
3
Promoted Hospital Steward, June 22, 1861; discharged December 27, 1863, to receive promotion U. S. Army
Boyle I. M'Clure Hospital Steward June 23, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, January 12, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, May 24, 1864
John Simmons Hospital Steward June 21, 1861
3
Promoted from private Company D, July 6, 1862; not on muster out roll
Source:  Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.

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