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72nd Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
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Name
|
Rank
|
Date of Muster
Into Service
|
Remarks
|
| DeWitt C. Baxter |
Colonel |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Theodore Hesser |
Lt. Colonel |
August 10, 1861 |
Killed at Mine Run, Va., November 27, 1863; buried on battle grounds of Wilderness, Va. |
| Henry A. Cook |
Lt. Colonel |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Captain, Company I, December 20, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| James M. DeWitt |
Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Dismissed July 19, 1862 |
| Samuel Roberts |
Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Captain, Company A, July 28, 1862; discharged October 22, 1863 |
| Charles W. West |
Adjuttant |
August 10, 1861 |
Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Wal’r C. Whiteman |
Quarter Master |
August 10, 1861 |
Dismissed November 12, 1863 |
| Julius B. Allen |
Quarter Master |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from 1st Lt. Company K, July 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Richard Burr |
Surgeon |
November 1, 1861 |
Discharged February 18, 1862 |
| Joshua R. Haye |
Surgeon |
March 7, 1862 |
Discharged August 1, 1862 |
| Martin Rizer |
Surgeon |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, August 4, 1862; mustered out with Regiment. August 24, 1864 |
| J. Willis Houston |
Assistant Surgeon |
July 31, 1862 |
Discharged October 6, 1862 |
| A. Stokes Jones |
Assistant Surgeon |
August 10, 1862 |
Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Nath’l P. Barnett |
Assistant Surgeon |
April 2, 1863 |
Died August 12,1862; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery, D. C. |
| Gamaliel Collins |
Chaplain |
August 10, 1861 |
Mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| DeBen’le B. Shewell |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Commissioned to 2d Lieut., January 16, 1862, not mustered; died July 21, 1862, of wounds received in action |
| Christian Young |
Sergeant Major |
August 16, 1861 |
Promoted to Sergeant Major, January 16, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company H, April 7, 1862 |
| Theo. F. Hutchins |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted to Sergeant Major, April 7, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company B, May 1, 1862 |
| Jas. W. Sunderland |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Sergeant, Company H, to Sergeant Major, May 1, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company K, July 7, 1862 |
| Thomas J. Rorer |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted to Sergeant Major, July 7, 1862; to 2d Lieut., Company E, August 5, 1862 |
| A. P. Meconnahey |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted to Sergeant Major, date unknown; deserted December 1, 1862; returned December 1, 1863; transferred to Company D, date unknown |
| Samuel Hayes |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, to Sergeant Major March 1, 1863; to 1st Lt., Company K, December 25, 1863 |
| George Elliott |
Sergeant Major |
September 18, 1861 |
Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, to Sergeant Major, January 1, 1864; transferred to 183d Regiment P.V., July 19, 1864; Vet |
| Michael Specht |
Sergeant Major |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from 1st Sergeant, Company K, July 20, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Sam’1 K. Maguire |
Quarter Master Sergeant |
August 10, 1861 |
Died at Bolivar Heights, Va., October 9, 1862 |
| Henry Russell |
Quarter Master Sergeant |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, October 9, 1862; to 2d Lt., Company A, January 25, 1863 |
| John Hayes |
Quarter Master Sergeant |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Corporal, Company K, February 8, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Wm. C. Zeanes |
Commissary Sergeant |
February 22, 1862 |
Promoted from private, Company B, to Commissary Sergeant, November 1, 1862; discharged to accept promotion, date unknown |
| Bartram Ashmead |
Commissary Sergeant |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Corporal, Company E, October 9, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| R. B. Heintzelman |
Hospital Steward |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Sergeant, Company K, September 20, 1861; discharged by order of War Depart., December 4, 1862 |
| Paul Bridger |
Hospital Steward |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from private, Company E, December 14, 1861; mustered out with Regiment, August 24, 1864 |
| Robert Whitely |
Principal Musician |
August 10, 1861 |
Promoted from Musician, Company C, March 1, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, August 24 1864 |
Source:Â Â Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, 1868-1871. |
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