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85th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
|
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
| Joshua B. Howell | Colonel | November 12, 1861 | Promoted to brevet Brigadier General, September 12, 1864; died near Petersburg, Va., September 14, 1864 |
| Norton M’Giffin | Lt. Colonel | November 7, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 12, 1862 |
| Harry A. Purvance | Lt. Colonel | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company E, May 15, 1862; killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., August 31, 1863 |
| Edward Campbell | Lt. Colonel | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company E to Major, September 6, 1862; to Lieut. Colonel, October 16, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Absalom Guiler | Major | November 4, 1861 | Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, May 31, 1862 |
| Jas. B. Treadwell | Major | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company H, June 3, 1862; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, September 5, 1862 |
| Isaac M. Abraham | Major | November 6, 1861 | Promoted from Captain, Company G, April 28, 1864; wounded near Deep Bottom, Va., August 15, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Andrew J. Stewart | Adjutant | November 11, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lieut., Company I; to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, September 1, 1862 |
| Sam’l L. M’Henry | Adjutant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt., Company K, September 1, 1862; to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, June 18, 1863 |
| Jos. C. Dowds | Adjutant | October 11, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company B to Sergeant Major, August 12, 1862; to Adjutant, July 1, 1863; discharged March 28, 1864 |
| David W. Shields | Adjutant | September 4, 1861 | Promoted from 2d Lt., Company B, May 31, 1864; wounded August 16, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| John Murphy, Jr. | Quarter Master | September 25, 1861 | Promoted to Lt. Colonel, 168th Regiment P. V., December 4, 1862 |
| William E. Beall | Quarter Master | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company H to Commissary Sergeant, November 13, 1861; to 1st Lt., Company H, June 3, 1862; to Quarter Master, December 4, 1862; absent, in arrest, at mustered out |
| John B. Laidley | Surgeon | October 15, 1861 | Resigned May 10, 1862 |
| Samuel L. Kurtz | Surgeon | March 3, 1862 | Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 40th Regiment P. V., June 3, 1862; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| John C. Levis | Assistant Surgeon | October 23, 1861 | Resigned June 12, 1862 |
| Hugh W. Siddall | Assistant Surgeon | August 18, 1862 | Promoted to Surgeon 74th Regiment P. V., April 6,1864 |
| Samuel Sandt | Assistant Surgeon | August 4, 1862 | Mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| John N. Pierce | Chaplain | October 7, 1861 | Resigned September 2, 1862 |
| J. P. Caldwell | Chaplain | October 21, 1862 | Resigned May 1, 1863 |
| Thomas J. Black | Sergeant Major | November 11, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company I, October 29, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Wm. L. Pershing | Quarter Master Sergeant | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company B, May 16, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Boyd Cumrine | Quarter Master Sergeant | October 11, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company B, December 1, 1861; discharged to accept promotion, date unknown |
| Sam’l M. Walton | Quarter Master Sergeant | November 12, 1861 | Transferred as private to Company B, May 16, 1863 |
| John B. Bell | Commissary Sergeant | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company A, July 22, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Abraham Miller | Commissary Sergeant | November 12, 1861 | Transferred as private to Company H, date unknown |
| S. M. H. Bebout | Hospital Steward | October 16, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company A, July 22, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Robinson Elder | Hospital Steward | November 6, 1861 | Promoted from private, Company K; died at Fortress MonroeVa., June, 1863; burial record, June 11, 1862 |
| Samuel Woods | Principal Musician | October 30, 1861 | Promoted from Sergeant, Company E; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
| Henry L. Regar | Principal Musician | November 12, 1861 | Promoted from Corporal Company H; mustered out with Regiment, November 22, 1864 |
Source:Â Â Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 , Harrisburg, 1868-1871.