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One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment - Third Heavy Artillery
152nd Regiment
Additional Companies, Bios, Organization & Service
Third Heavy Artillery, Officers
152nd PA Regiment 3rd Heavy Artillery Field and Staff Officers
Name
Rank
Date of Muster Into Service
Remarks
Joseph Roberts
Colonel
March 19, 1863
Graduate of West Point; Brevet Brig. General, April 9, 1865; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
R. V. W. Howard
Lieutenant Colonel
August 30, 1863
Discharged November 1, 1865
Hermann Sigebarth
Major
August 30, 1863
Discharged by Special Order, April 28, 1863
John A. Darling
Major
March 31, 1863
Discharged by Special Order, September 1, 1865
John S. Stevenson
Major
February 28, 1862
Promoted from Captain Battery A, August 5, 1863; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
John A. Darling
Major
March 31, 1863
Discharged by Special Order, September 1, 1865
Franz Von Schilling
Major
February 28, 1862
Promoted from Captain Battery B, July 20, 1864; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Frederick Korte
Adjutant
February 23, 1863
Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Battery M; to Captain, Battery M, May 26, 1864
Anthony Elton
Quarter Master
September 3, 1862
Discharged February 17, 1863864
Frederick J. Bancroft
Surgeon
October 11, 1862
Discharged October 10, 1865; expiration of term
B. F. Brownfield
Assistant Surgeon
September 12, 1862
Discharged by special oeder, July 24, 1863
Francis I. Kern
Assistant Surgeon
August 22, 1863
Promoted to Surgeon 188th Regiment P. V., April 24, 1864
F. W. Vandersloot
Assistant Surgeon
November 15, 1863
Mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Constantine Rulttger
Assistant Surgeon
June 15, 1864
Discharged July 24, 1865
Richard T. Kerfoot
Chaplain
May 1, 1865
Mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
J. Henry Holcomb
Sergeant Major
March 4, 1864
Promoted from private Battery E, June 4, 1865; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Henry B. Dickson
Sergeant Major
September 15, 1862
Promoted from private Battery B, September 1, 1863; to 2nd Lieutenant, Battery E, March 10, 1864
Henry A. Adams
Sergeant Major
May 5, 1863
Promoted fiom private Battery I, March 11, 1864; transferred to battery L,date unknown
John W. Stevens
Sergeant
February 26, 1864
Promoted from Sergeant, Battery L, date unknown; transferred to Battery G, date unknown
Charles H. Underwood
Quarter Master Sergeant
February 23, 1864
Promoted from Sergeant Battery C, October 21, 1865; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Theodore Spangler
Quarter Master Sergeant
October 29, 1862
Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant Battery E, September 1, 1863; to 2nd Lieutenant, Battery M, December 17, 1863
James O. Allen
Quarter Master Sergeant
December 12,'61
Promoted from Sergeant, Battery A; to 2nd Lieut., Battery G, May 14, 1864
John McLeod
Quarter Master Sergeant
October 20, 1862
Promoted from Sergeant, Battery D, May 23, 1864; discharged October 20, 1865; expiration of term
John V. Walker
Commissary Sergeant
November 8, 1862
Promoted from Sergeant, Battery D, June 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Samuel J. Givin
Commissary Sergeant
September 26, 1862
Promoted to Captain, Company K, 188th Regiment P. V., April 13, 1864
W. P. Waukenshaw
Commissary Sergeant
September 15, 1862
Promoted from Quarter Master Sergeant, Battery F, March 29, 1864; discharged by Special Order, June 5, 1865
Otto H. Furrer
Hospital Steward
June 4, 1863
Promoted fromn private Battery K, February 1, 186 -mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Patrick Smith
Principal Musician
November 22, 1862
Promoted from private Battery E, September 1, 1963; mustered out with regiment, November 9, 1865
Roster Source: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.
