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Sixty-fourth Regiment, Fourth Cavalry, Field & Staff Officers
Recruited in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
64th PA Regiment 4th Cavalry Field & Staff Officers
Name
Rank
Date of Muster Into Service
Remarks
David Campbell
Colonel
October 18, 1861
Transferred to 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 12, 1862
James H. Childs
Colonel
October 18, 1861
Promoted from Lieutenant Colonel, March 12, 1862; killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862
James K. Kerr
Colonel
October 18, 1861
Promoted from Major to Lieutenant Colonel, March 12, 1862; to Colonel, September 18, 1862; resigned May 17, 1863
George H. Covode
Colonel
September 30, 1861
Promoted from Captain Company D to Major, March 12, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, December 8, 1863; to Colonel, May 28, 1864; killed at St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864
SaMcl B. M. Young
Colonel
September 6, 1861
Promoted from Captain Company B to Major, September 20, 1862; to Lieutenant Colonel, October 1, 1864; to Colonel, December 29, 1864; to Brevet Brigadier General, April 9, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
William E. Doster
Lieutenant Colonel
October 18, 1861
Promoted from Major, October 30, 1862; to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865; resigned October 18, 1863
Alender P. Duncan
Lieutenant Colonel
November 1, 1861
Promoted from Captain Company L to Major, May 1, 1864; to Lieutenant Colonel, December 29, 1864; to Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
James T. Trembell
Major
November 1, 1861
Resigned August 12, 1862
William M. Biddle
Major
October 30, 1861
Promoted from Adjutant, August 14, 1862; mustered out, October 29, 1864, expiration of term
William B. Mays
Major
September 6, 1861
Promoted from Captain Company L, December 13, 1864; killed at Farmville, Va., April 7, 1865
Robert J. Phipps
Major
February 8, 1863
Promoted from Captain Company H, March 7, 1865; to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, March 13, 1865; resigned May 17, 1865
James T. Peale
Major
March 1, 1862
Promoted from Captain Company D to Major, September 9, 1864; to brevet Lieut. Colonel, March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
Napoleon J. Horrell
Major
November 4, 1861
Promoted from Captain Company C, June 8, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
Arnold A. Plummer
Adjutant
November 18, 1861
Discharged by special order, date unknown
Robert L. Coltart
Adjutant
December 18, 1861
Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company I to Adjutant, December 28, 1861; to Captain Company I, December 20, 1862
Charles E. Robison
Adjutant
December 31, 1861
Discharged by special order, date unknown
John B. Maitland
Adjutant
October 9, 1861
Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company L to Adjutant, October 17, 1862; to Assistant Adjutant General, August 6, 1864
James E. B. Dalzell
Adjutant
September 1, 1864
Promoted from Sergeant Major, September 1, 1864; discharged October 29, 1864, for wounds received at St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864; applied for a pension December 19, 1868: Application No. 137,878, Certificate No. 98,412; his widow applied: Application No. 348,076, Certificate No. 232,389
Clement Engelman
Adjutant
March 1, 1862
Promoted to Brevet Captain, March 13, 1865; died May 12, 1865, of wounds received at Dinwiddie C. H., March 31, 1865; buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; Vet
Jerome McBride
Adjutant
August 24, 1862
Promoted from private Company B, date unknown; wounded at Kelly's Ford, Va., March 17, 1863; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, date unknown
William B. McElroy
Adjutant
February 25, 1864
Promoted to Sergeant Major, June 14, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
Abraham Edwards
Quarter Master
October 1861
Resigned August 3, 1862, to accept promotion of Captain and Assistant Quartermaster U. S. A.
Henry S. King
Quarter Master
October 18, 1861
Mustered out, October 29, 1864, expiration of term
Lewis Young
Quarter Master
February 19, 1865
Mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
George C. Morton
Commissary Supply
September 4, 1861
Promoted from Commissary Sergeant, August 28, 1863; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
Nathaniel F. Marsh
Surgeon
October 7, 1861
Resigned December 6, 1862
John C. Lyons
Surgeon
December 20, 1862
Transferred to 56th regiment P. V., January 18, 1863; discharged on Surgeon's certificate, December 21, 1864
John M. Junkin
Surgeon
November 15, 1862
Resigned February 3, 1865
William B. Price
Surgeon
March 20, 1863
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, February 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
Peter Wager
Assistant Surgeon
October 16, 1861
Transferred to 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 20, 1862
James M. Morrison
Assistant Surgeon
August 1, 1862
Transferred to 48th regiment P. V., November 29, 1862
Charles King
Assistant Surgeon
December 31, 1861
Resigned November 25, 1862
Frank A. Bushley
Assistant Surgeon
December 15, 1862
Resigned November 6, 1863
James S. Skeels
Assistant Surgeon
March 25, 1865
Mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
John A. McCoy
Assistant Surgeon
September 1, 1864
Promoted from private company K to Hospital Steward, November 1, 1864; to Assistant Surgeon, April 14, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
James B. Turner
Chaplain
October 10, 1861
Resigned March 13, 1863
Henry Q. Graham
Chaplain
November 22, 1863
Resigned September 22, 1864
James A. Vanhorn
Veterinary Surgeon
August 24, 1862
Promoted from private Company B, November 10, 1864; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
Melvin A. Johnston
Sergeant Major
August 21, 1864
Promoted from private Company I, June 15, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
Wm. H. Wonderly
Sergeant Major
October 14, 1861
Promoted to 2d Lieutenant Company K, 5th Cavalry, 65th regiment P. V., March 29, 1862
A. Benson White
Sergeant Major
August 16, 1861
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant Company F, December 31, 1862
Richard Whitaker
Quarter Master Sergeant
January 1, 1864
Promoted to 2d Lieut. Company G, December 13, 1864; Vet
William H. Collingwood
Commissary Sergeant
September 7, 1862
Wounded in action; discharged by General Order, July 7, 1865
Gordon M. Bacon
Commissary Sergeant
January 1, 1864
Promoted from private Company G,January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
John Fulton
Hospital Steward
October 1, 1861
Mustered out, October 1, 1864, expiration of term
Joseph McMullen
Hospital Steward
March 1, 1863
Promoted from private Company L, January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865
Eli Carner
Hospital Steward
January 1, 1864
Promoted from private Company L, May 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
Jesse M. Jones
Armorer
March 31, 1864
Promoted to Armorer, February 16, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet
Francis Kopft
Chief Bugler
August 15, 1861
Mustered out, August 20, 1864, expiration of term
Theodore Duering
Chief Bugler
January 1, 1864
Promoted from Bugler Company B, August 16,1864; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 1865; Vet.
Thomas J. Robinson
Saddler
January 1, 1864
Promoted to 2d Lieut. Company H, May 1, 1864; Vet
Charles Kirkner
Saddler
September 12, 1861
Mustered out, September 12, 1864, expiration of term
Thomas A. Parker
Saddler
May 13, 1863
Promoted from private company L,January 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 1, 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.
