2nd Artillery Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
Chas. Angeroth, Sr. | Colonel | February 8, 1862 | Discharged June 21, 1862 |
August A. Gibson | Colonel | June 25, 1862 | Promoted from Captain 2d reg. U. S. Artillery, June 25, 1862; returned to his regiment, August 3, 1864 |
Wm. M. M’Clure | Colonel | January 4, 1862 | Promoted from Captain Battery F, October 30, 1864; resigned March 8, 1865 |
D. Strawbridge | Colonel | April 16, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
J. H. Oberteuffer, Sr. | Lt. Colonel | August 23, 1862 | Discharged, January 8, 1865; expiration of term |
Benj. F. Winger | Lt. Colonel | January 4, 1862 | Promoted from 1st Lt. batt’y D, to Major, January24, 1865; to Lt. Col., May 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
Wm. Candidus, Sr. | Major | January 6, 1862 | Resigned August 23, 1862 |
Jas. L. Anderson | Major | December 10, 1861 | Promoted from Capt. battery G, March 1, 1862; commissioned Colonel, July 23, 1864; not mustered; killed near Chapin’s Farm, Va., September 29, 1864 |
David Sadler | Major | December 16, 1861 | Promoted from Capt. battery D, September 10, 1862; captured at Chapin’s Farm, Va. September 29; 1864; discharged April 16, 1865; expiration of term |
Thomas Wilhelm | Major | December 19, 1861 | Promoted from Capt. battery H, November 25, 1862; Colonel of 2d Provisional Artillery from April 20, to September 5, 1864; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2,1864; resigned July 14, 1865 |
William S. Bailey | Major | December 30, 1862 | Promoted from Capt. battery F, May 3, 1865; discharged January 15, 1866, to date expiration of term |
David Schooley | Major | August 26, 1862 | Promoted from Capt. battery M, May 18, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
C. G. Zimmerman | Adjutant | November 22, 1861 | Discharged September 27, 1862 |
Florence W. Grugan | Adjutant | December 17, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Lt. battery E, October 22, 1862; discharged December 19, 1864; expiration of term. |
Jerome A. Buck | Adjutant | August 31, 1862 | Promoted from 2d Lt. battery L, January 14, 1866; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
Aaron P. Bilyen | Quarter Master | November 23, 1861 | Discharged September 27, 1862 |
Wm. H. Melcher | Quarter Master | November 25, 1861 | Promoted from private Co, D. to Q. M. Sgt.. February 8, 1862; to Q. M, October 24, 1862; discharged on Surgeon’s certificate, September 29,1864 |
John W. Dykins | Quarter Master | December 24, 1861 | Prornoted from 2d Lt. battery F, November 5, 1865; mustered out with reg. January 29, 1866; Vet |
Elisha Griswold | Surgeon | December 2, 1861 | Promoted to Ass’t Surg. U. S. V., July 23, 1864 |
David H. Bartine | Surgeon | July 25, 1862 | Promoted from Ass’t Surg. 114th reg P. V., August 22, 1864; mustered out with reg., January 29, 1866 |
Richard H. Nevill | Assistant Surgeon | December 8, 1861 | Promoted to Brig. Surg. U. S. V., December. 26, 1861 |
James D. Linton | Assistant Surgeon | January 20, 1862 | Resigned June 20, 1862 |
James A. Lowe | Assistant Surgeon | June 21, 1862 | Discharged June 21, 1865; expiration of term |
S. Rosenberger | Assistant Surgeon | August 6, 1862 | Discharged June 10, 1863 |
Lewis R. Kirk | Assistant Surgeon | June 21, 1863 | Promoted to Surg. 26th reg. P. V., November 3, 1863 |
T. DeWitt | Assistant Surgeon | November 14, 1863 | Mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
John Graham | Assistant Surgeon | July 8, 1865 | Mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
John H. Hassler | Chaplin | February 8, 1862 | Resigned August 4, 1863 |
Thomas P. Hunt | Chaplin | February 8, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
Thos. A. Shepherd | Sergeant Major | October 20, 1864 | Promoted from Private battery M, July 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866; Vet |
Paul L. Higgins | Sergeant Major | Decenber 13, 1861 | Promoted from private battery E, February 8, 1862; to 2d Lt. battery G, April 19, 1862. |
Hugo Theinhardt | Sergeant Major | October 31, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sgt. battery B, to 2d Lieut. battery M, November 28, 1862 |
John Exton | Sergeant Major | November 5, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sgt. battery H. August 1, 1862; to 2d Lt. battery B, November 27, 1862 |
John Ford, Jr. | Sergeant Major | December 16, 1861 | Promoted from 1st Sgt. battery E, October 1, 1862; to 2d Lt. battery E, October 24, 1863 |
Jas. Y. Humphrey | Sergeant Major | November 5, 1861 | Promoted from Sgt. battery D, October 24, 1863; to 2d Lt. battery D, December 3, 1864; Vet |
John M. Roper | Sergeant Major | August 19, 1862 | Promoted from Sergt. battery M, May 3, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 29, 1865 |
J. B. Eckerman | Quarter Master Sergeant | January 5, 1864 | Promoted from private battery E, July 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
R. Perry Richards | Quarter Master Sergeant | August 31, 1862 | Promoted from private battery L. April 25, 1864; dischargred by General Order, June 21, 1865 |
Dennis Carroll | Quarter Master Sergeant | November 8, 1861 | Promoted from private battery G, November 1, 1862; transferred to battery G, 1864; Vet |
Joseph R. Bright | Commissary Sergeant | February 29, 1864 | Promoted from Sergt. battery G, May 3, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866; Vet |
Wm. H. Burgher | Commissary Sergeant | November 18, 1864 | Promoted from Corporal battery D, July 1, 1863; to 2d Lieut. battery D, July 11, 1864 |
Joseph W. Winger | Commissary Sergeant | September 20, 1862 | Promoted from Sergt. battery G, May 3, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866; Vet |
Josiah Bright | Commissary Sergeant | November 30, 1861 | Promoted, from Sergeant battery G, August 12,1864; discharged, expiration of term |
David E. Wolff | Commissary Sergeant | January 5, 1864 | Promoted from private, December 11, 1864; to 2d Lt. battery B, May 3, 1865; Vet |
Louis M. Taft | Hospital Steward | February 9, 1864 | Promoted from private battery G, July 1, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866 |
A. J. Schafhirdt | Hospital Steward | November 19, 1861 | Promoted from private battery B, November 19, 1861; discharged by special order, October 15, 1862. |
A. F. Fairchilds | Hospital Steward | September 19, 1862 | Promoted from private battery E, November 24, 1862; discharged by General Order, June 21, 1865 |
George W. Rutter | Chief Bugler | March 22, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866-Vet |
Thomas R. Firth | Chief Bugler | December 11, 1861 | Promoted from Bugler battery F, January 11, 1865; mustered out with regiment, January 29, 1866-Vet. |
Source: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.