6th Heavy Artillery
212th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
Name |
Rank |
Date of Muster |
Remarks |
Charles Barnes | Colonel | September 13, 1864 | Promoted from Captain, Battery F, September 13, 1864; Brevet Brigadier General, September 28, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Joseph B. Copeland | Lt. Colonel | September 10, 1864 | Promoted from Captain, Battery E, September 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Robert H. Long | Major | September 10, 1864 | Promoted from Captain Battery L, September 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Joseph R. Kemp | Major | September 8, 1864 | Promoted from Captain, Battery M, September 13, 1864; mustered out with regimlient, June 13, 1865 |
Frank H. White | Major | September 8, 1864 | Promoted from Captain, Battery G, September 15, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Sam’l J. M’Farren | Adjutant | September 13, 1864 | Discharged by Special Order, February 6, 1865 |
C. C. V. Vandegrift | Quarter Master | September 15, 1864 | Discharged by Special Order, February 6, 1865 |
Wm. B. Hezlep | Surgeon | October 24, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
William Taylor | Assistant Surgeon | September 13, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
James L. Rea | Assistant Surgeon | September 13, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
William D. Moore | Chaplain | September 19, 1864 | Mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
David S. Salisbury | Sergeant Major | September 5, 1864 | Promoted from private, Battery E, January 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Nelson P. Chambers | Sergeant Major | August 16, 1864 | Promoted from private Battery M, October 13, 1864; discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate, December 29, 1864 |
William L. Hunter | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 8, 1864 | Promotee from private, Battery M, January 1, 1865; mustered out with reaiment, Jurne 13, 1865 |
Wm. C. Rudyard | Quarter Master Sergeant | September 15, 1864 | Promoted to 2d Lieut., Battery B. December z9, 1864 |
James J. Fowler | Commissary Sergeant | September 8, 1864 | Promoted from private, Battery L, September 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
James M. Sprout | Hospital Steward | September 1, 1864 | Promote.d from private, Battery I. November 1, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13,, 1865 |
John Reost | Chief Bugler | August 31, 1864 | Promoted from Musician, Battery G, September 13, 1864; mustered out with Regiment, June 13, 1865 |
Addison H. Holmes | Chief Bugler | August 16, 1864 | Promoted from Musician, Battery M, March 1, 1865; mustered out with regirment, June 13, 1865 |
Joseph B. Eaton | Chief Bugler | September 7, 1864 | Promoted from Battery E, December 24, 1864; transferred to Battery E, March l, 1865 |
Sources:
Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.
Official Army Register of the Volunteer Forces, U. S. Army, Part III: Pa., Del., Md., D. C., Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., August 31, 1865.