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One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment, Field and Staff Officers

116th PA Regiment Field and Staff Officers

Name	Rank	Date of Muster Into Service	Remarks
Dennis Heenan	Colonel	September 1, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; discharged by Special Order, January 27, 1863
St. Clair Augustin Mulholland his book	Colonel	September 1, 1862	Discharged as Lieutenant Colonel, February 24, 1863; mustered as Brevet Major, February 27, 1863; promoted from Major, May 3, 1864; Brevet Brigadier General and Major General, March 13, 1865; wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862, Wilderness, May 5, at Po River, May 10, 1864; at Tolopotomy River, May 31, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Richard C. Dale	Lieutenant Colonel	April 14, 1864	Killed at Spottsylvania Court House, Va.,.May 12, 1864
David W. Megraw	Lieutenant Colonel		Promoted from Captain, Company H, to Major, January 28, 1865; to Lieutenant Colonel, June 6, 1865; commissioned Colonel, June 4, 1865, not mustered; wounded at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
George H. Bardwell	Major	September 1, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, March 13, 1865; discharged January 16, 1863
Andrew Malseed	Adjutant	June 21, 1862	Missing since date of muster
John R. Miles	Adjutant	July 3, 1862	Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; discharged February 16, 1863
John A. Dorwert	Adjutant	August 21, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant Major, March 19, 1863; dismissed, date unknown
Garrett Nowlen	Adjutant	August 2, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company G, March 1, 1863; to Captain, Company D, November 21, 1863
Louis J. Sacriste	Adjutant	September, 1862	Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company D, November 21, 1863; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; to Captain, Company D, September 22, 1864
Thomas S. Ewing	Adjutant	October 15, 1864	Wounded at Five Forks, Va., March 31, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
David S. Bunnell	Quarter Master	June 20, 1862	Discharged January 26, 1863
Richard H. Wade	Quarter Master	August 8, 1862	Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant, Company H, January 25, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
John P. Ashcom	Surgeon	September 1, 1862	Discharged March 19, 1863
William B. Hartman	Surgeon	March 9, 1862	Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, July 4, 1864; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
John W. Rawlins	Assistant Surgeon	July 15, 1862	Promoted to Surgeon 88th Regiment P. V., February 3, 1863
Philip A. Boyle	Assistant Surgeon	September 1, 1862	Resigned February 28, 1863
D. S. Cunningham	Assistant Surgeon	October 1, 1864	Resigned October 18, 1864
Edward McKee	Chaplain	September 24, 1862	Resigned December 24, 1862
Bernard McCollum	Chaplain	November 18, 1864	Discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Charles Clifford	Senior Major	February 22, 1864	Promoted from private, Company H, June 4, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
Samuel D. Hunter	Senior Major	August 5, 1862	Promoted from private, Company C, January 28, 1865; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, June 1, 1865, not mustered; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
William J. Burk	Senior Major	August 14, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant, Company C, date unknown; to 1st Lieutenant Company C, January 28, 1865
George M. Book	Senior Major	September 5, 1862	Promoted from private, Company A; to 1st Lieutenant, Company B, November 1, 1862
George Roeder	Senior Major	August 30, 1862	Promoted from private, Company A; to 2nd Lieutenant, Company A, March 1, 1863
John Lutton	Quarter Master Sergeant	February 13, 1864	Promoted from Corporal, Company H, June 6, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
Francis E. Crawford	Quarter Master Sergeant	July 19, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, Company E, January 26, 1863; to 1st Lieutenant, Company B, March 7, 1863
George McMahon	Quarter Master Sergeant	August 14, 1862	Promoted from private, Company B, January 27, 1863; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, April 8, 1864, not mustered; prisoner from May 10, 1864, to February, 1865; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Charles Shelley	Commissary Sergeant	February 29, 1864	Promoted from Sergeant, Company G, June 11, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865; Vet
Daniel Reen	Commissary Sergeant	July 16, 1862	Promoted from Sergeant, Company B. January 29, 1863; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
Patrick Costello	Commissary Sergeant	June 24, 1862	Promoted from Corporal, Company E, January 26, 1863, not on muster-out roll
Frederick Wagner	Hospital Steward	June 16, 1862	Promoted from private, Company G, date unknown; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865
William J. McCurley	Principal Musician	February 12, 1864	Promoted from Musician, Company E, July 1, 1865; mustered out with Regiment, July 14, 1865
T. W. Vannaman	Principal Musician	August 18, 62	Promoted from Musician, Company C, date unknown; discharged by General Order, June 3, 1865

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.