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 Regimental Officers and Staff

Name and Rank

Residence

Date of Commission

Date of Muster

Remarks

Colonels

       

Thomas T. Crittenden

Madison

Apr. 26, 1861

Sept 20, 1861

Promoted Brigadier General, April 28, 1862

Philemon P. Baldwin

Madison

May 17, 1861

May 16, 1861

Killed at Chickamauga, Sept 19, 1863

Hagerman Tripp

North Vernon

September 21, 1863

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Honorably discharged as Lt. Colonel, May 5, 1864

Lt. Colonels

       

Hiram Prather

North Vernon

April 26, 1861

Sept. 20, 1861

Resigned May 19, 1862

Hagerman Tripp

North Vernon

May 17, 1861

May 20, 1862

Promoted Colonel; Wounded at Chickamauga, Sept 20, 1863

Calvin D. Campbell

Butlerville

Sept 21, 1862

May 6, 1864

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864; term expired

Majors

       

Augustus H. Abbett

Columbus

Oct 10, 1861

Oct 10, 1861

Resigned June 17, 1862; Reentered service as Major 67th Indiana Infantry

Calvin D. Campbell

Butlerville

June 18, 1862

July 24, 1862

Promoted Lt. Colonel

Samuel F. McKeehan

North Vernon

May 1, 1864

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Killed in battle, New Hope Georgia, May 27, 1864

Delaney Kavanaugh

Madison

May 28, 1864

July 15, 1864

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864; term expired

Name and Rank

Residence

Date of Commission

Date of Muster

Remarks

Adjutants

       

John Earnshaw

Madison

Sept 20, 1861

Sept 20, 1861

Promoted Captain, Company H

David H. Richardson

Madison

July 1, 1861

May 16, 1861

Discharged Dec 6, 1862

Joseph J. Siddall

Chicago, Illinois

Dec 7, 1862

Jan 19, 1863

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864; term expired

Quartermasters

       

William E. McLeland

Madison

Aug26, 1861

Sept. 20, 1861

Resigned for promotion, Apr 19, 1863

George W. Crabb

Butlerville

July 2, 1863

Mar 1, 1863

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864

Chaplains

       

Rezin M. Barnes

Madison

Oct 20, 1861

Oct 25, 1861

Resigned Apr 23, 1862

Daniel C. Darr

--

May 12, 1862

--

Resigned Nov 2, 1862

George W. Pye

Decatur

Jan 20, 1863

--

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864; term expired

Surgeons

       

Charles Schussler

Madison

Sept 20, 1861

Sept 20, 1861

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864

Asst. Surgeons

       

Nathan B. Sparks

Madison

Oct 22, 1861

Oct 22, 1861

Resigned Dec 17, 1861

Samuel H. Charlton

Seymour

Dec 21, 1861

Dec 21, 1861

Resigned Mar 16, 1862

Myron H. Harding

Lawrenceburg

Apr 15, 1862

--

Declined

Amos Frost

Seymour

Apr 23, 1862

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Temporary Appointment

Finley C. Lattimore

Madison

May 27, 1862

June 2, 1862

Discharged for disability, May 2, 1864

William A. Collins

Madison

Sept 18, 1862

Sept 25, 1862

Mustered out Sept 22, 1864; term expired

Name and Rank

Residence

Date of Muster

Remarks

Sergeant Major

     

William N. Williams

Madison

Sept. 20, 1861

Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, Co G

Quartermaster Sergeant

     

Frank P. Strader

Madison

Sept. 20, 1861

Promoted 1nd Lieutenant, Co H

Commissary Sergeant

     

William Will

Halton.

Oct 31, 1861

Returned to Company K, Apr 25, 1862

Hospital Steward

     

William A. Collins

Madison

Sept. 20, 1861

Promoted Assistant Surgeon