History of the 6th Indiana 
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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 | --- | 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 | --- | 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 | -- | 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 |