43rd Pennsylvania Volunteers
1st Light Artillery
Field and Staff Officers
Recruited throughout Pennsylvania

Roster

(From History Of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Bates, Samuel Penniman, Vol. I, Page 971, B. Singerly,  State Printer, Harrisburg, PA, published in 1869)
Name
Rank
Date of 
Muster into 
Service
Term
Years
Remarks
Chas. T. Campbell Colonel May 29, 1861
3
Discharged December 9, 1861
Robert M. West Colonel Jul 26, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery G, to Major, September 13, 1861-to Colonel, July 29, 1862-transferred as Colonel to 65th Regiment Pa. Volunteers, May 29, 1864
H. T. Danforth Lieut Colonel Sep 13, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery B, to Major, August 1, 1861-to Lieut Colonel, September 13, 1861-resigned December 21, 1861
Edward H. Flood Lieut Colonel Jul 6, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery D, to Lieut Colonel July 19, 1862-discharged by special order, September 22, 1863
James Brady Lieut Colonel Jul 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery H, to Major, July 19, 1862-to Lieut Colonel, November 13, 1863-to brevet Colonel March 13, 1865-mustered out with regiment, July 19, 1865
Alfred E. Lewis Major May 29, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery E, August 1, 1861-Discharged July 29, 1862March 31, 1863
E. W. Matthews Major Jul 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery F, to Major, April 11, 1863-discharged on Surgeon certificate, July 18, 1864
R. Bruce Ricketts Major Jul 8, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery F, to Major, December 1, 1864-commissioned Colonel, March 15, 1865-not mustered-discharged June 3, 1865
Theodore Miller Major Aug 1, 1861
3
Promoted from Captain Battery E, to Major February 24, 1865-discharged June 2, 1865
Edward Shippen Surgeon Aug 5, 1861
3
Resigned September 17, 1862
M. F. Price Surgeon Aug 2, 1862
3
Resigned September 18, 1863
James R. Riley Asst. Surgeon Aug 5, 1861
3
Promoted to Surgeon, 127th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 26, 1862
R.M. Patterson Asst. Surgeon Aug 26, 1862
3
Died at Georgetown, D.C., December 16, 1862
W.A.P. Eberhart Chaplain Sep 13, 1861
3
Discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, July 21, 1862
Richard M. Ball Sergeant Major Jun 15, 1861
3
Promoted to Sergeant Major, August 1862-to 1st Lieutenant Battery C, September 16, 1865
George W. Cripps Sergeant Major Jun 11, 1861
3
Promoted from Sergeant Battery E, September 17, 1863-mustered out, June, 1864-expiration of term
George W. Kline Sergeant Major Jun 11, 1861
3
Reduced-transferred to Battery E, August, 1862
Lindley J. Taylor Sergeant Major Aug 18, 1862
3
Promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant, August 1, 1864-to Sergeant Major November 1, 1864-mustered out with regiment, July 19, 1865
George B. Barkley Commissary Sergeant Jul 2, 1861
3
Mustered out, July, 1864-expiration of term
L.Eugene C. Moore Commissary Sergeant Mar 17, 1862
3
Promoted to Commissionary Sergeant, December 1, 1864-to 2nd Lieutenant Battery G, February 23, 1865
Sylves B. Cameron Commissary Sergeant Sep 9, 1864
3
Reduced-transferred to Battery I, March 21, 1865
James M. Craft Commissary Sergeant Sep 4, 1861
3
Promoted from Private Battery A, to Commissary Sergeant, June 1, 1865-mustered out with regiment, July 19, 1865-Vet
Benjamin M. Orwig Quarter Master Sergeant Jun 20, 1861
3
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Battery E, November 17, 1863
Frank Langle Quarter Master Sergeant Nov 27, 1863
3
Promoted to Commissary Sergeant, August 1, 1864-to Quarter Master Sergeant, November 1, 1864-to 2nd Lieutenant Battery C, June 5, 1865-Vet
John D. Weaver Hospital Steward Aug 5, 1861
3
Mustered out, July 22, 1864-expiration of term
Robert Hargraves Regimental Bugler Aug 5, 1861
3
Discharged October, 1862


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