16 FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY—FIELD AND STAFF.

ROSTER.

FIELD AND STAFF.

		DATE OF	DATE OF
NAME.	RANK.	ENLISTMENT OR	MUSTER OUT	REMARKS.
		MUSTER IN.	OR DISCHARGE.
John R. Kenly	Colonel.	June 11, 1861	Aug. 24, 1865	Appointed Colonel by the President, June 11, 1861, and
				promoted Brigadier-General of United States Volun-
				teers, August 22, 1862; served with his regiment until
				his promotion; severely wounded and taken prisoner
				at the battle of Front Royal, Va., May 23, 1862; com-
				manded the Maryland Brigade and defences of Har-
				per's Ferry, Va.,to July 11, 1863; Third Division, First
				Army Corps, to March 25, 1864; District of Delaware,
				and the Third Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps,
				to July, 1864; a Brigade in the Sixth and Nineteenth
				Army Corps, in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. ; and the
				District of Harper's Ferry, Va., to September, 1864;
				First Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, to De-
				cember, 1864; District of the Eastern Shore of Mary-
				land, to March, 1865, and the District of Delaware and
				Eastern Shore of Maryland, to June, 1865; First Sepa-
				rate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, to July, 1865; brev-
				etted Major General of Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for
				gallant and meritorious services during the war;
				honorably mustered out of service, August 24, 1865.
Nathan T.
Dushane	Colonel.	June 11, 1861		Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel by President Lincoln,
				June 11, 1861, and promoted Colonel, August 22, 1862;
				slightly wounded and taken prisoner, Front Royal,
				Va., May 23, 1862; injured by a fall of horse, May 19,
				1864, Harris' Farm, Va. ; killed in action, at Weldon
				R. R., Va.; August 21, 1864; July, 1863, assigned to the
				command of the Maryland Brigade, which he held
				almost continuously; in command of Brigade — 2d
				Brigade, 2d Div., 5th A. C. (Maryland Brigade), A. of
				P. — when killed.
John W. Wilson	Colonel,	May 27, 1861		Entered the service as Captain of Company G, May 27,
				1861; promoted Major, February 1, 1862; Lieutenant-
				Colonel, August 22, 1862; Colonel, October 30, 1864;
				Front Royal, Va., May 23, 1862, taken prisoner, and
				escaped; killed in action at Dabney's Mill, February
				6, 1865; whilst Lieutenant-Colonel, was almost con-
				tinuously in command of regiment; he was present
				with the regiment in all its encounters with the
				enemy up to the date of his death. In his death the
				service lost a gallant officer, the country a true pa-
				triot, and his regiment a friend and commander
				whose greatest pride was to lead them against the
				foe.
David L. Stanton	Colonel.	May 6, 1861	July 2, 1865	Entered the service as private, Company A, May, 1861;
				promoted First Sergeant, May, 1861; promoted Second
				Lieutenant, Company A, November 1, 1861; First
				Lieutenant, Company A, December 12, 1862; Captain,
				Company I, March 7, 1864; Major, December 2, 1864;
				Lieutenant-Colonel, February 21, 1865; Colonel,
				March 20, 1865; brevetted Brigadier-General of Vol-
				unteers, to date April, 1, 1865, for gallant conduct in
				the battle of Five Forks, Va.; commanded Second
				Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Army Corps (Mary-
				land Brigade) ; taken prisoner, May 23, 1862, at Front
				Royal, Va.; wounded, May 19, 1864, Harris' Farm,
				Va.; wounded, August 18, 1864, Weldon R. R., Va.;
				mustered out of service with the regiment, July 2,
-				1865.