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History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 1
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FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY—FIELD AND STAFF. 17

 

 

DATE OF

DATE OF

 

NAME.

RANK.

ENLISTMENT OR

MUSTER OUT

REMARKS.

   

MUSTER IN.

OR DISCHARGE.

 

Seth G. Reed

Lieut.-Col.

May 6, 1861

July 2, 1861

Entered the service as a private in Company A, May

       

6, 1861; appointed Sergeant, August 18, 1861; First

       

Sergeant, November 1, 1861; promoted Second Lieu-

       

tenant of Company K, September 22, 1862; First Lieu-

       

tenant, Company K, March 28, 1863; Captain, Com-

       

pany A, August 18, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 26,

       

1865; wounded in right leg-, May 23, 1862, at Front

       

Royal, Va.; Weldon R. R., Va., August 18, to 20, 1864,

       

severely wounded through right arm and shoulder;

Thomas S. J.

     

mustered out with the regiment, July 2, 1865.

Johnson

Lieut.-Col.

May 27, 1861

 

Entered the service as Captain, Company K; detailed

       

as Brigade and Division Inspector; taken prisoner,

       

May 31, 1864; sent to Charlestown, S. C. ; he died

       

there, November 20, 1864; after his capture, commis-

George

     

sion issued for him as Lieutenant-Colonel.

Chorpening

Major.

June 11, 1861

Sept. 28, 1861

Appointed by the President, June 11, 1861; resigned,

       

September 28, 1861; never served with the regiment.

Benjamin F.

       

Zimmerman

Major.

Nov. 18, 1861

Nov. 18, 1861

Appointed by the President, November 18, 1861; never

       

joined the regiment for duty.

Benj. H. Schley

Major.

May 27, 1861

May 23, 1864

Entered the service as Captain of Company H, May 27,

       

1861; promoted Major, August 22, 1862; taken prisoner,

       

May 23, 1862, at Front Royal, Va.; mustered out on

       

expiration of term of service, May 23, 1864.

Josiah B. Coloney

Major.

May 27, 1861

 

Entered the service as First Lieutenant of Company I,

       

May 27, 1861; promoted Adjutant, October 4, 1862;

       

Major, September 6, 1864; taken prisoner, at Front

       

Royal, Va., May 23, 1862; Weldon R. R., August 18 to

       

21, 1864, mortally wounded; died, October 9, 1864, of

       

wounds received in action.

Robert Neely

Major.

May 27, 1861

July 2, 1865

Entered the service as First Sergeant of Company G,

       

May 27, 1861; promoted Second Lieutenant, Company

       

G, February 1, 1862; promoted First Lieutenant, Com-

       

pany G, May 1, 1863; Captain, Company C, August 20,

       

1864; Major, February 21, 1865; taken prisoner, May 23,

       

1862, Front Royal, Va. ; mustered out of service with

       

the regiment, July 2, 1865.

Francis M. Smith

Adjutant.

May 17, 1861

July 2, 1865

Enlisted as private in Company H, May 17, 1861; pro-

       

moted Corporal, May 27, 1861; First Sergeant, Novem-

       

ber 25, 1862; re-enlisted, February 19, 1864, as veteran

       

volunteer; promoted March 12, 1864, Second Lieuten-

       

ant, Company E; First Lieutenant and Adjutant,

       

Septembers, 1864; brevetted Captain, April 1, 1865, for

       

gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five

       

Forks, Va.; awarded Medal of Honor; slightly

       

wounded in left groin, at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3,

       

1864; wounded in left hand and left thigh, June 18,

       

1864, in front of Petersburg, Va.; wounded in left leg,

       

April 1, 1865, Five Forks, Va. ; mustered out of service

       

with the regiment, July 2, 1865.

Frederick C. Tarr

Adjutant.

May 20, 1861

Nov. 1, 1865

Roster, Commissioned Officers, Company D.

Josiah B. Coloney

Adjutant.

May 27, 1861

 

Roster, Field and Staff.

Thos. E. Mitchell

Surgeon.

June 17, 1861

April 27, 1864

Appointed Surgeon, June 17, 1861; wounded and taken

       

prisoner, Front Royal, Va., May 23, 1862; resigned,

       

April 27, 1864.

Edward R. Baer

Surgeon.

June 17, 1861

July 2, 1865

Appointed Assistant Surgeon, June 17, 1861, and pro-

       

moted Surgeon, May 6, 1864; Medical Director, Pro-

       

visional Brigade, May 10, 1864; Surgeon in Chief, Sec-

       

ond Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Army Corps,

       

May 29, 1864; in charge Second Division, Field Depot

       

for Wounded, October 2, 1864; Surgeon in charge

       

Hospital, Second Division, Fifth Army Corps; wound-

       

ed, April 1, 1865, Five Forks, Va. Surgeon Baer was

       

the only original officer that continued with the regi-

       

ment until its final muster out; was present with his

       

command in nearly all the engagements in which it

Joseph H. Bagley

Asst. Surg.

Oct. 29, 1862

May 23, 1864

participated; mustered out with regiment, July 2, 1865.
Appointed Assistant Surgeon, October 29, 1862; dis-

       

charged, May 23, 1864.

Aaron Ansell

Asst. Surg.

Feb. 15, 1865

July 2, 1865

Appointed Assistant Surgeon, February 15, 1865; mus-

       

tered out of service with regiment, July 2, 1865.

 

 

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