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Roster of Officers of the Second Mass Cavalry

left to right: Captain Francis Washburne, Surgeon Oscar C. DeWolf, Captain Louis Cabot, Captain Lewis S. Dabney, Captain John T. Richards, Colonel Casper Crowninshield, Lt. Col. Henry S. Russell, Colonel Charles R. Lowell, Captain Charles E. Rice, Captain Goodwin A. Stone, 1st Lt. Charles Payson, Lt. Col. William H. Forbes.

 

The Officers

Roster Page 1

Roster Page 2

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List of commissioned officers

Sources: 
Army Official Register of the Volunteer Force Adjutant General's Office, 1865. 
 Adjutant General. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War,  1931.

Rank

Name

 Date of  Commission Date of Termination Reason
As of Mustering Out Date 
Colonel see below      
Lt. Colonel see below      
Major Archibald McKendry 11/18/64 07/20/65 Discharged
Major William M. Rumery 03/01/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain John T. Richards 11/18/64 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Henry Kuhls 11/18/64 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Henry E. Alvord 12/11/64 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Henry H. Crocker 01/01/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Benjamin F. Partridge 02/19/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain William C. Manning 03/25/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Hugh Armstrong 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Isaac R. McIntosh 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Henry G. Burlingham 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Captain Edward Thompson 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. William W. Parker 10/28/63 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt., R.C.S. Peleg R. Irwin 01/25/64 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt., R.Q.M H. C. Pinkham 04/19/64 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. William E. Parker 03/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. Charles W. Amory 03/25/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. Wesley C. Howe 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. John Passage 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. William H. H. Hussey 06/20/65 07/20/65 Discharged
1st Lt. Henry Herrigan awaiting muster 07/20/65 Discharged
2nd Lt. George Plummer 05/01/65 07/20/65 Discharged
2nd Lt. George E. Baldwin 06/22/65 07/20/65 Discharged
2nd Lt. John L. Finley 06/22/65 07/20/65 Discharged
2nd Lt. W. Hilliard 06/22/65 07/20/65 Discharged
Surgeon Eldridge M. Johnson 05/10/63 07/20/65 Discharged
Assist. Surgeon Alvin Felch Bucknam 08/03/64 07/20/65 Discharged
Left Service prior to Muster Out
Colonel Charles R. Lowell 05/10/63 10/20/64 KIA
Colonel Casper Crowninshield 01/31/63 06/16/65 Resigned
Lt. Colonel Henry S. Russell 03/19/63 03/01/64 Discharged for Promotion
Lt. Colonel William J. Forbes   05/15/65 Resigned
Major Dewitt C. Thompson 03/19/63 08/09/64 Resigned
Major George Blagden   06/02/65 Resigned
R.Q.M. Joseph M. Brown 12/12/62 04/18/64 Discharged for Promotion
Surgeon Oscar C. De Wolf 12/24/62 02/04/65 Discharged
Assist. Surgeon Harlow Gamwell 02/19/63 04/27/64 Discharged for Promotion
Chaplain Charles Alfred Humphreys 08/21/63 04/12/65 Resigned
Captain Z. B. Adams   03/07/64 Discharged for Promotion
Captain Josiah A. Baldwin   05/15/65 Resigned
Captain Louis Cabot   02/05/64 Discharged for Promotion
Captain Lewis S. Dabney   01/07/65 Resigned
Captain David A. De Merritt   09/10/64 Resigned
Captain Charles S. Eigenbrodt   08/25/64 KIA
Captain George F. Holman   05/15/65 Resigned
Captain George A. Manning   05/15/65 Resigned
Captain John Phillips   03/28/65 Resigned
Captain James Sewall Reed   02/22/64 KIA
Captain Charles E. Rice   11/12/64 Resigned
Captain Rufus W. Smith   10/19/64 KIA
Captain Goodwin A. Stone   07/18/64 KIA
Captain Francis Washburne   02/04/64 Resigned

Lt. Adjutant

 Charles M. Kinne 05/09/65 01/01/64 Resigned

1st Lieutenant

 Darnley O. Balcom 05/27/65 06/21/65 Resigned
1st Lieutenant Charles B. Fox 01/13/63 05/30/63 Discharged for Promotion

1st Lieutenant

 Charles E. Meader 03/08/64 08/26/64 KIA

1st Lieutenant

 Augustus L. Papanti 07/09/64 05/31/65 Resigned

1st Lieutenant

 Charles Payson 04/14/63 05/17/65 Discharged

1st Lieutenant

 John W. Sim 07/01/63 05/02/64 Resigned
1st Lieutenant Alvin W. Stone 02/13/63 09/08/64 Resigned

1st Lieutenant

 Samuel F. Tucker 09/03/64 06/01/65 Resigned

2nd Lieutenant

 Warren Ball 12/19/62 04/13/65 Discharged

2nd Lieutenant

 Hiram E. Clark 08/23/63 03/01/64 Discharged for Promotion

2nd Lieutenant

 Cyrus C. Emory 07/27/63 02/03/64 Discharged for Promotion
2nd Lieutenant Edward B. Mason 06/04/63 09/14/63 Died of Disease

2nd Lieutenant

 John C. Norcross 03/19/63 05/15/65 Discharged

2nd Lieutenant

 John W. Owen 09/09/64 05/30/65 Discharged
  William E. Poe      

2nd Lieutenant

 Lewis Munger 08/31/64 03/31/65 KIA

2nd Lieutenant

 Horace B. Welch 05/21/63 02/03/64 Discharged for Promotion

2nd Lieutenant

 Edward W. Wellington 01/19/63 08/22/63 Resigned

2nd Lieutenant

 William S. Wells 12/18/62 07/26/63 Died of Disease

2nd Lieutenant

 William L. Wilson 01/01/64 05/31/65 Discharged

2nd Lieutenant

 Huntington Wolcott 10/23/64 06/09/65 Died of Disease

2nd Lieutenant

 Henry F. Woodman 04/19/64 10/09/64 Died of Wounds
 

The Officers

Roster Page 1

Roster Page 2

Image Page