Indiana
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Part VI.
Indiana – Illinois
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
Sixteenth
Regiment.
(This regiment was organized at Richmond, Ind.,
in May, 1861, to serve one year.
It was mustered out May 23, 1862,
by reason of expiration of term of service.)
(The
official list of battles in which this regiment
bore an honorable part is not yet published in
orders.)
Colonel.
Thomas J. Lucas
6 May, 62
Lieutenant Colonel.
Joel Wolfe
6 May, 62
Major.
(None Entered)
Captains.
Thomas A. McFarland, a. w. m.
John S. Lee, a. w. m.
James Perry Gillespie, a. w. m.
John C. McQuiston, a. w. m.
John M. Orr, a. w. m.
Paul J. Beachbard, a. w. m.
Albert G. Dennis, a. w. m.
William Judkins, a. w. m.
John A. Platter, a. w. m.
Alfred J. Hawn, a. w. m.
First Lieutenants.
Robert Conover
Adj’t, a. w. m.
David B. Hill, R. Q. M., a. w. m.
David T. Sleeth, a. w. m.
Thomas Reading, a. w. m.
H. Benton Austin, a. w. m.
William H. Weyer, a. w. m.
William H. Greer, a. w. m.
John L. Grove, a. w. m.
William J. Fitch, a. w. m.
Henry L. Francis, a. w. m.
William Copeland, a. w. m.
Robert E. Smith, a. w. m.
Second Lieutenants.
William H. F. Randall, a. w. m.
John H. Finley, a. w. m.
Charles P. Williamson, a. w. m.
Conard Shomber, a. w. m.
John M. Hartley, a. w. m.
Silas D. Byram, a. w. m.
Philip Dexheimer, a. w. m.
Samuel Tull, a. w. m.
Israel Phalin, a. w. m.
Courtland C. Matson, a. w. m.
Surgeon.
Elias Fisher, a. w. m.
Assistant Surgeon.
George F. Chittenden, a. w. m.
Chaplain.
Edward Jones, a. w. m.
Casualties.
Promoted,
(2.)
Colonel Pleasant A. Hackelman
May 7, 1862, to Brigadier General.
Captain John R. Mahan
May 25, 1861, to Lieutenant Colonel 14th
regiment Indiana infantry.
Transferred,
(1.)
Second Lieut. Balthazer B. Tremelin
May 25, 1861, to 14th regiment Indiana infantry.
Resigned,
(1.)
Second Lieut. Thomas J. Powell
November 11, 1861.
Note:
This roster of officers
is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National
Archives, Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark Anderson
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