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23rd Ohio Infantry, Field and Staff

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Mustered Out:

Name
Age
Rank
Entered Service
Left Unit
Remarks
Martin P Avery
25
First Lieutenant
1 June 1861
04/19/64
Promoted to 1st Lieut/Adjutant on 1 June 1861; Promoted to Captain and transferred to Company D on 30 November 1862; Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 60th Ohio on 19 April 1864 as Major
Joseph E Barrett
Asst Surgeon
4 July 1861
16 March 1865
Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 194th Ohio on 16 March 1865 as Surgeon
Edward M Carey
33
Private
1 July 1864
22 February 1865
Commissioned into Co H, 12th Ohio (3 Months' Unit) on 24 April 1861; Discharged for promotion on 4 June 1861; Commissioned into Co H, 12th Ohio (3 Years' Unit) on 4 June 1861; Promoted to Captain on 4 May 1861; Promoted to Major and transferred to Field & Staff on 18 April 1862; Wounded in thigh on 14 September 1862 at South Mountain, MD; Transferred into Field & Staff, 23rd Ohio on 1 July 1864; Mustered Out
James Munroe Stuart Comly
29
Major
28 October 1861
26 July 1865
On 6/15/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff, 63rd Ohio on 15 June 1861; Transferred into Field & Staff, 23rd Ohio on 28 October 1861 as Major; Promoted to Colonel on 19 October 1864; Promoted to Brig-Gen by Brevet on 13 March 1865; Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD; Born on 6 March 1832 in Perry County, OH - Died on 26 July 1887 in Toledo, OH
Benjamin F Cooper
24
Sergt Major
8 June 1861
Promoted to 2nd Lieut and transferred to Company E on 17 January 1862; Promoted to 1st Lieut and transferred to Company K on 26 December 1862
Russel G French
Chaplain
1 May 1862
17 August 1863
Discharged for disability
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
38
Major
27 June 1861
19 October 1864
Promoted to Lt Col on 23 October 1861; Wounded on 14 September 1862 at South Mountain, MD; Promoted to Colonel on 15 October 1862; Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff on 19 October 1864 as Brig-Gen; Promoted to Brig-Gen by Brevet on 13 March 1865; to Major-Gen by Brevet on 13 March 1865; Mustered Out on 8 June 1865; Born on 4 October 1822 in Delaware, OH - died on 13 January 1893 in Spiegel Grove, OH; 19th President of USA
George H Holeton
20
Sergt Major
8 June 1861
26 July 1865
Promoted to 2nd Lieut and transferred to Company G on 20 April 1865; Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
Elmore Y King
29
Asst Surgeon
22 March 1865
26 July 1865
Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
Edward A Kloosterman
31
Private
1 July 1864
22 March 1865
On 4/19/1861 he Mustered into Co D, 12th Ohio (3 Months' Unit) on 19 April 1861; Promoted to Corporal on 22 April 1861; to Sergeant; Mustered Out at 20 June 1861; Mustered into Co D, 12th Ohio (3 Years' Unit) on 20 June 1861; Promoted to Qtr Master Sergt and transferred to Field & Staff on 1 February 1863; Transferred into Field & Staff, 23rd Ohio on 1 July 1864; Promoted to Sergt Major on 2 July 1864; Promoted to 2nd Lieut and transferred to Company K on 17 September 1864; Discharged; Last name: Kloosterman or Klosterman
Stanley Matthews
37
Lieutenant Colonel
27 June 1861
24 October 1861
Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 51st Ohio on 24 October 1861 as Colonel; Resigned on 11 April 1863; After war, was Associate Justice of US
James McClure
29
Assistant Surgeon
22 April 1864
26 July 1865
Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
John McCurdy
Asst Surgeon
2 July 1861
10 November 1862
Transferred into Field & Staff, 11th Ohio on 10 November 1862 as Surgeon
Hugh Mullen
18
Principal Musician
5 June 1861
15 May 1865
Reduced to Musician and transferred to Company F on 1 July 1864; Discharged
William Starke Rosecrans
42
Colonel
12 June 1861
17 June 1861
Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into US Volunteer General Staff on 17 June 1861 as Brig-Gen; Promoted to Major-Gen on 21 March 1862; Promoted to Major-Gen by Brevet on 13 March 1865; Born on 6 September 1819 in Delaware County, OH - Died on 11 March 1898 in Redondo Beach, CA
Eliakim Parker Scammon
44
Colonel
27 June 1861
15 October 1862
Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff on 15 October 1862 as Brig-Gen; Mustered Out on 24 August 1865; Born on 27 December 1816 in Whitefield, Lincoln Co., ME - Died on 7 December 1894 in New York City, NY; Married Margaret Stebbins of Springfield, MA; Resident of Cincinnati OH; a 44 year-old College Professor
Daniel M Stevens
27
Principal Musician
1 July 1864
26 July 1865
Mustered into Field & Staff, 12th Ohio; Transferred into Field & Staff, 23rd Ohio on 1 July 1864; Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
Daniel M Stevens
27
Private
1 July 1864
26 July 1865
Mustered into Co B, 12th Ohio; Promoted to Principal Musician and transferred from Company B on 1 MArch 1864; Transferred into Field & Staff, 23rd Ohio on 1 July 1864; Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
Joseph T Webb
31
Sergeant
2 July 1861
26 July 1865
Promoted to Lt Col by Brevet on 13 March 1865; Mustered Out at Cumberland, MD
Amos Wilson
Chaplain
2 July 1861
1 May 1862
Resigned
Wallis J Woodward
24
Adjutant
1 June 1861
6 November 1861
Promoted to Captain and transferred to Company G on 23 July 1861; Died at Camp Ewing, VA