4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Field & Staff

 


Name
Age
Rank
Entered Service
Left Unit
Remarks
Lorin Andrews
42
Colonel
5 June 1861
18 June 1861
Died; Buried in Rosse Chapel Cemetery, Gambier, Knox County, OH (President of Kenyon College); His widow (Sarah R. Andrews) applied for a pension on 1 January 1862 - Application #3
Morgan Barr
32
Musician
18 June 1861

Mustered Out
David T. Bruck
27
Private
3 June 1861

Promoted to Hospital Steward on 17 June 1861 (As of Co H); Mustered Out
Jacob Bruengger
19
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
Amos Burgertt
25
Musician
10 June 1861

Mustered Out
Jacob Y. Cantwell
36
Surgeon
7 June 1861
20 August 1861
Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months Unit) on 16 April 1861; Mustered Out on 7 June 1861; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Years Unit) as Asst Surgeon on 7 June 1861; Resigned commission; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Surgeon on January 1862; Discharged on 5 December 1863 for promotion; Commissioned into US Volunteers Medical Staff as Asst Surgeon on 5 December 1863; Promoted to Surgeon on 18 May 1864; Brevetted Lieut Col on 13 March 1865; Mustered Out on 23 September 1865; Died 11 February 1883
James Cantwell
49
Lieutenant Colonel
5 June 1861
1861
Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months Unit) on 18 April 1861; Mustered out on 5 June 1861; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Years Unit) on 5 June 1861; Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Colonel; Killed on 29 August 1862 Groveton (Second Manassas), VA
Leonard W. Carpenter
29
Captain
4 June 1861

Promoted to Major on 6 November 1862 (As of Co A); Promoted to Lieut Col on 29 November 1862
Joseph H. Carr
20
Corporal
3 June 1861
1863
Promoted to 2nd Lieut (In Co I); Promoted to Sergeant Major on 26 December 161 (As of Co E)
John Clark
40
Musician
5 June 1861
1863
Promoted to Principal Musician on 5 June 1861; to Musician on 1 October 1862 (As of Co F); Mustered Out
Wellington Douds
20
Musician
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Principal Musician on 1 March 1864 (As of Co F); Mustered Out
Bradford R. Durfee
45
First Lieutenant
4 June 1861
1862
Transferred from Company K on 5 June 1861; Transferred to Company B on 1 November 1861
Godfrey Eichenberger
23
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
John Eichenberger
25
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
James Harper Godman
52
Major
5 June 1861
28 July 1863
Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Months Unit); Mustered Out on 5 June 1861; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (3 Years Unit); Promoted to Lieut Col on 9 January 1862; Promoted to Colonel on 29 November 1862; Wounded on 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA; Resigned commission; Promoted to Brig-Gen on 13 March 1865 by Brevet; Born 19 October 1808 in Berkeley County, VA - Died on 4 October 1891 in Columbus, OH
B. Gray
Unknown
Sergeant
22 April 1864
5 June 1864
Transferred into 4th Battalion Ohio Infantry
John Green
27
First Lieutenant
4 June 1861

Promoted to Adjutant on 1 November 1861 (As of Co B); Promoted to Captain and transferred to Company A on 11 June 1862
Marshall E. Hass
21
Sergeant
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Sergeant Major on 20 September 1863 (As of Co F); Wounded on 6 February 1864 at Morton's Ford, VA; Mustered Out
Richard Humphries
22
Private
5 June 1861
1 August 1862
Promoted to Qtr Master Sergt on 1 May 1862 (As of Co C); Dishcarged for promotion; Commissioned into 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as 2nd Lieut on 1 August 1862
Lemuel Jeffries
21
Corporal
6 June 1861
1861
Promoted to 2nd Lieut (As of Co G); to Sergt Major on 1 October 1861 (In Co G)
John R. Knapp
Unknown
Sergeant
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Command Sergt on 1 September 1861; to Qtr Master Sergt on 1 August 1862; to 2nd Lieut and Acting Qtr Master on 10 June 1863; Mustered Out
John B. Laird
Unknown
Assistant Surgeon
29 November 1862
26 July 1863
Resigned commission; Born in 1825 - Died in 1898; Buried in Logan Valley, Bellwood, PA
Abraham W. Lippett
26
Second Lieutenant
4 June 1861
1862
Promoted to 1st Lieut and Quartermaster on 9 January 1862; Died at Mount Vernon, OH
Albert Longwell
Unknown
Surgeon
21 August 1861
1862
Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into 88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on 10 November 1862
John L. Loyd
28
Sergeant
4 June 1861

Promoted to Qtr Master Sergt on 27 June 1861 (As of Co K)
John Sanford Manson
Unknown
Captain
3 October 1861
1862
Commissioned into 11th US Infantry on 14 May 1861; Discharged for promotion on 3 October 1861; Commissioned into Field & Staff, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Colonel; Promoted to Major by Brevet (US Army) on 17 September 1862; Promoted to Brig-Gen on 29 November 1862; Promoted to Lieut Col by Brevet (US Army) on 13 December 1862; Promoted to Colonel by Brevet (US Army) on 13 March 1865; Promoted to Brig-Gen by Brevet (US Army) on 13 March 1865; Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff; Mustered Out; Served in US Army until 21 August 1888; Born on 21 August 1824 in Steubenville, OH - Died 29 November 1897 in Washington, DC
Harry M. McAbee
33
Surgeon
7 June 1861
1863
Resigned Commission
Robert D. McCarter
20
Private
2 May 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Command Sergeant on 2 August 1862 (As of Co C); Mustered Out
Addison S. McClure
22
Private
6 June 1861
1 October 1861
Promoted to Sergt Major on 7 June 1861; Discharged for promotion; Commissioned into 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as Captain on 1 October 1861
Charles H. McClure
20
Corporal
4 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Qtr Master Sergt on 10 July 1863 (As of Co E); Mustered Out
William A. McDermott
22
Sergeant
20 May 1861
11 May 1863
Promoted to Sergt Major on 15 January 1863 (As of Co C); Promoted to 2nd Lieut on 11 May 1863 (As of Co D)
Francis W. Morrison
33
Surgeon
31 July 1862
21 June 1864
Promoted to Surgeon on 1 September 1863; Mustered Out
Frederick Oluhausen
43
Musician
5 June 1861
9 July 1862
Mustered Out at Washington DC
Leonard Rottman
20
Musician
10 June 1861

Mustered Out
Gordon A. Stewart
30
Captain
4 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Major on 29 November 1862 (As of Co D); Promoted to Lieut Col on 28 July 1863 (Not mustered); Mustered Out
Louis Straub
28
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
Wendell Straub
25
Musician
18 June 1861

Mustered Out
Daniel G. Strong
25
Corporal
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Chaplain on 1 May 1863; Mustered Out
Andrew J. Tilton
19
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
Israel Underwood
41
First Lieutenant
4 June 1861

Promoted to Acting Quartermaster on 5 June 1861 (As of Co A); Promoted to 1st Lieut and transferred to Company B on 9 January 1862; Promoted to Quartermaster and transferred from Company B on 1 January 1863; Resigned commission
William Wallace
Unknown
Second Lieutenant
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to 1st Lieut and Adjutant on 6 November 1862; Mustered Out
Lorenzo Warner
Unknown
Chaplain
15 June 1861
17 March 1863
Resigned Commission
Joseph W. Watkins
22
Sergeant
5 June 1861
21 June 1864
Promoted to Sergeant Major on 9 May 1863 (As of Co A); Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 28 July 1863 (In Co I)
George Weaver
54
Captain
4 June 1861
1862
Promoted to Major on 9 January 1862 (As of Co D); Resigned commission
Joseph Young
18
Musician
8 June 1861

Mustered Out
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