FIRST DIVISION Commander: Brigadier General Jacob F. Kent ( U.S. Volunteers ) 1st BRIGADE Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins ( U.S. Volunteers ) 6th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Melville A. Cochran (replaced by Col. Edgar R. Kellogg of the 10th Inf. Regt., 30th June) Lt. Colonel Harry C. Egbert (promoted to Colonel, 22nd Inf. Regt.) Major Charles W. Miner (promoted Lt. Col. 1st July) Major Folliot A. Whitney (promoted from 8th Inf. Regt. 1st July) Captain Alex M. Weatherill A Company Captain Reuben B. Turner B Company Captain George B. Walker C Company Captain Zerah W. Torrey D Company Captain Charles G. Penney E Company Captain Charles Byrne F Company Captain William H.H. Crowell G Company (promoted Major 22nd August) Captain Bernard A. Byrne H Company Captain Lyman W.V. Kennon I Company Captain Charles G. Morton K Company 1st Lt. Omar Bundy (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. John H. Beacon (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. William C. Bennett Adjutant 1st Lt. Benjamin W. Atkinson Quartermaster Dr. W. D. McCaw Assistant Surgeon 16th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Hugh A. Theaker Lt. Colonel Edwin M. Coates Major William H. McLaughlin (promoted Lt. Col. 23rd July, replaced by Major Joel T. Kirkman, 10th Inf. Regt. 23rd July) Captain Charles H. Noble A Company Captain George H. Palmer B Company Captain Leven C. Allen C Company 1st Lt. John Newton D Company (promoted Capt 26th April) Captain William McFarland E Company Captain Thomas C. Woodbury F Company Captain William Lassiter G Company Captain Samuel R. Whitall H Company Captain William V. Richards I Company Captain Henry C. Ward K Company (promoted to Major 26th April) 1st Lt. William H. Johnston K Company 1st Lt. Samuel W. Dunning L Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Walter A. Thurston M Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Charles P. George Adjutant 1st Lt. John E. Woodward Quartermaster 71st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis Vinton Greene (2nd May - 28th May) Lt. Colonel Wallace Abel Downs (promoted Colonel 31st May) Major Clinton Hartt Smith (promoted Lt. Colonel 31st May) Captain John Henry Whittle A Company (promoted to Major 17th May) 1st Lt. Eugene de Kay Townsend A Company (promoted to Captain 17th May) Captain William Livingston Hazen B Company Captain Ferdinand Heindsmann C Company Captain William Henry Linson D Company Captain Charles Herbert Stoddard E Company Captain James Hollis Wells F Company (promoted to Major 17th May) 1st Lt. Malcolm Anstice Rafferty F Company (promoted to Captain 17th May) Captain Anthony James Bleecker G Company Captain Walter Irving Joyce H Company Captain William Furman Meeks I Company Captain Frank Keck K Company (promoted to Major 31st May) 1st Lt. Edward A Selfridge Jr. K Company (promoted to Captain 5th June) Captain Elmore Farrington Austin L Company Captain Washington Laird Goldsborough M Company Surgeon William Duffield Bell 1st Lt. Harry Eugene Stafford Assistant Surgeon 1st Lt. James Stafford Assistant Surgeon Adjutant William Graves Bates (2nd May - 28th May) Adjutant Alfred Havens Abeel (from 31st May) Battalion Adjutants (from the 5th June) Battalion Adjutant William Francis Crockett Battalion Adjutant Harris Baldwin Fisher Battalion Adjutant Frederick H. Weyman Quartermaster Amos H. Stephens Chaplain George Roe Van de Water 2nd BRIGADE Commanding Officer: Colonel Edward P. Pearson (10th Infantry) 2nd Regiment of Infantry Colonel John C. Bates Lt. Colonel William M. Wherry (promoted Colonel to the 17th Inf. Regt. 3Oth August) Major Jacob H. Smith (promoted Lt. Col. to the l2th Inf. Regt. 30th June) Major Alpheus H. Bowman (promoted Major from the 9th Inf. Regt. 30th June) Captain Charles W. Bowell A Company Captain Charles A. Dempsey B Company (promoted Major, 26th April) 1st Lt. Frederick T. Van Liew B Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) Captain John K. Waring C Company Captain William J. Turner D Company Captain John S. Mallory E Company Captain James Miller F Company (promoted Major to the 20th Inf. Regt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Frank B. McCoy F Company Captain Abner Pickering G Company Captain William R. Abercrombie H Company Captain Edmund R. Webster I Company Captain Henry H. Benham K Company 1st Lt. Francis J. Kernan L Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. James M. Arrasmith M Company 1st Lt. Charles H. Muir Adjutant 1st Lt. Harry E. Wilkins Quartermaster 10th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Edward P. Pearson Lt. Colonel Edgar R. Kellogg (promoted Colonel to the 6th Inf. Regt. 3Oth June and replaced by Lt. Col. Thomas M.K. Smith [Major] 1st Inf. Regt.) Major Richard I. Eskridge Captain Gregory Barrett A Company Captain Joel T. Kirkman B Company (promoted Major to the 16th Inf. Regt. 23rd July) Captain Walter T. Duggan C Company Captain William Paulding D Company Captain Stephen Y. Seyburn E Company Captain John F. Stretch F Company Captain Robert C. Van Vliet G Company Captain Sumner H. Lincoln H Company (promoted to Major 26th April) 1st Lt. Charles J.T. Clarke H Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) Captain Charles L. Davis I Company Captain John Drum K Company 1st Lt. Edward H. Plummer L Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Henry Kirby M Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Truman O. Murphy Adjutant 1st Lt. Eli A. Helmick Quartermaster 21st Regiment of Infantry Colonel Jacob Kline Lt. Colonel Chambers McKibbin Major John N. Coe Major Thomas Wilhelm (promoted from 8th Inf. Regt. 26th April) Captain Charles A. Williams A Company Captain Willis Wittich B Company Captain Frederick H.E. Ebstein C Company Captain Francis E. Eltonhead D Company Captain Joseph W. Duncan E Company Captain Harry L. Bailey F Company Captain Charles H. Bonesteel G Company Captain Daniel Cornman H Company Captain William F. Spurgin I Company Captain Soloman E. Sparrow K Company 1st Lt. Charles M. Truitt L Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. John S. Parke Jr. M Company (promoted Capt. 26th April) 1st Lt. Peter Murray Adjutant 1st Lt. Charles Crawford Quartermaster 3rd BRIGADE Commanding Officer: Colonel Charles A. Wikoff ( 22nd Infantry ) [ Lt. Colonel Ezra P. Ewers taking command with the death of Col. Wikoff at San Juan Heights ] [ Replaced by the 31st July by Brigadier General Albert Ames ( U.S. Volunteers ) ] 9th Regiment of Infantry Colonel William H. Powell Lt. Colonel Ezra P. Ewers Major George W. Davis Major William H. Boyle 1st Lt. Robert H. Anderson A Company (promoted Captain 26th April) Captain Charles M. Rockefeller B Company Captain Jesse M. Lee C Company (promoted Major 26th April) 1st Lt. Charles R. Noyes C Company (promoted Captain 26th April) Captain George Palmer D Company Captain Edgar B. Robertson E Company Captain Thomas S. McCaleb F Company Captain James Regan G Company Captain Morris C. Foote H Company Captain William L. Carpenter I Company John A. Baldwin K Company 1st Lt. Frank L. Dodds L Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. George P. Ahern M Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. Wendell L. Simpson Adjutant 1st Lt. John P. Finley Quartermaster 13th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Alfred T. Smith Lt. Colonel William S. Worth Major Philip H. Ellis Captain John B. Guthrie A Company Captain Benjamin H. Gilman B Company Captain William L. Buck C Company Captain George R. Cecil D Company Captain John S. Bishop E Company Captain James Fornance F Company Captain James B. Goe G Company Captain William Auman H Company (promoted Major 26th April) 1st Lt. Marion B. Saffold H Company (promoted Captain 26th April) Captain Harry G. Cavenaugh I Company Captain John H.H. Peshine K Company 1st Lt. William N. Huge s L Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. Albert B. Scott M Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. Munroe McFarland Adjutant 1st Lt. Peter C. Harris Quartermaster 24th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Jacob Ford Kent ( Promoted to Brigadier General 15th May at Tampa ) Lt. Colonel Emerson H. Liscum Major William H. Clapp Captain Benjamin W. Leavell A Company Captain Henry Wygant B Company 1st Lt. William Black C Company (Promoted Captain 26th April) Captain Arthur C. Ducat D Company Alfred C. Markley E Company Captain Charles J. Crane F Company Captain John J. Brereton G Company Captain Ammon A. Augar H Company Captain J. Milton Thompson I Company (promoted Major 26th April) 1st Lt. James E. Brett I Company (promoted Captain 26th April) Captain William H.W. James K Company 1st Lt. Henry W. Hovey L Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. Jos B. Batchelor Jr. M Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. George S. Cartwright Adjutant 1st Lt. Albert Laws Quartermaster Captain Allen Allensworth Chaplain 34th Michigan Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel John P. Peterman Lt. Colonel John R. Bennett Major Edwin B. Winans Major William G. Latimer Major Fred M. Hodskin Captain Eli V.R. Falardeau A Company Captain John Stronach Jr. B Company Captain Frank C. Whitney C Company Captain Julius E. Fliege D Company Captain Silas J. McGregor E Company Captain George Millar F Company Captain Robert S. Welsh G Company Captain Robert J. Bates H Company Captain Frank D. Curtis I Company Captain Robert J. Farrar K Company Captain Samuel W. Wheeler L Company Captain Joseph V. McIntosh M Company Surgeon James A. King Assistant Surgeon John A. Bobb Assistant Surgeon Julius M. Wilhelm 1st Lt. John McNaughton Adjutant 1st Lt. Henry Roach Quartermaster Chaplain William E. Wright ( On the 31st July this Regiment was placed with the newly formed Provisional Division. ) Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 4, The Spanish-American War Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com