U.S. FIFTH ARMY CORPS

SECOND DIVISION

By Terry D. Hooker

Commander: Brigadier General Henry W. Lawton ( U.S. Volunteers )

Chief Surgeon: Major H. S. Kilbourne

1st BRIGADE

Commanding Officer: Colonel Van Horn [ Replaced by Brigadier General William Ludlow ( U.S. Volunteers ) after receiving a mortal injury while boarding a vessel in rough seas, dying a few months latter. ]

2nd Massachussetts Volunteer Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Embury P. Clark

Lt. Colonel Edwin R. Shumway

Major Frederick G. Southmayd

Major Reuben A. Whipple

Major Harry B. Fairbanks

    Captain Edwin G. Barrett A Company
    Captain Henry McDonald B Company
    Captain Frank L. Allen C Company
    Captain William J. Crosier D Company
    Captain Philip I. Barber E Company
    Captain Albert L. Potter F Company
    Captain John J. Leonard G Company
    Captain Charles S. Holden H Company
    Captain Henry L. Williams I Company
    Captain William S. Warriner K Company
    Captain Frederick E. Pierce L Company
    Captain Herbert O. Hicks M Company
    Major Henry C. Bowen ( died 13th August ) Surgeon
    1st Lt. Ernest A. Gates Assistant Surgeon
    ( promoted to Major and Surgeon )
    1st Lt. John S. Hitchcock Assistant Surgeon
    1st Lt. Paul R. Hawkins Adjutant
    1st Lt. Edward E. Sawtell Quartermaster
    Chaplain John C. Welwood

8th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel James J. Van Horn

Lt. Colonel George M. Randall

Major Casper H. Conrad

    Captain Folliot A. Whitney A Company
    Captain Thomas Wilhelm B Company
    (promoted Major to the 21st Inf. Regt. 26th April)
    1st Lt. Chase W. Kennedy B Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain Edgar Hubert C Company
    Captain P. Henry Ray D Company
    Captain Robert F. Ames E Company
    Captain William L. Pitcher F Company
    Captain Colville P. Terrett G Company
    Captain William A. Mercer H Company
    Captain Richard H. Wilson I Company
    Captain Egbert B. Savage J Company
    (promoted to Major 26th April)
    1st Lt. John Stafford K Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Wilds P. Richardson L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Wilson Y. Stamper M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Frederick Perkins Adjutant
    1st Lt. James R. Lindsay Quartermaster

22nd Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Charles A. Wikoff

Colonel Harry C. Egbert
(promoted from Lt. Col. 6th Inf. Regt., 1st July)

Lt. Colonel John H. Patterson

Major William M. Van Horne

Major Leopold 0. Parker
(promoted Major from the 1st Inf. Regt. 26th April)

    Captain Alfred C. Sharpe A Company
    Captain John J. Crittenden B Company
    Captain William H. Kell C Company
    Captain Benjamin C. Lockwood D Company
    Captain Frank B. Jones E Company
    Captain Robert N. Getty F Company
    Captain Theodore Mosher G Company
    Captain Hiram H. Ketchum H Company
    Captain John G. Ballance I Company
    Captain John McA. Webster K Company
    1st Lt. Edward O.C. Ord L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Henry C. Hodges M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Herman Hall Adjutant
    1st Lt. Jacob F. Kreps Quartermaster

2nd BRIGADE

Commanding Officer: Colonel Evan Miles ( 1st Infantry )
[ Replaced by 31st July by Briadier General Chambers McKibbin ( U.S. Volunteers ) ]

1st Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Evan Miles

Lt. Colonel William H. Bisbee

Major Thomas M.K. Smith

Major Ira Quinby (promoted from the 11th Inf Regt. 3Oth June)

    Captain Louis P. Brant A Company
    1st Lt. Charles B. Vogdes B Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain William E. Dougherty C Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    1st Lt. Lewis H. Strother C Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain James S. Pettit D Company
    Captain John J. O'Connell E Company
    Captain Charles G. Starr F Company
    Captain Nat. P. Phister G Company
    Captain Leopold 0. Parker H Company
    (promoted Major to the 22nd Inf. Regt. 26th April)
    1st Lt. George Bell Jr. H Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain Frank de L. Carrington I Company
    Captain Frank H. Edmunds K Company
    Captain Marion P. Maus L Company
    1st Lt. Elias Chandler M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Everett E. Benjamin Adjutant
    1st Lt. Leon S. Roudiez Quartermaster

4th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Robert H. Hall

Lt. Colonel Aug. H. Bainbridge

Major Stephen Baker

    Captain Charles W. Mason A Company
    Captain Henry E. Robinson B Company
    Captain Leonard A. Lovering C Company
    Captain Carver Howland D Company
    Captain Butler D. Price E Company
    Captain George O. Webster F Company
    Captain Edward H. Browne G Company
    Captain John W. Bubb H Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    Captain Henry Seton I Company
    Captain Silas A. Wolf K Company
    1st Lt. Frank B. Andrus L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Magnus O. Hollis M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. George B. Duncan Adjutant
    1st Lt. Charles McQuiston Quartermaster

25th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Andrew S. Burt

Lt. Colonel Aaron S. Daggett

Major Mott Hooton

Major David J. Craigie
(promoted from the 12th Inf. Regt. 26th April)

    Captain Washinton I. Sanborn A Company
    Captain R. H. R. Loughborough B Company
    Captain Henry P. Ritzius C Company
    Captain Eaton A. Edwards D Company
    Captain Walter S. Scott E Company
    Captain James C. Ord F Company
    Captain David B. Wilson G Company
    1st Lt. Harry A. Leonhaeuser H Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain Edwin F. Glenn I Company
    Captain George Andrews R Company
    Captain Owen J. Sweet L Company
    Captain Charles L. Hodges M Company
    1st Lt. Marcus D. Cronin Adjutant
    1st Lt. Amos B. Shattuck Quartermaster
    Captain T. G. Steward Chaplain

3rd BRIGADE

Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee ( U.S. Volunteers )

7th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel Daniel W. Benham

Lt. Colonel Gilbert S. Carpenter

Major Augustus W. Corliss

    Captain Daniel A. Frederick A Company
    Captain Edward E. Hardin B Company
    Captain John T. Van Orsdale C Company
    Captain Frederick M.H. Kendrick D Company
    Captain Charles A. Worden E Company
    Captain Charles A. Booth F Company
    Captain James B. Jackson G Company
    Captain George S. Young H Company
    Captain Charles A. Coolidge I Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    1st Lt. Daniel L. Howel1 I Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain William Quinton R Company
    1st Lt. Walter K. Wright L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. George W. McIver M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. James A. Goodin Adjutant
    1st Lt. John L. Barbour Quartermaster

12th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel John N. Andrews

Lt. Colonel Richard Comba
(replaced by Lt. Col. Jacob H. Smith from the 2nd Inf. Regt. 3Oth June)

Major Henry H. Humphreys

    Captain Palmer G. Wood A Company
    Captain Frederick A. Smith B Company
    Captain Millard F. Waltz C Company
    Captain Stephen C. Mills D Company
    Captain Robert K. Evans E Company
    Captain Wallis O. Clark F Company
    Captain Hugh G. Brown G Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    1st Lt. Charles W. Abbot Jr. G Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain Harry L. Haskell H Company
    Captain William W. Wotherspoon I Company
    Captain David J. Craigie K Company
    (promoted Major to the 25th Inf. Regt. 26th April)
    1st Lt. Daniel F. Anglum K Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Charles H. Barth L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Robert L. Hirst M Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Frank L. Winn Adjutant
    1st Lt. Mark L. Hersey Quartermaster

17th Regiment of Infantry

Colonel John S. Poland
(replaced by Col. William M. Wherry of the 2nd Inf. Regt. 3Oth August)

Lt. Colonel Joseph T. Haskell

Major Constant Williams

    Captain James D. Nickerson A Company
    Captain George H. Roach B Company
    Captain Cyrus S. Roberts C Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    1st Lt. Edward Chynoweth C Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    Captain Lyster M. O'Brien D Company
    (promoted Major 26th April)
    Captain James M. Burns E Company
    Captain Charles St.James Chubb F Company
    Captain William P. Rodgers G Company
    Captain William A Mann H Company
    Captain Thomas Sharp I Company
    Captain Daniel H. Brush K Company
    (moved to "D" Company)
    1st Lt. James T. Kerr K Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Edgar W. Howe L Company
    (promoted Captain 26th April)
    1st Lt. Charles D. Clay M Company
    (promoted Captain 13th August)
    1st Lt. William C. Wren Adjutant
    1st Lt. Robert W. Dowdy Quartermaster


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