INDEPENDENT BRIGADE Commanding Officer: Brigadier General John C. Bates ( U.S. Volunteers ) 3rd Regiment of Infantry Colonel John H. Page Lt. Colonel Abram A. Harbach Major James M.J. Sanno Major Henry R. Brinkeroff (promoted from the 15th Inf. Regt. 26th April) Captain John W. Hannay A Company Captain Arthur Williams B Company Captain Fayette W. Roe C Company Captain William Gerlach D Company Captain Melville C. Wilkinson E Company Captain Lorenzo W. Cooke F Company 1st Lt. William E.P. French G Company (promoted Captain 26th April) Captain Philip Reade H Company Captain George W.H. Stouch I Company Captain William C. Buttler K Company Captain Joseph Hale L Company 1st Lt. William E.P. French M Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. James H. McRae Adjutant 1st Lt. Charles G. Dwyer Quartermaster 20th Regiment of Infantry Colonel Hamilton S. Hawkins Lt. Colonel Loyd Wheaton Major William S. McCaskey Major James Miller (promoted from the 2nd Inf. Regt. 26th April) Captain Alfred Reynolds A Company Captain Henry B. Moon B Company Captain Herbert S. Foster C Company Captain Joseph F. Huston D Company Captain John C. Dent E Company Captain John B. Rodman F Company Captain James A. Irons G Company Captain Frederick D. Sharp H Company Captain Henry A. Greene I Company Captain James S. Rogers K Company 1st Lt. Benjamin Alvord L Company (promoted Captain 96th April) 1st Lt. John F. Morrison M Company (promoted Captain 26th April) 1st Lt. Edward M. Lewis Adjutant 1st Lt. Frederick R. Day Quartermaster This Brigade had by the 31st July been expanded to become the: PROVISIONAL DIVISION Commanding Officer: Major General John C. Bates ( U.S. Volunteers ) Chief Surgeon: Major Frank J. Ives ( U.S. Volunteers ) 1st BRIGADE Commanding Officer Lt. Colonel Abram A. Harbach ( 3rd Infantry ) 3rd Regiment of Infantry (see above) 20th Regiment of Infantry (see above) 33rd Michigan Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel Chas. L. Boynton Lt. Colonel Frederick J. Schmidt Major Paul M. Roth Major Frank H. Burton Major Merrell E. Webb Captain William E. Stewart A Company Captain William D. Hitchcock B Company Captain William D . Parke C Company Captain Ferdinand F.W. Giesel D Company Captain John Q. Anderson E Company Captain Joseph F. Walsh F Company Captain Arthur J. Van Epps G Company Captain William S. McArthur H Company Captain Frank P. Graves I Company Captain Chas. P. Wheeler K Company Captain Carl A. Wagner L Company Captain Frederic W. Cowley M Company Surgeon Chas. B. Nancrede Assistant Surgeon Louis W.Pease 1st Lt. G. L. Harvey Adjutant 1st Lt. Oscar W. Achard Quartermaster Chaplain Chas. H. Sage 2nd BRIGADE Commanding Officer: Colonel Henry L. Turner (1st Illinois Vol. Inf.) 1st Illinois Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel Henry L. Turner Lt. Colonel George V. Lauman Major Joseph B. Sanborn Major Edgar B. Tolman Major James M. Eddy Jr. Captain Taylor E. Brown A Company Captain Walter H. McComb B Company Captain Anson L. Bolte C Company Captain Edward J. Dimmick D Company Captain Edgar C. Sturges E Company Captain Oliver B. Steele F Company Captain Charles T. Wilt Jr. G Company Captain Wallace H. Whigam H Company Captain William H. Chenoweth Jr. I Company Captain M. L. C. Funkhouser R Company Captain Alexander M. Daniels L Company Captain Edward H. Switzer M Company Surgeon William G. Willard Assistant Surgeon Thomas E. Roberts Assistant Surgeon C. Bruce Walls 1st Lt. Edwin J. Wright Adjutant 1st Lt. William J. Sanderson Batt. Adjutant 1st Lt. B. F. Patrick Jr. Batt. Adjutant 1st Lt. Willis J. Wells Batt. Adjutant 1st Lt. Oliver A. O1sen Quartermaster Chaplain Hedley A. Hall 1st District of Columbia Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel George H. Harries Lt. Colonel Theodore Mosher Major Michael Emmet Wrell Major Charles De Lano Hine Major Richard A. O'Brien Captain Harry Walsh A Company Captain William H. King B Company Captain Charles S. Domer C Company Captain William S. Hodges D Company Captain Frank L. Grahem E Company Captain James L. Mock F Company Captain Frederick S. Hodgson G Company Captain Harry B. Looker H Company Captain Richard B. Simms I Company Captain Glendie B. Young K Company Captain George W. England L Company Captain Sydney R. Jacobs M Company Major Richard A. Pyles Surgeon 1st Lt. Clarence I. Weaver Asst. Surgeon 1st Lt. Samuel C. Cox Asst. Surgeon Major George F. Dudley Chaplain 1st Lt. William E. Horton Adjutant 1st Lt. James G. Mock Batt. Adjutant 1st Lt. George C. Shaw Batt. Adjutant 1st Lt.Charles Frederick Cook Batt. Adjutant 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel Frederick B. Bogan (died 9th August) Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Logan (promoted to Colonel 18th August) Major Patrick J. Grady (died 29th July) Major William H. Donovan (promoted to Lt. Colonel 19th August) Major Michael J. O'Connor (died 6th August) Captain Daniel J. Keefe A Company Captain George F.H. Murray B Company ( promoted to Major 19th August ) 1st Lt. James F. Walsh B Company (promoted to Captain 20th August) Captain Thomas F. Quinlan C Company Captain David P. Sawyer D Company Captain John J. Sullivan E Company (promoted to Major 19th August) 1st Lt. John J. Barry E Company (promoted to Captain 20th August) Captain Joseph H. Joubert F Company Captain Jeremiah Moynihan G Company Captain John J. Hayes H Company Captain John H. Dunn I Company Captain Peter J. Cannon K Company Captain Michael E. Morris L Company Captain Anthony D. Mitten M Company Major Francis T.L. Magurn Surgeon 1st Lt. William H. Devine Assistant Surgeon (promoted Major 8th June) 1st Lt. Corne1ius J. McGillicuddy Assistant Surgeon 1st Lt. Peter O'Shea Assistant Surgeon 1st Lt. Joseph J. Kelly Adjutant (promoted to Major 20th August) 1st Lt. Benjamin J. Flannagan Adjutant (promoted to Adjutant 21 August) 1st Lt. Jeremiah G. Fennessey Quartermaster 34th Michigan Volunteer Regiment of Infantry ( see 3rd Brigade, 1st Division for officer list ) 8th Ohio Volunteer Regiment of Infantry Colonel Curtis V. Hard Lt. Colonel Charles W. Dick Major Edward Vollrath Major Frederick C. Bryan Major Charles C. Weybrecht Captain Marquis A. Charlton A Company Captain Herman O. Feederie B Company Captain Tully O. Deibler C Company Captain Frank C. Gerlach D Company Captain William M. Hill E Company Captain John A. Leminger F Company ( died 8th Aug. ) 1st Lt. August Weidman F Company ( promoted Captain 9th Aug. ) Captain Frank C. Lee G Company Captain Ammon B. Critchfield H Company Captain Henry L. Willis I Company ( died 28th Aug. ) 1st Lt. Philip Yost I Company ( promoted Captain 5th Sept. ) Captain Elliott L. Gyger K Company Captain Marcus A. Fisher L Company Captain Fred S. Marquis M Company Major Wilbert A. Hobbs Surgeon Captain George H. Wuchter Assistant Surgeon Captain Allen V. Smith Assistant Surgeon Captain Alexander W. Maynes Adjutant 2nd Lt. Charles F. Schaber Batt. Adjutant Captain Herman L. Kuhns Quartermaster 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