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Cpt Levi Whiting, 4th Artillery, F Battery
1st Lt. Charles Ward, 4th Regt (Artillery), B Company
Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce, 4th Artillery
Lt. Col.Abraham Eustis, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce (Brevet Major), 4th Artillery, No Garrison, also served as Harbor Commander
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Brooks, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce, 1st Artillery, No Garrison
2nd Lt. John C. Pemberton, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Brevet Major William Hoffman, 2nd Infantry, No Garrison
Maj William L. McClintock, 2nd Artillery, No Garrison
Assistant Surgeon Joseph Eaton, No Garrison
Brevet Lt. Col. Benjamin K. Pierce, 1st Artillery, No Garrison
1st Lt. Edward C. Ross, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Assistant Surgeon Lawrence Sprague, No Garrison
1st Lt. Nathan Darling, 2nd Dragoons, No Garrison, and Major Thomas T. Fauntleroy, 2nd Dragoons.
Cpt Charles S. Merchant, 2nd Artillery
Maj Matthew M. Payne, 2nd Artillery
Cpt Charles S. Merchant, 2nd Artillery
Maj Matthew M. Payne, 2nd Artillery
Maj John Erving, 2nd Artillery
1st Lt. Lewis G. Arnold, 2nd Artillery
Capt. William W. Tompkins, 9th Infantry, No Garrison
Brevet Major A. Lowds
Lt. Col. Bennet Riley, 2nd Infantry, No Garrison
Maj Levi Whiting, 1st Artillery
Cpt Francis Taylor, 1st Artillery
CPT William W. Morris, 4th Artillery
Maj Giles Porter, 4th Artillery
Cpt John C. Pemberton, 4th Artillery
Lt. Col. Matthew M. Payne, 4th Artillery
Maj William W. Morris, 4th Artillery
1st Lt. Henry F. Carter, 2nd Artillery
Maj Harvey Brown, 2nd Artillery
Maj Justin Cinmick, 2nd Artillery
Cpt William F. Barry, 2nd Artillery
Brevet LTC Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Cpt Harvey A. Allen, 2nd Artillery
Maj Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Maj Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Maj Harvey Brown, 2nd Artillery
Cpt William B. Johns, 3rd Infantry
Cpt Abner Doubleday, 1st Artillery
Sergeant Josiah Simpson, Surgeon
1st Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, 1st Artillery
Brevet LTC Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Col. Harvey Brown, 5th Artillery
Col. Hannibal Day, 6th Infantry
Maj Dickenson Woodruff, 12th Infantry
COL Isreal Vodges, 1st Artillery
COL George W. Getty, 3rd Artillery
CPT Alexander Piper, 3rd Artillery
COL George W. Getty, 3rd Artillery
COL Romeyu B. Aymes, 3rd Artillery
CPT William Sinclair, 3rd Artillery
COL G.A. Derussy, 3rd Artillery
COL John Hamilton, 5th Artillery (Commander of both Ft. Hamilton and Ft. Wadsworth)
MAJ Henry W. Glosson, 5th Artillery
MAJ Abraham C. Wildnick, 5th Artillery
COL Alexander Piper, 5th Artillery
COL Loomis L. Landon, 5th and 1st Artillery
LTC Marcus P. Miller, 1st Artillery
CPT John H. Dillenbart, 1st Artillery
COL W.M.M. Graham, 5th Artillery
J. Gales Ramsey, 5th Artillery
CPT B.K. Roberts, 5th Artillery
J. Gales Ramsey, 5th Artillery
COL John J. Rodgers, 5th Artillery
MAJ Leverett E.H. Walker
LTC/COL George B. Rodney
LTC/COL George G. Greenough
MAJ Hamilton Rowan
CPT M.F. Harmon
LTC/COL George G. Greenough
CPT William P. Stone
LTC/COL George S. Grimes
LTC Henry K. Godlow
LTC John R. Williams
LTC Henry Ludlow
MAJ Herman C. Schumm
CPT Albert G. Jenkin
CPT Stephen S. Mould
CPT Frederick W. Phister
CPT Robert F. Millen
COL John V. White
MAJ Frederick E. Johnson
LTC Delomere Skerrett
COL Samuel E. Allen
CPT John R. Proctor
MAJ William P. Pence
CPT John R. Proctor
MAJ Robert S. Abernathy
MAJ Hudson T. Patten
COL William C. Rafferty
MAJ Henry J. Hatch
MAJ Hudson T. Patten
MAJ Henry J. Hatch
COL Delomere Skerrett
COL Sidney Grant
CPT Lindt
MG Robert P. Orr
MAJ Terry
MAJ Bennett
CPT Stanley
CPT Dutton
CPT Harry Mecks (could be Meeks)
MAJ Robert Hickman/CPT Aikman

LTC John C. Henderson
MAJ Lyle
LTC John C. Henderson
LTC West C. Jacobs
LTC Charles B. Meyer
LTC Edwin K. Smith
Col Alfred N. Hunter
LTC West C. Jacobs
LTC William H. Monroe
MAJ Edward J. Cullen
LTC Louis R. Burgers
LTC E.H. Wagner
CPT Q.W. Waldrom
COL Edward Croft
CPT Walter Hart
CPT L. Iverson
MAJ Gilbert Marshall
LTC John C. Henderson
COL Wiley
LTC R.E. Beebe
MAJ C.E. Riggs
LTC Kenneth P. Lord
MAJ W.H. Wells
MAJ W.J. Gilbert
LTC Floyd D. Carlock
COL R.E. Beebe
COL Fay W. Brabson
MAJ Ernest R. Barrows
COL Eley P. Dennison (Densen?)
MAJ E.R. Barrows
LTC John T. Rhett
MAJ E.R. Barrows
LTC P.K. Keyl
COL Eley P. Densen (Dennison?)
LTC E.R. Barrows
COL Clarence Lininger
COL Harry W. Maos
COL James A. Stevens
MAJ William Gabriel
COL E.T. Barrett
COL Frank C. Scofield
MAJ William Gabriel
COL Harry W. Maos
COL P.S. Lowe
COL James C. Ruddell
COL Edwin Harrington
COL C.H. Schabacker
COL Maurice J. Fitzgerald
COL Louis P. Leone
COL John S. Sabine
COL Langdon A. Jackson
COL John K. Daly
COL Rollin B. Durbin
COL Frederick C. Feil
MG Chester L. Johnson
MG Thomas R. Yancey
MG Osmond A. Leahy
COL John A. Cassidy
MG Walter M. Higgins
COL Thomas Merrick
MG John M. Hightower
COL Angelo Perri
COL Clarence G. Barrens
COL Charles S. Stodter, Jr.
COL William L. Longarzo
COL Todd Robert Poch
COL James E. Bigelow