Roster of officers of the 48th U.S. Volunteer Infantry

1899 to 1901

By Anthony L. Powell, Historian, Consultant,

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Field and Staff:

Colonel William P. Duvall, Commanding
Lieutenant Colonel Thaddeus W. Jones
Majors Sedgwick Rice
Major Alexander L. Dade
Major John Howard

Surgeons:

Major Charles F. Kieffer
Captain Howard A. Grube
1st Lieutenant William W. Purnell*

Regimental Adjutant: Captain Aaron D. Bright

Regimental Commissary: 1st Lieutenant George Webber

Company Officers:

Captains: James E. Hamlin* Leon W. Denison* Robert R. Rudd* James W. Smith* William H. Jackson* Thomas Grant*Alexander V. Richardson*William A. Hankins* John J. Oliver* Stephen Starr*William H. Brown*John Buck* Hugh Thomason*

First Lieutenants: Walter G. Gatchell Jerry M. White*Charles C. Caldwell* John W. Brown* Jacob C. Smith*James F. Powell*John H. Anderson* Peter McCown* Hammond J. Parker* Lewis M. Smith*William H. Allen*Frank W. Cheek* Arthur L. CabanneJames B. Coleman*Frederick M. Smith

Second Lieutenants: John K. Rice* Wilson Ballard* Joseph Moore* David B. Jeffers* Lincoln Washington* Walter Green*Joseph C. Andrews*Frank R. Chisholm* Green F. Marion* Charles B. Turner*George W. Taylor*Herbert E. Gee*

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Roster of officers of the 48th U.S. Volunteer Infantry

1899 to 1901

By Anthony L. Powell, Historian, Consultant,

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