Commanding Officers at Newport Barracks
Newport, Kentucky
1803-1894
A-L
Information on those who served between 1803
and 1839 was gathered from correspondence of the Adjutant General, the Secretary
of War and the Quartermaster General found in the National Archives.
Information after 1839 was taken from Post Reports. This list is by no means
complete. The date does not limit the time the officer served at the
Barracks-it is the date of the first time the officer's name was noted. From the
Joseph L Donnelly Barracks History Book II
Name | Rank/Regiment | Year |
Abert, James William | 2nd Lt. Topical Engineers | 1846 |
Adair, George W | Assist. Surgeon | 1874 |
Adams, Henry H | lst Lt. 18th Infantry | 1877 |
Adams, Nathaniel | Captain 4th Infantry | 1812 |
Albright, Jacob W | Ensign 1st Infantry | 1806 |
Allen, George C | Ensign 7th Infantry | 1809 |
Allen, John | Colonel Kentucky Infantry | 1812 |
Allen, William O | Captain 24th Infantry | 1814 |
Alley, John W | 1st Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1859 |
Ames, Luther | 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry | 1866 |
Anderson, Allan | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1860 |
Andrews, George | Captain 6th Infantry | 1838 |
Armstrong, William | Captain Rifle Regiment | 1819 |
Arnold, William | 1st Lt. 8th Infantry | 1815 |
Atkinson, Benjamin W | 1st Lt. 6th Infantry | 1891 |
Augur, Christopher Colon | Brig. General Dept. South | 1878 |
Austin, Lering | Captain 8th Infantry | 1818 |
Ayres, Robert | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1865 |
Bacon, George E | 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry | 1876 |
Backus, Electus | Major 3rd Infantry | 1854 |
Bailey, C M | Captain "late" 6th Infantry | 1861 |
Bailey, Joseph C | Assist. Surgeon | 1876 |
Bainbridge, Edmund C | Major 3rd Artillery | 1887 |
Baker, Isaac L | Major 1st Infantry | 1815 |
Baldwin, Frank D | 1st Lt. 5th Infantry | 1873 |
Baldwin, H H | 1st Lt. 5th Artillery | 1867 |
Baldwin, John M | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1880 |
Barbour, Phil Nordbourn | Captain 3rd Infantry | 1847 |
Barrell, Frank H | Captain 2nd Infantry | 1865 |
Barrett, W W | 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry | 1876 |
Barrigor, John W | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1856 |
Batman, Mark | 1st Lt. 6th Infantry | 1826 |
Bayler, William M | 2nd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1814 |
Beall, William K | Ensign 7th Infantry | 1865 |
Beck, H L | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1865 |
Beckurts, Charles L | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1889 |
Bee, S E | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1850 |
Bender, George | Major QM 5th Infantry | 1827 |
Benham, Dan W | Captain 7th Infantry | 1872 |
Bennett, J | Acting Surgeon | 1827 |
Bennett, John | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Benton, Elisha | 2nd Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1885 |
Berry, Hubbard | 3rd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1813 |
Binkley, H | 2nd Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Bissel, Russel | Captain 1st Infantry | 1807 |
Bissell, Lewis | Captain 3rd Infantry | 1815 |
Blair, John H | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Bliss, N H | Major 6th Infantry | 1836 |
Bond, Adolphus | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1854 |
Bonneau, R V | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry Dragoons | 1852 |
Bonnycastle, J C | 1st Lt. 5th Infantry | 1857 |
Booth, William L | Lt. Assist. Company | 1819/1847 |
Bootes, Levi C | 1st Lt. 6th Infantry | 1858 |
Botes/Bottes, Asa | 2nd Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1863 |
Borland, H | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1861 |
Bowen, E C | Captain 35th Infantry | 1869 |
Boyd, John P | Colonel 4th Infantry | 1811 |
Bradford, William | Captain Rifle Regiment | 1815 |
Brady, Francis | Captain QM | 1824 |
Brent, Thomas L | Captain 3rd Cavalry | 1870 |
Britten, Thomas | Captain 6th Infantry | 1872 |
Broods, Johiel | Acting Lt. Ordnance | 1817 |
Brook, John | Surgeon | 1877 |
Brooks, H | Captain 2nd Artillery | 1850 |
Brooks, Johiel | Lt. 1st Infantry | 1818 |
Brotherton, David H | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1857 |
Brown, Justice | Major Surgeon | 1882 |
Brown, W R | Captain 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Brown, William H | Major 18th Infantry | 1877 |
Bryson, James W | Ensign 1st Regiment Infantry | 1808 |
Buchanan, R C | Lt. Colonel 4th Infantry | 1857 |
Buck, William L | 2nd Lt. 13th Infantry | 1880 |
Bullard, Robert | 1st Lt. 6th Infantry | 1892 |
Burbank, Clayton S | 2nd Lt. 10th Infantry | 1871 |
Burbank, Sidney | Lt. Colonel 13th Infantry | 1862 |
Burbridge, G S | Major Mounted Rifles | 1846 |
Burke, Orville | Captain 41st Infantry | 1869 |
Burns, G H | 2nd Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Burns, James D | 2nd Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1853 |
Bush, Edward G | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1859 |
Butler, Edward George W | 1st Lt. 4th Artillery | 1827 |
Butler, James | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1864 |
Butler, W O | Ensign 17th Infantry | 1813 |
Byers, J K | 1st Lt. "late" 42nd Infantry | 1869 |
Byrne, Bernard M | Surgeon | 1850 |
Byrns, Thomas | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1866 |
Calhoun, Fred S | 2nd Lt. 12th Infantry | 1875 |
Calhoun, P | 1st Lt. 2nd Dragoons | 1851 |
Campbell, John | Surgeon | 1878 |
Carlton, Calab H | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1859 |
Carolin, Dennis | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Carr, George | 1st Lt. 9th Infantry | 1858 |
Casick, C | 2nd Lt. 13th Infantry | 1866 |
Catlin, Edward Harwood | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1882 |
Catlin, S | Captain 15th Infantry | 1862 |
Chandler, D | Captain 3rd Infantry | 1850 |
Chapin, Alonzo R | 1st Lt. Surgeon | 1887 |
Clark, Darius D | 1st Lt. 6th Infantry | 1858 |
Clark, J B | Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1818 |
Clark, John | 2nd Lt. Rifle Regiment | 1820 |
Clarke, Francis | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1864 |
Clemens, William W | 1st Lt. 35th Infantry | 1869 |
Clemson, E B | Colonel Assist. Company Issues | 1818 |
Clements, George A H | 1st Lt. 44th Infantry | 1869 |
Clift, E W | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1862 |
Clinton, Lear | 2ns Lt. 5th Infantry | 1847 |
Clinton, William | Major 13th Infantry | 1864 |
Clutter, G W | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1848 |
Coffman, Joseph E | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Collins, James | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1869 |
Collins, Joel | Captain 26th Infantry | 1813 |
Cone, Aurelius | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1857 |
Conner, Edward | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1857 |
Conrad, C H | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1871 |
Cook, A | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1847 |
Cook/McCook, Alex | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1852 |
Cooley, John | 1st Lt. 12th Infantry | 1869 |
Cooper, John E S | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Covington, Leonard | Lt. Colonel Dragoons | 1809 |
Craig, William | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1853 |
Cramer, M J | Post Chaplin | 1866 |
Cressen, Charles | 2nd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1866 |
Crittenden, William Logan |
2nd Lt. 1st Infantry-shot by Spanish 16 Aug 1851 | |
Cross, Joseph | Captain Regiment Artillery | 1810 |
Crowell, W H H | 1st Lt. "late" 14th Infantry | 1870 |
Culberson/Culbertson, S S | Captain 19th Infantry | 1847 |
Crezet, Alf | 2nd Lt. 8th Infantry | 1866 |
Cunningham, Nathaniel F | 2nd Lt. 8th Infantry | 1847 |
Curtis, Alf | Captain 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Curtis, Edwin | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1885 |
Curtis, James | Captain 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Cushing, H C | 1st Lt. 4th Artillery | 1866 |
Cutler, Jervis | Captain | 1808 |
Daniel, Junius | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1851 |
Daugherty, W W | 1st Lt. "late" 18th Infantry | 1869 |
Davidson, George | 1st Lt. 11th Infantry | 1848 |
Davis, Jeff | 2nd Lt. 1st Artillery | 1848 |
Davis, Jeff Columbus | 2nd Lt. 4th Kentucky Volunteers | 1848 |
Davis, Math | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1852 |
Davis, Robert | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1864 |
DeCoursey, F E | Captain 13th Infantry | 1871 |
DeMotte, L M | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Denman, Fred J | 2nd Lt. 1st Infantry | 1844 |
Denny, St. Clair | Captain 8th Infantry | 1840 |
Derby, L P | 1st Lt. 14th Infantry | 1870 |
Derickson, R W | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1862 |
DeWitt, Calvin | Captain Surgery | 1885 |
Dickenson, J | 2nd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1866 |
Dickey, C J | Captain 31st Infantry | 1867 |
Dickson, John M | Assist. Surgeon | 1868 |
Dod, A B | Captain 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Donovan, Edward | 1st lt. 24th Infantry | 1874 |
Douglas, Henry | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1852 |
Dozin/Dozer, Evan | Acting Surgeon | 1816 |
Drum, S H | Captain QM | 1846 |
Drury, Thmas | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1864 |
Dryer, Hiram | 1st Lt. 4th Infantry | 1859 |
Dudley, C L | 1st Lt. Ordnance 2nd Artillery | 1881 |
Duffey, John M | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1863 |
Earle, Richard | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1876 |
Eastman, John Landon | Captain 4th Infantry | 1813 |
Eastman, Seith | Lt. Colonel 1st Infantry | 1863 |
Edie, John R | Major 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Edwards, Elisha | 1st Lt. 7th Regiment | 1809 |
Elwood, John | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1857 |
Engle, J | 1st Lt. 5th Infantry | 1834 |
Erving, J | Lt. Colonel 2nd Artillery | 1846 |
Evans, A | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1852 |
Evans, Alex | 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry | 1848 |
Ewing, Evarts S | 1st Lt. 16th Infantry | 1876 |
Falck, William | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1864 |
Farrand, Charles | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1857 |
Fessenden, Josh A | 2nd Lt. 5th Artillery | 1865 |
Finley, Clement Alex | Surgeon | 1848 |
Fitzgerald, M J | 1st Lt. 9th Infantry | 1869 |
Fitzpatric, P | 2nd Lt. 13th Infantry | 1869 |
Flood, Pat H | 2nd Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1865 |
Floyd-Jones, DeLacy | Lt. Colonel 19th Infantry | 1865 |
Floyd, George Roger Clark | Captain 7th Infantry | 1809 |
Foster, Charles | 1st Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1885 |
Foster, William Sewell | Major 6th Infantry | 1826 |
Ford, John A | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1862 |
Fowler, S N | Captain 5th Infantry | 1852 |
Francisco, John | Lt. Colonel 17th Kentucky Mil. | 1815 |
Frank, Royal | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1858 |
Fredberg, Alf | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Freeman, Charles | Captain 2nd Infantry | 1865 |
Fuller, Charles | 1st Lt. 4th Infantry | 1811 |
Fulmer, Jesse4 | Captain 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Furney, John | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1852 |
Gapen, Henry Clay | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Garber, Hezek H | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1852 |
Gardiner, James B | Captain Surgeon | 1886 |
Gardner, Frank | 1st Lt. 7th Infantry | 1854 |
Garretson, Charles | 2nd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1866 |
Gatlin, Richard G | Captain 7th Infantry | 1855 |
Gentry, William T | 2nd Lt. 4th Infantry | 1856 |
Garrard, ____ | Captain Volunteer Dragoons | 1812 |
Gibson, Horatio Gates | Major 3rd Artillery | 1872 |
Gilby, Fred A | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Girrard, Joseph E | Assist. Surgeon | 1872 |
Gleason, W E | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1893 |
Goodloe, W H | 2nd Lt. 15th/16th Infantry | 1847 |
Gordon, George | 2nd Lt. QM | 1851 |
Gore, James M | 2nd Lt. 22nd Infantry | 1873 |
Gore, John H | 1st Lt. 4th Infantry | 1845 |
Gove, Jessie A | Captain 10th Infantry | 1859 |
Graham, Henry Richard | Captain 1st Rifle Regiment | 1810 |
Graham, William H | 2nd Lt. 4th Battery Corps Artil. | 1818 |
Granger, Gordon | 2nd Lt. Reg. Mountain Rifle | 1851 |
Granger, Robert Seaman | Lt. Colonel 16th Infantry | 1871 |
Gray, A | Captain 1st Infantry | 1818 |
Gray, Charles | Surgeon | 1865 |
Gray, William | Surgeon | 1885 |
Grable, John | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1854 |
Green, Henry H | 2nd Lt. 15th Infantry | 1847 |
Green, John | Major 3rd Infantry | 1832 |
Gresvener, G H | Captain 3rd Infantry | 1818 |
Guenther, Francis Luther | Captain 2nd Artillery | 1880 |
Gwynne, David | Major Paymaster | 1818 |
Gwynne, Thomas Page | Captain 8th Infantry-paymaster | 1846 |
Hackley, James | 1st Lt. 3rd Regiment Infantry | 1815 |
Hale, Clayton | Captain 16th Infantry | 1872 |
Hall, Able Walker | Captain 15th Infantry | 1862 |
Hammer, John S | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Hancock, Winfield S | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1844 |
Harding, E D | Captain 27th Infantry | 1867 |
Harold, John | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Harrison, Batteal | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1813 |
Harvey, Phil | Surgeon | 1868 |
Haughey, James A | 1st Lt. 21st Infantry | 1874 |
Haughey, James V | Captain 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Hawkins, Thomas | 2nd Lt. 17th Infantry | 1813 |
Hawkins, Thomas L | 1st Lt. Ordnance | 1815 |
Hayden, Julius | Captain 2nd Infantry | 1854 |
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter |
Major 1st Infantry-became Major General 18 Mar 1865 | 1855 |
Hendersholt, Henry R | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1856 |
Hendricksen, Thomas | Major 3rd Infantry | 1862 |
Henrie, Dan Drake | Captain Volunteers | 1848 |
Herbert, J M | Lt. Shalers Battery | 1862 |
Higbee, George H | Captain 13th Infantry | 1869 |
Hine, Charles D L | 2nd Lt. 6th Infantry | 1891 |
Hinton, Charles B | 1st Lt. 18th Infantry | 1877 |
Hobbs, Charles W | 2nd Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1885 |
Hodge, George | Captain 41st Infantry | 1867 |
Hoffman, Bryne | 1852 | |
Hoffman, William |
Major 6th Infantry-became a Major General 13 Mar 1865 | 1852 |
Hogan, W J | 2nd Lt. 20th Volunteers | 1848 |
Holt, David | Captain 17th Infantry | 1813 |
Holt, W D | Surgeon | 1847 |
Hooper, George | 2nd Lt. 15th Infantry | 1847 |
Hopkins, James | Captain 17th & 35th Infantry | 1847 |
Hopson, Nevil | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1838 |
Hord, Edward | Captain 7th Infantry | 1809 |
Hotsonpiller, C W | 1st Lt. 16th Infantry | 1866 |
Houston, Robert | Captain 8th & 12th Infantry | 1818 |
Howard, William | 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1882 |
Howell, Lewis | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1812 |
Howell, Spencer | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1847 |
Hubble, Shadrach | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1866 |
Hudson, William | 2nd Lt. 1st Infantry | 1848 |
Hughes, Dan | Captain 1st Infantry | 1812 |
Huge, W H | 2nd Lt. 16th Infantry | 1866 |
Humphreys, Ruben | 2nd Lt. 8th Infantry | 1815 |
Hunt, L A | Captain 4th Infantry | 1855 |
Hunt, Thomas F | 2nd Lt. Rifle Regiment | 1815 |
Hunter, James |
Captain 17th Infantry-was in defense of Ft Stephenson Oh | 1813 |
Hyde, Russel | 1st Lt. 8th Infantry | 1818 |
Ives, Brayton | 2nd Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1856 |
Irvine, Jason B | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1865 |
Irwin, J R | Captain QM | 1845 |
Jackson, Thomas | 1st Lt. 8th Infantry | 1858 |
Jacobs, J H | 2nd Lt. 18th Infantry | 1866 |
Jacobs, Joshua W | 1st Lt. 36th Infantry | 1868 |
Jamar, Mitchell | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1880 |
James, Elzey | 2nd Lt. Rifle | 1809 |
Jennings, Jessie |
2nd Lt. 7th Regiment-killed by Captain Posey 24 June 1811 | |
Jessup, Charles E | 2nd Lt. 10th Infantry | 1859 |
Jessup, Thomas Sidney |
2nd Lt. 7th Infantry-QM General of Army 1818-1860 | 1808-1814 |
Jones, Edmund C | 1st Lt. 7th Infantry | 1857 |
Jones, Elzey | Regiment Rifleman | 1809 |
Jones, H W | 2nd Lt. 5th Volunteers Infantry | 1848 |
Jones, Jacob D | Major 19th Infantry | 1865 |
Jones, Walter | 2nd Lt. 1st Infantry | 1855 |
Johns, William B | 1st Lt. 3rd Infantry | 1847 |
Johnson, C J | 2nd Lt. 15th Infantry | 1866 |
Johnson, Richard Mentor |
Colonel Kentucky Mountain Volunteers-supposedly killed Tecumseh | 1813 |
Jordan, Thomas | Captain 3rd Infantry QM | 1847 |
Jouett, James S | 2nd Lt. 14th Infantry | 1840 |
Jouette, W R | Captain 1st Infantry | 1840 |
Kautz, August V | Lt. Colonel 15th Infantry | 1872 |
Keeler, B B | Captain 18th Infantry | 1877 |
Kell, William H | 2nd Lt. 22nd Infantry | 1873 |
Kelton, D H | 1st Lt. 10th Infantry | 1870 |
Kendall, F A | 1st Lt. 25th Infantry | 1875 |
Kendall, Thomas | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1866 |
Kennicott, R | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Kercheval, Samuel | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1812 |
Ketchum, John M | 1st Lt. 3rd Artillery | 1840, 1847 |
Kilbourne, C F | 1st Lt. 2nd Artillery | 1881 |
King, John H | Major 15th Infantry | 1861 |
King, Robert P Jr. | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
King, Rufus | 1st Lt. 1st Artillery | 1869 |
Kobee, William | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Krause, William | 1st lt. 3rd Infantry | 1873 |
Kreutinger, William A | Captain 2nd Infantry | 1876 |
Lacey, Francis | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1864 |
LaMette, R S | Captain 13th Infantry | 1862 |
Langham, Angus Lewis | Ensign Rifles | 1809 |
Lattermors, W O | Captain 19th Infantry | 1865 |
Lauderdale, J V | Captain Medical | 1880 |
Laval, Louis | 1st Lt. Rifle Regiment | 1815 |
Lawson, Thomas E | 1st Lt. 13th Infantry | 1869 |
Layton, C Red | Captain 16th Infantry | 1876 |
Lear, C W | 2nd Lt. 5th Infantry | 1847 |
Ledyard, H B | 1st Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Lee, Daniel Mortimer | 2nd Lt. 19th Infantry | 1866 |
Lester, Charles H | 2nd Lt. 24th Infantry | 1873 |
Lewis, Andrew | Captain 3rd Infantry | 1840 |
Lewis, William L | Colonel Kentucky Infantry | 1812 |
Liggett, H F | 2nd Lt. 38th Infantry | 1867 |
Lilly, Fortunatis | 2nd Lt. 4th Infantry | 1848 |
Lilly, T | 2nd Lt. 4th Infantry | 1848 |
Lincoln, Summer H | 1st Lt. 10th Infantry | 1873 |
Long, Edwin Ramsey | 1st Lt. 2nd Infantry | 1836 |
Long, James | Captain 2nd Infantry | 1865 |
Lord, Charles | 1st Lt. 15th Infantry | 1861 |
Lord, Richard | 2nd Lt. 7th Infantry | 1856 |
Lott, George G | 1st Lt. 11th Infantry | 1871 |
Loughton, Gantt | Captain Rifle Regiment | 1818 |
Lowe, J W | Captain 19th Infantry | 1868 |
Lowe, W R | Captain 19th Infantry | 1867 |
Lugenbul, Pinkney | 1st Lt. 5th Infantry | 1852 |
Lynde, Isaac | Captain 5th Infantry | 1852 |
Lyster, Charles H | Captain 19th Infantry | 1871 |
Lyster, William John | Captain 19th Infantry | 1871 |