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I include the colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors in these lists somewhat reluctantly, as very rarely do they reflect an actual presence with the regiment in the field. They do, however, reflect who was holding the official position. This is the reason why the regiments were generally led by captains from 1863 to the end of the war.
Colonels
Philip St.G. Cooke June 14, 1858 – November 12, 1861
Thomas J. Wood November 12, 1861 – June 9, 1868
Lieutenant Colonels
Marshall S. Howe June 14, 1858 – September 28, 1861
Enoch Steen September 28, 1861 – September 23, 1863
Innis N. Palmer September 23, 1863 – June 9, 1868
Majors
Charles A. May October 23, 1855 – April 20, 1861
Lawrence P. Graham June 14, 1858 – October 1, 1861
William N. Grier April 20, 1861 – February 15, 1862
Washington I. Newton October 1, 1861 – October 26, 1861
J. W. T. Gardiner October 26, 1861 – November 14, 1861
J. W. Davidson November 14, 1861 – December 1, 1866
Alfred Pleasonton February 15, 1862 – January 1, 1868
Charles J. Whiting July 17, 1862 – November 5, 1863
Frank Wheaton November 5, 1863 – July 28, 1866
Adjutants
Beverly H. Robertson June 1, 1860 – March 3, 1861
Wesley Merritt July 1, 1861 – January 1, 1862
James F. McQuesten January 1, 1862 – October 17, 1863
Robert Lennox October 17, 1863 – July 1, 1865
Quartermasters
Edward Ball September 24, 1861 – July 25, 1865
Commisaries
Edward J. Spaulding October 1, 1862 – February 12, 1867
Sergeants Major
Thomas W. Burton March 12, 1860 – February 12, 1862
Robert Lennox February 12, 1862 – 1863 (date unknown)
Charles H. Polk 1864 (date unknown) – November 15, 1864
Thomas F. Delacour November 15, 1864 – March 18, 1865
Daniel Mount March 18, 1865 – June 1, 1865
Quartermaster Sergeants
John Frazer June 24, 1859 – March 31, 1861
Edward J. Spaulding October 27, 1861 – 1863 (date unknown)
Daniel Stiene 1863 (date unknown) – 1864 (date unknown)
Charles K. Halleck 1864 (date unknown) – October 17, 1865
Commisary Sergeants
Samuel J. Kingston 1864 (date unknown) – February 1865 (date unknown)
George O. Chandler February 1865 (date unknown) – April 28, 1865
Chief Buglers
Charles W. Egan September 1, 1859 – May 23, 1864
William J. Russell January 31, 1860 – 1863 (date unknown)
Charles Polk May 1, 1863 – 1864 (date unknown)
William H. Elliott July 1, 1864 – February 4, 1867
Sources: Heitman, pgs 32-33; Lambert, One Hundred Years With The Second Cavalry, pgs 397-400