Web Author's Notes:
Below is transcribed the official regimental roster for Field and Staff of the
3-Year 16th OVI including any misprints or other mistakes. Entries are sorted alphabetically by last name, first name.
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| Web ID | Name | Company | Rank | Age at Enlistment | Service Date | Term of Service | Term Date | Term Reason | Roster Remarks |
| 3 | Bailey, George W | Field & Staff | Lieutenant Colonel | | 8/9/1861 | 3 years | 8/27/1862 | resigned | Resigned Aug. 27, 1862 |
| 7 | Botsford, Eli W | Field & Staff | Major | | 9/19/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from Captain Co. C March 18, 1864; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 27 | Braden, Lafayette W | Field & Staff | Hos. St'd. | | 10/1/1861 | 3 years | 12/2/1861 | died - no reason given | Promoted from private Co. G Oct. 1, 1861; ;died Dec. 2, 1861, at Wooster, O. |
| 8 | Brashear, Basil B | Field & Staff | Surgeon | | 9/1/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864. |
| 9 | Chase, Byron S | Field & Staff | Assistant Surgeon | | 11/1/1861 | 3 years | | transferred to other unit | Promoted to Surgeon 53d U. S. Colored Infantry May 19, 1863. |
| 669 | Clark, George H | Field & Staff | Sergeant Major | 28 | 8/15/1862 | 3 years | | | Promoted from private Co. F Jan. 1, 1863; to 2d Lieutenant Co. G March 18, 1864 |
| 15 | Cowan, Calvert W | Field & Staff | Regimental Quartermaster | | 9/10/1861 | 3 years | 6/30/1862 | resigned | Resigned June 30, 1862 |
| 13 | Cunningham, Cushman | Field & Staff | Adjutant | 29 | 11/25/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted to Captain Co. F Oct. 7, 1862; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 2 | DeCourcey, John F | Field & Staff | Colonel | | 9/22/1861 | 3 years | 3/3/1864 | resigned | Resigned March 3, 1864 |
| 674 | Diffenderfer, Henry H | Field & Staff | Quartermaster S. | 21 | 9/12/1861 | 3 years | 9/15/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from private Co. F Oct. 29, 1861; mustered out at Columbus, O., Sept. 15, 1864 on expiration of term of service. |
| 19 | Dill, Thomas T | Field & Staff | Sergeant Major | 20 | 10/1/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from 1st Sergeant Co. E May 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 10 | Ellsberry, Isaac W | Field & Staff | Assistant Surgeon | | 8/25/1862 | 3 years | | | |
| 28 | Falk, Frederick F | Field & Staff | Hos. St'd. | 22 | 12/14/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from private Co. G Dec. 14, 1861; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 16 | Finch, Absalom | Field & Staff | Regimental Quartermaster | 40 | 10/16/1861 | 3 years | | | Appointed from 1st Lieutenant Co. F July1, 1862; promoted to Captain Co. C May 9, 1864. |
| 21 | Howell, Robert J | Field & Staff | Com. Sergeant | | 8/28/1861 | 3 years | 4/1/1862 | transferred to other unit | Promoted from private Co. F Oct. 29, 1861; to Regt. Quartermaster 4th Tennessee Volunteers April 1, 1862. |
| 22 | Jenkins, William H | Field & Staff | Com. Sergeant | 30 | 9/13/1861 | 3 years | | transferred to other company | Promoted from Corporal Co. D May 10, 1862; reduced to ranks and transferred to Co. D Aug. 31, 1863 |
| 4 | Kershner, Philip | Field & Staff | Lieutenant Colonel | 31 | 8/9/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from Major Aug. 27., 1862; wounded at battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Dec. 29, 1862, mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864. |
| 26 | Linn, Thomas B | Field & Staff | Principal Musician | | 8/24/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from private Co. B July 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 24 | Littell, George W | Field & Staff | Principal Musician | 21 | 9/20/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from private Co. K Sept. 1, 1863;mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 17 | Matlock, Joseph | Field & Staff | Chaplain | | 3/19/1862 | 3 years | 2/16/1863 | resigned | Resigned Feb. 18, 1863 |
| 6 | Mills, Milton | Field & Staff | Major | 30 | 9/13/1861 | 3 years | 2/12/1864 | resigned | Promoted from Captain Co. D Jan. 13, 1863; resigned Feb. 12, 1864 |
| 5 | Muse, Robert W | Field & Staff | Major | | 9/23/1861 | 3 years | 1/13/1863 | resigned | Promoted from Captain Co. A Aug. 27, 1862; resigned Jan. 13, 1863 |
| 25 | Myers, Charles C | Field & Staff | Principal Musician | | 9/13/1861 | 3 years | 12/29/1863 | died - no reason given | Promoted from private Co. D Sept. 1, 1863; died Dec. 29, 1863, at Decrow's Point, Texas |
| 11 | Pomeroy, Orange | Field & Staff | Assistant Surgeon | | 7/19/1863 | 3 years | 3/22/1864 | resigned | Resigned March 22, 1864 |
| 14 | Smith, Charles B | Field & Staff | Adjutant | 23 | 10/12/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from Sergt. Major Oct. 7, 1862; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |
| 23 | Snyder, George W | Field & Staff | Com. Sergeant | 22 | 9/8/1861 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Promoted from Corporal Co. H Nov. 1, 1863; mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864. Not borne on rolls of Co. H. See Co. E. |
| 12 | Vandervoort, James W | Field & Staff | Assistant Surgeon | | 7/13/1864 | 3 years | 10/31/1864 | mustered out | Mustered out with regiment Oct. 31, 1864 |