Commanders of Fort Hamilton 1831-1987
Nov 1831 Cpt Levi Whiting, 4th Artillery, F Battery
June 1832 1st Lt. Charles Ward, 4th Regt (Artillery), B Company
Aug 1832 Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce, 4th Artillery
Aug 1834 Lt. Col.Abraham Eustis, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Nov 1834 Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce (Brevet Major), 4th Artillery,
Nov 1835 No Garrison, also served as Harbor Commander
Apr 1837 Lt. Col. Alexander S. Brooks, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Aug 1837 Cpt Benjamin K. Pierce, 1st Artillery, No Garrison
Sept 1837 2nd Lt. John C. Pemberton, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
Oct 1837 Brevet Major William Hoffman, 2nd Infantry, No Garrison
Feb 1838 Maj William L. McClintock, 2nd Artillery, No Garrison
May 1838 Assistant Surgeon Joseph Eaton, No Garrison
July 1838 Brevet Lt. Col. Benjamin K. Pierce, 1st Artillery, No Garrison
July 1839 1st Lt. Edward C. Ross, 4th Artillery, No Garrison
    Assistant Surgeon Lawrence Sprague, No Garrison
Aug 1841 1st Lt. Nathan Darling, 2nd Dragoons, No Garrison, and Major Thomas T.
June 1842 Fauntleroy, 2nd Dragoons.
Jan 1843 Cpt Charles S. Merchant, 2nd Artillery
Jan 1844 Maj Matthew M. Payne, 2nd Artillery
Jan 1845 Cpt Charles S. Merchant, 2nd Artillery
Jan 1846 Maj Matthew M. Payne, 2nd Artillery
May 1847 Maj John Erving, 2nd Artillery
Sept 1847 1st Lt. Lewis G. Arnold, 2nd Artillery
Nov 1848 Capt. William W. Tompkins, 9th Infantry, No Garrison
Dec 1848 Brevet Major A. Lowds
Jan 1849 Lt. Col. Bennet Riley, 2nd Infantry, No Garrison
Nov 1850 Maj Levi Whiting, 1st Artillery
Jun 1852 Cpt Francis Taylor, 1st Artillery
Sept 1852 CPT William W. Morris, 4th Artillery
Nov 1852 Maj Giles Porter, 4th Artillery
Jan 1854 Cpt John C. Pemberton, 4th Artillery
Nov 1856 Lt. Col. Matthew M. Payne, 4th Artillery
Dec 1856 Maj William W. Morris, 4th Artillery
Jan 1857 1st Lt. Henry F. Carter, 2nd Artillery
May 1857 Maj Harvey Brown, 2nd Artillery
June 1857 Maj Justin Cinmick, 2nd Artillery
July 1857 Cpt William F. Barry, 2nd Artillery
Mar 1859 Brevet LTC Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Jan 1860 Cpt Harvey A. Allen, 2nd Artillery
June 1860 Maj Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Apr 1861 Maj Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
May 1861 Maj Harvey Brown, 2nd Artillery
June 1861 Cpt William B. Johns, 3rd Infantry
June 1861 Cpt Abner Doubleday, 1st Artillery
July 1861 Sergeant Josiah Simpson, Surgeon
Mar 1862 1st Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, 1st Artillery
Aug 1862 Brevet LTC Martin Burke, 2nd Artillery
Jun 1864 Col. Harvey Brown, 5th Artillery
  1866 Col. Hannibal Day, 6th Infantry
Nov 1872 Maj Dickenson Woodruff, 12th Infantry
Mar 1874 COL Isreal Vodges, 1st Artillery
Apr 1874 COL George W. Getty, 3rd Artillery
Feb 1877 CPT Alexander Piper, 3rd Artillery
June 1878 COL George W. Getty, 3rd Artillery
Sept 1879 COL Romeyu B. Aymes, 3rd Artillery
Nov 1881 CPT William Sinclair, 3rd Artillery
Sept 1882 COL G.A. Derussy, 3rd Artillery
Sept 1887 COL John Hamilton, 5th Artillery Commander of both Ft. Hamilton and
Aug 1887
Ft. Wadsworth.
May 1890 MAJ Henry W. Glosson, 5th Artillery
Nov 1894 MAJ Abraham C. Wildnick, 5th Artillery
Oct 1894 COL Alexander Piper, 5th Artillery
Oct 1896 COL Loomis L. Landon, 5th and 1st Artillery
Oct 1897 LTC Marcus P. Miller, 1st Artillery
Nov 1898 CPT John H. Dillenbart, 1st Artillery
Dec 1898 COL W.M.M. Graham, 5th Artillery
Dec 1898 J. Gales Ramsey, 5th Artillery
Oct 1902 CPT B.K. Roberts, 5th Artillery
Nov 1902 J. Gales Ramsey, 5th Artillery
Apr 1903 COL John J. Rodgers, 5th Artillery
Nov 1903 MAJ Leverett E.H. Walker
Jan 1904 LTC/COL George B. Rodney
Feb 1904 LTC/COL George G. Greenough
Dec 1905 MAJ Hamilton Rowan
Jan 1906 CPT M.F. Harmon
May 1907 LTC/COL George G. Greenough
June 1907 CPT William P. Stone
Nov 1907 LTC/COL George S. Grimes
Nov 1908 LTC Henry K. Godlow
Feb 1909 LTC John R. Williams
Mar 1911 LTC Henry Ludlow
June 1911 MAJ Herman C. Schumm
July 1911 CPT Albert G. Jenkin
Aug 1911 CPT Stephen S. Mould
Feb 1913 CPT Frederick W. Phister
Feb 1913 CPT Robert F. Millen
Mar 1913 COL John V. White
Dec 1913 MAJ Frederick E. Johnson
Jan 1914 LTC Delomere Skerrett
Mar 1915 COL Samuel E. Allen
Dec 1916 MAJ William P. Pence
Sept 1916 CPT John R. Proctor
Oct 1916 MAJ Robert S. Abernathy
Nov 1916 MAJ Hudson T. Patten
Dec 1917 COL William C. Rafferty
Feb 1917 MAJ Henry J. Hatch
Aug 1917 MAJ Hudson T. Patten
Dec 1917 MAJ Henry J. Hatch
Feb 1917 COL Delomere Skerrett
Aug 1917 COL Sidney Grant
Dec 1918 CPT Lindt
Feb 1918 MG Robert P. Orr
May 1918 MAJ Terry
May 1918 MAJ Bennett
Jun 1918 CPT Stanley
Aug 1918 CPT Dutton
Sept 1918 CPT Harry Mecks (could be Meeks)
Oct 1918 MAJ Robert Hickman/CPT Aikman
Nov 1918  
Mar 1919 LTC John C. Henderson
Jul 1919 MAJ Lyle
Mar 1919 LTC John C. Henderson
  1919 LTC West C. Jacobs
Dec 1920 LTC Charles B. Meyer
Jul 1920 LTC Edwin K. Smith
Aug 1921 Col Alfred N. Hunter
Apr 1922 LTC West C. Jacobs
Oct 1924 LTC William H. Monroe
Jan 1924 MAJ Edward J. Cullen
Sept 1925 LTC Louis R. Burgers
  1928 LTC E.H. Wagner
June 1929 CPT Q.W. Waldrom
Feb 1933 COL Edward Croft
  1934 CPT Walter Hart
  1935 CPT L. Iverson
Sept 1936 MAJ Gilbert Marshall
Apr 1936 LTC John C. Henderson
May 1936 COL Wiley
Jul 1936 LTC R.E. Beebe
Aug 1936 MAJ C.E. Riggs
Oct 1936 LTC Kenneth P. Lord
Nov 1937 MAJ W.H. Wells
Sept 1939 MAJ W.J. Gilbert
Aug 1939 LTC Floyd D. Carlock
Sept 1939 COL R.E. Beebe
Oct 1939 COL Fay W. Brabson
Nov 1939 MAJ Ernest R. Barrows
Nov 1939 COL Eley P. Dennison (Densen?)
Dec 1940 MAJ E.R. Barrows
Dec 1941 LTC John T. Rhett
May 1941 MAJ E.R. Barrows
Nov 1943 LTC P.K. Keyl
Aug 1945 COL Eley P. Densen (Dennison?)
Oct 1946 LTC E.R. Barrows
Jul 1946 COL Clarence Lininger
Aug 1946 COL Harry W. Maos
Sept 1946 COL James A. Stevens
Dec 1947 MAJ William Gabriel
Jan 1948 COL E.T. Barrett
Apr 1948 COL Frank C. Scofield
June 1953 MAJ William Gabriel
Apr 1953 COL Harry W. Maos
Aug 1954 COL P.S. Lowe
Sept 1955 COL James C. Ruddell
Mar 1956 COL Edwin Harrington
Mar   COL C.H. Schabacker
June 1957 COL Maurice J. Fitzgerald
Jul 1958 COL Louis P. Leone
Sept 1962 COL John S. Sabine
Jul 1963 COL Langdon A. Jackson
May 1965 COL John K. Daly
Aug 1965 COL Rollin B. Durbin
Aug 1967 COL Frederick C. Feil
Jul 1968 MG Chester L. Johnson
June 1969 MG Thomas R. Yancey
Mar 1972 MG Osmond A. Leahy
June 1972 COL John A. Cassidy
Aug 1973 MG Walter M. Higgins
Jul 1976 COL Thomas Merrick
Jun 1980 MG John M. Hightower
Jul 1984 COL Angelo Perri
Aug 1986 COL Clarence G. Barrens
Nov 1987 COL Charles S. Stodter, Jr.
    COL William L. Longarzo
    COL Todd Robert Poch
    COL James E. Bigelow
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