Officers of the Union Army

If you want to learn more about a unit of Re-Enactors, then we invite you to browse the officers profiles beow. For more information about upcoming events or anything else, please visit the Contact Us page.


Please meet our team below. 

 

 

Our Officers

1st Division

Shane Padden, Brigadier General

Commander of the Union Army of the West

Staff

Pete Swavely, Lieutennant Colonel

Chief of Staff (Acting), 1st Division Staff

 

Email: pswavely1@verizon.net

William Hedges, Major

Provost Marshal, 1st Division Staff

 

Email: badge2bill@aol.com

Russell Nakaishi, Major

Chief of Signals, 1st Division Staff

L. Duncan, Captain

Chief Surgeon, 1st Division Staff

Kurt Hudelson, Major

Brigade Quartermaster, 1st Division Staff

Don Butz, Captain

Aide-de-Camp, 1st Division Staff

AJ Gonzalez, Sgt. Major

Command Sergeant Major, 1st Division Staff

Attachments

Dean Vargas, 1st Sergeant

1st United States Sharp Shooters (USSS), Co. F

 

David Dewey, Sergeant (standing)

J. Villareal, Captain

Company Commander; U.S. Marine Detattchment

USS Congress Landing Party

Infantry

Mark Groen, Lt. Colonel

Infantry Branch Commander

 

Web Address: www.coe2vt.org

Email: mgroen@sbcglobal.net

Darryl Hutcherson, Captain

49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

J. Kimmick, Captain

Company Commander; 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry, Company E

 

Chip Duncan, Captain

69th New York Volunteer Infantry Regt., Co. C

 

Web Address: www.69thnycoc.org

James Stytle, Captain

Company Commander; 33rd Wisconsin Infantry, Company H

 

 

Dom DalBello, Captain

Company Commander; 5th Wisconsin, Company F

 

Email: djd93116@yahoo.com

 

Mike Bogert, First Sergeant (Standing)

5th Wisconsin, Company F

 

Jeff Blansett (left) Lieutenant 

Company Commander;

97th U.S. Colored Intantry, Actg. Engineers

 

Website: https://97thusct.weebly.com/

Email: 97thuscoloredinfantry@gmail.com

Cavalry

John Roberts, Lieutenant Colonel

Cavalry Branch Commander

 

Jean "Hal" Roberts, Captain

Company Commander; 2nd U.S. Cavalry, Company I

 

Jerome Dawson, First Sergeant (not pictured)

2nd U.S. Cavalry, Company I

 

Web Address: www.2ndcavalry.org

Nick Stephens, First Sergeant (Acting)

Company Commander; 2nd U.S. Cavalry, "B" Company

James Reed, Captain

Company Commander; 2nd Massachusets Volunteer Cavalry, Co. A "California One-Hundred"

 

Email: jeangustus@verizon.net

 

Mike Schmeiser, First Sergeant (Not Pictured)

 

Dan McCluskey, Major

Company Commander; 7th Michigan, Company F

 

Email: mccluske@sbcglobal.net

 

Bruce Smith, First Sergeant (Standing)

Company F

 

Email:cplsmitly@earthlink.net

Bob Kuehl, Captain

Aide-de-camp to Lieutenant Colonel John Roberts

Artillery

Bob Glesner, Lieutenant Colonel

Artillery Branch Commander

M. Johnson, Major

1st Battalion Commander

D. Richman, Captain

Battery Commmander; 1st Penn. Light Artillery, Batt. B 

Gary Weir, Captain

Battery Commander; 4th U.S. Artillery

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