Commanding Officers of Fort Trumbull

Revolution

CPT Nathaniel Saltonstall - as of December 20th, 1776 to as of February 1st, 1778

Captain (Militia) Adam Shapley - as of September 6th, 1781

Note - Fort Trumbull was probably ungarrisoned from 1783 to 1794

CPT Decius Wadsworth, Non-MA 94, 2nd A&E - As of June 1799

1799 - 1802?

CPT (Militia) James Stille - Circa 1802

1802 - 1812?

COL Jacob Kingsbury July 17th, 1812 - June 15th, 1815
(Colonel Kingsbury was the overall commander of all forts in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the above period.)

CPT Thomas Bennett, 06, CA c. 1815 – 1816

CPT Andrew McDowell, Non-MA 08, Lt Arty As of December 1st, 1817 - December 1st, 1822 (Resigned.)

Unknown December 2nd, 1822 – November 19th, 1823

CPT Rufus L. Baker, Non-MA 13, 1st Art As or November 20th, 1823 -

2LT George Sears Greene, 23, 3rd Art (Acting) As of November 10th, 1824
(Major General during Civil War. Distinguished at Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.)

MAJ (B/LTC) John de Barth Walbach, Non-MA 99, As of November 9th, 1825 - as of November, 1826

LTC (B/COL) William Lindsay, 12, 3rd As of January 12th, 1828 - as of November 1828

CPT Charles M. Thurston, 14, 3rd After November 1829 – 1833

B/LTC Alexander C. W. Fanning, , 4th As of November 1835 - May 23rd, 1836

Garrison withdrawn on May 23rd, 1836. Probably unmanned until 1842.

CPT Charles S. Merchant, 14, 2nd 1842 – 46

? 1846 - 48

CPT (B/MAJ) Thomas W. Sherman, 36, 3rd 1848 – 49

CPT George Taylor, 37, 3rd 1848 – 49, 50-52, 53 – December 24th, 1853 (Died.)

? 1849 – 63

LTC John F. Reynolds, , 14th Inf May - August, 1861

COL (Retired) William Gates, 06 c. 1863 – 1864

MAJ Augustus A. Gibson, 39, 3rd January 13th, 1865 – October 23rd, 1865

CPT (B/LTC) Richard C. Duryea, 53, 1st October 1865 – October 1866

MAJ (B/MG) John M. Brannon, 41, 1st November 6th, 1866 – February 15th, 1870

? February 17th – 18th, 1870

CPT (B/LTC) Francis L. Guenther, 59, 5th February 18th, 1870 – December 1st, 1875

CPT (B/LTC) George A. Kensel, 57, 5th September 1870 – April 15th, 1873

MAJ George P. Andrews, 45, 5th January 9th – June 13th, 1873

Poss. LTC Frederick T. Dent, 43, 5th May 18th, 1873 – November 26th, 1875

CPT (B/LTC) George A. Kensel, 57 5th April 24th, 1874 – December 1875

MAJ (B/MG) John M. Brannon, 41, 1st December 19th, 1874 – October 23rd, 1876

CPT (B/LTC) Loomis L. Langdon, 54, 1st December 29th, 1875 – October 1876

LTC (B/MG) John M. Brannon, 41, 1st December 19th, 1876 – December 8th, 1880
(Promoted to LTC in January 1877. Transferred to 4th Artillery in March 1877.)

? December 9th, 1880 – February 26th, 1882

MAJ (B/LTC) Alexander Piper, 51, 4th February 27th, 1882 – November 29th, 1882

CPT (B/COL) Alexander C.M. Pennington, 60, 2nd December 1st, 1882 - July 1st, 1885

LTC (B/COL) John Mendenhall, 51, 4th July 7th, 1885 – January 9th, 1889

? January 10th, 1889 – June 3rd, 1889

MAJ (B/LTC) Francis L. Guenther, 59, 2nd June 4th, 1889 - September 1st, 1891

CPT John H. Calef, 62 1st? April 28th, 1892 - October 5th, 1896
(Promoted to Major on August 27th, 1896.)

CPT Medorem Crawford, 67, 2nd October 6th, 1896 - July 13th, 1898

? July 14th, 1898 - August 24th, 1898

CPT Medorem Crawford, 67, 2nd August 25th, 1898 - November 24th, 1898

LTC John M. K. Davis, 67 AC June - October 23rd, 1902

? October - November 1902

LTC John M. K. Davis, 67 AC November 1902 - August 1905
(Promoted to COL on August 28th, 1903.)

? August 1905 – August 1909

CPT Lawrence S. Miller, 97, AC August 31st, 1909 – July 1910
(Transferred to Fort H.G. Wright.)


Other Officers with rank of Captain or above.

CPT (B/LTC) William Silvey, 49, 1st May 9th, 1866 – April 20th, 1869

CPT (B/LTC) Richard C. Duryea, 53, 1st November 1866 – April 1869

CPT (B/LTC) Loomis L. Langdon, 54, 1st March 8th, 1877 – June 27th, 1879