The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the Maryland Campaign,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Army of the Potomac
MG George McClellan
General Staff and Headquarters
General Staff
- Chief of Staff: BG Randolph B. Marcy
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
- Inspector General: BG Delos B. Sackett
- Chief of Artillery: BG Henry J. Hunt
- Chief Quartermaster: Ltc Rufus Ingalls
General Headquarters[5]
Escort: Cpt James B. McIntyre
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
- 4th United States Cavalry, Company A: Lt Thomas H. McCormick
- 4th United States Cavalry, Company E: Cpt James B. McIntyre
U.S. Engineer Battalion: Cpt James C. Duane
Provost Guard:[6] Maj William H. Wood
- 2nd United States Cavalry, Companies E, F, H, and K: Cpt George A. Gordon
- 8th United States, Companies A, D, F, and G: Cpt Royal T. Frank
- 19th United States, Company G: Cpt Edmund L. Smith
- 19th United States, Company H: Cpt Henry S. Welton
Headquarters Guard:[7] Maj Granville O. Haller
- 93rd New York: Ltc Benjamin C. Butler
Quartermaster's Guard:
I Corps
MG Joseph Hooker (w)
BG George G. Meade[8]
Escort:
- 2nd New York Cavalry, Companies A, B, I and K: Cpt John E. Naylor
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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First Division
BG Abner Doubleday
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1st Brigade
Col Walter Phelps, Jr.
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- 22nd New York: Ltc John McKie, Jr.
- 24th New York: Cpt John D. O'Brian (w)
- 30th New York: Col William M. Searing
- 84th New York (14th Militia): Maj William H. de Bevoise
- 2nd United States Sharpshooters: Col Henry A. V. Post (w)
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| 2nd Brigade
Ltc William Hofmann
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- 7th Indiana: Maj Ira G. Grover
- 76th New York: Cpt John W. Young
- 95th New York: Maj Edward Pye
- 56th Pennsylvania: Cpt Frederick Williams
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| 3rd Brigade
BG Marsena R. Patrick
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- 21st New York: Col William F. Rogers
- 23rd New York: Col Henry C. Hoffman
- 35th New York: Col Newton B. Lord
- 80th New York (20th Militia): Ltc Theodore B. Gates
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| 4th Brigade
BG John Gibbon
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- 19th Indiana: Ltc Alois O. Bachman (k), Cpt William W. Dudley
- 2nd Wisconsin: Ltc Thomas S. Allen (w), Cpt George B. Ely
- 6th Wisconsin: Ltc Edward S. Bragg (w), Maj Rufus R. Dawes
- 7th Wisconsin: Cpt John B. Callis
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| Artillery
Cpt J. Albert Monroe
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- New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery: Lt Frederick M. Edgell
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery D: Cpt J. Albert Monroe
- 1st New York Light, Battery L: Cpt John A. Reynolds
- 4th United States, Battery B: Cpt Joseph B. Campbell (w), Lt James Stewart
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|
Second Division
BG James B. Ricketts[9] (w)
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1st Brigade
BG Abram Duryée
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- 97th New York: Maj Charles B. Northrup
- 104th New York: Maj Lewis C. Skinner
- 105th New York: Col Howard Carroll (mw), Cpt John C. Whiteside
- 107th Pennsylvania: Cpt James McThomson
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| 2nd Brigade[10]
Col William H. Christian
Col Peter Lyle
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- 26th New York: Ltc Richard H. Richardson
- 94th New York: Ltc Calvin Littlefield
- 88th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Gile (w), Cpt Henry B. Myers
- 90th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Lyle (w), Ltc William A. Leech
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| 3rd Brigade[11]
BG George L. Hartsuff (w)
Col Richard Coulter
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- 12th Massachusetts: Maj Elisha Burbank (mw), Cpt Benjamin F. Cook
- 13th Massachusetts: Maj J. Parker Gould
- 83rd New York (9th Militia): Ltc William Atterbury
- 11th Pennsylvania: Col Richard Coulter, Cpt David M. Cook
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| Artillery
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- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F: Cpt Ezra W. Matthews
- Pennsylvania Light, Battery C: Cpt James Thompson
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Third Division
BG George G. Meade[8]
BG Truman Seymour
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1st Brigade
BG Truman Seymour
Col Richard Biddle Roberts
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- 1st Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Richard Biddle Roberts, Cpt William C. Talley
- 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Cpt James N. Byrnes
- 5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Joseph W. Fisher
- 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col William Sinclair
- 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles): Cpt Dennis McGee
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Albert Magilton
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- 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc John Clark
- 4th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj John Nyce
- 7th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj Chauncey A. Lyman
- 8th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj Silas M. Bailey
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| 3rd Brigade
Ltc Robert Anderson
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- 9th Pennsylvania Reserves: Cpt Samuel B. Dick
- 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Adoniram J. Warner (w), Cpt Jonathan P. Smith
- 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Samuel M. Jackson
- 12th Pennsylvania Reserves: Cpt Richard Gustin
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| Artillery[12]
|
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery A: Lt John G. Simpson
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Cpt James H. Cooper
- 5th United States, Battery C: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
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II Corps
MG Edwin V. Sumner
Escort:
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company D: Cpt Henry W. Lyon
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Riley Johnson
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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First Division
MG Israel B. Richardson (mw)
BG John C. Caldwell
BG Winfield S. Hancock[13]
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1st Brigade
BG John C. Caldwell
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- 5th New Hampshire: Col Edward E. Cross (w)
- 7th New York: Cpt Charles Brestel
- 61st New York:[14] Ltc Nelson A. Miles
- 64th New York: Col Francis C. Barlow (w),
- 81st Pennsylvania: Maj H. Boyd McKeen
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Thomas F. Meagher (w)
Col John Burke
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- 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
- 63rd New York: Col John Burke, Ltc Henry Fowler (w), Maj Richard C. Bentley (w), Cpt Joseph O'Neill
- 69th New York: Ltc James Kelly (w), Maj James Cavanagh
- 88th New York: Ltc Patrick Kelly
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| 3rd Brigade
Col John R. Brooke
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- 2nd Delaware: Cpt David L. Stricker
- 52nd New York: Col Paul Frank
- 57th New York: Ltc Philip S. Parisen (k), Maj Alford B. Chapman
- 66th New York: Cpt Julius Wehle
- 53rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Richards McMichael
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| Artillery
|
- 1st New York Light, Battery B: Cpt Rufus D. Pettit
- 4th United States, Battery A and C: Lt Evan Thomas
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|
Second Division
MG John Sedgwick (w)
BG Oliver O. Howard
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1st Brigade
BG Willis A. Gorman
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- 15th Massachusetts: Ltc John W. Kimball
- 1st Minnesota: Col Alfred Sully
- 34th New York: Col James A. Suitor
- 82nd New York (2nd Militia): Col Henry W. Hudson
- Massachusetts Sharpshooters, 1st Company: Cpt John Saunders (k)
- Minnesota Sharpshooters, 2nd Company: Cpt William F. Russell
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Oliver O. Howard
Col Joshua T. Owen
Col DeWitt C. Baxter[15]
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- 69th Pennsylvania: Col Joshua T. Owen
- 71st Pennsylvania: Col Isaac J. Wistar (w)
- 72nd Pennsylvania: Col DeWitt C. Baxter
- 106th Pennsylvania: Col Turner G. Morehead
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| 3rd Brigade
BG Napoleon J. T. Dana (w)
Col Norman J. Hall
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- 19th Massachusetts: Col Edward W. Hinks (w), Ltc Arthur F. Devereux (w), Cpt H. G. Weymouth
- 20th Massachusetts: Col William R. Lee
- 7th Michigan: Col Norman J. Hall, Cpt Charles J. Hunt
- 42nd New York: Ltc George N. Bomford (w), Maj James E. Mallon
- 59th New York: Col William L. Tidball
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| Artillery
|
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A: Cpt John A. Tompkins
- 1st United States, Battery I: Lt George A. Woodruff
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|
Third Division
BG William H. French
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1st Brigade
BG Nathan Kimball
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- 14th Indiana: Col William Harrow
- 4th Ohio: Col. John S. Mason
- 8th Ohio: Ltc Franklin Sawyer
- 132nd Pennsylvania: Col Richard A. Oakford (k), Ltc Vincent M. Wilcox
- 7th West Virginia: Col Joseph Snider
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Dwight Morris
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- 14th Connecticut: Ltc Sanford H. Perkins
- 108th New York: Col Oliver H. Palmer
- 130th Pennsylvania: Col Henry I. Zinn
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| 3rd Brigade
BG Max Weber (w)
Col John W. Andrews
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- 1st Delaware: Col John W. Andrews, Ltc Oliver Hopkinson (w)
- 5th Maryland: Maj Leopold Blumenberg (w), Cpt William W. Bamberger (w), Cpt Salome Marsh (w&c), Cpt Ernest F. M. Faehtz
- 4th New York: Ltc John D. MacGregor
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Unattached Artillery
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- 1st New York Light, Battery G: Cpt John D. Frank
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B: Cpt John G. Hazard
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G: Cpt Charles D. Owen
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IV Corps
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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First Division[16]
MG Darius N. Couch
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1st Brigade
BG Charles Devens
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- 7th Massachusetts: Col David A. Russell
- 10th Massachusetts: Col Henry L. Eustis
- 36th New York: Col William H. Browne
- 2nd Rhode Island: Col Frank Wheaton
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Albion P. Howe
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- 62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin
- 93rd Pennsylvania: Col James M. McCarter
- 98th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Ballier
- 102nd Pennsylvania: Col Thomas A. Rowley
- 139th Pennsylvania:[17] Col Frank H. Collier
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| 3rd Brigade
BG John Cochrane
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- 65th New York: Col Alexander Shaler
- 67th New York: Col Julius W. Adams
- 122nd New York: Col Silas Titus
- 23rd Pennsylvania: Col Thomas H. Neill
- 31st Pennsylvania: Col George C. Spear
- 61st Pennsylvania: Col David H. Williams
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| Artillery
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- New York Light, 3rd Battery:[18] Cpt William Stuart
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery C: Cpt Jeremiah McCarthy
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt Michael Hall
- 2nd United States, Battery G: Lt John H. Butler
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V Corps
MG Fitz John Porter[19]
Escort:
- 1st Maine Cavalry (detachment): Cpt George J. Summat
| Division
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Brigade
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Regiments and Others
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First Division
MG George W. Morell
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1st Brigade
Col James Barnes
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- 2nd Maine: Col Charles W. Roberts
- 18th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph Hayes
- 22nd Massachusetts: Ltc William S. Tilton
- 1st Michigan: Cpt Emory W. Belton
- 13th New York: Col Elisha Marshall
- 25th New York: Col Charles A. Johnson
- 118th Pennsylvania: Col Charles M. Prevost
- Massachusetts Sharpshooters, 2nd Company: Cpt Lewis E. Wentworth
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Charles Griffin
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- 2nd District of Columbia: Col Charles M. Alexander
- 9th Massachusetts: Col Patrick R. Guiney
- 32nd Massachusetts: Col Francis J. Parker
- 4th Michigan: Col Jonathan W. Childs
- 14th New York: Col James McQuade
- 62nd Pennsylvania: Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
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| 3rd Brigade
Col T.B.W. Stockton
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- 20th Maine: Col Adelbert Ames
- 16th Michigan: Ltc Norval E. Welch
- 12th New York: Cpt William Huson
- 17th New York: Ltc Nelson B. Bartram
- 44th New York: Maj Freeman Conner
- 83rd Pennsylvania: Cpt Orpheus S. Woodward
- Michigan Sharpshooters, Brady's Company: Lt Jonas H. Titus Jr.
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| Artillery
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- Massachusetts Light, Battery C: Cpt Augustus P. Martin
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C: Cpt Richard Waterman
- 5th United States, Battery D: Lt Charles E. Hazlett
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| Sharpshooters
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Second Division
BG George Sykes
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1st Brigade
Ltc Robert C. Buchanan
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- 3rd United States: Cpt John D. Wilkins
- 4th United States: Cpt Hiram Dryer
- 12th United States, 1st Battalion: Cpt Matthew M. Blunt
- 12th United States, 2nd Battalion: Cpt Thomas M. Anderson
- 14th United States, 1st Battalion: Cpt W. Harvey Brown
- 14th United States, 2nd Battalion: Cpt David B. McKibbin
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| 2nd Brigade
Maj Charles S. Lovell
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|
| 3rd Brigade
Col Gouverneur K. Warren
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- 5th New York: Cpt Cleveland Winslow
- 10th New York: Ltc John W. Marshall
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| Artillery
|
- 1st United States, Batteries E and G: Lt Alanson M. Randol
- 5th United States, Battery I: Cpt Stephen H. Weed
- 5th United States, Battery K: Lt William E. Van Reed
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|
Third Division[20]
BG Andrew A. Humphreys
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1st Brigade
BG Erastus B. Tyler
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- 91st Pennsylvania: Col Edgar M. Gregory
- 126th Pennsylvania: Col James G. Elder
- 129th Pennsylvania: Col Jacob G. Frick
- 134th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew S. Quay
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Peter H. Allabach
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- 123rd Pennsylvania: Col John B. Clark
- 131st Pennsylvania: Ltc William B. Shaut
- 133rd Pennsylvania: Col Franklin B. Speakman
- 155th Pennsylvania: Col Edward J. Allen
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| Artillery
|
- 1st New York Light, Battery C: Cpt Almont Barnes
- 1st Ohio Light, Battery L: Cpt Lucius N. Robinson
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|
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Artillery Reserve
Ltc William Hays
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- 1st Battalion New York Light, Battery A: Lt Bernhard Wever
- 1st Battalion New York Light, Battery B: Lt Alfred von Kleiser
- 1st Battalion New York Light, Battery C: Cpt Robert Langner
- 1st Battalion New York Light, Battery D: Cpt Charles Kusserow
- New York Light, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
- 1st United States, Battery K: Cpt William M. Graham
- 4th United States, Battery G: Lt Marcus P. Miller
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VI Corps
MG William B. Franklin
Escort:
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies B and G: Cpt Henry P. Muirheid
| Division
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Brigade
|
Regiments and Others
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|
First Division
MG Henry W. Slocum
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1st Brigade
Col Alfred T. A. Torbert
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- 1st New Jersey: Ltc Mark W. Collet
- 2nd New Jersey: Col Samuel L. Buck
- 3rd New Jersey: Col Henry W. Brown
- 4th New Jersey: Col William B. Hatch
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Joseph J. Bartlett
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- 5th Maine: Col Nathaniel J. Jackson
- 16th New York: Ltc Joel J. Seaver
- 27th New York: Ltc Alexander D. Adams
- 96th Pennsylvania: Col Henry L. Cake
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| 3rd Brigade
BG John Newton
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- 18th New York: Ltc George R. Myers
- 31st New York: Ltc Francis H. Pinto
- 32nd New York: Col Roderick Matheson
- 95th Pennsylvania: Col Gustavus W. Town
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| Artillery
Cpt Emory Upton
|
- Maryland Light, Battery A: Cpt John W. Wolcott
- Massachusetts Light, Battery A: Cpt Josiah Porter
- New Jersey Light, Battery A: Cpt William Hexamer
- 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
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|
Second Division
MG William F. Smith
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1st Brigade
BG Winfield S. Hancock[13]
Col Amasa Cobb
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- 6th Maine: Col Hiram Burnham
- 43rd New York: Maj John Wilson
- 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc William Brisbane
- 137th Pennsylvania: Col Henry M. Bossert
- 5th Wisconsin: Col Amasa Cobb
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| 2nd Brigade
BG William T. H. Brooks
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- 2nd Vermont: Maj James H. Walbridge
- 3rd Vermont: Col Breed N. Hyde
- 4th Vermont: Ltc Charles B. Stoughton
- 5th Vermont: Col Lewis A. Grant
- 6th Vermont: Maj Oscar L. Tuttle
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| 3rd Brigade
Col William H. Irwin
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- 7th Maine: Maj Thomas W. Hyde
- 20th New York: Col Ernst von Vegesack
- 33rd New York: Ltc Joseph W. Corning
- 49th New York: Ltc William C. Alberger (w), Maj George W. Johnson
- 77th New York: Cpt Nathan S. Babcock
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| Artillery[18]
Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres
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- Maryland Light, Battery B: Lt Theodore J. Vanneman
- New York Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Andrew Cowan
- 5th United States, Battery F: Lt Leonard Martin
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IX Corps
MG Ambrose Burnside[21]
BG Jacob D. Cox
Escort:
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Zebulon B. Blethen
| Division
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Brigade
|
Regiments and Others
|
|
First Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox
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1st Brigade
Col Benjamin C. Christ
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- 28th Massachusetts: Cpt Andrew P. Caraher
- 17th Michigan: Col William H. Withington
- 79th New York: Ltc David Morrison
- 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Overton, Jr. (w), Cpt William H. Diehl
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Thomas Welsh
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- 8th Michigan:[22] Ltc Frank Graves, Maj Ralph Ely
- 46th New York: Ltc Joseph P. Gerhardt
- 45th Pennsylvania: Ltc John I. Curtin
- 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc David A. Leckey
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| Artillery
|
- Massachusetts Light, 8th Battery: Cpt Asa M. Cook
- 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin
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|
Second Division
BG Samuel D. Sturgis
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1st Brigade
BG James Nagle
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- 2nd Maryland: Ltc J. Eugene Duryée
- 6th New Hampshire: Col Simon G. Griffin
- 9th New Hampshire: Col Enoch Q. Fellows
- 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried
|
| 2nd Brigade
BG Edward Ferrero
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|
| Artillery
|
- Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt George W. Durell
- 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery E: Cpt Joseph C. Clark, Jr. (w)
|
|
Third Division
BG Isaac P. Rodman (mw)
Col Edward Harland[23]
MG John G. Parke[24]
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1st Brigade
Col Harrison S. Fairchild
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- 9th New York: Ltc Edgar A. Kimball
- 89th New York: Maj Edward Jardine
- 103rd New York: Maj Benjamin Ringold
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Edward Harland
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- 8th Connecticut: Ltc Hiram Appelman (w), Maj John H. Ward
- 11th Connecticut: Col Henry W. Kingsbury (mw)
- 16th Connecticut: Col Francis Beach
- 4th Rhode Island: Col William H. P. Steere (w), Ltc Joseph B. Curtis
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| Artillery
|
- 5th United States, Battery A: Lt Charles P. Muhlenberg
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|
Kanawha Division
Col Eliakim P. Scammon
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1st Brigade
Col Hugh B. Ewing
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- 12th Ohio: Col Carr B. White
- 23rd Ohio: Maj James M. Comly
- 30th Ohio: Ltc Theodore Jones (w&c), Maj George H. Hildt
- Ohio Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt James R. McMullin
- Gilmore's Company, West Virginia Cavalry: Lt James Abraham
- Harrison's Company, West Virginia Cavalry: Lt Dennis Delaney
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| 2nd Brigade
Col George Crook
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- 11th Ohio: Ltc Augustus H. Coleman (k), Maj Lyman J. Jackson
- 28th Ohio: Ltc Gottfried Becker
- 36th Ohio: Ltc Melvin Clarke (k), Maj Ebenezer B. Andrews
- Schambeck's Company Chicago Dragoons: Cpt Frederick Schambeck
- Kentucky Light Artillery, Simmonds' Battery: Cpt Seth J. Simmonds
|
|
|
Unattached troops
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- 6th New York Cavalry (8 companies): Col Thomas C. Devin
- Ohio Cavalry, 3rd Independent Company: Lt Jonas Seamen
- 3rd United States, Batteries L and M: Cpt John Edwards, Jr.
- 2nd New York, Battery L: Cpt Jacob Roemer[25]
|
XII Corps
MG Joseph K. Mansfield (mw)
BG Alpheus S. Williams
Escort:
- 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Melvin Brewer
| Division
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Brigade
|
Regiments and Others
|
|
First Division
BG Alpheus S. Williams
BG Samuel W. Crawford (w)
BG George H. Gordon
|
1st Brigade[26]
BG Samuel W. Crawford
Col Joseph F. Knipe
|
- 10th Maine: Col George L. Beal (w)
- 28th New York: Cpt William H. H. Mapes
- 46th Pennsylvania: Col Joseph F. Knipe, Ltc James L. Selfridge
- 124th Pennsylvania: Col Joseph W. Hawley (w), Maj Isaac L. Haldeman
- 125th Pennsylvania: Col Jacob C. Higgins
- 128th Pennsylvania: Col Samuel Croasdale (k), Ltc William W. Hammersly (w), Maj Joel B. Wanner
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| 3rd Brigade
BG George H. Gordon
Col Thomas H. Ruger (w)
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- 27th Indiana: Col Silas Colgrove
- 2nd Massachusetts: Col George L. Andrews
- 13th New Jersey: Col Ezra A. Carman
- 107th New York: Col Robert B. Van Valkenburg
- Pennsylvania Zouaves d'Afrique[27]
- 3rd Wisconsin: Col Thomas H. Ruger
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|
Second Division
BG George S. Greene
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1st Brigade[28]
Ltc Hector Tyndale (w)
Maj Orrin J. Crane
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- 5th Ohio: Maj John Collins
- 7th Ohio: Maj Orrin J. Crane, Cpt Frederick A. Seymour
- 66th Ohio: Ltc Eugene Powell (w)
- 28th Pennsylvania: Maj Ario Pardee, Jr.
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| 2nd Brigade[29]
Col Henry J. Stainrook
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- 3rd Maryland: Ltc Joseph H. Sudsburg
- 102nd New York: Ltc James C. Lane
- 111th Pennsylvania: Maj Thomas M. Walker (w)
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| 3rd Brigade
Col William B. Goodrich (mw)
Ltc Jonathan Austin
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- 3rd Delaware: Maj Arthur Maginnis (w), Cpt William J. McKaig
- Purnell (Maryland) Legion: Ltc Benjamin L. Simpson
- 60th New York: Ltc Charles R. Brundage
- 78th New York: Ltc Jonathan Austin, Cpt Henry R. Stagg
|
|
|
Artillery
Cpt Clermont L. Best
|
- Maine Light, 4th Battery: Cpt O'Neill W. Robinson, Jr.
- Maine Light, 6th Battery: Cpt Freeman McGilvery
- 1st New York Light, Battery M: Cpt George W. Cothran
- New York Light, 10th Battery: Cpt John T. Bruen
- Pennsylvania Light, Battery E: Cpt Joseph M. Knap
- Pennsylvania Light, Battery F: Cpt Robert B. Hampton
- 4th United States, Battery F: Lt Edward D. Muhlenberg
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Cavalry
| Division
|
Brigade
|
Regiments and Others
|
|
Cavalry Division
BG Alfred Pleasonton
|
1st Brigade
Maj Charles J. Whiting
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|
| 2nd Brigade
Col John F. Farnsworth
|
- 8th Illinois: Maj. William H. Medill
- 3rd Indiana: Maj George H. Chapman
- 1st Massachusetts: Cpt Caspar Crowninshield
- 8th Pennsylvania: Cpt Peter Keenan
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Richard H. Rush
|
- 4th Pennsylvania: Col James H. Childs (k), Ltc James K. Kerr
- 6th Pennsylvania: Ltc C. Ross Smith
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| 4th Brigade
Col Andrew T. McReynolds
|
- 1st New York: Maj Alonzo W. Adams
- 12th Pennsylvania: Maj James A. Congdon
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| 5th Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Davis
|
- 8th New York: Col Benjamin F. Davis
- 3rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Samuel W. Owen
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| Horse Artillery
|
- 2nd United States, Battery A: Cpt John C. Tidball
- 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Cpt James M. Robertson
- 2nd United States, Battery M: Lt Peter C. Hains
- 3rd United States, Batteries C and G: Cpt Horatio G. Gibson
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| Unattached[30]
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Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages 169-180; Antietam National Battlefield-Army of the Potomac
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages 189-204
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages 1111-1114, 1169-1171; Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, pages 1312, 1391-1392
- ^ The Volunteer Engineer Brigade (15th and 50th New York) under Brigadier General Daniel P. Woodbury detached at Washington, D. C.
- ^ The composition of this command is not fully reported on the returns
- ^ Sturges (Illinois) Rifles detached at Washington, D. C.
- ^ a b Assigned to command of the I Corps, September 17, 1862 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 2, page 315)
- ^ For Ricketts being wounded see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 453
- ^ Colonel Christian left his command without explanation, after which Colonel Peter Lyle took over command (see [1]
- ^ 16th Maine detached as railroad guard
- ^ Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery detached at Washington, D. C.
- ^ a b Assigned to command of First Division, II Corps, September 17, 1862 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 2, page 316)
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, Page 172 [2]'
- ^ Assumed command after the brigade was reunited (see: Howard's report)
- ^ Served with the VI Corps; not engaged on September 17, 1862; assigned to the VI Corps as the Third Division September 26, 1862
- ^ Joined September 17, 1862
- ^ a b The 3rd Battery New York Light Artillery transferred to First Division, IV Corps September 15, 1862
- ^ In reserve; only a portion of the corps engaged
- ^ This division was organized September 12, 1862, and reached the battlefield September 18, 1862
- ^ On September 16th and 17th, 1862, Major General Burnside exercised general command on the left, and Brigadier General Cox was in immediate command of the corps. Major General Parke served as Burnside's Chief of Staff until September 17, 1862 (see: Burnside's report; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 416). Lieutenant Colonel George W. Getty served as Chief of Artillery on Burnside's Staff (see: Burnside's report).
- ^ Transferred from First Brigade September 16, 1862
- ^ Antietam on the Web: Rodman's Division, Ninth Army Corps
- ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 416; A Civil War Biography: John G. Parke
- ^ Johnson & Anderson 1995, p. 81. Roemer's battery fired 87 rounds.
- ^ 5th Connecticut detached at Frederick, Maryland, since September 15, 1862
- ^ No officers present; enlisted men of company attached to Second Massachusetts
- ^ 29th Ohio detached September 9, 1862
- ^ 109th Pennsylvania detached September 13, 1862
- ^ 1st Maine detached at Frederick, Maryland
References
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Johnson, Curt; Anderson, Richard C. Jr. (1995). Artillery Hell: The Employment of Artillery at Antietam. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-623-0.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.