The document lists the Union Army forces and organization that fought at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. It details the five army corps, their divisions, brigades, and individual regiments. Key leaders are named, such as Major General George B. McClellan as the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, which was organized into the I, II, III, IV, and V Army Corps for the battle.
The document lists the Union Army forces and organization that fought at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. It details the five army corps, their divisions, brigades, and individual regiments. Key leaders are named, such as Major General George B. McClellan as the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, which was organized into the I, II, III, IV, and V Army Corps for the battle.
The document lists the Union Army forces and organization that fought at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. It details the five army corps, their divisions, brigades, and individual regiments. Key leaders are named, such as Major General George B. McClellan as the commanding general of the Army of the Potomac, which was organized into the I, II, III, IV, and V Army Corps for the battle.
Commanding General: Major General George B. McClellan
General Headquarters Escort: Captain J.B.McIntyre
Independent Company, Oneida (New York) Cavalry
A-E/4th U.S.Cavalry Regiment Engineer Battalion A-D-F-G/8th U.S. Infantry Regiment G-H/19th U.S. Infantry Regiment Provost Guard E-F-H-K/2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment Headquarters Guard: Major G.O.Haller 93rd New York Regiment Quartermaster's Guard: Captain M.A.Reno B-C-H-I/1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment
I Army Corps: Major General Joseph Hooker
Chief of Staff: Brigadier General George G. Meade Escort: Captain J.E. Naylor A-B-I-K/2nd New York Cavalry Regiment 1st Division: Brigadier General R.King (Relieved 9/14) Brigadier General J.P.Hatch (Wounded 9/14) Brigadier General A. Doubleday 1st Brigade: Colonel W. Phelps 22nd New York Regiment 24th New York Regiment 30th New York Regiment 84th New York Regiment 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General A. Doubleday 7th Indiana Regiment 76th New York Regiment 95th New York Regiment 56th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General M.R.Patrick 21st New York Regiment 23rd New York Regiment 35th New York Regiment 80th New York Regiment (20th Militia) Brigade: Brigadier General J. Gibbon 19th Indiana Regiment 2nd Wisconsin Regiment 6th Wisconsin Regiment 7th Wisconsin Regiment Artillery: Captain J.A.Monroe 1st New Hampshire Light Battery 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery L 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery B 2nd Division: Brigadier General J.B. Ricketts 1st Brigade: Brigadier General A.Duryea 97th New York Regiment 104th New York Regiment 105th New York Regiment 107th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel W.A.Christian 26th New York Regiment 94th New York Regiment 88th Pennsylvania Regiment 90th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General G.L.Hartsuff 16th Maine Regiment 12th Massachusetts Regiment 13th Massachusetts Regiment 83rd New York Regiment 11th Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery C 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery F 3rd Division: Brigadier General George G. Meade 1st Brigade: Brigadier General T. Seymour 1st Pennsylvania Reserves 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves 5th Pennsylvania Reserves 6th Pennsylvania Reserves 13th Pennsylvania Reserves 2nd Brigade: Colonel H.C.Bolinger 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves 4th Pennsylvania Reserves 7th Pennsylvania Reserves 8th Pennsylvania Reserves 3rd Brigade: Colonel T.F.Gallagher 9th Pennsylvania Reserves 10th Pennsylvania Reserves 11th Pennsylvania Reserves 12th Pennsylvania Reserves Artillery: 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Batteries A, B, C 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery C II Army Corps: Major General E.V.Sumner Escort: D-K/6th New York Cavalry Regiment
1st Division: Major General I.B.Richardson
1st Brigade: Brigadier General J.C.Caldwell 5th New Hampshire Regiment 7th New York Regiment 61st New York Regiment 64th New York Regiment 81st Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General T.F.Meagher 29th Massachusetts Regiment 63rd New York Regiment 69th New York Regiment 88th New York Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel J.R.Brooke 2nd Delaware Regiment 52nd New York Regiment 57th New York Regiment 66th New York Regiment 53rd Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: 1st New York Light, Battery B 4th U.S., Battery A 4th U.S., Battery C 2nd Division: Major General J.Sedgwick 1st Brigade: Brigadier General W.A.Gorman 15th Massachusetts Regiment 1st Minnesota Regiment 34th New York Regiment 82nd New York Regiment 1st Co/Massachusetts Sharpshooters 2nd Co/Minnesota Sharpshooters 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General O.O.Howard 69th Pennsylvania Regiment 71st Pennsylvania Regiment 72nd Pennsylvania Regiment 106th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General N.J.T.Dana 19th Massachusetts Regiment 20th Massachusetts Regiment 7th Michigan Regiment 42nd New York Regiment 59th New York Regiment Artillery: 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C 1st U.S., Battery I 3rd Division: Major General W.H.French 1st Brigade: Brigadier General N.Kimball 14th Indiana Regiment 8th Ohio Regiment 132nd Pennsylvania Regiment 7th West Virginia Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel D.Morris 14th Connecticut Regiment 108th New York Regiment 130th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General M. Weber 1st Delaware Regiment 5th Maryland Regiment 4th New York Regiment Unattached Artillery: 1st New York Light, Battery G 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G IV Army Corps: 1st Division: Major General D.N.Couch (Arrived Antietam on the morning of 9/18 - attached to VI Corps as 3rd Division 9/26) 1st Brigade: Brigadier General C.Devens Jr, 7th Massachusetts Regiment 10th Massachusetts Regiment 36th New York Regiment 2nd Rhode Island Regiment 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General A.P.Howe 62nd New York Regiment 92nd Pennsylvania Regiment 98th Pennsylvania Regiment 102nd Pennsylvania Regiment 139th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General J. Cochran 65th New York Regiment 67th New York Regiment 122nd New York Regiment 23rd Pennsylvania Regiment 61st Pennsylvania Regiment 82nd Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery C 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery D 2nd U.S., Battery G New York Light, 3rd Battery
V Army Corps: Major General Fitz-John Porter
Headquarters: Det/1st Maine Cavalry Regiment 1st Division: Major General G.W.Morrell 1st Brigade: Colonel J. Barnes 2nd Maine Regiment 18th Massachusetts Regiment 22nd Massachusetts Regiment 1st Michigan Regiment 13th New York Regiment 25th New York Regiment 118th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General C. Griffin 2nd District of Columbia Regiment 9th Massachusetts Regiment 32nd Massachusetts Regiment 4th Michigan Regiment 14th New York Regiment 62nd Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel T.B.W.Stockton 20th Maine Regiment 16th Michigan Regiment 12th New York Regiment 17th New York Regiment 44th New York Regiment 82nd Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: Massachusetts Light, Battery C 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C 5th U.S., Battery D Sharpshooters: 1st U.S. Regiment 2nd Division: Major General George Sykes 1st Brigade: Lieutenant Colonel R.C.Buchanan 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment 1/12th U.S. Infantry Regiment 2/12th U.S. Infantry Regiment 1/14th U.S. Infantry Regiment 2/14th U.S. Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade: major C.S.Lovell 1st & 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment 2nd & 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment 11th U.S. Infantry Regiment 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel G.K.Warren 5th New York Regiment 140th New York Regiment 146th New York Regiment Artillery: 1st U.S.Artillery, Battery E 1st U.S.Artillery, Battery G 5th U.S.Artillery, Battery I 5th U.S.Artillery, Battery K 3rd Division: Major General Andrew A.Humphreys (Arrived morning of 9/18) 1st Brigade: Brigadier General E.B.Tyler 91st Pennsylvania Regiment 126th Pennsylvania Regiment 129th Pennsylvania Regiment 134th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel P.H.Allabach 123rd Pennsylvania Regiment 131st Pennsylvania Regiment 133rd Pennsylvania Regiment 154th Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: Captain L.N.Robinson 1st New York Light, Battery C 1st Ohio Light, Battery L Artillery Reserve: Lt. Colonel W. Hays 1st Bn/New York Light, Battery A 1st Bn/New York Light, Battery B 1st Bn/New York Light, Battery C 1st Bn/New York Light, Battery D New York Light, 5th Battery 1st U.S., Battery K 4th U.S., Battery G
VI Army Corps: Major General W.B.Franklin
Headquarters: B-G/6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 1st Division: Major General H.W.Slocum 1st Brigade: Colonel A.T.A.Torbert 1st New Jersey Regiment 2nd New Jersey Regiment 3rd New Jersey Regiment 4th New Jersey Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel J.J.Bartlett 1st Maine Regiment 16th New York Regiment 27th New York Regiment 96th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General J.Newton 18th New York Regiment 31st New York Regiment 32nd New York Regiment 95th Pennsylvania Regiment 121st New York Regiment Artillery Maryland Light, Battery A Massachusetts Light, Battery A New Jersey Light, Battery A 2nd U.S., Battery D 2nd Division: Major General W.F.Smith 1st Brigade: Brigadier General W.S.Hancock (assigned to command of 1st Div. II Corps on 9/17) 6th Maine Regiment 43rd New York Regiment 49th Pennsylvania Regiment 137th Pennsylvania Regiment 5th Wisconsin Regiment 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General W.T.H.Brooks 2nd Vermont Regiment 3rd Vermont Regiment 4th Vermont Regiment 5th Vermont Regiment 6th Vermont Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel W.H.Irwing 7th Maine Regiment 20th New York Regiment 33rd New York Regiment 49th New York Regiment 77th New York Regiment Artillery: New York Light, 1st Battery Maryland Light, Battery B 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F
XI Army Corps: Major General J.L. Reno (Killed 9/14)
Major General A.E.Burnside 1st Division: Major General O.B.Wilcox 1st Brigade: Colonel B.C.Christ 28th Massachusetts Regiment 17th Michigan Regiment 79th New York Regiment 50th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel T.Welsh 8th Michigan Regiment 46th New York Regiment 45th Pennsylvania Regiment 100th Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: Massachusetts Light, 8th Battery 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E 2nd Division: Major General S.D.Sturgis 1st Brigade: Brigadier General J.Nagle 2nd Maryland Regiment 6th New Hampshire Regiment 9th New Hampshire Regiment 48th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General 21st Massachusetts Regiment 35th Massachusetts Regiment 51st New York Regiment 51st Pennsylvania Regiment Artillery: Pennsylvania Light, Battery D 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery E 3rd Division: Major General I.P.Rodman (Mortally wounded 9/17) 1st Brigade: Colonel H.S.Fairchild 9th New York Regiment 89th New York Regiment 103rd New York Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel E.Harland 8th Connecticut Regiment 11th Connecticut Regiment 16th Connecticut Regiment 4th Rhode Island Regiment Artillery: 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A Battery of Dahlgren Boat Howitzers attached 9th New York
Kanawha Division: Brigadier General J.D.Cox
1st Brigade: Colonel E.P.Scammon 12th Ohio Regiment 23rd Ohio Regiment 30th Ohio Regiment Ohio Light Artillery, 1st Battery Gilmore's Company, West Virginia Cavalry Harrison's Company, West Virginia Cavalry 2nd Brigade: Colonel G.Cook 11th Ohio Regiment 28th Ohio Regiment 36th Ohio Regiment Schambeck's 's Company, Chicago Dragoons Kentucky Light Artillery, Simmond's Battery Unattached: 6th New York Cavalry Regiment (8 cos) Independent Company/Ohio Cavalry 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery L 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery M 2nd New York Artillery, Battery L
XII Army Corps: Major General J.K.F.Mansfield (mortally wounded
9/17) Headquarters: L/1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment 1st Division: Brigadier General A.S.Williams 1st Brigade: Brigadier General S.W.Crawford 5th Connecticut Regiment 10th Maine Regiment 29th New York Regiment 46th Pennsylvania Regiment 124th Pennsylvania Regiment 125th Pennsylvania Regiment 128th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Brigade: Brigadier General G.H.Gordon 27th Indiana Regiment 2nd Massachusetts Regiment 13th New Jersey Regiment 107th New York Regiment 3rd Wisconsin Regiment Zouaves d'Afrique, Pennsylvania 2nd Division: Brigadier General G.S.Greene 1st Brigade: Lt. Colonel H.Tyndale 5th Ohio Regiment 7th Ohio Regiment 66th Ohio Regiment 29th Ohio Regiment 28th Pennsylvania Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel H.J.Stainrook 111th Pennsylvania Regiment 3rd Maryland Regiment 102nd New York Regiment 109th New York Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel W.B.Goodrich (Killed 9/17) 3rd Delaware Regiment Purnell Legion 60th New York Regiment 78th New York Regiment Artillery: Maine Light, 4th Battery Maine Light, 8th Battery 1st New York Light, Battery M New York Light, 10th Battery Pennsylvania Light, Battery E Pennsylvania Light, Battery F U.S.Artillery, Battery F
Cavalry Division: Brigadier General A.Pleaston
1st Brigade: Major C.J.Whiting 5th United States Cavalry Regiment 6th United States Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel J.F.Farnsworth 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment 3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel R.H.Rush 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 4th Brigade: Colonel A.T.McReynolds 1st New York Cavalry Regiment 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 5th Brigade: Colonel B.F.Davis 8th New York Cavalry Regiment 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Artillery 2nd U.S.Artillery, Battery A 2nd U.S.Artillery, Battery B 2nd U.S.Artillery, Battery M 3rd U.S.Artillery, Battery C 3rd U.S.Artillery, Battery G
Unattached: Det/15th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
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