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Battle of Antietam order of battle: Union

Battle of Antietam order of battle: Union

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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

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

Headquarters Guard:[7] Maj Granville O. Haller

Quartermaster's Guard:

I Corps

MG Joseph Hooker (w)
BG George G. Meade[8]

Escort:

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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
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IV Corps

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V Corps

MG Fitz John Porter[18]

Escort:

  • 1st Maine Cavalry (detachment): Cpt George J. Summat
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VI Corps

MG William B. Franklin

Escort:

  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies B and G: Cpt Henry P. Muirheid
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IX Corps

MG Ambrose Burnside[20]
BG Jacob D. Cox

Escort:

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XII Corps

MG Joseph K. Mansfield (mw)
BG Alpheus S. Williams

Escort:

  • 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Melvin Brewer
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Cavalry

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Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages 169-180; Antietam National Battlefield-Army of the Potomac
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 1, pages 189-204
  4. 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
  5. The Volunteer Engineer Brigade (15th and 50th New York) under Brigadier General Daniel P. Woodbury detached at Washington, D. C.
  6. The composition of this command is not fully reported on the returns
  7. Sturges (Illinois) Rifles detached at Washington, D. C.
  8. Assigned to command of the I Corps, September 17, 1862 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 2, page 315)
  9. For Ricketts being wounded see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 453
  10. Colonel Christian left his command without explanation, after which Colonel Peter Lyle took over command (see
  11. 16th Maine detached as railroad guard
  12. Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery detached at Washington, D. C.
  13. Assigned to command of First Division, II Corps, September 17, 1862 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XIX, Part 2, page 316)
  14. Assumed command after the brigade was reunited (see: Howard's report)
  15. Served with the VI Corps; not engaged on September 17, 1862; assigned to the VI Corps as the Third Division September 26, 1862
  16. Joined September 17, 1862
  17. The 3rd Battery New York Light Artillery transferred to First Division, IV Corps September 15, 1862
  18. In reserve; only a portion of the corps engaged
  19. This division was organized September 12, 1862, and reached the battlefield September 18, 1862
  20. 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).
  21. Transferred from First Brigade September 16, 1862
  22. John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 416; A Civil War Biography: John G. Parke
  23. Johnson & Anderson 1995, p. 81. Roemer's battery fired 87 rounds.
  24. 5th Connecticut detached at Frederick, Maryland, since September 15, 1862
  25. No officers present; enlisted men of company attached to Second Massachusetts
  26. 29th Ohio detached September 9, 1862
  27. 109th Pennsylvania detached September 13, 1862
  28. 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, 18801901.

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