Battle of Antietam order of battle: Union 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
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
Quartermaster's Guard:
I Corps
MG Joseph Hooker (w )
BG George G. Meade[ 8]
Escort:
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
IV Corps
V Corps
MG Fitz John Porter [ 18]
Escort:
1st Maine Cavalry (detachment): Cpt George J. Summat
VI Corps
MG William B. Franklin
Escort:
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies B and G: Cpt Henry P. Muirheid
IX Corps
MG Ambrose Burnside [ 20]
BG Jacob D. Cox
Escort:
XII Corps
MG Joseph K. Mansfield (mw )
BG Alpheus S. Williams
Escort:
1st Michigan Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Melvin Brewer
Cavalry
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 )
^ 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.