Ernest F. M. Faehtz

Home State: Maryland
Command Billet: Commanding Company
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 5th Maryland Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Capt Faetz mustered in, Company L, 5th Maryland Infantry in November 1861

In the Antietam Campaign:
The Order of Battle carried in the Army Official Records (OR) shows Capt Faehtz assumed command after Major Blumenberg was seriously wounded in the attack on the sunken road at midday. However, the Maryland Archives account says it was Capt Bamberger (Co. B), himself wounded and relieved in turn by Capt. Salome Marsh, of Company F, who commanded the regiment during the remainder of the day. I believe the local record is likely to be more accurate.

The remainder of the War:
Capt Faehtz resigned from the 5th Maryland in November 1862, and mustered into the 8th Maryland Regiment as Major on February 18, 1863.

At Laurel Hill, near Spottsylvania Courthouse, on 8 May, 1864, Colonel Denison, commanding the 8th Regiment, was wounded and stricken down at the head of his command, losing his right arm. The command of the Regiment then devolved upon Faehtz, temporarily, until the recovery of Colonel Denison.

He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, March 13, 1864; and cited Brevet- Colonel, April 1, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five Forks, Va. He mustered out of service in May 1865.

After the War:
Post war activities unknown, but there is a Map of the City of Washington (1873) by E.F.M. Faehtz & Fred W. Pratt, of Washington, D.C., on file at the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, and he and Mr Pratt published Real Estate Directory of the City of Washington, D.C of 1874.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Source: The Maryland Archives, Volume 367, Pages 181, 214

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