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2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Abner Doubleday
  William P Wainwright
  J William Hofmann

 

This Brigade's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 1st Corps


Units which make up this Brigade:
  7th Indiana Infantry
  76th New York Infantry
  95th New York Infantry
  56th Pennsylvania Infantry

On the Antietam Campaign

On the 17th, the Brigade was held in reserve north of the Poffenberger farm to protect Hooker's 1st Corps artillery.

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #13: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #4: Hofmann's Brigade, Doubleday's Division - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #2: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #3: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM