Unit

Federal Regiment

102nd New York Infantry

"Van Buren Light Infantry"
Organized: Brooklyn, NY; mustered in 3/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Alexandria, VA 7/21/1865

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #3: Mansfield's XII Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield
   Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods
   Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #48: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 12 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #117: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #49: Stainrook's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #51: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #52: Stainrook's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth (XII) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, XII Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps

In the Antietam Campaign:
"At the battle of South Mountain the corps was held in reserve, and was not under fire. Three days later it was actively engaged in the battle of Antietam. The One hundred and second New York was commanded in this action by Lieut. Col. James C. Lane, who had been promoted from major. The regiment entered the fight at 6:30 a. m. with the division, and was not relieved until 1130 p. m. The division drove the enemy from the East Woods, and, crossing the Sharpsburg Pike [Hagerstown Pike - ed.], entered the West Woods around the Dunker Church, holding this advanced position several hours. Captain Cornell fell early in the action, being killed by a sharpshooter while the regiment was deploying from close column by division into line of battle."
(from Final Report)

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: McGuire, Major Henry M., 102d Regiment Infantry, Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg), New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga, Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902 - extracted online by the NY State Military Museum.

We have 21 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bergen, John	AWOL 09/17
A	Sgt	Desendorf, Abram	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lake, Charles	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Rutherford, Justis A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Baker, John	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Harris, Robert	AWOL 12/17
D	Pvt	Cash, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Capt	Cornell, M. Eugene	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Dougherty, George	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Magee, Robert	KIA 09/21
G	Pvt	Alliger, James	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Russell, George W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Woglan, Samuel	Died 10/29
I	Pvt	Brammer, Andrew	Died 10/04
I	Pvt	Lane, Stanton	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Parker, James	AWOL 09/17
I	Pvt	Rice, William H.	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Flynn, Francis	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Martin, Paul	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Richardson, Joseph	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Lane, James Crandall

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