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Federal Regiment

124th Pennsylvania Infantry

Mustered in on 8/12/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Harrisburg, PA 5/16/1863

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Joseph W. Hawley
  Maj. Isaac L. Haldeman

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 12th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps


On the Antietam Campaign

A nine-month Regiment, Antietam was their first combat, they having been only about a month in service. They crossed South Mountain on 15 September without seeing action. Colonel Hawley was wounded and relieved by Major Haldeman who led the Regiment in their charge into and through the Cornfield as part of the Federal 12th Corps on the morning of 17 September.

They bivouacked together with the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry at the end of the day on the 17th, both regiments by then possibly under the command of Colonel Higgins of the 125th.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 5; Wounded (WIA): 42; Missing in Action (MIA): 17;

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

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 #28: Williams' Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #29: Crawford's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

References & Notes

Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: 1868-1871, extracted online at Pennsylvania in the Civil War.

We have 59 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtCollier, Hosea AustinMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A LtFinch, Isaac MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ASgtGlisson, John J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtMcFarland, George W.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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B PvtBarlow, Joseph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtGreen, Morris C.AWOL   09/17     We have some details for this person
C CorpGatchell, Eli KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtSmith, William T.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtStevens, William H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtBittle, William L.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DSgtBroomhall, Charles D. Manley        We have some details for this person
D CorpCrozier, James C.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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D PvtEckfeldt, Elias B.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtFord, Milton WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtHance, Jr., Thomas WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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