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Unit

Federal Regiment

16th Maine Infantry

Commanding Officer:
  Col. Asa W. Wildes
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First (I) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, I Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps



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In the Antietam Campaign:
The Regiment joined the Brigade Sepember 9, 1862, but was detached as railroad guard on the 13th. They were not present at Antietam.1





Notes

1   US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 19/Part 1 (Ser #27) , Pg. 171  [AotW citation 132]

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