Commanding Officer at Antietam:
LCol. Joel J. Seaver
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Sixth (VI) Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, VI Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps
Unit history
The regiment left the state June 27th, 1861; served at Washington, D.C., from June 29th, 1861; in the 2d Brigade, 5ht Division, Army N.E. Va., from July, 1861; in Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, from August 4th, 1861; in Slocum's Brigade, Franklin's Division, 1st Corps, A.P., from Mar. 13th, 1862; in the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, A.P., from May, 1862;
(from Phisterer)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #71: Slocum's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
After the Antietam Campaign
In May, 1863, the three years' men of the regiment were assigned to the 121st N.Y. Vols.
References & Notes
Source: Phisterer, Frederick, compiler, New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865 Albany : Lyon Co., 1912.
Newton Martin Curtis' 1909 regimental history, From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York, is online from Google Books.
We have 12 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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B | Pvt | Collins, Enos C. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
C | Pvt | Hare, Daniel | Died 10/12 | ![]() |
D | Pvt | Leach, William | Died 11/23 | ![]() |
D | Sgt | Lee, Andrew J. | MWIA 09/14 | ![]() |
D | Pvt | Van Ornam, G. Myron | KIA 09/14 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Wright, Rufus C. | Died 11/07 | ![]() |
F | Pvt | Allen, James | ![]() | |
F | Capt | Gilmore, John Curtis | ![]() | |
K | Pvt | Noakes, Martin | Died 10/24 | ![]() |
K | Pvt | Rodden, William | MWIA 09/14 | ![]() |
F&S | LCol | Seaver, Joel J | ![]() ![]() | |
Unk | Pvt | Lapine, Matthew | Died 00/00 |
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