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Commanding Officer at Antietam:
Capt. John S. Poland
This Battalion's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Fifth (V) Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, V Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
This was a consolidated Regular Battalion made up of 9 Companies from the 2nd US and 3 Companies from the 10th US Infantry1:
Second Infantry
Co. A - 1st Sgt Thomas Byrne
Co. B - 1LT William F. Drum
Co. C - 2LT Abraham Grafius
Co. D - 1LT George H. McLoughlin
Co. E - 1LT Charles M. Freeman
Co. F - 1LT Hohn W. Gray, 11th US Inf
Co. G - 2LT Claude S. Robertson, 10th US Inf
Co. I - 1LT Samuel A. McKee
Co. K - 2LT Robert G.. Welles, 10th US Inf
10th US Infantry, attached to 2nd US
Co. E - 1LT George S. Lauman
Co. G - CPT Henry E. Maynadier
Co. I - 2LT William L. Kellog
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #8a: Sykes' Regulars Begin Advance on Sharpsburg
Detail Map #8b: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #22: Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #77: 2nd and 10th US Infantry, Fifth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
We have 8 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Pvt | Andrews, Ignatius | KIA 09/17 |  |
| B | Sgt | Burke, Daniel Webster | | |
| C | Corp | Holloway, George W. | KIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Madert, Jacob | WIA 09/17 |  |
| I | Pvt | Brady, Hugh J. | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Lt | Kellogg, William Lucius | | |
| F&S | Sgt | Falck, William | | |
| F&S | Lt | Poland, John Scroggs | |
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1 Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Infantry Division, 1861-1864: A History of Regular United States Infantry Operations in the Civil War's Eastern Theater, Jefferson (NC): McFarland&Company, Inc., 1990, pp. 386 - 7 [AotW citation 854]