Unit

Federal Regiment

2nd Massachusetts Infantry

Organized: West Rexbury, MA; mustered in 5/25/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Boston, MA 7/26/1865

Commanding Officer:
Col. George L. Andrews

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: not known
  Killed in Action (KIA): 18
  Wounded (WIA): 54

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes the Cornfield
   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 #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #54: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
   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 #55: Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth (XII) Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, XII Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps

History of the Unit:
The first Colonel was George H. Gordon, who organized and led the regiment until his promotion to brigade command (April 1862) and rank of Brigadier General (June 1862). He was succeeded by Colonel George L. Andrews.

In the Antietam Campaign:
The Regiment fought in the Federal XII Corps attack at the northern part of the battlefield on 17 September: through the Cornfield, and between the East and West Woods. The men of Collis' Independent Company - the "Zouaves d'Afrique" - were attached to the 2nd Massachusetts at Antietam. Lt Colonel Wilder Dwight was mortally wounded in combat with the regiment.

More on the Web:
See also a selection of vignettes of the battle from the Gordon's Regulars website.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Sources: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908; and
The "Gordon's Regulars" website from Lynne Kennedy.

We have 13 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
B	Pvt	Cady, J.	Died 09/25
C	Pvt	Annis, Stelman	Died 11/20
C	Capt	Cogswell, William
C	Lt	Fox, Jr., Thomas Bayley
C	Pvt	McLay, James	Died 10/05
D	Pvt	Hewings, William	Died 11/29
E	Pvt	Green, John S.	KIA 09/17
F	Capt	Shaw, Robert Gould
G	Pvt	Jones, Edward	Died 11/17
G	Pvt	Remich, Prescott	Died 10/27
K	Corp	McCarty, John	Died 12/28
F&S	Col	Andrews, George Leonard
F&S	LCol	Dwight, Wilder	MWIA 09/17

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