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46th New York Infantry

"Fremont Rifle Regiment"
Organized: New York City, NY; mustered in 9/16/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Washington, DC 7/28/1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol. Joseph Gerhardt

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps


Statistics

Initial Strength: 392; Killed in Action (KIA): 3; Wounded (WIA): 22; Missing in Action (MIA): 2;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 6.9%

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #62: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 18 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #99: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 2 PM to 18 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #64: Welsh's Brigade, Willcox's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 18 Sep, 5 PM

We have 7 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtVoigt, Carl MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
BPvtBrutsch, Jacob KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
CPvtHoese, Carl FriedrichWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtPoth, Wilhelm KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBeck, Johann ChristianKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtMuller, Emil MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SLColGerhardt, Joseph Peter        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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