Unit

Federal Regiment

51st New York Infantry

"Shepard Rifles"
Organized: New York City; mustered in 10/23/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out on 7/25/1865

Commanding Officer:
Col. Robert B. Potter

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #9: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge
   Detail Map #10: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford
   Detail Map #11: Burnside Climbs Toward Sharpsburg
   Detail Map #12: AP Hill Hits Burnside's Flank

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
   Tablet #58: Sturgis' Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #100: Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 1 PM to 17 Sep, 7 PM
   Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
   Tablet #68: Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 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

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth (IX) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, IX Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps

In the Antietam Campaign:
In tandem with the 51st Pennsylvania, the 51st New York were the first across the Lower Bridge just before 1pm on 17 September.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908.

We have 18 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
B	Corp	Grandall, George	Died 11/04
B	Pvt	Thompson, John	Died 00/00
C	Pvt	Lond, George W.	Died 00/00
C	Pvt	Miller, James K. P.	Died 00/00
F	Corp	Reynolds, Stoel F.	Died 00/00
F	Pvt	Wood, George	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Dall, Robert O.	Died 00/00
G	Pvt	Mercer, George	Died 10/20
I	Pvt	Chamberlain, Myron	Died 00/00
I	Pvt	Keefe, Michael	Died 00/00
K	Pvt	Bugbee, Henry S.	Died 10/20
K	Pvt	Caruana, Orlando Emanuel
F&S	Col	Potter, Robert Brown
Unk	Pvt	Clapperty, P. M.	Died 00/00
Unk	Pvt	Lingley, P.	KIA 09/17
Unk	Pvt	Miller, Edward	Died 00/00
Unk	Pvt	Ray, Charles	Died 10/23
Unk	Pvt	Reynolds, ------	Died 00/00

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