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Unit

Federal Regiment

59th New York Infantry

Commanding Officer:
  Col. William L. Tidball
Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: 381
  Killed in Action (KIA): 71
  Wounded (WIA): 153
  Losses, % of Initial Strength: 58.8%

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
   Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #116: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
   Tablet #36: Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
   Tablet #38: Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second (II) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, II Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps



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In the Antietam Campaign:
On the 59th New York Infantry monument at the Battlefield: " ... John Lemuel Stetson of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Lieutenant Colonel ... Out of 300 men and 21 officers who went into battle nearby, there fell 224, including Lieut. Col. Stetson and 8 officers - a loss in officers exceeded only twice in the war."

We have 192 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtBell, John WIA   09/17
ACorpBreslin, Dennis KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtCavanaugh, John WIA   09/17
APvtCoffey, Thomas POW   09/17
APvtCrosby, Thomas KIA   09/17
APvtDykes, William WIA   00/00
APvtHughes, Thomas MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ASgtJudge, Michael KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtKearney, Edward WIA   09/17
APvtKennedy, William WIA   09/17
ACorpKerrigan, James C.MWIA   09/17
APvtKitchell, Alfred F.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ASgtLeach, John R.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtMcGinnis, John WIA   09/17
APvtNicholas, Francois WIA   09/17
APvtSheridan, Owen WIA/POW   09/17
APvtSmith, William WIA   09/17
ACaptWhitney, Charles H.KIA   09/17
APvtWilson, Harvey N.MWIA   09/17
BCorpBeals, Harvey F.WIA   09/17
BPvtBickford, WIlliam WIA   09/17
BPvtBradbury, Peter WIA   09/17
BPvtBurns, Thomas KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtBurton, William WIA   09/17
BPvtCarney, Barney WIA   09/17
BPvtCooney, Thomas P.WIA   09/17
BPvtDavidson, Samuel KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtErskine, Theodore KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BCorpFarmer, James B.WIA   09/17
BPvtGallagher, John WIA   09/17
BCorpGates, Alvah KIA   09/17
BCorpGrant, William WIA   09/17
BPvtHartney, John WIA   09/17
BPvtHess, Richard WIA   09/17
BPvtHowe, Samuel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtMarcellus, Abijah WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BSgtMcCormack, James WIA   09/17
BPvtMcHenry, Thomas WIA   09/17
BPvtMcKenna, William WIA   09/17
BPvtMcMahon, Patrick KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtMorrow, John WIA   09/17
BPvtO'Neil, Uriah WIA   09/17
BPvtOnderdonk, Joseph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtRiordan, Thomas WIA   09/17
BPvtRobbins, George W.WIA   09/17
BPvtRodgers, Joseph WIA   09/17
BPvtScanlon, John WIA   09/17
BSgtUtley, Walter MWIA   09/17
BPvtWelsh, Daniel Died   10/08     We have some details for this person
BPvtWoodcock, Nicholas WIA   09/17
CPvtBaumgartner, John KIA   09/17
CPvtButger, Henry F.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CSgtCouchman, Henry WIA   09/17
CCorpFoss, John MWIA   09/17
CSgtKleiber, Ferdinand WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtLutz, Lorenz WIA   09/17
CPvtMaul, Conrad WIA   09/17
CPvtMaute, Johan WIA   09/17
CPvtMuller, Jacob KIA   09/17
CPvtNopiel, Frederick WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtPrein, Henry WIA   09/17
CPvtSchenck, Joseph KIA   09/17
CPvtTaylor, Charles W.Died   00/00     We have some details for this person
CCaptThomain, Max A.WIA   09/17
CPvtWegener, Charles KIA   09/17
CPvtWinterberg, Frederick POW   09/17
DPvtDavis, Jedediah WIA   09/17
DPvtDerry, Peter WIA   09/17
DPvtFlynn, Cornelius KIA   09/17
DPvtGallagher, Daniel WIA   09/17
DCorpHannon, Patrick KIA   09/17
DLtHeitman, Barthold H.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtKelly, Thomas WIA   09/17
DPvtMcGraine, Patrick WIA   09/17
DPvtMcLeod, Alexander WIA   09/17
DPvtMurphy, Patrick WIA   09/17
DPvtRyckman, Samuel WIA   09/17
DSgtSamuels, Henry WIA   09/17
DPvtSchofield, Marzellus WIA   09/17
DPvtWaring, John WIA   09/17
EPvtBassett, Allorian J.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBowen, John WIA   09/17
EPvtChase, John B.WIA   09/17
EPvtDubois, Peter P.WIA   09/17
ECorpEckert, Linden WIA   09/17
EPvtGoodnough, Jonathan C.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtKinne, Joseph D.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtMorrell, John E.WIA   09/17
EPvtMosier, Oliver T.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ECorpPlue, Charles WIA   09/17
ELtRoosa, Stephen CortlandMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtSmith, Leander WIA   09/17
EPvtThomas, Horace KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtVandevere, William B.        We have some details for this person
ELtVansteenbergh, Benjamin V.MWIA   09/17
FPvtAtkinson, John J.WIA   09/17
FSgtBroadhurst, Walter WIA   09/17
FPvtBurnside, George WIA   09/17
FPvtCrowell, William KIA   09/17
FPvtDeLacey, Edward MWIA   09/17
FPvtFezler, Wesley WIA   09/17
FCorpGiesler, Ferdinand KIA   09/17
FPvtHanley, William WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtKechler, Matthias WIA   09/17
FPvtKnapp, James WIA   09/17
FSgtLeshhorn, Francis W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtMartin, Michael WIA   09/17
FPvtMcQuade, John KIA   09/17
FPvtMoorehead, Robert KIA   09/17
FPvtMorehead, Robert WIA   09/17
FPvtNeil, Robert KIA   09/17
FLtPurdy, James HartWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtQueen, Christopher WIA   09/17
FPvtSullivan, John WIA   09/17
FCaptWade, Edward H.MWIA   09/17
FPvtWaldron, Thomas WIA   09/17
FPvtWalker, Thomas WIA   09/17
FPvtWarner, John B.WIA   09/17
FPvtWilliams, Charles WIA   09/17
FPvtZweybrucker, Lewis KIA   09/17
GPvtAllen, Elisha WIA   09/17
GPvtAusmon, Christopher WIA   09/17
GPvtAusmon, Jacob KIA   09/17
GPvtBlauvelt, George W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtBurns, Edward WIA   09/17
GSgtDellamore, Richard WIA   09/17
GPvtDillon, James WIA   09/17
GPvtEastman, Byron KIA   09/17
GSgtHart, David H.MWIA   09/17
GCaptJennings, Gould J.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtKochler, John KIA   09/17
GPvtMcDonald, John WIA   09/17
GSgtPitcher, Gordon WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtRandall, Orson WIA   09/17
GPvtSmith, James M.WIA   09/17
HPvtBechtel, Solomon MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HSgtClark, Jacob W.WIA   09/17
HPvtCraig, Failey MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtHayes, Abner WIA   09/17
HPvtHolland, Isaac MWIA   09/17
HPvtMahagan, William MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtMcGinn, Patrick WIA   09/17
HPvtMiller, Samuel F.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HCaptMoody, Miller MWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
HPvtPritchard, Charles B.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtRunyan, James M.WIA   09/17
HPvtSchill, Sebastian WIA   09/17
HPvtTerry, George W.KIA   09/17
HPvtWands, Charles W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtWillison, Sylvester WIA   09/17
HSgtWollcott, Beal WIA   09/17
IPvtBrady, Thomas WIA   09/17
IPvtCollins, William J.WIA   09/17
IPvtCronk, Charles WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtDexter, Samuel WIA   09/17
IPvtDooling, Patrick MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ISgtFurgerson, Daniel P.WIA   09/17
IPvtHorton, William S.POW   09/17
IPvtKeach, Thomas WIA   09/17
IPvtLent, George H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtMead, Nelson KIA   09/17
IPvtMiller, Pierre KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtPratt, William N.WIA   09/17
IPvtProud, Andrew A.WIA   09/17
IPvtRiker, Sr., Joseph Lopez DiazKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtSmalley, Harvey H.KIA   09/17
IPvtSquires, Owen WIA   09/17
IPvtStewart, Hamilton KIA   09/17
IPvtSutton, Edgar KIA   09/17
ISgtWalter, George M.WIA   09/17
IPvtWilson, Herman KIA   09/17
IPvtWixon, Daniel Died   12/16     We have some details for this person
KPvtBacon, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtBurns, Hugh KIA   09/17
KPvtCameron, Thomas WIA   09/17
KPvtCarr, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtCavanaugh, James WIA   09/17
KPvtDavis, John WIA   09/17
KSgtEckweiller, John P.WIA/POW   09/17
KCaptFlorentine, Jr., Abraham MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KSgtGoodwin, Ivory KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KSgtKennedy, Michael WIA   09/17
KPvtMartin, Michael WIA   09/17
KPvtMcNally, James WIA   09/17
KPvtMurphy, Alexander WIA   09/17
KCorpOtterson, William H. L.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtRapp, John WIA   09/17
KPvtRead, David POW   09/17
KLtSmurr, William K.KIA   09/17
F&SLColStetson, John LemuelKIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SColTidball, William Linn        We have some details for this person
UnkPvtWaler, ------ Died   00/00

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