Unit

Federal Regiment

8th Ohio Infantry

Organized: Cleveland, OH; mustered in 6/26/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Cleveland, OH 7/13/1864

Commanding Officer:
LCol. Franklin Sawyer

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: 341
  Killed in Action (KIA): 32
  Wounded (WIA): 129
  Missing in Action (MIA): 5
  Losses, % of Initial Strength: 48.7%

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #6: French's Division Hits the Sunken Road
   Detail Map #7: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road

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 #40: French's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
   Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #41: Kimball's Brigade, French's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

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

History of the Unit:
This regiment organized for three months service May 2nd, 1861, and for three years June 26th, 1861

References, Sources, and other Notes:
See a very fine site about the battle, with a special section on Antietam.

We have 14 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Richardson, William P.	KIA 09/17
B	Lt	Lantry, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nichols, Frederick E.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Trube, Franklin	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Fields, John S.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Palmerton, William S.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cole, Orville B.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Keeran, John	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Mann, William R.	Died 11/30
H	Corp	West, Albert	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Wiswell, James H.	Died 11/22
K	Pvt	Bushell, David D.	Died 10/27
F&S	LCol	Sawyer, Franklin
Unk	Pvt	Conner, John	KIA 09/17

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