Federal Regiment

9th New York Infantry

"Hawkins' Zouaves"
Organized: New York City, NY; mustered in 04/23/1861

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Edgar A. Kimball

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

This regiment had 8 Companies of Infantry engaged at Antietam - all except Co F and Co K. Company F was detached on duty at Plymouth, NC from July through November 1862 [though some members were casualties at Antietam]. Company K was Captain Whiting's Battery of Artillery (and is listed separately here at AotW) - present with the 9th Corps, but serving as a battery of artillery in supporting the crossing at Snavely's Ford on September 17th.

Hawkins' Zouaves were part of the 9th Corps afternoon assault from the vicinity of the Lower Bridge toward the town of Sharpsburg.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 373; Killed in Action (KIA): 45; Wounded (WIA): 176; Missing in Action (MIA): 14;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 63%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #8: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 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 #65: Rodman's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM 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 #66: Fairchild's Brigade, Rodman's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

References & Notes

See also an AotW Featured Exhibit on Antietam from the point of view of David Thompson, Private, 9th NY Volunteers.

We have 246 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Banta, William H.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bennett, Charles	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brill, James C.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Clarke, Samuel J.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Debbs, Andrew B.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dickman, Thomas	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Drake, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Duell, James	POW 09/17
A	Sgt	Forbes, Oliver Peter	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Freeman, James C.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gilley, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Heldebrant, George H.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Horne, Joseph	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Jacobus, John Wesley
A	Pvt	Kress, Severin	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Leach, Daniel W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lyon, Charles	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	May, Marcus	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McConnell, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McManus, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Mergenthaler, Frank C.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Muscles, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Relyea, Alexander L.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rivers, Richard
A	Sgt	Salisbury, Albion V.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Stage, David L.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Stephens, John G.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Stevens, John J.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Stinson, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Thompson, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Topping, Robert R.	POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Turner, Joseph G.	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Van Cott, David	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Van Duzer, Daniel T.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Vandervoort, Richard	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Vervalen, Abraham D.	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Watson, James H.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Atkinson, Thomas Mortimer	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bailey, William H.	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Barnett, William G.	WIA 09/17
B	Lt	Bartholomew, Thomas Livingston	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Carpenter, Edward E.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cordes, John C.	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Cornell, George D.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Dews, Edwin
B	Corp	Farrell, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Fisher, Thomas	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Ginther, William	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Good, Michael	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Grant, Richard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Harris, Spencer L.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hewitt, Elias	MIA (n) 09/17
B	Lt	Horner, James B.
B	Pvt	Hubble, Stillman J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hyatt, James H.	WIA 09/17
B	Mus	Langbein, Johann Christoph Julius
B	Pvt	Lindtner, Mathias	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Low, James	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Moser, William S.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Osborne, Samuel	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pfaffle, Frederic	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pfaffle, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Rassiga, Eugene	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Roberts, John H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Roeder, Charles R.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Rogers, William J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Schafer, John	KIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Schmidt, Hugo
B	Pvt	Sill, Byron G.	POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Smith, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Spicer, Napoleon B.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Stanton, Michael	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wagner, Peter	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Whitney, John Henry Ellsworth	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Adams, Robert C.	AWOL 09/16
C	Pvt	Arnott, John T.	AWOL 09/16
C	Pvt	Beese, Emil	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Brannon, John J.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Clerihew, Paul J.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Crawford, Stephen H.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Cruden, Alexander B.	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Curie, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Field, Joshua C.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Geayer, Jacob
C	Pvt	Grosser, Franz	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hallowell, Joseph	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hart, Frank	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Jacobshon, Louis	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Lawrence, Samuel	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Livingston, Thomas	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McCabe, George	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McNab, Alexander	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Meyer, Sebastian	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Morschauser, George	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	O'Brien, Daniel	WIA 09/17
C	Capt	Parisen, Jr., Otto William	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Seggee, Zachariah	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Stephens, Elsden B.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Stiles, Benjamin	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Vogel, William A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Watson, William K.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Witz, Anthony	AWOL 09/16
D	Pvt	Beesling, Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Beethuysen, Otto	KIA 09/17
D	Corp	Braynard, James H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Cavanagh, Peter	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Crowley, Florence	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Fitzgerald, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Goem, Mathias	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Hyde, Theodore	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lawrence, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Loyman, Louis	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McCoy, Francis	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Michaels, Charles	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Morge, Louis	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Purcell, Frances A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Roach, Samuel S.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Roddy, John J.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Rothert, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sarles, William H.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Searing, Peter J. L.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Van Scoy, John A.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Westfall, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wiebelt, George	WIA 09/19
E	Pvt	Bauer, John J.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Bloxham, Richard	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cambell, Benjamin	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Chrissman, Michael	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Clements, James	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Coen, Patrick	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Cooper, Edward C.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Farrell, Nicholas	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Flood, Owen A.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Gandolfo, John Baptiste	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Glasser, Philip	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Hankinson, Charles B.
E	Pvt	Hassen, Robert	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hesse, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hyer, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jachum, Nicholas	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Jacobshon, Louis	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Jaeger, Andrew	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Judge, James	MWIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Keating, James D.	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Klingsoehr, Victor	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Knubel, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lange, John S.	POW 09/17
E	Capt	Libaire, Adolphe
E	Pvt	Lockwood, Jabez C. F.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lockwood, William J.	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	McDermott, Bernard	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McEntee, James	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McLocklin, Paul J.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Miller, Austin	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Sawyer, Charles W.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Smith, Abisha N.
E	Pvt	Smith, John A.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Sweetman, Henry	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Volk, Andrew	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Withers, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Byrd, John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Leonhard, Augustus W.	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Martin, Peter	POW 09/23
G	Pvt	Allison, Garrett
G	Pvt	Bertholf, Gilbert	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Burdett, Richard A.	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Child, Charles W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Connelly, Thomas W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Conway, James	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cotter, Patrick	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Coulman, Charles	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Coulman, Emile Joseph	MIA (r) 09/17
G	Pvt	Crook, Phillip	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	De La Vergne, George A.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Devlin, John	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Flanigan, Patrick	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hertling, Michael	MIA (r) 09/17
G	Sgt	Holland, Patrick	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hopper, Jacob H.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hubbard, Brainard	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McQuade, Henry	MIA (n) 09/17
G	Pvt	Mitchell, William
G	Corp	Negus, Allen W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Orr, James W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Patrick, Daniel	POW 09/17
G	Sgt	Riley, Edward
G	Pvt	Shuart, Herman	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Sorby, James
G	Pvt	Thompson, Alfred	MIA (n) 09/17
G	Pvt	Thompson, David Ludlow	POW 09/17
H	Pvt	Burke, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Busam, Christian	KIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Byrne, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Cole, Calvin	AWOL 09/09
H	Pvt	Crosson, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Donohue, Francis	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Flemming, David	KIA 09/17
H	Lt	Graham, Matthew John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hart, Henry	AWOL 09/09
H	Sgt	Hodges, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Johnson, David	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Johnston, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kauth, Francis	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kleiner, Alexander	AWOL 09/09
H	Corp	Leslie, John A.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McGinnis, James	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	McKechnie, Robert
H	Corp	Newman, Henry	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	O'Connell, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Owens, John	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Patterson, William	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Pearson, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Reese, William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Stephenson, William R.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Twaddle, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Wallace, John	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Adair, John B.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Bliss, Joseph D.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Collins, Levi	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Dennis, Edward	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Feeley, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Galager, Charles	AWOL 09/14
I	Sgt	Jackson, Richard H.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Johnson, Charles Frederick	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Kervan, Edward H.	WIA 09/17
I	Capt	Leahy, Lawrence	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Marsh, Samuel
I	Pvt	Murphy, James	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Platt, Lewis A.	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Powell, Frank	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Schultz, James	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Smythe, William H.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Thain, Hamilton W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Van Ullen, William	AWOL 09/29
K	Pvt	Fleming, Howard	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hogan, James	WIA 09/17
F&S	Lt	Barnett, George Albert C.
F&S	Sgt	Dusenberry, Augustus	POW 09/17
F&S	Pvt	Ellison, William John
F&S	Pvt	Gier, Friedrich
F&S	Pvt	Haines, Thomas
F&S	ASrg	Harding, William L.
F&S	Surg	Humphreys, George Hopkins
F&S	Maj	Jardine, Edward
F&S	LCol	Kimball, Edgar Addison
F&S	Sgt	Pannes, John B.	WIA 09/17

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