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Commanding Officer at Antietam:
Capt. John A. Tompkins
Arms:
6 10-pdr. Parrott
The battery expended 1,050 rounds during the battle. The Parrotts were exchanged for 6 - 3 in. Ordnance Rifles after the Battle.
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Second (II) Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, II Corps
Brigade - 2nd Division, II Corps Artillery
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's XII Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods
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 #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
We have 6 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Pvt | Bosworth, Joseph T. | KIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Budlong, Edward F. | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Corp | Child, Benjamin Ham | WIA 09/17 |   |
| -- | Pvt | Church, John | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Stone, Edward | KIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Capt | Tompkins, John A | |
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