Unit

Federal Battery

4th United States Artillery, Battery E

Commanding Officers:
  Capt. Joseph C. Clark, Jr.
  Lt. George Dickenson
  1Sgt. C.F. Merkle

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: 59
  Killed in Action (KIA): 2
  Wounded (WIA): 1
  Losses, % of Initial Strength: 5.1%

Arms:
  4   10-pdr. Parrott

Maps Showing this Unit:
   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 #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 #107: Battery E, 4th US Artillery - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 6 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 Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth (IX) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, IX Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Division, IX Corps Artillery

In the Antietam Campaign:
From the battlefield tablet for the Battery:

At daybreak Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery, was in bivouac in rear of the high ground east of the Burnside Bridge. Soon after daybreak it took position on the ridge overlooking the Antietam and the field of battle north and west, and about 685 yards a little east of north from the bridge, and opened fire upon the Confederate Infantry north of Sharpsburg. When this fire ceased to be effective, the Battery moved to the western slope of the bluff immediately opposite the bridge and but 240 yards from it, and shelled the Confederate Infantry defending it. It followed the infantry of Sturgis' Division across the bridge and went into battery on the crown of the ridge due west of the bridge and about 580 yards northeast of this point. While going into position spherical case shot from a Confederate battery killed Lt. W. L. Baker, severely wounded Capt. Clark, and the command devolved on Sergeant C. F. Merkel, who fought the battery until the close of the action.

We have 4 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
E	Sgt	Merkle, Christopher Frederick
--	Lt	Baker, William L.	KIA 09/17
--	Capt	Clark Jr, Joseph Claypoole
--	Lt	Dickenson, George

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