Federal Battery

1st New York Light Artillery, Battery M

"Cothran's Battery"

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. George W. Cothran

Arms:
4 10-pdr. Parrott
2 3-in. Ordnance Rifle

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth (XII) Army Corps
  Division - XII Corps Artillery

Statistics

Initial Strength: 124; Wounded (WIA): 6;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 4.8%

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

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

We have one individual in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
--	Capt	Cothran, George W

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