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Schambeck's Company, Chicago Dragoons

Organized: Chicago, IL; mustered in 8 July 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Chicago, IL 19 August 1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Capt. Friedrich Schambeck

 

This Detachment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - Kanawha Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, 9th Corps


Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #59: Kanawha Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #60: Crook's Brigade, Kanawha Division - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #62: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 18 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #99: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 2 PM to 18 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM 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

After the Antietam Campaign

The Dragoons became Company C of the new 16th Illinois Cavalry on that regiment's organization in June 1863. They mustered out in August 1865.

We have one individual in the AotW database who was on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
--CaptSchambeck, Friedrich         We have some details for this person

 

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