Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Benjamin L. Simpson
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Twelfth (XII) Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, XII Corps
Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps
Unit history
The Purnell Legion Maryland, Volunteers, consisting of nine companies of infantry, two companies of cavalry, and two batteries of
light artillery were recruited under the auspices of the Hon. William H. Purnell, Postmaster at Baltimore, Md., at Pikesville Arsenal, near Baltimore, between October 31, 1861, and December 31, 1861. The Legion was raised, under special authority of the Secretary of War, to serve three years.
Upon the resignation of Colonel William H. Purnell, in February, 1862, the Legion Organization was discontinued and the different arms of the service—infantry, cavalry,
and artillery—were made independent of each other.
Source: History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 367, Page 460, from the Maryland State Archives Online.
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth 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 #114: Goodrich's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #113: Goodrich's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #20: Goodrich's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
We have 7 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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B | Pvt | Reed, David | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
C | Pvt | Engish, James | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Burns, Jonathan P. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Means, John | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
F | Pvt | Spicer, Adam C. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Pvt | Brittingham, John S. | WIA 09/17 | |
F&S | LCol | Simpson, Benjamin Louis | ![]() ![]() |
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