Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
none
This Detachment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Fifth (V) Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, V Corps
Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
This detachment of two companies - A and D - of the 8th US Infantry were attached to the 2nd Battalion/12th US Infantry on the Maryland Campaign. Both companies under the command of 1st Lieutenant John N. Andrews.1
We have one individual who was on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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-- | Lt | Andrews, John Newman | ![]() |
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1 Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Infantry Division, 1861-1864: A History of Regular United States Infantry Operations in the Civil War's Eastern Theater, Jefferson (NC): McFarland&Company, Inc., 1990, pg. 386 [AotW citation 846]