Federal Detachment

Signal Detachment, Army of the Potomac

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. B.F. Fisher

This Detachment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac

On the Antietam Campaign

Members of the detachment were stationed at various points on the march during the Campaign, and on the battlefield of Antietam and nearby on 17 September 1862. Captain Fisher reported to Major Albert J. Myer, General McClellan's Chief of Signals.

References & Notes

See a map of the US signal stations on and near the Antietam battlefield in a post on the blog.

We have 40 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name
--	Lt	Adams, Samuel
--	Lt	Barrett, William Francis
--	Lt	Briggs, Ephraim Andrews
--	Lt	Brooks, James Byron
--	Lt	Camp, Norman Henry
--	Lt	Cary, Charles Henry
--	Lt	Clarke, George J.
--	Pvt	Cook, Albert H.
--	Lt	Daniels, Nahum
--	Lt	Denicke, Ernst Augustus
--	Lt	Dinsmore, Richard
--	Capt	Fisher, Benjamin Franklin
--	Lt	Fortescue, Louis Roberts
--	Lt	Fralick, John H.
--	Pvt	Gardiner, Harrison Winslow
--	Lt	Gloskowski, Joseph
--	Lt	Hall, James S.
--	Lt	Halstead, Edward Lambert
--	Lt	Harvey, Isaac James
--	Lt	Hebrew, John Alexander
--	Lt	Hill, George H.
--	Lt	Hill, William Hartshorn
--	Lt	Homer, Frederick
--	Lt	Jerome, Aaron Brainard
--	Capt	Kendall, Charles S.
--	Lt	Miner, Brinkerhoff Noadiah
--	Pvt	Morgan, Robert J
--	Lt	Owen, Frederick Wooster
--	Lt	Paine, Jedediah Chase
--	Lt	Pierce, Edward Corbin
--	Capt	Pierce, Seymour
--	Lt	Roe, William B.
--	Lt	Rowley, William W.
--	Lt	Spencer, Joseph H.
--	Lt	Stone, Charles F.
--	Lt	Stryker, William S.
--	Lt	Taylor, Peter A.
--	Lt	Wicker, Franklin Newell
--	Lt	Wilson, Fountain
--	Lt	Yates, Frank E.

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