Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 33

Fifth Army Corps

2 PM 15 September to 12 PM 16 September

U.S.A.
FIFTH ARMY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, Commanding.

(September 15-16, 1862.)

The Fifth Army Corps consisted the reserve of the Army of the Potomac. Its advance, Sykes' Division, reached this point in the afternoon of September 15.

On the morning of September 16 it formed in the fields to the south of the Boonsboro Pike in support of the Reserve Artillery which occupied the ridge in front of this point.

Morell's Division arrived at Keedysville about noon on September 16, and encamped in the fields west of the town.

No. 33.

Location: south side of the Boonsboro Pike, east of the Middle Bridge (Map 5)

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

Fifth Army Corps
Fifth Corps Artillery Reserve
        1st Maine Cavalry, Companies H and M
1st Division, 5th Corps
        1st United States Sharpshooters
    1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        18th Massachusetts Infantry
        22nd Massachusetts Infantry
        Massachusetts Sharpshooters, Second Company
        2nd Maine Infantry
        1st Michigan Infantry
        13th New York Infantry
        25th New York Infantry
        118th Pennsylvania Infantry
    1st Division, 5th Corps Artillery
        Massachusetts Light Artillery, Battery C
        1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C
        5th United States Artillery, Battery D
    2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        2nd District of Columbia Infantry
        32nd Massachusetts Infantry
        9th Massachusetts Infantry
        4th Michigan Infantry
        14th New York Infantry
        62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
    3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        20th Maine Infantry
        16th Michigan Infantry
        Michigan Sharpshooters, Brady's company
        12th New York Infantry
        17th New York Infantry
        44th New York Infantry
        83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division, 5th Corps
        12th United States Infantry, First Battalion
        12th United States Infantry, Second Battalion
        14th United States Infantry, First Battalion
        14th United States Infantry, Second Battalion
    1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps
        3rd United States Infantry
        4th United States Infantry
    2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps
        11th United States Infantry
        17th United States Infantry, First Battalion
        1st and 6th United States Infantry
        2nd and 10th United States Infantry
    2nd Division, 5th Corps Artillery
        1st United States Artillery, Batteries E and G
        5th United States Artillery, Battery I
        5th United States Artillery, Battery K
    3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps
        10th New York Infantry
        5th New York Infantry
3rd Division, 5th Corps
    1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps
        126th Pennsylvania Infantry
        129th Pennsylvania Infantry
        134th Pennsylvania Infantry
        91st Pennsylvania Infantry
    2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps
        123rd Pennsylvania Infantry
        131st Pennsylvania Infantry
        133rd Pennsylvania Infantry
        155th Pennsylvania Infantry
    3rd Division, 5th Corps Artillery
        1st New York Light Artillery, Battery C
        1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L
        New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery
        1st United States Artillery, Battery K
        4th United States Artillery, Battery G
    1st Battalion New York Light Artillery
        1st Battalion New York Light Artillery, Battery A
        1st Battalion New York Light Artillery, Battery B
        1st Battalion New York Light Artillery, Battery C
        1st Battalion New York Light Artillery, Battery D

Source: Antietam Battlefield Board, Antietam Battlefield Board Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth)

Notes

1 Antietam Board, Antietam Battlefield Commission Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth) [AotW citation 16742]

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