Federal Regiment

103rd New York Infantry

"Seward Infantry"
Organized: New York City, NY; mustered in 3/1/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Richmond, VA 12/7/1865

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. Benjamin Ringold

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps

Unit history

"This regiment, Col. Baron Fred. W. Von Egloffstein, was organized in New York city March 1, 1862, by the consolidation of the 3d Regiment German Rifles, Col. Casper Schneider, with the Seward Infantry, Colonel von Egloffstein. It was mustered in the service of the United States between November, 1861, and March, 1862, for three years."
(from Phisterer)

On the Antietam Campaign

They were a leading element of the Federal 9th Corps assault toward Sharpsburg during the afternoon of 17 September. Late on that day, their battle flag was captured by members of the 17th VA Regiment.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 187; Killed in Action (KIA): 29; Wounded (WIA): 68; Missing in Action (MIA): 20;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 62.6%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #8: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #65: Rodman's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM 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
Tablet #66: Fairchild's Brigade, Rodman's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

More on the Web

See a photograph of some of the officers and men of the regiment.

References & Notes

Source: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908; and
Phisterer, Frederick, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. , Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912 - excerpted online by the NY State Military Museum.

We have 62 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bauchmüller, Arnold	POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Baumann, Joseph	KIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Biehl, Charles	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Boehm, Paul	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Brehm, Friedrich	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Donieson, Daniel	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lohener, Henry	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Popp, Christian	WIA 09/17
A	Capt	Sand, Henry Augustus	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Stropeck, Mathias	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Zwick, Alois	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Bergmann, Henry	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Coblenz, Jacob	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gron, Hermann B.	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Kietzinger, Martin	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Merg, Joseph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pohl, Carl	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Specht, Phillip A.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Walter, Peter	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gross, Heinrich	MWIA 09/17
D	Corp	Coleman, Michael	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Eckert, Woldemar	KIA 09/17
D	Corp	Frey, Friedrich	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Giese, William Frederick F.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gilroy, James	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gress, Michael	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Mitz, Stephen	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Null, Christian	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Parr, Henry	AWOL 09/18
D	Capt	Tucker, Fanning Cobham	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Whitney, John	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Appel, Martin	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Benkler, Ferdinand	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Brown, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Ebert, Augustus	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Horst, Heinrich	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Newmann, Gottlieb	KIA 09/17
F	Mus	Perls, Hermann	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Scheihing, Jacob	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Schray, Christian	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Simon, Georg	KIA 09/17
G	Lt	Brandt, William	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Faehndrich, Julius	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Mernin, John	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Paxmann, Charles	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Ritter, Carl	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Santyn, Lorenz	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Schürmann, Heinrich	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Schwartz, Ladislaus	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Schwerin, Hermann	MWIA 09/17
G	Corp	Wicke, George	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Zurfle, Henry	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Horman, August Friedrich	KIA 09/17
H	Corp	Krumb, Henry	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lasker, Conrad	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Liginger, Jacob	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ohnewald, Patrick	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Riel, William	MWIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Turnt, Ferdinand	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Cuddeback, Thomas Hart Benton	WIA/POW 09/17
F&S	Maj	Ringold, Benjamin
F&S	ASrg	Steinach, Adelrich

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