Federal Regiment

48th Pennsylvania Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Joshua K. Sigfried

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps

Unit history

The 48th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during August and September, 1861. It was mustered into federal service there, by detachments, in mid-September. Many members of the regiment had seen prior service in at least three Pennsylvania units which had seen service as 'three-month term of enlistment' organizations - the 6th, 14th, and 25th Pennsylvania Infantry regiments. A large number of men in the regiment had been miners prior to the war. Eight hundred and fifty-eight officers and enlisted men were mustered into service as members of the regiment.

James Nagle was the organizer and first Colonel of this regiment.
(from Antietam Natl Battlefield file)

On the Antietam Campaign

Col James Nagle, who had been in command of the Brigade, received commission as Brigadier General of Volunteers on the battlefield of Antietam September 17, 1862, Lieutenant Colonel Sigfried was promoted to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants, Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain James Wren, Major.

The War Department battlefield plaque says:

The Bridgade assisted in carrying the Burnside Bridge, and crossed it soon after 1:00 PM. After the repulse of the three Divisions of Willcox, Scammon and Rodman later in the day, Ferrero's and Nagle's Brigades advanced to the crest of the ridge about 420 yards east of this [marker] to check Confederate pursuit. The 48th Pennsylvania supported and relieved the 51st Pennsylvania, engaging the Confederates posted on this line and behind the stone walls right and left of this point. The engagement continued into the night, and the regiment and Brigade bivouacked on the ground on which they had fought.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 8; Wounded (WIA): 51; Missing in Action (MIA): 1;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 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 #58: Sturgis' Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #124: Nagle's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 1 PM to 17 Sep, 9 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 #69: Nagle's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 6 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

We have 84 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Betz, George	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Briegle, George	MWIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Dreibelbeis, Benjamin F. C.	WIA 09/16
A	Pvt	Krieger, Charles	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Price, Henry H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Whitaker, John	WIA 00/00
B	Pvt	Hume, Matthew	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Knittle, Frederick	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Moyer, Laurentus C.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Prince, Alexander	KIA 09/18
B	Pvt	Robinson, John	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Simpson, John R.	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Wren, James
C	Sgt	Clark, William	WIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Dersh, Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Dougherty, John	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Gowen, George Washington
C	Corp	Gribons, James	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Horn, James	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McElrath, James	WIA 09/14
C	Sgt	Monahan, Edward	WIA 09/17
C	Capt	Pleasants, Henry
C	Pvt	Rodgers, Robert	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Shenk, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Tobin, Martin	MIA (r) 09/14
C	Corp	Wallace, Samuel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Aimes, Walter P.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Artz, George	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Evans, James	WIA 00/00
D	Pvt	Hoch, Franklin	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Jeffries, Alva F.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Kline, Jared	WIA 09/14
D	Corp	Rothenberger, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Stichter, Samuel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Stillwagon, George W.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Broadbent, John	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Cullen, William	KIA 09/17
E	Corp	McElrath, John	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Seward, John	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Trainer, William	WIA 09/17
E	Capt	Winlack, William
F	Corp	Griffith, Jeremiah	WIA 09/14
F	Sgt	Jenkins, John W.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Paully, James	WIA 09/14
F	Sgt	Taylor, William E.	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Bosbyshell, Jr., Oliver Christian
G	Pvt	Evans, Clement
G	Corp	Kuentzler, Charles F.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Nagle, Henry W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Pugh, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Rodgers, John	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Smith, Robert
G	Pvt	Timmons, Charles	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Davis, William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Forney, Richard	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Fryberger, Samuel	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Howell, John
H	Pvt	Kalbach, John F.	WIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Ohnmacht, Daniel	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Scott, Michael	WIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Witman, Jacob A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Bachman, John F.	WIA 09/14
I	Sgt	Edwards, Joseph
I	Pvt	Focht, Lewis V.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Furman, Nathan	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hoffman, Benjamin	WIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Keller, Peter	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Kistler, Michael M.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Kramer, Israei	WIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Millet, Charles	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Boyer, Peter	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Burke, Peter	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Dentzer, George	KIA 09/17
K	Lt	Douty, James
K	Pvt	Fenstemaker, David	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hendley, Adam
K	Corp	Moser, Daniel	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Payne, Edward R.	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Quinn, Patrick F.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Shaw, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Simon, Francis	WIA 09/17
F&S	Chpl	Holman, Samuel Augustus
F&S	LCol	Sigfried, Joshua K.
F&S	Sgt	Wagner, Jacob

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