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Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. William C. Alberger
Maj. George W. Johnson
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Sixth Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, 6th Corps
Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps
Unit history
Left NY State for Washington, D.C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #75: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #72: Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74, cont: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
References & Notes
Basic data from Dyer.1
We have 20 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Pvt | Sweet, Linford | WIA 09/17 |  |
| B | Pvt | Gula, Andrew | KIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Leveck, Casper | Died (d) 01/16 | |
| B | Pvt | Wagner, John | MWIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Russell, Nathaniel J. | Died (d) 11/19 | |
| D | Sgt | McVeane, John P. | | |
| E | Pvt | Wood, George | Died (d) 11/11 | |
| F | Pvt | Barnes, William H. | Died (d) 11/10 | |
| F | Pvt | Giggley, Rudolph | Died (d) 11/15 | |
| G | Pvt | Campbell, John W. | Died (d) 11/15 | |
| G | Pvt | Dutton, Jonathan R. | KIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Haynes, Sylvester L. | Died (d) 11/30 | |
| G | Pvt | Miles, Thomas J. | KIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Amidon, John Nelson | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Apthorp, Thomas | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Corp | Graves, Edwin A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| K | Pvt | Price, Chauncey | Died (d) 11/04 | |
| K | Pvt | Sturdevant, Charles | Died (d) 09/30 | |
| F&S | LCol | Alberger, William Clendenin | WIA 09/17 |  |
| F&S | Maj | Johnson, George Washington | |
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1 Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908, 49 NY Infantry [AotW citation 187]