Federal Regiment

7th New York Infantry

Organized: New York City; mustered in 4/23/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 5/8/1863

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. Charles Brestel

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

Unit history

A two-year volunteer regiment organized in New York City.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #34: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 8 PM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #45: Caldwell's Brigade, Richardson's Division - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #44: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

We have 65 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bausch, Adolph	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dauth, August	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gerisch, Henry	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Munch, Henry	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Passut, Hermann	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Pfann, Wolfgang	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Ritter, Gottfried	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Saegert, August	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Tiedmann, Christian	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Tufenbach, Philip	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Van Heusden, Gerhard	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Vater, Charles	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Betz, Louis	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dudeck, Alexander	MWIA 09/17
B	Corp	Geissel, Jacob	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Harmann, Emil	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Lowen, Peter	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Baumann, Christian	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Brestel, Charles
C	Pvt	Reinhardt, Wilhelm	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wolter, Charles	AWOL 09/17
C	Corp	Zobel, Carl	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Binn, Conrad	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Brandt, Ferdinand	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Krahehl, Daniel	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lebkuchner, Ferdinand	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Markschip, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Muller, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Nicolay, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Oberfield, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Obergfell, Matthias	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Spulmann, Wilhelm	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Adams, George	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Eisinger, Daniel	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Graeber, Heinrich	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hansen, Conrad Carl Wolf	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Itchner, Christian	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kern, George	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kompf, Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Metz, Gustav	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Raus, Carl	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Graf, John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Merten, Ernst	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Stringer, Carl	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Wilhem, Michael	AWOL 09/18
G	Pvt	Buihler, Heinrich	WIA 09/17
G	Capt	Hensler, Charles	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Otto, Charles	AWOL 09/17
G	Pvt	Roller, Friedrich	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wilderman, Peter	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Antony, Charles	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hammer, John	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Jahr, Carl	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kirch, Jacob	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lichtenauer, Theodore	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Lautenschlaizen, John	KIA 09/17
I	Lt	Loetze, Hugo	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Maas, Johann	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Seibel, Franz	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Seiter, Joseph	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Weining, Franz	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Duevie, John	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Kempff, Franz	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Kohr, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Walz, Alexander	MWIA 09/17

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