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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Lt. Charles P. Muhlenberg
Arms:
6 Napoleon
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Ninth Army Corps
Division - 3rd Division, 9th Corps
Brigade - 3rd Division, 9th Corps Artillery
On the Antietam Campaign
Lt Muhlenberg reported 10 men deserted from the battery between September 8 and 16 in his unit return to Col Hunt for September 1862.
Statistics
Initial Strength: 123; Missing in Action (MIA): 10;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 8.1%
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 #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 #112: Battery A, 5th US Artillery - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 8 PM
We have 3 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Lt | Crabb, George Washington |  | |
| -- | Lt | Muhlenberg, Charles Philip |  | |
| -- | Lt | Murray, Albert Morse | |
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