Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Abner Doubleday
William P Wainwright
J William Hofmann
This Brigade's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - First (I) Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, I Corps
Units which make up this Brigade:
56th Pennsylvania Infantry
76th New York Infantry
7th Indiana Infantry
95th New York Infantry
On the Antietam Campaign
On the 17th, the Brigade was held in reserve north of the Poffenberger farm to protect Hooker's I Corps artillery.
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Pike
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #13: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #4: Hofmann's Brigade, Doubleday's Division - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #2: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #3: Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM