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Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Col William P Wainwright
Lt Chauncey D Crandall
Capt John W Young
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - First Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, 1st Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps
Unit history
The 76th was first in significant combat during General Pope's campaign in Northern Virginia in August 1862, with nearly 150 casualties in that action.
On the Antietam Campaign
The Regiment and the rest of the Brigade were in action on South Mountain on 14 September, but held in reserve north of the Poffenberger farm on the 17th to protect Hooker's 1st Corps artillery.
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
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
After the Antietam Campaign
The 76th served through the end of 1864 with the Army of the Potomac, seeing action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Courthouse, and the siege of Petersburg. The Regiment was musted out over the last part of 1864 by companies:
"Companies B, F and K were honorably discharged and mustered out July 1, 1864; Company A October 11; G October 20; C November 8; E November 18; I December 1, 1864; H January 1, 1865; detachments of these companies and Company D remaining in the field were, under Capt. Albert J. Jarvis, transferred to the 147th N. Y. Volunteers January 28 and 31, 1865."1
More on the Web
For much more about the Regiment see Mike Brown's excellent and thorough 76th NYSV site and the 76th's page from the New York Military Museum.
We have 9 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Pvt | Allen, George A. | WIA 09/17 | |
| A | Pvt | Stamp, Charles E. | KIA 09/14 |  |
| B | Corp | Colton, Joseph L. | KIA 09/14 | |
| B | Lt | Crandall, Chauncey Dutton | WIA 09/17 |  |
| B | Sgt | Ludlum, Samuel | WIA 09/16 | |
| E | Pvt | Mix, Joel | Died (d) 10/26 | |
| I | Corp | Smith, Hezekiah | Died (d) 11/03 | |
| K | Capt | Young, John W. | | |
| F&S | Col | Wainwright, William Pratt | WIA 09/14 | |
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