Federal Regiment

6th Wisconsin Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Edward S Bragg
Rufus R Dawes

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 1st Corps
  Brigade - 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes Miller's Cornfield (7-8 am)
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 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 #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
Tablet #6: Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

More on the Web

See also an interesting study of controversy over the fate of the flag of the 6th Wisconsin at Antietam involving the 20th NYSM (from Blue and Gray Magazine, Winter 2005).

We have 248 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Corp	Alexander, Johannes	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Anderson, Thomas	WIA 09/14
A	Corp	Attridge, Richard	MWIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Avery, Ralph H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Black, William P.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Bracker, John	WIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Butterfield, Thomas A.	WIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Calkins, Edward D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cheek, Philip	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Childs, Harvey H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Copeland, William H.	KIA 09/17
A	Lt	Coughran, John A.
A	Pvt	Crandall, Frank M.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Durlin, Walter Scott	WIA 09/14
A	Corp	Farington, Charles William	WIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Finton, Lanson D.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Fletcher, Franklin	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Fort, Sylvester	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Fowler, Allison	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Garlaugh, Franklin	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Jones, Reuben	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Keyes, James O.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Klein, William	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Langhart, Jacob C.	KIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Loit, Charles	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Miles, George C.	KIA 09/14
A	Sgt	Miller, John C.	WIA 09/00
A	Capt	Noyes, David Knox	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Odell, Daniel L.	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Palmer, Uriah
A	Pvt	Pearson, Jesse	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Rice, George F.	MWIA 09/14
A	Pvt	Weidman, John C.	KIA 09/14
A	Sgt	Weirich, Joseph J.	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Whilty, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Young, Arions H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Anderson, Henry	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Armstrong, James S.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Brown, Leonard	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Casporus, William J.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cayzar, John F.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Colby, Henry M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cole, Volney A.	KIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Collins, Phillip H.	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Converse, Rollin P.	WIA 09/17
B	Lt	Ellis, Arthur C.	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Frier, Alexander	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Gluth, Frederick	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hall, Franklin J.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Hare, Frank	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Heath, Jeremiah	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Hess, Andrew J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Keeler, Amos D.	MWIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Kinney, Darwin W.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Ludloff, Lewis J.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McCandraw, Martin	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McIntyre, Thomas	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Myers, Alphonso W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Olson, Anthony	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Potter, Charles H.	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Pulver, William H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sanderson, John	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Saunders, Ainsworth	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shaw, Joseph W. M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Shults, James H.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Smith, Mamory V.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Smyser, Henry E.	WIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Suter, Nicholas	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wilson, Allen B.	KIA 09/14
B	Corp	Winn, John W.	WIA 09/14
B	Corp	Young, David Z.	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Chestnut, Jasper N.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Corcoran, Richard	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Fairfield, George	WIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Hewitt, Ezra P.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nicholson, William S.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Whaley, Edward A.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Arnold, Frank	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Bell, Francis
D	Lt	Birdsall, Samuel
D	Pvt	Boswine, Peter	WIA 09/17
D	Lt	Brooks, Edward P.
D	Pvt	Clark, Francis	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Cook, John H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Costigan, John J.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Davidson, William	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Dunn, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Egan, John	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gallagher, Hugh	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Gallup, Warren	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Geary, Francis	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Handrahan, Richard	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hubbard, Norton E.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Huntington, Theodore	WIA 09/00
D	Sgt	Keogh, Matthew	WIA 09/14
D	Sgt	Kerr, Thomas	WIA 09/14
D	Sgt	Lammey, John R.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	May, Eli	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McDonald, James	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	McHenry, James H.	WIA 09/00
D	Sgt	McIntosh, Hamilcar B.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	McKenie, Frank	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Meyers, Charles F.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Minor, Jacob N.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Montgomery, Richard	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	O'Neil, Lawrence	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Perkins, Avery M.	KIA 09/14
D	Corp	Pirie, Robert	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Sherman, Reuben	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Siebenthall, Franz A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Smith, Peter
D	Corp	Spear, Dugald	WIA 09/00
D	Pvt	Sprague, Charles
E	Pvt	Baldwin, Daniel W.	AWOL 09/14
E	Capt	Brown, Edwin Arnold	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Campbell, Robert I.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Darling, William	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Deacon, Andrew C.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Deacon, Andrew G.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Deleglise, Francis Augustine	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Eggleston, George Dulton	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Fay, Jacob	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Flood, John	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Foster, Charles	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Gaffney, Nicholas A.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Geibers, John	KIA 09/14
E	Corp	Green, Simon P.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hall, George T.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Lefler, Amos	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Maloy, Nathaniel K.	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Marston, Joseph H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McKinnon, Cornelius	MWIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Parkhurst, James F.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Rowe, Nelson L.	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Steenis, Peter	WIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Strong, Amos N.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Van Dusen, Albert	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Woodland, Richard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Amos, Albert	AWOL 09/22
F	Sgt	Bartels, Frederick	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Bertram, Charles	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Biehm, Peter	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Bode, William F.	MWIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Gotsch, Leo	WIA 09/00
F	Pvt	Heinrich, Franz	WIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Holm, Claus H.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Islep, George	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Iversen, Frederick	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kellner, Herman	WIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Kleinschrodt, John M.	WIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Klockow, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Langner, Wilhelm	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Maerz, August	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Peters, Joachim	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rader, Joseph	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Schott, August Fr.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Steinmetz, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ulrich, Ludwig	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	von Bachelle, Werner	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Austin, Arva Owen	AWOL 09/13
G	Pvt	Ball, Michael	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Brady, Henry	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Burbank, DeWitt Clinton	MWIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Connor, John	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Cowan, John H.	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Davis, J. F. J.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Frodine, John W.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Fuller, William A.	AWOL 09/07
G	Pvt	Green, Frank	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Lane, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lombard, David F.	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	McMahon, John	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Miller, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Moffatt, Arthur	AWOL 09/08
G	Corp	Moore, Joseph M.	MWIA 09/14
G	Pvt	O'Leary, John	WIA 09/00
G	Corp	Parkerson, Burrell	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Richal, Allen	WIA 09/00
G	Pvt	Smith, Thomas	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Whittaker, Hiram Kell	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wright, Randolph O.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Young, Smith B.	KIA 09/17
H	Corp	Bailey, William	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Blake, Thomas	WIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Downey, Charles H.	WIA 09/00
H	Pvt	Ecke, Henry	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Hobbs, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Holstein, Paul	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kaiser, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Koffler, Joseph	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lansing, William H.	AWOL 09/07
H	Pvt	Lewis, Theodore	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Mang, John	WIA 09/00
H	Sgt	Merchant, Hiram B.	WIA 09/00
H	Pvt	Nettleton, Leonard	KIA 09/17
H	Corp	Scherlitz, August	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Senn, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Weber, Peter	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Atwood, George W.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Barcus, Walker T.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Barcus, Walker T.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Bohn, Charles F.	WIA 09/00
I	Pvt	Burchell, Nathan Aaron	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Carnes, Charles E.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Davis, Lawson	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Douglass, George	KIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Driggs, Job S.
I	Sgt	Fox, William	MWIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Green, Chester A.	WIA 09/00
I	Pvt	Harding, John	MWIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Hart, Lewi	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Johnson, Abel H.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Jones, Charles O.	WIA 09/17
I	Capt	Kellogg, John Azor
I	Corp	Lawrence, William	KIA 09/14
I	Pvt	Lind, Charles	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McClure, Hugh F.	WIA 09/00
I	Pvt	Nutting, Daniel W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Richardson, H. M.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Ruby, Gabriel A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Stedman, Levi	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Williams, Isaiah	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Abbott, Charles A.	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Anderson, Eugene L.	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Barney, James L.	WIA 09/00
K	Pvt	Boynton, Frederick E.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Chamberlain, George E.	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Cornish, Ephraim B.	WIA 09/14
K	Sgt	Crawford, Charles A.	WIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Cummings, Daniel	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Flynn, Thomas	WIA 09/00
K	Pvt	Fuller, Dennis M.
K	Pvt	Harrison, William P.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hill, Thomas S.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Holmes, Volney	WIA 09/14
K	Corp	Huntley, Reuben	KIA 09/14
K	Corp	Revels, Henry	WIA 09/00
K	Pvt	Scoville, James M.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Simmons, Edward S.	WIA 09/14
K	Sgt	Sullivan, James P.	WIA 09/14
K	Sgt	Tarbox, Albert E.	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Thompson, Andrew R.	WIA 09/14
K	Lt	Ticknor, John	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Wilcox, Franklin	WIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Woods, Samuel O.	WIA 09/00
F&S	LCol	Bragg, Edward Stuyvesant	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Dawes, Rufus Robinson
F&S	Lt	Schorse, Otto

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