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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. Levi C. Bootes
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Fifth Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, 5th Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
The Regulars of the 1st and 6th (combined) Infantry were on picket duty atop the bluffs on the east bank of Antietam Creek below the Middle Bridge on the 16th and 17th. They were engaged near Shepherdstown Ford on the Potomac on the 20th.
Commanders of the Companies of the 6th US Infantry at Antietam1:
Co B - 1LT George T. Hodges
Co D - CPT Montgomery Bryant
Co E - 2LT Alexander H. Freeman
Co F - 1LT Joseph B. Rife
Co G - CPT Levi C. Bootes
Co H - CPT John McCleary
Co I - 1LT William W. Sanders
Co K - 1LT Daniel D. Lynn
Commander of the Company of the 1st US Infantry at Antietam:
Co G - CPT Matthew R. Marston
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #22: Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
We have 11 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/G | Capt | Marston, Matthew Randall |  | |
| 6/B | Lt | Hodges, George Tisdale | | |
| 6/D | Capt | Bryant, Montgomery | | |
| 6/E | Lt | Freeman, Jr., Alexander H. | | |
| 6/F | Lt | Rife, Joseph Bomberger |  | |
| 6/G | Capt | Bootes, Levi Clark | | |
| 6/G | Mus | Robinson, Robert J. | Died (d) 10/07 | |
| 6/H | Capt | McCleary, John | | |
| 6/H | Pvt | McGowan, Peter | WIA 09/17 | |
| 6/I | Capt | Sanders, William Wilkins | | |
| 6/K | Lt | Lynn, Daniel Darius | |
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1 Swanson, Clifford L., The Sixth United States Infantry Regiment, 1855 to Reconstruction, Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2001, Appendix A [AotW citation 14893]