Federal Regiment

104th New York Infantry

"Wadsworth Guards"
Organized: Albany, NY; mustered in 03/04/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: near Washington, DC, DC 07/17/1865

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. Lewis C. Skinner

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 1st Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps

Unit history

The 104th Regiment resulted from the consolidation of the Morgan Guards and Geneseo Regiment: "the ten companies of the latter forming seven, and the five companies of the former, three, H, I and K, of the new organization." They mustered into Federal service between September 1861 and March 1862.1

Initially assigned to the defenses of Washington, they were first in combat at Cedar Mountain, then fought at 2nd Bull Run in August 1862.

On the Antietam Campaign

The unit was at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September, and was part of the ferocious combat in Miller's Cornfield early in the morning of 17 September at Sharpsburg.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 8; Wounded (WIA): 60; Missing in Action (MIA): 14;

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 #14: Ricketts' 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 #7: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #8: Duryea's Brigade, Ricketts' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
Tablet #81: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

After the Antietam Campaign

The Regiment saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, and at Petersburg during its service.

More on the Web

See more about the Regiment online from the New York State Military Museum.

We have 79 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Crawford, Charles N.	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Curtis, Thomas J.	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Havens, Stephen P.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hurd, Marcus	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Mack, George W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rowell, George	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Shepard, Lewis W.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Steele, Walter	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Thomas, William	WIA 09/17
A	Capt	Tuthill, Henry G	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Westbrook, George	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Westbrook, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Young, William N.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Campbell, Lewis H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lockwood, Almond	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Smith, Homer H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Stivers, Alexander	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Barnes, Alanson	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Catlin, David	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Crowell, Oliver J.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Myers, John P.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Palmer, Francis	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Phillips, Joseph L.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Phillips, Seymour T.	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Pike, Harvey	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Rogers, Marshall J.	WIA 09/14
C	Corp	Twitchell, Francis	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Velry, Milton	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Whitney, Isaac	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wood, Emery M.	Died (d) 10/03
D	Pvt	Bush, Charles V.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Christie, Andrew	Died (d) 11/12
D	Pvt	Fritz, Philip	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Newfang, Jacob	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Niles, Ephraim	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	O'Hara, James	KIA 09/17
D	Corp	Strever, Hiram	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Whitford, Charles A.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Clark, Daniel J.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gillett, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kinkade, David	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Noble, Harvey	MWIA 09/17
E	Lt	Trembly, William L.	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Dow, Leman F.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Drain, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Foster, Jr., John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hanna, Nicholas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Husson, William	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	McConnell, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Merrill, Stanley G.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Quackenbush, Leonard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Robins, Verillo	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Brainard, Lorenzo	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Perry, Orville O.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Flavin, Cornelius	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lee, William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Marles, Mark	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Slocum, William H.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Baker, John A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Carroll, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Galvin, William	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Higgins, Thomas M.	WIA 09/17
I	Capt	Kelly, John	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Mahon, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Sands, Lawrence	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Sellock, Frederick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Walker, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Walker, Richard	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Canfield, Ruel S.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Garvy, George	MWIA 09/17
K	Corp	Kendal, Elijah	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Lyons, John	MWIA 09/17
K	Corp	McCracken, William	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Mossey, Alexander	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Reynolds, Andrew	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Seiler, Francis	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Sullivan, Dennis	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Wilson, William C.	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Skinner, Lewis C

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Federal Regiment

104th New York Infantry

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