Federal Regiment

124th Pennsylvania Infantry

Mustered in on 8/12/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Harrisburg, PA 5/16/1863

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Joseph W. Hawley
Maj. Isaac L. Haldeman

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 12th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

A nine-month Regiment, Antietam was their first combat, they having been only about a month in service. They crossed South Mountain on 15 September without seeing action. Colonel Hawley was wounded and relieved by Major Haldeman who led the Regiment in their charge into and through the Cornfield as part of the Federal 12th Corps on the morning of 17 September.

They bivouacked together with the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry at the end of the day on the 17th, both regiments by then possibly under the command of Colonel Higgins of the 125th.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 5; Wounded (WIA): 42; Missing in Action (MIA): 17;

Maps Showing this Unit

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)
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #28: Williams' Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #29: Crawford's Brigade, Williams' Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

References & Notes

Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: 1868-1871, extracted online at Pennsylvania in the Civil War.

We have 59 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Collier, Hosea Austin	MWIA 09/17
A	Lt	Finch, Isaac	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Glisson, John J.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McFarland, George W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Pinkerton, Morgan Hoffman
A	Pvt	Valentine, Jonathan	MWIA 09/17
A	Corp	Wilkinson, David S.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Barlow, Jacob	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Barlow, Joseph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Green, Morris C.	AWOL 09/17
C	Corp	Gatchell, Eli	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Smith, William T.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Stevens, William H.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bittle, William L.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Broomhall, Charles D. Manley
D	Corp	Crozier, James C.	MWIA 09/17
D	Lt	Cummins, Joseph G.
D	Pvt	Davidson, William G.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Eckfeldt, Elias B.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Ford, Milton	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hance, Jr., Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Hollingsworth, Joel
D	Pvt	Linton, James D.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Miller, George D.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Pugh, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wall, Christian A.	WIA 09/17
D	Capt	Yarnall, Norris Lewis
E	Pvt	Foster, Thomas S.
E	Pvt	Harlan, Edward Thatcher
E	Pvt	McConnathy, Daniel	AWOL 09/17
E	Pvt	McFadden, Joseph	MIA (n) 09/17
E	Pvt	Mullen, John	AWOL 09/17
E	Pvt	Passmore, Jones R.	AWOL 09/17
E	Sgt	Stager, Henry John
F	Pvt	Chalfant, John J.
F	Capt	Crosby, Frank
F	Pvt	Daller, William Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Gratz, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Monaghan, Hamilton	Died (d) 09/22
F	Sgt	Potts, William Weaver	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Roxborough, Charles	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Bewley, Jesse L.	AWOL 09/17
G	Pvt	Connor, George M.	MIA (n) 09/17
G	Pvt	Hughes, Jacob	AWOL 09/17
G	Pvt	Irwin, Sanford	AWOL 09/17
G	Pvt	Jardine, Amos C.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Powers, John	MIA (n) 09/17
H	Pvt	Baker, Ellis S.	AWOL 09/17
H	Pvt	Bullock Talley, Livingston	AWOL 09/17
H	Sgt	Knowles, William G.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Platt, Horatio Nelson	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Zebley, Samuel Rodman	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Armole, John	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Underwood, Joseph S.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Paiste, William H.	MWIA 09/17
F&S	Chpl	Evans, Joseph S.
F&S	Maj	Haldeman, Isaac Lawrence
F&S	Col	Hawley, Joseph Williamson	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Litzenberg, Simon

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