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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Frederick H. Collier
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Division - 1st Division, 4th Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
Part of Howe's Brigade, Couch's Division, on 16 September they were ...
... drawn up across Pleasant Valley near Rohrersville, observing McLaws' Command. On the morning of the 17th, the Division marched nearly to Harpers Ferry, then counter-marched and bivouacked that night on the Huffer Farm about a half mile south of Keedysville.(from battlefield Tablet No. 76)
It reached the field about 11 A.M., on the 18th, Cochrane's Brigade relieved Irwin's Brigade of Smith's Division, Sixth Corps, behind the ridge east of the Hagerstown Pike and the Brigades of Devens and Howe formed in rear of Brooks' Brigade of Smith's Division, Sixth Corps and French's Division, Second Corps.
The Division was not engaged in the action.
Battlefield Tablet for this Unit
Tablet #76: Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
We have 5 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Pvt | Fair, Chambers O. | Died (d) 11/14 |  |
| H | Pvt | Logan, James | Died (d) 10/13 | |
| I | Pvt | Beebe, William | Died (d) 10/16 | |
| I | Pvt | Fitzpatrick, Michael | Died (d) 11/16 | |
| F&S | Col | Collier, Frederick Hill |  |
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