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3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  BGen Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana
  Col Norman J Hall

 

This Brigade's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 2nd Corps


Units which make up this Brigade:
  19th Massachusetts Infantry
  20th Massachusetts Infantry
  7th Michigan Infantry
  42nd New York Infantry
  59th New York Infantry

Unit history

Col Hall relieved Gen Dana after the General was wounded on the 17th.

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #116: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #36: Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #38: Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM