Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Francis Beach
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Ninth (IX) Army Corps
Division - 3rd Division, IX Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps
Unit history
The 16th Connecticut was formed in Hartford County, Connecticut, and was mustered into service August 24, 1862. Three weeks later the regiment first saw action at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland as part of Burnside's Ninth Army Corps. Having loaded muskets for the first time only the day before the battle, the regiment suffered significant casualties at Antietam.
Statistics
Initial Strength: 779; Killed in Action (KIA): 43; Wounded (WIA): 161;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 26.2%
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #10: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford
Detail Map #11: Burnside Climbs Toward Sharpsburg
Detail Map #12: AP Hill Hits Burnside's Flank
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #65: Rodman's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #67: Harland's Brigade, Rodman's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
We have 182 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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A | Pvt | Agan, Thomas | WIA 09/16 | |
A | Pvt | Barrett, R. Cecil | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Corp | Blakeslee, Bernard Franklin | WIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
A | Pvt | Borchard, Moses | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Case, Orville J. | Died (d) 10/12 | ![]() |
A | Sgt | Clark, Charles L. | WIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | De Mars, Theodore E. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
A | Pvt | Dunn, Michael | AWOL 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Foster, Gilbert B. | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Hagar, Edward | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Hale, Nathan | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
A | Pvt | Hill, Albert M. | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Kearney, James | AWOL 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Parsons, Edwin L. | ||
A | Capt | Pasco, Henry L. | ![]() | |
A | Pvt | Pease, Charles W. | KIA 09/17 | |
A | Corp | Rhodes, Henry W. | AWOL 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Robinson, David | AWOL 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Talcott, Arthur D. N. | MWIA 09/17 | |
A | Pvt | Tucker, Fellows Dixon | AWOL 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
A | Pvt | Wildman, Cornelius | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Callender, Elisha | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Chalmers, James | AWOL 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Duff, William | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Foster, Philip Henry | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
B | Pvt | Grosvenor, Joseph | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
B | Sgt | Grosvenor, Samuel E. | WIA 09/17 | ![]() |
B | Pvt | Hamilton, Hancey | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
B | Pvt | Hunn, Horace | Died (d) 10/12 | ![]() |
B | Pvt | Johnson, Charles L. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Johnson, Wilmer H. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Jones, Joseph J. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Kitchen, James A. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Loper, Thomas H. | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Pinney, Delos Rensselaer | Died (d) 10/12 | ![]() |
B | Pvt | Prior, Seth Franklin | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
B | Corp | Safford, William P. | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Braman, John P. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
C | Pvt | Burns, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Corp | Collins, Charles T. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Corp | Cook, William H. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Fuller, James B. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Lt | Gonge, George S. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Lillie, Edwin B. | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Loveland, John | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
C | Capt | Rankin, Edward R. | ![]() ![]() | |
C | Pvt | Stedman, Simeon | WIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | White, John | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Allen, George W. | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Barnett, Henry | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
D | Sgt | Bostwick, Randall | AWOL 09/09 | |
D | Capt | Brown, Samuel | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
D | Pvt | Carrier, David B. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Finemann, Gottfield | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Fries, Adolph | AWOL 09/09 | |
D | Pvt | Fries, Frederick | AWOL 09/09 | |
D | Pvt | Getman, William H. | AWOL 09/17 | |
D | Corp | Grace, Michael | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Corp | Jobes, Richard | WIA 09/17 | ![]() |
D | Pvt | Lacy, Henry | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Corp | Leary, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Lester, Charles H. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Letcher, John B. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Margerum, Claudius C. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | McDonald, Patrick | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Mitchell, William G. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Noll, Henry W. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Persse, John | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Sgt | Pratt, Collins | AWOL 11/02 | |
D | Pvt | Smith, George B. | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Snow, Nelso | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Tate, John | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Wardwell, Royal Emerson | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
D | Corp | Warner, Horace | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Waters, Nathaniel A. | AWOL 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Webster, William | AWOL 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Wessels, Helmuth | WIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Wessels, Louis | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Capt | Babcock, Charles | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Barnes, Ham A. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Corp | Barnes, Jesse O. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Bunnell, Solomon J. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Case, John E. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Chaplin, Charles H. | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Cowan, William | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Grey, Robert | AWOL 10/15 | |
E | Pvt | McGrath, James | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Morgan, Robert P. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
E | Pvt | Shepard, Miles D. | Died (d) 11/13 | ![]() ![]() |
E | Pvt | Stevens, Charles G. | MWIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Viets, Charles W. | AWOL 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Baker, Samuel | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Barmby, George H. | WIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Nichols, William W. | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Waterman, William G. | AWOL 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Adams, Henry H. | WIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Pvt | Adams, Henry Martin | WIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
G | Pvt | Allen, John W. | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Allen, Solomon Hill | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Corp | Bowers, Charles C. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Brainard, Edwin | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Burr, Bela L. | WIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
G | Pvt | Burr, Francis W. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Pvt | Chamberlain, George F. | WIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
G | Pvt | Clancy, Terrence | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Cleary, John | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Fleming, Elliott | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Gladding, Timothy | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Capt | Hayden, Nathaniel | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Hindenlang, Leopold | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Kent, John S. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Sgt | King, Charles C. | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Lewis, Charles H. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Moore, Edward | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Corp | Munsell, Elijah | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | North, William A. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Sgt | Parmale, Edward A. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Pvt | Penfield, Charles N. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Pfiefer, John | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Porter, Henry L. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Smith, Michael | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
G | Pvt | Smith, Walter E. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Wagner, Edward | AWOL 09/17 | |
G | Sgt | Washburn, Wadsworth A. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
G | Pvt | Wilson, Orvil M. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
H | Pvt | Annis, Henry B. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Capt | Barber, Frederick Martiner | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
H | Pvt | Bingham, John Fuller | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
H | Pvt | Bingham, Wells A. | ![]() ![]() | |
H | Pvt | Bowen, Charles F. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Sgt | Brown, Edwin H. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Burke, Michael | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Cullumns, William N. | KIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Hollister, Bridgeman J. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
H | Pvt | Johnson, Rufus | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Keeney, Maranthon H. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Keith, Bela M. | MIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Massey, William | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Porter, William Wallace | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
H | Corp | Rich, George F. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Corp | Stoughton, Sanford | Died (d) 10/28 | ![]() |
H | Pvt | Wetmore, Samuel | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Wilsey, Julius C. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
I | Pvt | Alford, Franklin M. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Bartlett, Andrew M. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Capt | Beach, Henry L. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Benson, Luna W. | WIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Brooks, James W. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Bugbee, Henry E. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Bulgich, Lewis | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Sgt | Campbell, Orville | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Chadwick, Morris S. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Sgt | Chamberlain, Rufus | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Cooney, John | AWOL 09/17 | |
I | Capt | Drake, John Lewis | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
I | Corp | Evans, Henry D. | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
I | Lt | Fisk, John Monroe | ![]() | |
I | Pvt | Gengan, James | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Greegin, James | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Hawley, Robert A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Hines, James | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Hines, Stephen | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Lt | Horton, William | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Pvt | Lay, Horace | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() |
I | Sgt | Macarty, Thomas | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Pierce, Edward W. | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Truesdell, Augustus | KIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Twiss, Jason Ebenezer | KIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
I | Pvt | Webster, Samuel P. | AWOL 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Woelffer, A. Julius | AWOL 09/06 | |
K | Pvt | Aldrich, Henry | KIA 09/17 | ![]() |
K | Pvt | Barnes, Gideon S. | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
K | Pvt | Bunnell, Wales T. | AWOL 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Funck, Augustus H. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Corp | Gray, John W. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Hooker, N. Charles | AWOL 09/17 | |
K | Capt | Manross, Newton Spaulding | MWIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
K | Pvt | Smith, Edward | ![]() ![]() | |
K | Pvt | Stone, Levi | AWOL 10/20 | |
F&S | Col | Beach, Francis | ![]() ![]() | |
F&S | LCol | Cheney, Frank Woodbridge | WIA 09/17 | ![]() |
F&S | Maj | Washburn, George Abiel | WIA 09/17 | ![]() ![]() |
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