Federal Regiment

16th New York Infantry

"1st Northern New York"
Organized: Albany, NY; mustered in 5/15/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Albany, NY 5/22/1863

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Joel J. Seaver

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Sixth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 6th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps

Unit history

The regiment left the state June 27th, 1861; served at Washington, D.C., from June 29th, 1861; in the 2d Brigade, 5ht Division, Army N.E. Va., from July, 1861; in Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, from August 4th, 1861; in Slocum's Brigade, Franklin's Division, 1st Corps, A.P., from Mar. 13th, 1862; in the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, A.P., from May, 1862.
(from Phisterer)

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #71: Slocum's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM

After the Antietam Campaign

In May, 1863, the three years' men of the regiment were assigned to the 121st N.Y. Vols.

References & Notes

Source: Phisterer, Frederick, compiler, New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865 Albany : Lyon Co., 1912.

Newton Martin Curtis' 1909 regimental history, From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York, is online from the Hathi Trust.

We have 34 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
B	Pvt	Collins, Enos S.	MWIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Bissell, Henry E.	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Dunn, William	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Hare, Daniel	Died (d) 10/12
C	Pvt	Hare, Sidney Lerris	KIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Torry, John	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Brown, Thomas	KIA 09/14
D	Corp	Conant, Charles H.	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Fredenburgh, John S.	KIA 09/14
D	Lt	Hutton, William W.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Jones, David	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Leach, William	Died (d) 11/23
D	Sgt	Lee, Andrew J.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Pulford, John	KIA 09/14
D	Corp	Robertson, James H.	MWIA 09/14
D	Corp	Smith, Charles M.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Van Ornum, George Myron	KIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Wier, William	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Roberts, Martin V.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Allen, James	WIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Burdick, James E.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Cunningham, Giles Nelson	KIA 09/14
F	Capt	Gilmore, John Curtis
F	Pvt	Richards, James W.	MWIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Washburn, Henry C.	KIA 09/14
G	Pvt	Grenier, Celestea	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Cooper, Orville	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Hammond, William	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Magin, John	KIA 09/14
H	Sgt	Nowlan, William	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Houghtaling, Andrew A.	MWIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Noakes, Martin	Died (d) 10/24
K	Pvt	Rodden, William	MWIA 09/14
F&S	LCol	Seaver, Joel Joshua

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