Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. William H. Withington
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Ninth Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, 9th Corps
Brigade - 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps
Unit history
"The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in August 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Withington. The regiment consisted of raw recruits from field, workshop and schoolroom. One company was composed almost entirely of students from Ypsilanti Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University. With less than a month of military training, the 17th left for Washington DC, on August 27, 1862. From there it was sent to the Maryland campaign. On September 14, a little more than two weeks after leaving the state and just three days before the Battle of Antietam, the regiment engaged in battle here."
(from Stonewall Regiment monument text by Bill Christen)
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #62: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 18 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #99: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 2 PM to 18 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM 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 #63: Christ's Brigade, Willcox's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 18 Sep, 5 PM
We have 88 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
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A | Pvt | Ordiway, Elijah | Died (d) 11/12 | |
B | Pvt | Bigelow, Nelson | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Chase, George Walter | WIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Hall, Albert William | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Heslet, John | MWIA 09/14 | |
B | Pvt | Jones, Lewis | KIA 09/17 | |
B | Pvt | Kenyon, Jesse A. | MWIA 09/14 | |
B | Pvt | Kirk, George M. | MWIA 09/14 | |
B | Pvt | Randall, Felix R. | KIA 09/14 | |
C | Pvt | Colf, Israel B. | KIA 09/14 | |
C | Lt | Duffield, William E. | MWIA 09/14 | |
C | Corp | Ford, Robert | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Miner, Leonard E. | MWIA 09/17 | |
C | Pvt | Osborn, Frank A. | MWIA 09/14 | |
C | Pvt | Troy, John A. | KIA 09/14 | |
C | Corp | Vicory, Anson M. | WIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Blanchard, Simon F. | MWIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Dennis, Richard | Died (d) 10/02 | |
D | Pvt | Hovey, Spencer H. | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Hunt, Samuel | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | McMartin, Daniel E. | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Moore, Martin V. | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Palmotier, Almeron | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Powers, Nathan F. | Died (d) 10/23 | |
D | Corp | Slade, Orville | KIA 09/17 | |
D | Pvt | Smith, Wilbur F. | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Tomlinson, Henry | KIA 09/14 | |
D | Pvt | Ward, Benjamin | KIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | Burr, Henry Dunning | WIA 09/17 | |
E | Capt | Campbell, Gabriel | ||
E | Corp | Hawley, George Myron | MWIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | Hopkins, Daniel Gilbert | MWIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | Irwin, Robert C. | KIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | King, Francis E. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Marvin, John H. | MWIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | McKinnon, Alexander | KIA 09/14 | |
E | Pvt | Peck, Gilbert B. | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Ruckman, Webster | KIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Sayler, Andrew | KIA 09/14 | |
E | Corp | Webb, Frederick S. | MWIA 09/17 | |
E | Pvt | Woodard, William A. | KIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Bushre, Joseph | WIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Dicey, Joseph | MWIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Fox, John T. | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Gardner, Silas | KIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Jordan, William | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Meacham, Ephraim | KIA 09/14 | |
F | Pvt | Meyer, Henry Augustus Truluck | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Pvt | Ross, Richard | KIA 09/17 | |
F | Capt | Swift, Frederick William | ||
G | Pvt | Belcher, Uriah H. | MWIA 09/14 | |
G | Pvt | Bushre, Alexis | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Sgt | Darling, Ansel J. | KIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Mills, Elon G. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Pickell, Calvin A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Pickell, John B. | WIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Schully, Thomas | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Strassell, John | MWIA 09/17 | |
G | Pvt | Zott, Peter | KIA 09/14 | |
H | Pvt | Chapman, Hobart B. | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Crane, Newman | MWIA 09/14 | |
H | Capt | Edmonds, Charles A. | WIA 09/14 | |
H | Pvt | Heller, James | MWIA 09/14 | |
H | Pvt | Osborn, Samuel | WIA 09/17 | |
H | Pvt | Vredenburg, Delos W. | KIA 09/14 | |
I | Pvt | Belknap, Benjamin F. | KIA 09/14 | |
I | Pvt | Carney, Mason | KIA 09/14 | |
I | Pvt | Chaffee, William E. | MWIA 09/17 | |
I | Lt | Galligan, George A. | MWIA 09/14 | |
I | Sgt | Hodges, Herrick | WIA 09/17 | |
I | Corp | Hodges, Oren Wright | WIA 09/14 | |
I | Pvt | Kent, William J. | MWIA 09/17 | |
I | Pvt | Lilley, David V. | KIA 09/14 | |
I | Sgt | Weeks, Charles L. | MWIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Ashley, Edwin B. | KIA 09/17 | |
K | Lt | Baker, Benjamin B. | WIA 09/17 | |
K | Pvt | Cheeny, Oliver | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Clay, William | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Ives, Leonard | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Keho, Owen | MWIA 09/14 | |
K | Corp | McMartin, John E. | MWIA 09/14 | |
K | Sgt | Sears, Eli | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Pvt | Tompkins, Daniel D. | KIA 09/14 | |
K | Sgt | Tuttle, James H. | KIA 09/17 | |
F&S | LCol | Luce, Constant | ||
F&S | Maj | Lyon, George Collins | WIA 09/17 | |
F&S | Lt | Richards, William Vigors | WIA 09/17 | |
F&S | Col | Withington, William Herbert |
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