Federal Regiment

18th New York Infantry

"New York State Rifles"
Organized: Albany, NY; mustered in 5/17/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 5/18/1863

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. George R. Myers

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Sixth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 6th Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps

Unit history

This regiment, under the command of Col. William A. Jackson, was accepted by the state and received its numerical designation May 13, 1861; organized at Albany, and there mustered in the service of the United States for two years May 17, 1861. May 18, 1863 the three years' men of the regiment were transferred to the 121st N. Y. Vols.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 11; Wounded (WIA): 45; Missing in Action (MIA): 2;

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

We have 7 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Hawley, Edmund B.	KIA 09/14
C	Corp	Green, Samuel	Died (d) 11/03
C	Pvt	Storm, William J.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Goodrich, Allen	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Miller, John	MWIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Myers, George Ranney
F&S	Lt	Russell, Jr., William H.

* If there's a symbol in the Details column ...

- We have a picture for this person
- We have details beyond name and rank
Click on their last name to see more