Federal Regiment

19th Massachusetts Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Edward W. Hincks
  LCol. Arthur F. Devereux
  Capt. H.G.O. Weymouth

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

"We arrived at South Mountain while the battle was being fought, but took no part in it. The 16th of September we reached Antietam, and formed in line of battle. On the morning of the 17th, with our brigade in the centre, we advanced in three lines of battle, over walls and fences, through fields, under a terrible fire of artillery. The regiment was growing nervous but did not break. Colonel Hincks halted us, put us through the manual of arms, ending with parade rest. Having become steady, we moved forward to a strip of woods, and came upon the enemy strongly posted. Grape and canister, shot and shell, volleys of musketry greeted us - and our men fell as grain before the scythe."

"One-half of our officers and men were either killed or wounded. Colonel Hincks was the first to fall, again terribly wounded. Capt. George W. Batchelder was killed, and the command of the regiment and companies changed fast, as one after another officer went down. At the time we were so hotly engaged in the front we began to receive a fire from our left and rear, and discovered that we were being flanked, and must change front to rear. This was done by the 19th Massachusetts and 1st Minnesota. We were now under command of Colonel Devereaux, and were ordered to take a position near a stone wall. We fired as we fell back, holding the enemy until we had reformed our lines, when we again went in and continued fighting until dark, when we were ordered to support a battery ..."
(from Adams)

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

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

References & Notes

See Adams, Capt John B., Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Boston: Wright, Potter Printing Company, 1899 - online from the Internet Archives.

We have 130 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Adams, Isaac Newcomb	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Carleton, Everett	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Coffin, Gorham	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hall, Samuel A.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Holmes, William W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Palmer, George W.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rundlett, Oliver S.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Spofford, Daniel Webster	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bean, William H.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cain, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Carlton, George B.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cole, Jr., Rufus Henry	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dunham, Hallowell R.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Foss, John L.	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Greely, Adolphus Washington	WIA 09/17
B	Capt	Hale, Henry Appleton	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kent, James G.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Logan, Jeremiah	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pearson, Joseph H.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Rich, Robert E.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Riley, Michael	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Rogers, Varnum	AWOL 09/17
C	Pvt	Barry, John	WIA 09/17
C	Capt	Batchelder, George Wellington	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bryant, Daniel W.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Cheney, John A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Danforth, Jeremiah	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Donovan, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hazen, Jacob F.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Jellison, David B.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Morrill, Edward W.	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Newcomb, Edgar Marshall
C	Sgt	Stone, William	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Tibbetts, Charles W.	MIA (r) 09/17
D	Pvt	Brennan, Thomas	MIA (r) 09/17
D	Pvt	Cavanaugh, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Goodrich, William H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Harris, Mark A.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Knight, Nelson E.	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Leach, Alexander	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Moses, John	POW 09/17
D	Corp	Tucker, Clarence J.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wright, William B.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Young, William	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Barry, Dennis	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Buchanan, James	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Clark, James	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Connelly, Hugh	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Delay, Daniel	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Doherty, John	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Dunn, Philip	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Flanagan, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Graves, Horace	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Hincks, Elisha Albert	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Hurley, Patrick	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Leary, Timothy	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Martin, Henry K.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	O'Rourke, Peter	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ross, John C.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, Bartholomew	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Sullivan, Michael	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Wallace, Patrick	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Welsh, James	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Wright, George	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Curtis, William M.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Doherty, James	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Fogg, Benjamin E.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gardiner, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gifford, Joseph S.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Harris, Seth Martin	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Hazen, Charles Richard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	James, Joseph C.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lyons, Martin	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McCann, John	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	Rice, Edmund	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Robinson, John N.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Batchelder, George H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cassidy, Francis	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Chandler, Frederick	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Collins, Peter	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Condon, John Pearl	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Corbett, Jeremiah B.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cronan, John	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Cronan, Jr., Jeremiah C.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Crowley, Bartholomew	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Fisher, William B.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hayes, James J.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hitchcock, Simon D.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Leithead, George F.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Leonard, Michael	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Marshall, Joseph	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Marshall, Robert	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McCarty, James	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McCarty, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Pearson, Charles L.	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Reynolds, Jr., John Perkins	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Sherwell, Jesse K.	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Tibbetts, William H.	MIA (r) 09/17
G	Capt	Weymouth, Harrison Gray Otis
G	Pvt	Woofindale, Levi	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Ball, George H. A.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bridges, Thomas	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Driver, Jr., Samuel	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McReady, Stephen	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Thorndike, Albert	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Williams, John A.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Younger, Stephen J.	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Adams, John Gregory Bishop
I	Pvt	Carey, Lawrence	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Doyle, Edward	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Grant, Alexander	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hall, Charles A.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Jordan, Nathan B.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Leach, Edward	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Martin, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McCracken, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McCue, Michael	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Nickerson, Lorenzo P.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Patch, George Henry	POW 09/17
I	Sgt	Powers, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ross, John T.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Sweetser, Thomas A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Vinton, Andrew	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cosgrove, Joseph W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Haley, Charles A.	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	McGinnis, William Ambrose	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McKenney, William A.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Viall, Samuel Elliot	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Devereux, Arthur Forrester	WIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Hincks, Edward Winslow	WIA 09/17

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