Federal Regiment

6th New York Cavalry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Thomas Casimer Devin

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Ninth Army Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

Eight Troops (Companies) of the regiment were in Maryland with the Ninth Army Corps as as escort and advance guard: A, B, C, E, G, I, L, and M.1,2

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #59: Kanawha Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 5 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 #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

We have 5 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
C	Pvt	Morley, John	MWIA 09/00
E	Pvt	Edwards, Thomas F.	MIA (n) 09/16
I	Pvt	Taylor, Henry H.	Died (d) 09/30
M	Sgt	Blunt, John W
F&S	Col	Devin, Thomas Casimer

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Notes

1 Hall, Hillman Allyn (chairman), and Committee on Regimental History, History of the Sixth New York Cavalry (Second Ira Harris Guard), Worchester, MA: The Blanchard Press, 1908 [AotW citation 29480]

2 Carman, Ezra Ayers, and Dr. Thomas G. Clemens, editor, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, 3 volumes, El Dorado Hills (CA): Savas Beatie, 2010-17, Vol. II, pg. 538 [AotW citation 29481]

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