Federal Battalion

2nd and 10th United States Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Lt. John S. Poland

This Battalion's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Fifth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 5th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

This was a consolidated Regular Battalion made up of 9 Companies from the 2nd US and 3 Companies from the 10th US Infantry. Commanding the Companies:1

Second Infantry
Co. A - 1st Sgt Thomas Byrne
Co. B - 1LT William F. Drum
Co. C - 2LT Abraham Grafius
Co. D - 1LT George H. McLoughlin
Co. E - 1LT Charles M. Freeman
Co. F - 1LT John W. Gray, 11th US Inf
Co. G - 2LT Claude S. Robertson, 10th US Inf
Co. I - 1LT Samuel A. McKee
Co. K - 2LT Robert G. Welles, 10th US Inf

Tenth Infantry, attached to 2nd US
Co. E - 1LT George S. Lauman
Co. G - CPT Henry E. Maynadier*
Co. I - 2LT William L. Kellogg

* not on the Campaign (duty with the Mississippi Mortar Flotilla)

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #22: Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #77: 2nd and 10th US Infantry, Fifth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM

We have 49 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
10/E	Lt	Lauman, George Somerfield
10/G	Sgt	Carroll, James	KIA 09/17
10/I	Pvt	Crogan, Michael	WIA 09/17
10/I	Lt	Kellogg, William Lucius
10/I	Pvt	Mahoney, Jeremiah	WIA 09/17
2/A	Sgt	Byrne, Thomas
2/A	Pvt	Carney, William	KIA 09/17
2/A	Pvt	Harth, Jacob	WIA 09/17
2/A	Sgt	Hayes, Timothy
2/A	Sgt	Walsh, Martin
2/B	Sgt	Burke, Daniel Webster
2/B	Lt	Drum, William Findlay
2/B	Pvt	Hund, Franz	WIA 09/17
2/B	Corp	Kelly, James	MWIA 09/17
2/C	Sgt	Breen, Patrick
2/C	Pvt	Burke, DeWitt Clinton	WIA 09/17
2/C	Sgt	Butler, James
2/C	Lt	Grafius, Abraham
2/C	Pvt	Kenney, James	KIA 09/17
2/C	Pvt	Madert, Jacob	WIA 09/17
2/C	Pvt	Walsh, Michael	KIA 09/17
2/D	Pvt	Ford, William H.	WIA 09/17
2/D	Pvt	Hickey, Peter	KIA 09/17
2/D	Lt	McLoughlin, George Hogg
2/D	Sgt	Mitchell, William
2/D	Pvt	Sadler, Austin	KIA 09/17
2/E	Sgt	Dolan, Michael
2/E	Lt	Freeman, Charles M.
2/F	Pvt	Carey, John	WIA 09/17
2/F	Lt	Gray, John Walsh
2/F	Sgt	Trueman, John
2/G	Mus	Miller, George
2/G	Lt	Robertson, Claude S.
2/I	Pvt	Brady, Hugh J.	WIA 09/17
2/I	Sgt	Davis, Robert	WIA 09/17
2/I	Sgt	Fegan, James	WIA 09/17
2/I	Sgt	Lacey, Francis Edmond	WIA 09/17
2/I	Pvt	Lowery, John	WIA 09/17
2/I	Lt	McKee, Samuel A.	WIA 09/17
2/I	Pvt	Onyon, Isaac	WIA 09/17
2/I	Pvt	Walsh, Edwin	MWIA 09/17
2/K	Pvt	Brennan, Philip	WIA 09/17
2/K	Pvt	Enright, Patrick	WIA 09/17
2/K	Sgt	Smith, Henry	MWIA 09/17
2/K	Lt	Welles, Robert Gideon
F&S	Sgt	Falck, William
F&S	Lt	Kroutinger, Adolphus Wilhelm
F&S	Lt	Poland, John Scroggs
F&S	ASrg	Woodhull, Jr., Alfred Alexander

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Notes

1 Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Infantry Division, 1861-1864: A History of Regular United States Infantry Operations in the Civil War's Eastern Theater, Jefferson (NC): McFarland&Company, Inc., 1990, pp. 386 - 7 [AotW citation 854]

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