Federal Regiment

20th New York Infantry

"United Turner Rifles"
Organized: New York, NY; mustered in 5/9/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: New York, NY 6/1/1863

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Ernest von Vegesack

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Sixth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 6th Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps

Unit history

A two-year unit, the Regiment was first commanded by Colonel Weber, later a Brigadier General and Brigade commander in the Second Corps at Antietam.

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Total Casualties: 145;

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #75: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 12 PM
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 #72: Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74, cont: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM

We have 159 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Beck, Julius	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cahn, Louis	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dienst, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dorr, Georg	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dreyfus, Charles	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Eggars, Herman	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Field, Thomas	WIA 09/17
A	Lt	Frick, Adolph	MWIA 09/17
A	Corp	Kayser, Jacob	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Krell, Friedrich	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Liebisch, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Loffler, Louis	AWOL 10/24
A	Pvt	Lowis, William	AWOL 10/08
A	Pvt	Maas, Jacob	MWIA 09/17
A	Corp	Merk, Friedrich
A	Pvt	Oeder, Max	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Schmidt, Christian	KIA 09/17
A	Capt	Stoekel, Herrman
A	Sgt	Tolke, August
A	Sgt	Zimer, Henry	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Aab, George L.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Adam, Otto	MWIA 09/17
B	Corp	Becker, August
B	Corp	Bruhlmeier, August	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Dambruch, Michael	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Emerich, Henry	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Futerer, Ehrhard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gelbart, Theodore	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gramlich, Martin	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Haedler, Charles	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hafner, Christian	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hopfensack, Ernst	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Jordan, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kaufmann, John	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Kelsch, Jacob	Died (d) 10/30
B	Pvt	Kistner, Max William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Klotz, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Krause, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kurtz, Friedrich	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kurtz, Jacob	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lager, Rudolph	AWOL 09/16
B	Pvt	Leier, Jacob	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Lohr, Theodore	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Mau, Albert	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Raeser, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Reimann, Adolph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Ritter, Charles	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Roos, Leonhard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Schreiner, Valentine	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Schwarzenholzer, Georg	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Soller, Henry	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Steindecker, Nelson	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sukolosky, Leonhard	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Walker, Jacob	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Beck, Freidrich	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bischoff, Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bokien, Joseph
C	Pvt	Doll, Rudolph	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gepfert, Valentine	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Glass, John	Died (d) 10/23
C	Pvt	Herrmann, August	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Hitzfield, Joseph
C	Pvt	Hoehn, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Huber, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Kieser, Friedrich	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Loos, Conrad	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Lorenz, Gustav Adolph	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Meckbach, Georg	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Merkle, Robert	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Michaelis, August	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Mittauer, Jacob	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nugetter, August	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Schlichter, Jacob	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Schrader, Frank	AWOL 11/03
C	Corp	Spohrleder, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Staff, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Sturtz, Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Sulz, Charles	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wagner, Joseph	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Weber, Francis	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Werne, Bendix Charles	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Zunker, Julius	Died (d) 12/08
D	Pvt	Bertram, Peter	MIA (r) 09/17
D	Pvt	Boehringer, Phillip	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Heinemann, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Henne, William	AWOL 09/14
D	Corp	Hunger, Theodor	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Kausche, Gustav	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Long, August	Died (d) 10/21
D	Corp	Noah, Moses	WIA 09/17
D	Lt	Pabst, Jacob	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Paul, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Propson, Charles	KIA 09/17
D	Corp	Waelder, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Waldeck, William	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Walter, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Weber, August	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Bauer, Henry
E	Corp	Beyer, Ludwig	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Beyer, Reinhold	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Boenisch, Berhard	AWOL 09/08
E	Pvt	Bohsancor, Michael	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bonnet, Friedrick	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Burschofsky, Charles	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Doxie, Ludwig	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Eberspacker, Ludwig	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gardinelle, Joseph	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Grahn, Rudolph	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Guth, William	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Haas, Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Holter, Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Lefs, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lichtenheld, Edward	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mann, Heinrich	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Manner, Georg	AWOL 09/11
E	Pvt	Neuberg, Louis	MWIA 09/17
E	Lt	Strippel, George
E	Pvt	Trope, Franz
E	Lt	Voelker, Carl	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bentler, William	MWIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Beutler, Theodor	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bodecker, Otto	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bruns, Herman	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hillerich, John	MWIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Kensing, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Kessler, Phillip	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ritzheimer, Valentin	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Schmidt, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Wagner, Theodire
F	Pvt	Wilson, John	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Yaumann, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Axt, Gottfried Heinrich Theodor Ferdinand
G	Pvt	Hahn, Martin	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Kelling, Henry	MWIA 09/17
G	Corp	Krausz, Louis	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wagner, Christ.	KIA 09/17
H	Corp	Boehme, Herman
H	Pvt	Gintz, Christian	Died (d) 11/19
H	Corp	Heydenreich, Sr., Charles	AWOL 10/12
H	Pvt	Klein, Constantin	Died (d) 10/21
H	Pvt	Schelhorn, Richard	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Busse, August	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Dellmyer, Charles	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Fritz, Richard
I	Pvt	Hasslinger, Joseph	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Heinitz, Fedor
I	Pvt	Koch, John	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Lasche, Robert	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Mueller, John	AWOL 09/17
I	Lt	Roehr, Edward
I	Lt	Schmid, Franz
K	Pvt	Freudenthal, Gustav August	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hammer, John	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Lohman, Christian	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Meinertzagen, Gustav	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Roth, Louis	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Stumf, John	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Weiss, Conrad
F&S	Col	von Vegesack, Ernst Mattias Peter

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