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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Richard H. Richardson
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - First Army Corps
Division - 2nd Division, 1st Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
Unit history
First Colonel: William Christian, later Brigade Commander at Antietam.
Statistics
Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 5; Wounded (WIA): 41; Missing in Action (MIA): 20;
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #14: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #7: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #9: Christian's Brigade, Ricketts' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
Tablet #81: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
After the Antietam Campaign
The regiment mustered out of service in May 1863, at the expiration of its term, with Richard H Richardson as Colonel.
More on the Web
See the 26th NY pages from the NY State Military Museum.
We have 25 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Pvt | Davis, John C. | KIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Evans, William H. | KIA 09/17 |   |
| C | Pvt | Cleveland, Charles Franklin | WIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Roberts, John C. | WIA 09/17 | |
| C | Corp | Wilson, James | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Conklin, Edgar | WIA 09/14 | |
| D | Sgt | Tripp, Eugene W. | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Corp | Wilcox, Charles | WIA 09/17 | |
| E | Pvt | Ingersoll, Francis David | WIA 09/17 | |
| E | Pvt | Thornton, John | AWOL 09/14 | |
| F | Pvt | Benjamin, Oliver D. | AWOL 09/16 | |
| F | Pvt | Bradley, Mortimer | WIA 09/17 | |
| F | Pvt | Clarke, Charles H. | KIA 09/17 | |
| H | Corp | Hunt, Thomas | WIA 09/17 | |
| H | Corp | Mahoney, Michael | AWOL 09/16 | |
| H | Pvt | Redmond, Martin | KIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Collins, Hugh | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Corrigan, Joseph | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Hanscomb, Alby | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Hartman, Louis | KIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Hayes, Seymour | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Houston, Carter | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Stafford, Benjamin | WIA 09/17 | |
| K | Sgt | Spies, Myron | MWIA 09/17 | |
| F&S | LCol | Richardson, Richard H | |
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