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Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Francis E. Pinto
Maj. Alexander Raszewski
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Sixth Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, 6th Corps
Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
Lieutenant Colonel Pinto of the 32nd New York Infantry was assigned temporary command of the regiment on 13 September 1862, in relief of Colonel Calvin E. Pratt, who had been discharged on 10 September to accept the commission of Brigadier General of Volunteers. Pinto led the 31st New York in action at Crampton's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September but was ordered back to command the 32nd NY on the 17th, leaving the Major of the 31st, Alexander Raszewski, in command.1
Scott Hartwig2 notes a newspaper clipping - from Washington, May 21 - puts Pratt in command of the 31st at Antietam; this seems unlikely, and I don't believe that's what the clipping said.
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
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 #71: Slocum's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
After the Antietam Campaign
Pinto was offered the commission of Colonel of the 31st Infantry on 1 October (to date from 13 September) 1862, but declined in favor of the Colonelcy of the 32nd New York, same date. The Adjutant, Frank Jones was commissioned Colonel, 31st New York Infantry on 25 November 1862 (to date from 13 September).
We have 2 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Corp | Bruns, Henry | WIA 09/17 |  |
| F&S | Maj | Raszewski, Alexander |  |
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1 Pinto, Francis Effingham, History of the 32nd Regiment, New York Volunteers, in the Civil War, 1861 to 1863, and Personal Recollections during that Period, Brooklyn: F.E. Pinto, 1895, p. 101 [AotW citation 31345]
2 Hartwig, D. Scott, I Dread the Thought of the Place: the Battle of Antietam and the end of the Maryland Campaign, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023, p. 797, note 4 [AotW citation 30057]