Federal Regiment

32nd New York Infantry

"First California Regiment"
Organized: New York City; mustered in 31 May 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: New York City, NY 9 June 1863

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Roderick N. Matheson
  Maj. George F. Lemon
  Lt. Col. Francis E. Pinto

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 was temporarily assigned to command the 31st New York Infantry on 13 September 1862 and led them on South Mountain and up to the morning of the 17th. Colonel Matheson and Major Lemon were both mortally wounded at Crampton's Gap on September 14th and General Newton ordered Pinto back to the 32nd New York to take command on 17 September.1

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

We have 25 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Robbins, Sanford	Died (d) 11/03
A	Pvt	Van Order, Eugene	KIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Fox, Aaron	Died (d) 11/24
B	Pvt	Headley, Charles Henry	MWIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Hugenot, John	KIA 09/14
B	Sgt	Phillips, George A.	MWIA 09/14
B	Pvt	Thomas, Nicholas D.	MWIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Lappione, Matthew	KIA 09/14
D	Lt	Wright, Louis	KIA 09/14
E	Pvt	Betson, Thomas	MWIA 09/14
E	Lt	Brown, Josiah	KIA 09/14
E	Sgt	Spencer, John	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Mahone, John	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Reynolds, Michael S.	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Walling, Garret A.	Died (d) 11/11
H	Pvt	Doyle, Peter	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Knowlden, William	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Weaks, John N.	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Bradley, Charles Ellery
I	Pvt	Simpson, Eugene	MWIA 09/14
K	Pvt	Coyle, James	KIA 09/14
K	Pvt	O'Neil, Daniel	MWIA 09/14
F&S	Maj	Lemon, George Frank	MWIA 09/14
F&S	Col	Matheson, Roderick Nicol	MWIA 09/14
F&S	LCol	Pinto, Francis Effingham

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Notes

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 31344]

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