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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Samuel W. Owen
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Division - Cavalry Division
Brigade - 5th Brigade, Cavalry Division
Unit history
Formed originally as "Young's Kentucky Light Cavalry" in the Spring of 1861, the unit assembled in Philadelphia, then Washington DC where it was mustered into Federal service in August.1
On the Antietam Campaign
On the Maryland Campaign, the Regiment was assigned to General Hooker's 1st Corps. They were not engaged on 14 September on South Mountain, but they led the excursion of the Corps across the Antietam in the vicinity of Pry's Ford on the afternoon of the 16th. They saw action as skirmishers that evening, and in deployed detachments among 1st Corps infantry and artillery units all day on the 17th.2
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #21: Cavalry Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
We have 13 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Capt | Jones, Edward S. |   | |
| C | Pvt | McCoubrie, John | | |
| C | Sgt | Miller, Thompson | | |
| C | Sgt | Warren, Elisha Willard | | |
| H | Pvt | Ickes, William Miller | WIA 09/17 | |
| H | Lt | Miller, William Edward | | |
| H | Pvt | Speese, Andrew Jackson | | |
| I | Capt | Walsh, James William | | |
| M | Sgt | Bradbury, Albert | | |
| M | Capt | Hess, Frank Watson | | |
| M | Lt | Heyl, Edward Miles | | |
| F&S | Sgt | King, Samuel McKean | WIA 09/17 | |
| F&S | LCol | Owen, Samuel Wilson | |
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1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871 [AotW citation 731]
2 Rawle, William Brooke, and Regimental History Committee, History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the American Civil War, 1861-1865, Philadelphia: Franklin Printing Company, 1905, pp. 117 - 129 [AotW citation 730]