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3rd United States Infantry

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Capt. John D. Wilkins

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Fifth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 5th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps


On the Antietam Campaign

9 Companies of the Third Infantry were in Maryland1 and they were commanded by:

Co. B - 2LT Isaac A. Helm
Co. C - 1LT George B. Eckert
Co. D - CPT Francis A. Davies (16th US Inf)
Co. E - 1LT Daingerfield Parker
Co. F - CPT John D. Wilkins (and commanding the whole)
Co. G - 1LT John B. Williams
Co. H - 1LT Andrew Sheridan
Co. I - 1LT John H. Page
Co. K - 1LT Jacob F. Kent

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #22: Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #82: 3rd US Infantry, Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 3 PM to 19 Sep, 8 AM

We have 9 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
BLtHelm, Isaac A.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
CLtEckert, George Brown        We have some details for this person
DCaptDavies, Francis Asbury        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ELtParker, Daingerfield         We have some details for this person
GLtWilliams, John Benson        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
HLtSheridan, Andrew         We have some details for this person
ILtPage, John Henry        We have some details for this person
KLtKent, Jacob Ford        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
--CaptWilkins, John Darragh        We have some details for this person

 

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Notes

1   Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Infantry Division, 1861-1864: A History of Regular United States Infantry Operations in the Civil War's Eastern Theater, Jefferson (NC): McFarland&Company, Inc., 1990, p. 385  [AotW citation 845]