Federal Regiment

42nd New York Infantry

"The Tammany Regiment"
Organized: Great Neck, Long Island, NY; mustered in 6/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: New York City, NY 7/13/1864

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. George N. Bomford
Maj. James E. Mallon

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps

Unit history

Organized by the Tammany Society and the Union Defense Committee of New York City, and recruited there, they were mustered into service on Long Island in June 1861 for three years. They began active service on leaving New York 18 July 1861 for Washington DC.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 345; Killed in Action (KIA): 41; Wounded (WIA): 127; Missing in Action (MIA): 13;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 52.5%

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #116: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #36: Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #38: Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

After the Antietam Campaign

When the unit's term of service expired in July 1864, they were mustered out, and reenlisted men and replacements were transferred to the 82nd New York Infantry.

We have 187 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Dougherty, Bernard	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Duffy, John	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Eagan, James	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Ferguson, Samuel	MIA (r) 09/17
A	Corp	Flood, Edward	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Henratty, Michael	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Kennedy, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Leahan, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Leary, Dennis	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McAvoy, Timothy	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	McCarty, Jeremiah	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Norton, James	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Ramsey, William	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rutledge, William	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Vickrage, Henry	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Allen, William	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Healy, Oliver	KIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Hull, Henry	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Kellit, Joseph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McClafferty, Patrick	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Moore, Brice	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Quinn, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Robbins, Warren	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Roe, John	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sharkey, Bryan	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Smith, John H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	White, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wolfer, Stephen	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Barnett, Samuel	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Cobb, Septimus	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Craig, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Darcy, Patrick	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Donegan, William	WIA 09/17
C	Mus	Donovan, Daniel	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Dusolt, Andrew	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Elson, James	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Gallagher, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Harrington, Timothy	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hill, Thomas	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	McKinley, Archibald	WIA 09/17
C	Capt	McPherson, Charles	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Meyers, Jacob	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nixon, Samuel	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Pardy, Henry	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Parron, Charles	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Shoby, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Trainor, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Walsh, Patrick	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Barren, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Blackburn, Cornelius	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Brien, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Cook, Richard	WIA 09/17
D	Lt	Cooper, Poinsett	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Cummings, Daniel C.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Dolan, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gallagher, Marks	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Hawksby, George	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hayes, Patrick	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McCue, Jr., William	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Moore, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Moran, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sharkey, William	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Smith, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Ward, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Wilson, James	KIA 09/17
E	Capt	Abbott, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cassidy, John	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Cookson, William H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Crow, Richard	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Donoho, Cornelius	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dubbins, Thomas	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gardner, Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Joyce, John C.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kerns, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Lynch, Lawrence	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Malloy, John	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	McConvill, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McDonogh, Michael	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	O'Neill, Dennis C.	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	O'Reilly, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ready, Michael	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Souvey, Louis	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tief, Edward	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tivenan, Dennis	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Van Voast, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Bach, Charles	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Brahaney, William	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Connor, Thomas	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	Dexter, Samuel	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Grawe, Ferdinand	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hughes, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Johnson, Andrew J.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lahy, Michael	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Leonard, Thomas W.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Long, John	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	O'Brien, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	O'Sullivan, Lycurgus	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Owens, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Prinzel, Phillip	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Roche, William	AWOL 09/18
F	Pvt	Sullivan, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Thompson, William	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Tully, John M.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Welsh, John	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Whyte, Alexander	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Worth, Ambrose	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Becker, Charles	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Burk, Michael	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Carr, John	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Charters, Alexander	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Connell, James	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Curran, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Daley, James P.	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Flood, Michael	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Gilbert, Edward	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	King, Michael	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Maher, Dennis	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Maher, Michael	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McConnell, Michael	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	McKnight, Alexander	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McLaughlin, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Moran, Andrew	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Murray, Francis	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Nathan, Samuel	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	O'Keefe, Timothy	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Prior, Patrick	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Russell, George	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Standiford, Jr., Richard	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Sugar, John	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	West, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Wright, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Byrne, William F.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Byron, James	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Conley, James	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Dolan, Bernard Joseph	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Fay, Leonard	AWOL 09/00
H	Pvt	Manahan, Timothy	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McGovern, Bernard	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Minton, Bernard	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Mullen, Andrew J.	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Nugent, John P.	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	O'Brien, John A.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Reynolds, Bernard	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Smithwick, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Arend, Ernest	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Asman, Peter	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Assman, Frederick	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Braws, Joseph	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Carr, James	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Challier, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Deary, Bernard	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Downs, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Fitzgerald, John	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Gerrin, Michael	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Helffenstein, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Joyce, John E.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Kempf, John	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	McSweeny, John	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Moore, Robert	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Müller, Henry	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Reynolds, Francis Ferdinand	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ringwald, Matthias	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ryan, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ryan, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Schneider, Joseph	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Shalloo, James	MIA (r) 09/17
I	Pvt	Stahek, Sebastien	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Vilbert, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wiltacher, Henry	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Winter, Armand	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wollman, Julius	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Woodrich, Rofe	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Zimmerman, Henry	WIA 09/17
K	Lt	Condon, Patrick	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cusick, Michael	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Daly, Dennis	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fitzgerald, John	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Heany, Robert	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hussey, Patrick H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Lee, William	KIA 09/17
K	Capt	Lynch, William A.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Mahoney, Daniel	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Monaghan, James J.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Walsh, William J.	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Bomford, George Newman	WIA 09/17
F&S	Lt	Downing, Patrick James	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Mallon, James Edward

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