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 112 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Duffy, John	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Eagan, James	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Flood, Edward	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Corp	Kennedy, 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	Rutledge, William	WIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Vickerage, Henry	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Allen, William	KIA 09/17
B	Lt	Dexter, Samuel	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McClafferty, Patrick	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Robbins, Warren	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Roe, John	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sharkey, Brian	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	White, John	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	Sgt	Gallagher, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hill, Thomas	KIA 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	Sparrows, Charles	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Trainor, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bryant, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Hawksley, George	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McCue, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McLaughlin, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sharkey, William	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Standiford, Richard	KIA 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	Donohue, Cornelius	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dubbins, Thomas	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kearns, 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	McDonough, Michael	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	O'Neill, Dennis C.	KIA 09/17
E	Sgt	O'Reilly, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Souvey, Louis	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tief, Edward	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tivernan, Dennis	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Van Voost, Henry	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Beck, Charles	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Brahaney, William	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Connor, Thomas	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Grawe, Ferdinand	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Roche, William	AWOL 09/00
F	Pvt	Welsh, John	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Wolfer, Stephen	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	Curran, William	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Daley, James P.	WIA/POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Gallagher, Marks	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Gilbert, Edward	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McConnell, Michael	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	McKnight, Alexander	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Murray, Francis	KIA 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	Pvt	Sugar, John	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	West, William	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Wright, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Byrne, William F.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Conley, James	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	Mullen, Andrew	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	O'Brien, John A.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ahrend, Ernest	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Asman, Peter	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Avant, A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Braws, Joseph	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Carr, James	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Challier, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Darey, Patrick	KIA 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	Helfenstein, William	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	McSweeny, John	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Moore, Robert	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Reynolds, Francis F.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ringwald, Matthias	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ryan, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Schick, Sebastien	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Vilbert, John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wilbacher, Henry	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Winter, Armand	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Woodrich, Rofe	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Zumau, Henry	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cusick, Michael	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Heany, Robert	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Lee, William	KIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Bomford, George Newman	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Mallon, James Edward

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