Federal Regiment

51st New York Infantry

"Shepard Rifles"
Organized: New York City; mustered in 10/23/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 7/25/1865

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Robert B. Potter

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Ninth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 9th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps

On the Antietam Campaign

In tandem with the 51st Pennsylvania, the 51st New York were the first across the Lower Bridge just before 1pm on 17 September.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #8: Rodman's Division Crosses at Snavely's Ford (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #58: Sturgis' Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #100: Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 1 PM to 17 Sep, 7 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #68: Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM

References & Notes

Source: Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908.

We have 37 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
B	Lt	Berryman, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Boote, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Butterfield, David C.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Grandall, George	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Quigley, Patrick	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Reynolds, Leander	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Thompson, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Delaney, John	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Donnally, Edward	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Ekenauer, Albert	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Loud, George W.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Miller, James K. P.	KIA 09/17
D	Corp	Moreland, Alexander	KIA 09/17
D	Lt	Whitman, George Washington
E	Pvt	Johnson, George	MWIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Madara, Samuel B.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	McMahon, Charles M.	MWIA 09/17
F	Lt	Ackerson, William T.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	McCafferty, Patrick	KIA 09/17
F	Corp	Reynolds, Stoel F.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Wood, George	MWIA 09/17
G	Corp	Betters, Charles	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Dall, Robert C.	KIA 09/17
G	Capt	Sims, Samuel Harris
G	Pvt	Stockwell, Thomas N.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Barger, Allen	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Barrett, Absalom	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Chaloner, Richard	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Fines, Dennis	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Higgins, James	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Miller, Edward	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Bruce, Orlando G.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Chamberlain, Myron	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Keefe, Michael	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Caruana, Orlando Emanuel
F&S	Lt	Fowler, Andrew L.	KIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Potter, Robert Brown

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