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57th New York Infantry

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol. Philip J. Parisen
  Maj. Alford B. Chapman

 

Arms:
   Enfield Rifle

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps


Statistics

Initial Strength: 309; Killed in Action (KIA): 53;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 17.2%

Map Showing this Unit

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #34: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 8 PM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #47: Brooke's Brigade, Richardson's Division - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #44: Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

More on the Web

Captain Gilbert Frederick's The Story of a Regiment: being a Record of the Military Services of the Fifty-seventh New York State Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (1895) is online in its entirety from the Internet Archives.

We have 74 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtBridges, John D.WIA   09/17
APvtCollins, Cornelius WIA   09/17
APvtCommass, Joseph D.WIA   09/17
ASgtCooper, Henry W.KIA   09/17
ACorpGarretson, Charles K.WIA   09/17
ACorpHonsel, Henry C.WIA   09/17
APvtIren, George WIA   09/17
APvtKennedy, John WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtLadlay, George WIA   09/17
ACorpMesler, William P.        We have some details for this person
ACorpMiller, Andrew WIA   09/17
APvtMurphy, John P.WIA   09/17
APvtReed, Nathaniel WIA   09/17
APvtRoy, John WIA   09/17
APvtWright, David MWIA   09/17
BPvtBice, Peter WIA   09/17
BPvtCarr, Henry WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BSgtCarr, John W.WIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BPvtGriffiths, Frederick WIA   09/17
BSgtHalstead, Edmund RogersKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtHanson, Silas W.KIA   09/17
BPvtKenyon, Richard AWOL   09/17
BPvtLane, Thomas WIA   09/17
BPvtMoll, John MWIA   09/17
BSgtSavage, Charles C.WIA   09/17
BSgtStockwell, William SewardWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BPvtWill, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCaptBell, John H.WIA   09/17
CSgtFrazer, Alexander WIA   00/00     We have some details for this person
CPvtSnyder, James WIA   09/17
DCaptBritt, James WallaceWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
DPvtFarrell, Denis WIA   09/17
DPvtMyers, Berthold WIA   09/17
EPvtCampbell, Joseph WIA   09/17
ESgtRisley, Charles KIA   09/17
ECorpTyrrell, Edward WIA   09/17
FPvtBates, William KIA   09/17
FSgtFinlason, William H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtBassett, James WIA   09/17
GPvtEglington, William KIA   09/17
GPvtHayley, Patrick WIA   09/17
GPvtKenney, James AWOL   09/17
GPvtMcQuirk, John KIA   09/17
GPvtWest, Benjamin KIA   09/17
HPvtAdams, Casper KornWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtAdams, Samuel WIA   09/17
HPvtAnderson, John WIA   09/17
HPvtBender, Henry WIA   09/17
HPvtChambers, Augustus KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtClark, Jesse L.WIA   09/17
HPvtClark, Jesse L.WIA   09/17
HLtHigbee, Henry H.KIA   09/17
HPvtMcGowan, Franklin WIA   09/17
HPvtStanford, Christopher KIA   09/17
IPvtBenjamin, Henry WIA   09/17
IPvtBrandt, James H.WIA   09/17
ILtFolger, Henry H.KIA   09/17
IPvtGerard, John KIA   09/17
IPvtHoman, William WIA   09/17
IPvtJepson, George WIA   09/17
IPvtKelly, Martin WIA   09/17
IPvtMarion, William F.KIA   09/17
ICorpPark, William B.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtReese, William KIA   09/17
ICorpRuland, Joel EdwinKIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
IPvtSimonson, John KIA   09/17
KPvtBridge, Jeptha WIA   09/17
KPvtBugbee, Henry F.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KCorpFerguson, Uriah L.WIA   09/17
KPvtJones, Evan ThomasWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtStilwell, Clark MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SMajChapman, Alford B        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SLtFavill, Josiah Marshall        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SLColParisen, Philip JohnKIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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