Federal Regiment

59th New York Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. William L. Tidball

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

On the Antietam Campaign

On the 59th New York Infantry monument at the Battlefield: " ... John Lemuel Stetson of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Lieutenant Colonel ... Out of 300 men and 21 officers who went into battle nearby, there fell 224, including Lieut. Col. Stetson and 8 officers - a loss in officers exceeded only twice in the war."

Statistics

Initial Strength: 381; Killed in Action (KIA): 71; Wounded (WIA): 153;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 58.8%

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

We have 195 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bell, John	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Breslin, Dennis	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cavanaugh, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Coffey, Thomas	POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Crosby, Thomas	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dykes, William	WIA 00/00
A	Pvt	Hughes, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Judge, Michael	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kearney, Edward	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kennedy, William	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Kerrigan, James C.	MWIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Kitchell, Alfred F.	KIA 09/17
A	Sgt	Leach, John R.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	McGinnis, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Nicholas, Francois	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Sheridan, Owen	WIA/POW 09/17
A	Pvt	Smith, William	WIA 09/17
A	Capt	Whitney, Charles Kimball	MWIA 09/17
B	Corp	Beals, Harvey F.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bickford, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bradbury, Peter	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Burns, Thomas	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Burton, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Carney, Barney	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cooney, Thomas P.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Dapper, Emil A.
B	Pvt	Davidson, Samuel	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Erskine, Theodore	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Farmer, James B.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gallagher, John	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Gates, Alvah	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Grant, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hartney, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hess, Richard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Howe, Samuel	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Marcellus, Abijah	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	McCormack, James	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McHenry, Thomas	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McKenna, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McMahon, Patrick	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Morrow, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	O'Neil, Uriah	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Onderdonk, Joseph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Riordan, Thomas	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Robbins, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Rodgers, Joseph	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Scanlon, John	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Utley, Walter	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Welsh, Daniel	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Woodcock, Nicholas	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Baumgartner, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Butger, Henry F.	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Foss, John	MWIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Kleiber, Ferdinand	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Lutz, Lorenz	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Maul, Conrad	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Maute, Johan	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Muller, Jacob	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Nopiel, Frederick	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Prein, Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Schenck, Joseph	KIA 09/17
C	Capt	Thomain, Max A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Wegener, Charles	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Winterberg, Frederick	POW 09/17
D	Sgt	Couchman, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Davis, Jedediah	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Derry, Peter	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Flynn, Cornelius	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gallagher, Daniel	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Hannon, Patrick	KIA 09/17
D	Lt	Heitman, Barthold H.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Kelly, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McGraine, Patrick	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	McLeod, Alexander	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Murphy, Patrick	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Ryckman, Samuel	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Samuels, Henry	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Schofield, Marzellus	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Waring, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bassett, Allorian J.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bowen, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Chase, John B.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dubois, Peter P.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Eckert, Linden	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Goodnough, Jonathan C.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kinne, Joseph D.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Morrell, John E.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mosier, Oliver T.	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Plue, Charles	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Roosa, Stephen Cortland	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, Leander	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Thomas, Horace	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Vandevere, William B.
E	Lt	Vansteenbergh, Benjamin V.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Atkinson, John J.	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Broadhurst, Walter	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Brown, George D.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Burnside, George	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Crowell, William	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	DeLacey, Edward	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Fezler, Wesley	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Giesler, Ferdinand	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Hanley, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kechler, Matthias	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Knapp, James	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Leshhorn, Francis W.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Martin, Michael	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McQuade, John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Moorehead, Robert	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Morehead, Robert	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Neil, Robert	KIA 09/17
F	Lt	Purdy, James Hart	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Queen, Christopher	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Sullivan, John	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	Wade, Edward H.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Waldron, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Walker, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Warner, John B.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Williams, Charles	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Zweybrucker, Lewis	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Allen, Elisha	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Ausman, Jacob	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Ausman, Peter	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Ausmon, Christopher	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Ausmon, Jacob	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Blauvelt, George W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Burns, Edward	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Dellamore, Richard	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Dillon, James	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Eastman, Byron	KIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Hart, David H.	MWIA 09/17
G	Capt	Jennings, Gould J.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Kochler, John	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McDonald, John	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Pitcher, Gordon	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Randall, Orson	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Smith, James M.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bechtel, Solomon	MWIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Clark, Jacob W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Craig, Failey	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hayes, Abner	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Holland, Isaac	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Mahagan, William	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McGinn, Patrick	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Miller, Samuel F.	KIA 09/17
H	Capt	Moody, Miller	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Pritchard, Charles B.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Runyan, James Martin	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Schill, Sebastian	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Terry, George W.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Wands, Charles Francis	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Willison, Sylvester	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Wollcott, Beal	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Acker, John W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Brady, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Collins, William J.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Cronk, Charles	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Dexter, Samuel	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Dooling, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Furgerson, Daniel P.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Horton, William S.	POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Keach, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Lent, George H.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Mead, Nelson	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Miller, Pierre	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Pratt, William N.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Proud, Andrew A.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Riker, Sr., Joseph Lopez Diaz	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Smalley, Harvey H.	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Squires, Owen	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Stewart, Hamilton	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Sutton, Edgar	KIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Walter, George M.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Wilson, Harvey N.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wilson, Herman	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wixon, Daniel	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bacon, John	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Burns, Hugh	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cameron, Thomas	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Carr, John	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cavanaugh, James	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Davis, John	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Eckweiller, John P.	WIA/POW 09/17
K	Capt	Florentine, Jr., Abraham	MWIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Goodwin, Ivory	KIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Kennedy, Michael	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Martin, Michael	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McNally, James	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Murphy, Alexander	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Otterson, William H. L.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Rapp, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Read, David	POW 09/17
K	Lt	Smurr, William K.	KIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Stetson, John Lemuel	KIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Tidball, William Linn

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