Federal Regiment

5th Ohio Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. John Collins

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Twelfth Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 12th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #4: Greene's High-Water Mark in the West Woods (9am-noon)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #48: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 12 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #27: Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #50: Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #117: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #51: Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #53: Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

We have 13 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Christ, Jacob	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gutzler, Jacob	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Howard, George	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Albers, Henry Anthony	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Armstrong, John W.	MWIA 09/14
E	Corp	Gentle, George W.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Spellman, William	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Miller, John M.	KIA 09/17
I	Corp	Fitzgibbons, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Kendall, Lorenzo	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Murphy, John P	WIA 09/17
F&S	Surg	Ball, Alfred
F&S	Maj	Collins, John

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