Federal Regiment

61st New York Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Francis C. Barlow
LCol. Nelson A. Miles

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

On the Antietam Campaign

In Maryland "the little Sixty-first regiment was commanded by Colonel Barlow and Lieut. Col. Miles. For field purposes the regiment was divided into three companies. First, the company commanded by Capt. Angell and Lieut. Keech, in which was my Company C. (Capt. Broady was at this time away on sick leave). Second company was commanded by Capt. Walter H. Maze and the third by Capt. Geo. D. H. Watts. There were about 35 men to the company. In other words, there were but one hundred and five muskets for all of these officers to direct."1

At Antietam, the 61st was combined or consolidated with the 64th NY Infantry, both Regiments under the command of Col Barlow, they fought in the Sunken Road and on Piper's Farm in the midday phase of the battle on September 17th.

Statistics

Initial Strength: 105; Killed in Action (KIA): 7; Wounded (WIA): 39;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 43.8%

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)

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 #45: Caldwell'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

We have 59 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Fee, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Madden, William	Died (d) 12/06
A	Capt	Maze, Walter H.
A	Pvt	McCoy, John	MWIA 09/14
A	Pvt	McMann, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Rogers, Bernard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	DeGraf, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Gallagher, Hugh	KIA 09/17
B	Lt	Grannis, Frederick Winslow
B	Pvt	Lyons, Patrick	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Shea, Michael	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Starr, James M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Sullivan, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Allen, Freeman	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Barney, Levi D.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Carncross, Jacob Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Fuller, Charles Augustus
C	Lt	Greig, Theodore W	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Hascall, Arthur Foote	Died (a) 11/08
C	Sgt	Jacobs, George Albert
C	Pvt	Kelsey, Julius C.	KIA 09/18
C	Pvt	Richardson, Gleason P.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Whitney, Porter E.
D	Sgt	Murphy, Michael Patrick
E	Capt	Angell, Manton C.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dailey, Edward	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Carroll, John H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Clare, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dailey, Malachi	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Noble, Edward	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Novbourne, Richard	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	O'Brien, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rodgers, William	KIA 09/17
F	Capt	Watts, George D. H.
F	Pvt	West, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Brayman, Samuel H.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Brookins, William H.
G	Pvt	Cuppernell, Hale S.	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Keech, Willard
G	Pvt	Kinney, Jr., Chester	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McMahon, John	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Millen, William J.	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Skinner, Madison Hamilton	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bennett, William I.	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Collins, William A.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Freeman, Alonzo	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Nolan, Edward	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Patrick, Joseph	WIA 09/17
H	Corp	Turner, George	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Van Etten, Theodore	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Welsh, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bronby, Charles	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Crosby, Edward	WIA 09/00
K	Sgt	Hoffman, Jacob	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, Christopher	WIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Barlow, Francis Channing	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Miles, Nelson Appleton
F&S	ASrg	Rowland, Marvin C.
F&S	Surg	Tompkins, Hartwell Carver

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Federal Regiment

61st New York Infantry

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