Federal Regiment

66th New York Infantry

"Governor's Guard"
Organized: New York City, NY; mustered in 11/4/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Fort Richmond, New York harbor, NY 8/30/1865

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. Julius Wehle
LCol. James H. Bull

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

Unit history

This regiment was organized by the State October 29, 1861, at New York City, by the consolidation of the Mechanic Rifles, Col. James H. Bull, with the Governor's Guard, Col. Joseph C. Pinckney, of the 6th Militia, with the latter as Colonel.

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #9: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road (10-11 am)

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

We have 76 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Armslong, Henry	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Davis, David	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Herbst, Heinrich	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Meltz, August	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Murphy, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Sperber, John	MWIA 09/17
A	Corp	Stube, Friedrich	KIA 09/17
A	Capt	Wehle, Julius
B	Pvt	Carney, John	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Embree, William	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Falvey, Dennis	MWIA 09/17
B	Sgt	McAully, John	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McGuire, Bernard	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Newman, Abraham D.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Ryan, Michael	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Ashnauer, Christian	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Burns, Owen	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Farson, John	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Hentzler, Christian	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Mannheim, Bernhardt
C	Corp	Pincus, Adolph	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Pincus, Simon	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	White, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Williams, Charles	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Winklehaus, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Broughill, John	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Brunner, Charles	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Meehan, Thomas	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Purcell, Timothy	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Welsh, John	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bamberger, Joseph	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Fischer, Matheus	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Holz, Louis	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Rauschkoeb, Francis	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Schilling, Friedrich	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Schuster, Joseph	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Schwartz, Frederick	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Steede, Christian	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Barnes, Lucius J.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dow, Andrew	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Dunn, Owen	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kane, William	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Keenan, Patrick	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McGregor, George R. A.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McKeeney, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McNeill, David	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Ostheimer, Isaac	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Rooney, William	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Sowders, Daniel	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Wayne, Walter George	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Conerey, Michael	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Dance, Charles W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Mulholland, Hugh	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Uhline, George	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Whelan, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Curran, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Foman, Patrick	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Gibson, Henry	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Martin, Patrick	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Page, James L.	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Suffolk, Owen	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Campbell, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Crissey, Frederick M.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Early, Thomas	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hunter, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Asmus, Thomas	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fischer, Phillip	WIA 09/17
K	Sgt	Hartig, Ernest	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hess, Jacob	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Loeb, Louis	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Marcus, Samuel	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Vath, Phillip	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Walther, Phillip	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Weidlich, William	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Young, Frederick	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Bull, James Henry

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