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71st Pennsylvania Infantry

"The 1st California Regiment"

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Isaac J. Wistar
  Capt. Richard P. Smith
  Capt. Enoch E. Lewis

 

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


Unit history

"[In August 1861] ... hailing from Philadelphia and New York City, but also from Washington, D.C., New England and the West, as well as a goodly number from Ireland, Scotland, England and even Jamaica, [the men] found themselves training along the crowded streets of New York City. These boys were members of the California Regiment, a unit with no more than a tenuous link to the state for which it was named, that had been organized in the first weeks following the surrender of Fort Sumter by Senator Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon."

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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 #39: Howard's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM

References & Notes

See a fine narrative of the Colonel and his Regiment at Antietam, from e-History.

We have 61 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtBulmer, Benjamin WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
APvtCampbell, Hugh AlexanderWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtChorlton, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtDawson, Robert KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtPillings, Thomas KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
ACaptSmith, Richard PennWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BPvtBower, Frederick WIA   09/17
BPvtCampbell, James WIA   09/17
B SgtLeBold, Jacob KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtMigent, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtMiller, Charles KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B LtWilson, William MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtBrown, David PaulMWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtBuchanan, Henry W.WIA   09/17
C PvtFlood, Arthur J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtHandy, David KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtHiggins, Samuel W.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtKinsella, James WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtKnight, Harry W.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C SgtPaist, Alban T.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtSlater, Samuel KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtTaney, Washington MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtAngleman, George WIA   09/17
DPvtCandy, Michael R.WIA   09/17
D CorpHunt, Elijah R.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBrady, William WIA   09/17
ESgtDe Putron, Jacob Coleman        We have some details for this person
E PvtLogan, Charles KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtAnderson, William J.WIA   09/17
FPvtCaldwell, James WIA   09/17
F PvtDeYoung, Benjamin KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F PvtFarrady, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F PvtHarwood, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G CorpBlack, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G CaptHagan, Thomas WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtMcCarol, James KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtOswald, Jacob KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtSmith, Philip KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtFallows, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtLoveland, Albert EugeneKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtRobertson, William B.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtSargster, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtWilliamson, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtBrown, Richard WIA   09/17
I PvtDruvenga, Rudolph B.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I PvtGriffith, Milton J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I SgtMurray, Alexander KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I PvtNoble, Samuel F.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtCarey, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtCarlin, John C.WIA   09/17
K LtConvery, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtDellinger, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtKildea, Thomas WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KCaptLewis, Enoch E        We have some details for this person
K SgtLynch, Thomas KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtMcKewoen, Hugh WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtMooney, Patrick WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtMullen, Joseph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtMurphy, James WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtStephens, Alex MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SColWistar, Isaac JonesWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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