Federal Regiment

7th Maine Infantry

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Maj. Thomas W Hyde

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Sixth (VI) Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, VI Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps

Statistics

Initial Strength: 181; Killed in Action (KIA): 25;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 13.8%

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #75: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #72: Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #74, cont: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM

More on the Web

See a fine article recreating the 7th Maine's attack on September 17th from the point of view of one of it's soldiers.

We have 101 individuals who were on the Maryland Campaign in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Lt	Butler, Joseph G.	MIA (r) 09/17
A	Pvt	Haines, Roger B.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Keating, Richard	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lewin, Jr., James	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Merritt, Augustus	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Wolhampter, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Crawford, Thomas O.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Elders, Calvin	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Grant, Addison	WIA 09/17
B	Lt	Haskell, William L.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hatch, M. M.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Hawes, Charles B.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Holbrook, William Henry Harrison	MIA (r) 09/17
B	Capt	Jones, James Parnell	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	McKenney, John Crosby	POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Merro, Timothy	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Skolfield, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Thoits, Charles Rotheus	MIA (r) 09/17
B	Corp	Timmings, Crossman	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Tobey, Enos Merrill	MIA (r) 09/17
B	Pvt	York, William H.	MWIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Benson, Andrew Melvin	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Bragg, George E.	MWIA 09/17
C	Corp	Harmon, Allen S.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McKay, Moses	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	McLaughlin, Eli	MIA (r) 09/17
C	Corp	McPheters, Warren A.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Stickney, William C.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Thomas, James A.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Babb, Joseph E.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Burroughs, Albert K.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Campbell, Harry	KIA 09/17
D	Lt	Goodwin, Charles Augustus	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Goodwin, Flavel H.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Page, Jacob	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Penbrook, Charles P.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Richardson, Thomas A.	MIA (r) 09/17
D	Pvt	Ross, Horace	WIA 09/17
D	Corp	Saunders, George D.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Batchelder, Abram	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Burrill, Newell S.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Dolan, Thomas	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Emery, Augustus F.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hammond, Elias H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hennabry, Thomas	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Preble, Rufus	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Tuttle, S. R.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Benson, William H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Chase, Charles B.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Foster, Israel A.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	O'Brien, Patrick S.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Philbrick, H. D.	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Shorey, Lyman Munson	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Studley, Benjamin C.	POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Tibbets, Frederick C.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Townsend, Elden	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Williams, George E.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Wixon, Hiram	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Armstrong, James H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Begg, John R.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Cobb, James H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Coffer, Dennis	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Jackson, Robert H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Johnston, James	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Knight, William P.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lent, James W.	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Motly, William H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Murphy, Edward	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Nason, William P.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Norton, Jeremiah S.	MIA (r) 09/17
G	Pvt	Sprague, Alvah J.	POW 09/17
G	Pvt	Waterhouse, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Waterhouse, T. J.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Boyer, George R.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Commey, J. F.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Debeck, Elisha C.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Eddy, Charles H.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hodgkins, George W.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Rowe, Orlando J.	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Warren, Henry	MIA (r) 09/17
I	Lt	Brown, Harlan Page	KIA 09/17
I	Capt	Cook, John B.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hardy, Lewis E.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hartford, Darius	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Hill, Henry Francis	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Jordan, Willis T.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Turney, Enoch B.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Whittier, Albert B.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Buker, Hiram	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Carvill, Jordan Golder	WIA 09/17
K	Capt	Cochrane, Granville Park	WIA 09/17
K	Corp	Collins, Edward	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Fargo, Elisha S.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hall, George B.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McHannan, Felix	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	McKenney, George W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Putney, George H.	POW 09/17
K	Pvt	Smith, Charles J. B.	MIA (r) 09/17
K	Pvt	Wilcox, John A.	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Hyde, Thomas Worcester
F&S	Sgt	Parsons, John W.	KIA 09/17

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