Federal Regiment

82nd New York Infantry (2nd Militia)

Mustered in on 6/7/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: New York City, NY 6/25/1864

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Henry W. Hudson

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

Unit history

"The 2d Regiment Militia failing to be ordered to the front under the first call, organized in New York City as a regiment of volunteers ... the regiment was recruited principally in New York City, turned over to the State in September, 1861, and received its numerical volunteer designation December 7, 1861."

"The regiment served at and near Washington, D. C., from May 20, 1861; in 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Army Department N. E. Virginia, from July, 1861; in Stone's Brigade, Division Potomac, from August 1, 1861; in Gorman's Brigade, Stone's Division, Army of Potomac, from October 15, 1861; in same, 1st, brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, Army of Potomac, from March, 1862; and commanded by Col. Henry W. Hudson, it was honorably discharged and mustered out June 25, 1864, at New York City."
(from Phisterer)

Statistics

Initial Strength: 339; Killed in Action (KIA): 21; Wounded (WIA): 92; Missing in Action (MIA): 15;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 37.8%

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

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 #37: Gorman's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

References & Notes

Source: Phisterer, Frederick, New York in the War of the Rebellion (3rd edition), Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.

We have 100 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bell, Lewis	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Chessey, Fidero	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hoffman, John H.	AWOL 09/17
A	Pvt	Kulp, Lyman	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Barrett, Dennis	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Finan, James N.	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Griffin, Charles J.	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	McPeake, John	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Corp	Parry, Francis A.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Streeet, Joseph A.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Whalen, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Craft, Morrison B.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Goodman, Henry J.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hallahan, John	AWOL 09/17
C	Corp	Hayes, Jeremiah	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Jameson, John E.	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McCorckle, Joseph H.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McIntosh, John	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Moore, Richard	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	O'Brien, Patrick	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Smith, Thomas	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Dates, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Dixon, Joshua	MWIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Garvey, James	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gray, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Henley, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Riordan, William	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Smith, Samuel	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Williams, William	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Wilson, Jr., George	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Aston, George W.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Aston, Joseph E.	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Corp	Bray, Dennis	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Corson, George	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Daley, Michael J.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Donnelly, Hugh	MWIA 09/17
E	Capt	Embler, Andrew Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Fitzsimmons, Henry	WIA 09/17
E	Corp	Fletcher, Nicholas D.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Fletcher, Jr., William H.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Fowler, Richard	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Geraghty, Martin	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hanley, James	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Montgomery, Thomas	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	O'Neil, Francis	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Ryan, Michael J.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Sampson, James	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Shea, Daniel D.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, George	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Erb, George	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Foley, Cornelius	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gordon, Thomas	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kelly, John	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kelly, William N.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lennox, William	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lyons, James	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Matthews, Ross	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McDermott, Terrance	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McKenney, Willam	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Metzinger, Charles	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Morris, Frederick R.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Powers, Lawrence	WIA/POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Rooney, Christie	POW 09/17
F	Pvt	Witt, Bernard	WIA 09/17
G	Corp	Fenton, James V.	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	McFadden, Patrick	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Moore, Frank S.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Parker, William	MIA (n) 09/17
G	Pvt	Thomas, Thomas	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Tubbs, Cornelius	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Cunningham, Patrick	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Dixon, Robert	MWIA 09/17
H	Corp	Gilligan, Thomas	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Kelly, Patrick	AWOL 09/20
H	Pvt	Lane, Michael	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Lee, Thomas	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Manahan, William	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McCue, Michael	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	McLaughlin, Patrick	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Muller, Charles	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Snedwin, John H.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Barret, James	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Egan, James	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Finley, Jr., John	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Herbert, Patrick	WIA/POW 09/17
I	Pvt	Klein, Adam	KIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McDonald, Noble	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McKnight, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Oakman, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Smith, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Sneden, John N.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Curry, Patrick	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hacker, Charles	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Kelly, Jeremiah	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McGarry, Patrick J.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McMurrin, Henry S.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Pawson, James	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Quail, James	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Wilson, David	WIA 09/17
F&S	Col	Hudson, Henry Wadsworth

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