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88th Pennsylvania Infantry

"Cameron Light Guards"
Organized: Wissahickon (near Philadelphia), PA; mustered in August 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Washington, DC 6/30/1865

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol. George W. Gile
  Capt. Christian S. Carmack
  Capt. Henry R. Myers

 

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


Unit history

Companies A, B, and H, were recruited in Berks county, and the remaining companies in Philadelphia. The unit's first serious combat was at 2nd Bull Run (30 Aug 1862). At that battle .. "Colonel M'Lean being absent, sick, the command devolved upon Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. M'Lean, who shortly after the action opened was mortally wounded, the command devolving on Major Gile."
(from Bates)

On the Antietam Campaign

At the start of the Maryland Campaign, the regiment was detailed as guard to a wagon-train at Frederick, MD. They were not directly involved at South Mountain, though nearby.

On the 17th they advanced with their brigade as part of the Federal First Corps advance down the Hagerstown Pike, and were heavily engaged.

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #14: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #7: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #9: Christian's Brigade, Ricketts' Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
Tablet #81: Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

References & Notes

Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.; Extracted online at the Pennsylvania in the Civil War site.

We have 68 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
A PvtHemminger, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A MusMetz, Manoah WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtMillhoff, Charles KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtMohr, Daniel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A SgtStrahle, Conrad WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A SgtWhiteside, Henry WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtWynn, Charles WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
A PvtZeiber, John WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtBurkhart, Samuel WIA   09/17
BCaptMyers, Henry R        We have some details for this person
B PvtReifsneider, Joel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B SgtShravely, Zacharias WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C CorpBlaney, Patrick MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtDavis, George W.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtDowney, James KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C SgtFox, Chakley WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C CorpKellum, John MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtRuth, Simpson WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtSouthwick, John H.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CCaptSteeple, J. Sarazin WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C LtWamsley, Andrew J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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D PvtCaldwell, Samuel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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D SgtRuth, Augustin M.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E PvtBose Sr., William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E CaptCarmack, Christian SmithWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E PvtClark, Henry WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E PvtFord, Henry WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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F PvtLoudenslager, R. H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G LtWingate, Walter S.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtBechtel, John A.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtBosler, Henry WIA   09/17
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H PvtHennershitz, James KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H SgtHummel, Benner WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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H PvtMyers, Joseph WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H LtQuimby, Henry E.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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H PvtWitmoyer, John WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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