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Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
LCol. Frank Graves
Maj. Ralph Ely
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Ninth Army Corps
Division - 1st Division, 9th Corps
Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps
On the Antietam Campaign
They were transferred from the First to the Second Brigade of the Fist Division on 16 September 1862.1
Colonel William M. Fenton was not with his regiment on the Maryland Campaign. He'd been in Michigan recruiting in August, reported back to Washington DC on 15 September, was at Relay House on the 20th, and Frederick soon after. He camped with the 20th Michigan at Boonsboro (?) on the 22nd and rejoined his regiment and took command on 23 September. He was put in command of the brigade on the 24th.2
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #7: Burnside Attacks the Lower Bridge (10 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #13: AP Hill's Division Hits Burnside's Flank (4-5 pm)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #56: Ninth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 16 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #62: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 16 Sep, 9 PM to 18 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #99: Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 2 PM to 18 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #70, cont: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 3 PM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #70: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM
Tablet #57: Ninth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM
Tablet #64: Welsh's Brigade, Willcox's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 18 Sep, 5 PM
We have 25 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Pvt | Gillis, Andrew H. |  | |
| A | Pvt | Lane, Isaac | WIA/POW 09/17 |  |
| B | Pvt | Crowell, Sheldon | KIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Doty, Franklin | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Douglas, Asa | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Mundall, John | Died (d) 11/21 | |
| B | Pvt | Terwilliger, Homer | WIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Clise, Jacob | KIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Tollman, Henry S. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| D | Capt | Buchanan, John Claudius | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Walker, Stephen B. | Died (d) 11/02 | |
| G | Corp | Ackley, Casander | MWIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Hall, Miles F. | WIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Higgins, Henry | MWIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Holmes, Walter | WIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Sawyer, Elbert Henry | WIA 09/17 | |
| G | Pvt | Shaw, William H. | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Adams, James | KIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Allen, David | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Chase, James | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Crawford, Thomas | WIA 09/14 | |
| I | Pvt | Mathewson, John B. | | |
| I | Pvt | Seigle, Bartley | WIA 09/17 | |
| F&S | Maj | Ely, Ralph | | |
| F&S | LCol | Graves, Frank | |
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1 Carman, Ezra Ayers, and Dr. Thomas G. Clemens, editor, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, 3 volumes, El Dorado Hills (CA): Savas Beatie, 2010-17, Vol. II, pg. 536 [AotW citation 29458]
2 Fenton, William M., Day Book, 8th Regiment Michigan Infantry, August 1861-March 1863. Transcribed by Cheryl Canty & Wendy Bruce for the Fenton (MI) Historical Society. [AotW citation 31380]