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8th Michigan Infantry

 

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

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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 PvtGillis, Andrew H.        We have some details for this person
A PvtLane, Isaac WIA/POW   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
B PvtCrowell, Sheldon KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtDoty, Franklin WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtDouglas, Asa WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtMundall, John Died (d)   11/21     We have some details for this person
B PvtTerwilliger, Homer WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtClise, Jacob KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtTollman, Henry S.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D CaptBuchanan, John ClaudiusWIA   09/17     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
DPvtWalker, Stephen B.Died (d)   11/02     We have some details for this person
G CorpAckley, Casander MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtHall, Miles F.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtHiggins, Henry MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtHolmes, Walter WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtSawyer, Elbert HenryWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
G PvtShaw, William H.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I PvtAdams, James KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I PvtAllen, David WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
I PvtChase, James WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtCrawford, Thomas WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
I PvtMathewson, John B.        We have some details for this person
I PvtSeigle, Bartley WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SMajEly, Ralph         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SLColGraves, Frank         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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Notes

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]