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Federal Regiment

8th Ohio Infantry

Organized: Cleveland, OH; mustered in 6/26/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Cleveland, OH 7/13/1864

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol. Franklin Sawyer

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps


Unit history

This regiment organized for three months service May 2nd, 1861, and for three years June 26th, 1861

Statistics

Initial Strength: 341; Killed in Action (KIA): 32; Wounded (WIA): 129; Missing in Action (MIA): 5;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 48.7%

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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 #40: French's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #116, cont: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #41: Kimball's Brigade, French's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 2 PM

References & Notes

See a very fine site about the battle, with a special section on Antietam.

We have 173 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

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ASgtGoodsell, Jr., David JudsonWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
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