Federal Regiment

90th Pennsylvania Infantry

Organized: near Philadelphia, PA; mustered in September 3, 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Yellow House, VA 26 November 1864

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. Peter Lyle
LCol. William A. Leech

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

In April 1862 it received its arms, altered smooth-bore muskets, which were not exchanged until July, 1864.

On the Antietam Campaign

On the afternoon of the 16th the brigade was ordered across Antietam Creek, to the support of the Pennsylvania Reserves, who had been sent to feel the enemy's position, and bivouacked at night, in line of battle. At daylight of the 17th the battle was opened by the Third Brigade, and the Ninetieth was sent to the support of Matthews' Battery. When the Third was overcome and driven back, the Second, to which the regiment belonged, and to which it had now returned, relieved the Third, and remained in action until its ammunition was exhausted, when it was withdrawn. It was later in the day sent to the extreme right to cover the Hagerstown Road, where Colonel Lyle was placed in command of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Leech assuming command of the regiment. The loss in this battle was ninety-eight. Colonel Lyle, Captain Charles F. Maguire, and Lieutenants Samuel W. Moore, Anthony Morin and James M. Moore were among the wounded.1

Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 17; Wounded (WIA): 75; Missing in Action (MIA): 9; Captured (POW): 2;

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes Miller's Cornfield (7-8 am)
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)

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

We have 112 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Bates, William	MIA (n) 09/17
A	Pvt	Goldey, James H.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hager, Philip	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	McCollough, T. A.	WIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Ruhl, John	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Sutton, John B.	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Theiss, Augustus Morris	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Beerer, Franklin Theodore	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Buchanan, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Collins, Valentine	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Genay, Alfred G.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Howell, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Mahoney, James S.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McAllister, James	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	McClardy, Andrew	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Smith, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Waters, Alexander	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Carey, Eli H.	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Fitzmier, William	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	French, John S.	WIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Good, George H.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Harrar, Thomas Rushton	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Keen, William	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Rinewalt, Jacob F.	AWOL 09/16
C	Pvt	Rusk, Jacob	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Shephard, Robert	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Stoltz, Christian	WIA 09/00
C	Pvt	Tacy, Theodore	MWIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Whitling, William	WIA 09/14
C	Pvt	Wilday, George W.	WIA 09/14
D	Corp	Bennethum, Levi S.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Donhower, George	WIA 09/17
D	Lt	Morin, Anthony	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Nace, Josiah	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Parkhill, Joseph	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Pegley, John S.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Ticknor, William	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Watson, William H.	WIA 09/14
D	Pvt	Workmeister, George W.	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Alloway, William H.	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Bowers, Richard F.	MIA (r) 09/17
E	Pvt	Chambers, George A.	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Gibson, Alexander H.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hasson, James J.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Houzlat, Washington H.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kelly, Patrick	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Lindsley, William Edgar	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Mason, Theodore	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mitchell, Samuel	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	O'Keefe, William	WIA 09/00
E	Pvt	Paul, William H.
E	Pvt	Toone, Charles	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Watson, Samuel	MIA (r) 09/14
E	Pvt	Weaver, Andrew J.	AWOL 09/14
E	Pvt	Whelan, John	AWOL 09/14
E	Pvt	Williams, Edmund C.	WIA 09/14
F	Sgt	Barry, David S.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Leavy, James	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Leister, Jacob S.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lody, Wood	AWOL 09/17
F	Pvt	McCahan, Samuel B.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	McGurk, Theodore J.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Nathans, Oscar J.	WIA 09/17
F	Lt	Reilly, John Thompson	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Elliott, James	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Ewing, Robert	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Frank, George	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Hira, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Irvin, Andrew	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Kimball, John C.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lallon, Henry	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	McIntire, Edward	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Montgomery, Samuel	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Moore, James Miles	WIA 09/17
G	Lt	Moore, Samuel W.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Venable, Charles	KIA 09/17
H	Lt	Beyer, Hillary
H	Pvt	Boorem, III, John	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Brady, George	WIA 09/00
H	Corp	Grossman, Christian	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Hawkins, Charles	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hilgart, Frank L.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	McKinley, Charles	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Palmer, Thomas	MIA (n) 09/17
H	Pvt	Peddle, Jr., William Ashford	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Phillips, William H.	MIA (r) 09/17
H	Pvt	Pickering, Joseph J.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Smith, Henry R.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Talley, Charles P.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Burke, Thomas	WIA/POW 09/14
I	Lt	Chadwick, Francis A.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Conyers, Jr., John	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Falure, Thomas J.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Getzweiller, Lewis J.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Goery, Lewis	WIA 09/17
I	Capt	Maguire, Charles F.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McQuade, John C.	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Ozias, Albert	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Street, William	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Warner, Albert	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Wood, William A.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Chapman, William H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Cribb, Thomas W.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Jackaway, Samuel	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Lunge, Levi	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Ott, Henry	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Salter, John H.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Simon, John	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Willingmyre, Theodore P.	WIA 09/17
F&S	LCol	Leech, William Albert
F&S	Col	Lyle, Peter	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Sellers, Alfred Jacob

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Federal Regiment

90th Pennsylvania Infantry

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