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Maryland Light Artillery, Battery A

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Capt. John W. Wolcott

 

Arms:
  8   3-in. Ordnance Rifle

 

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Sixth Army Corps
  Division - 1st Division, 6th Corps
  Brigade - 1st Division, 6th Corps Artillery


Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 1; Wounded (WIA): 11; Missing in Action (MIA): 2;

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #71: Slocum's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM

We have 5 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
--CorpCasey, Martin J.WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--LtChamberlin, Lowell Augustus        We have some details for this person
--SgtDaneker, Edwin ThomasWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--PvtMarsden, Charles ThomasKIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--CaptWolcott, John Wesley        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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