Federal Battery

2nd United States Artillery, Battery D

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Lt. Edward B. Williston

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; Wounded (WIA): 2;

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)

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
Tablet #104: Battery D, 2d US Artillery - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM

We have 6 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
--	Lt	Borrowe, William
--	Lt	Fitzhugh, Robert Hughes
--	Lt	Pendleton, Philip Clayton
--	Pvt	Walker, Eleazer R.	Died (d) 11/14
--	Lt	Warner, Charles Nelson
--	Lt	Williston, Edward Bancroft

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