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Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Capt. Charles D. Owen
Arms:
6 3-in. Ordnance Rifle
This Battery's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of the Potomac
Corps - Second Army Corps
Division - Unattached Second Corps Artillery
Brigade - Unattached Second Corps Artillery
Unit history
The Battery left camp at Providence, after recruiting and organizing from October - December 1861, with 1st Lt Owen in command for Washington DC and Federal service.
Statistics
Initial Strength: 135; Wounded (WIA): 5;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 3.7%
Maps Showing this Unit
Detail Map #3: Mansfield's Twelfth Corps Attacks into Miller's Cornfield (7-9 am)
Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)
Detail Map #10: Confederate Counterattacks in the Center (11 am-1 pm)
Detail Map #15: The Charge of the 7th Maine at Piper's Farm (5-5:30 pm)
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
References & Notes
Strength of 130 men and 5 officers from the Battery's morning report for 17 September 1862, courtesy Robert Grandchamp. More about members of this unit in a post on behind AotW.
We have 8 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -- | Pvt | Barber, James Albert |   | |
| -- | Sgt | Hoar, Allen | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Sgt | Kelly, Benjamin Eddy | | |
| -- | Mus | Mars, Thomas F. | | |
| -- | Capt | Owen, Charles Dexter | | |
| -- | Corp | Potter, William West | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Pvt | Riley, Peter | WIA 09/17 | |
| -- | Lt | Torslow, Otto L. | |
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