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1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery G

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Lt.Frank P. Amsden

 

Arms:
  4   3-in. Ordnance Rifle

 

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 1st Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Division, 1st Corps Artillery


On the Antietam Campaign

The Battery was not at Antietam on the 17th. It had been detailed to the defenses of Washington DC since September 6th. 1

We have one individual in the AotW database who was on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
--LtAmsden, Frank Power        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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Notes

1   US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 19/Part 1 (Ser #27) , Pg. 172  [AotW citation 133]