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2nd United States Artillery, Battery M

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Lt. Peter C. Hains

 

Arms:
  6   3-in. Ordnance Rifle

One section, 2 guns, were detached under the command
of Lieutenant R. Hunter Chapin to Colonel Farnsworth's 2nd Brigade.

 

This Battery's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Division - Cavalry Division
  Brigade - Horse Artillery, Cavalry Division


Statistics

Initial Strength: not known; Killed in Action (KIA): 2; Wounded (WIA): 3;

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Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #93: Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #122: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 10 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #21: Cavalry Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #121: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 8 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #30: Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 6 PM

We have 10 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
--LtChapin, Robert Hunter        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
--PvtFinley, William KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--SgtFlood, Henry         We have some details for this person
--CorpFrain, Michael WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--LtHains, Peter Conover        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
--LtHamilton, Frank Brown        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
--CorpHasenzahl, Nicolaus         We have some details for this person
--PvtLibben, John Henry        We have some details for this person
--SgtPfeffer, Henry WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
--SgtReilly, Terrence Michael        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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