Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 1

First Army Corps

2 PM 16 September to 6 PM 16 September

U.S.A.
FIRST ARMY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, Commanding.

(September 16, 1862.)

The First Army Corps moved from its bivouac near Keedysville at 2 P.M. on September 16. Doubleday's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford; Ricketts' and Meade's Divisions at the Upper Bridge.

The Divisions advanced in parallel columns, in a westerly direction, until 6 P.M., when Meade's Division encountered the enemy near the East Woods.

The Corps was then formed in line of battle, facing south and southwest, Meade's Division in the center, somewhat advanced, Doubleday's Division on the right and Ricketts' Division on the left in supporting distance.

The fighting ceased on account of darkness at about 6:30 P.M.

No. 1.

Location: north side Mansfield Avenue, north of the North Woods (Map 1)

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

First Army Corps
        2nd New York Cavalry, Companies A, B, I, & K
1st Division, 1st Corps
    1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps
        22nd New York Infantry
        24th New York Infantry
        30th New York Infantry
        84th New York Infantry (14th Brooklyn)
        2nd United States Sharpshooters
    1st Division, 1st Corps Artillery
        New Hampshire Light Artillery, First Battery
        1st New York Light Artillery, Battery L
        1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D
        4th United States Artillery, Battery B
    2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps
        7th Indiana Infantry
        76th New York Infantry
        95th New York Infantry
        56th Pennsylvania Infantry
    3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps
        21st New York Infantry
        23rd New York Infantry
        35th New York Infantry
        80th New York Infantry (20th Militia)
    4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps
        19th Indiana Infantry
        2nd Wisconsin Infantry
        6th Wisconsin Infantry
        7th Wisconsin Infantry
2nd Division, 1st Corps
        104th New York Infantry
        105th New York Infantry
        97th New York Infantry
        107th Pennsylvania Infantry
    2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
        26th New York Infantry
        94th New York Infantry
        88th Pennsylvania Infantry
        90th Pennsylvania Infantry
    2nd Division, 1st Corps Artillery
        1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery F
        Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Independent Battery C
    3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
        12th Massachusetts Infantry
        13th Massachusetts Infantry
        83rd New York Infantry (9th Militia)
        11th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Division, 1st Corps
    1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps
        13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles)
        1st Pennsylvania Reserves
        2nd Pennsylvania Reserves
        5th Pennsylvania Reserves
        6th Pennsylvania Reserves
    2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps
        3rd Pennsylvania Reserves
        4th Pennsylvania Reserves
        7th Pennsylvania Reserves
        8th Pennsylvania Reserves
    3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps
        10th Pennsylvania Reserves
        11th Pennsylvania Reserves
        12th Pennsylvania Reserves
        9th Pennsylvania Reserves
    3rd Division, 1st Corps Artillery
        1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A
        1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery B
        5th United States Artillery, Battery C

Source: Antietam Battlefield Board, Antietam Battlefield Board Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth)

Notes

1 Antietam Board, Antietam Battlefield Commission Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth) [AotW citation 16670]

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