Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 26

Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps

8 AM 17 September to 2 PM 17 September

U.S.A.
MORELL'S DIVISION, FIFTH ARMY CORPS
Maj. Gen. George W. Morrell, Commanding.

(September 17 and 18, 1862.)

Morell's Division relieved Richardson's Division of the Second Corps at about 8:30 A.M., Sept. 17.

Two Brigades of this Division were withdrawn at about 2 P.M. of the 17th and sent to the assistance of General Sumner on the extreme right, but returned, without becoming engaged after dark on the same day.

On Sept. 18, Morell's Division relieved the Ninth Corps at the Burnside Bridge.

No. 26.

Location: north side of the Boonsboro Pike, about 300 yards northeast of the Middle Bridge (Map 3)

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

1st Division, 5th Corps
        1st United States Sharpshooters
    1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        18th Massachusetts Infantry
        22nd Massachusetts Infantry
        Massachusetts Sharpshooters, Second Company
        2nd Maine Infantry
        1st Michigan Infantry
        13th New York Infantry
        25th New York Infantry
        118th Pennsylvania Infantry
    1st Division, 5th Corps Artillery
        Massachusetts Light Artillery, Battery C
        1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C
        5th United States Artillery, Battery D
    2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        2nd District of Columbia Infantry
        32nd Massachusetts Infantry
        9th Massachusetts Infantry
        4th Michigan Infantry
        14th New York Infantry
        62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
    3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps
        20th Maine Infantry
        16th Michigan Infantry
        Michigan Sharpshooters, Brady's company
        12th New York Infantry
        17th New York Infantry
        44th New York Infantry
        83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

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)

Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 26

Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps

8 AM 17 September to 2 PM 17 September

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

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