Battle Of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
17 September 1862

THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC (Maj. Gen. George B McClellan, USA, commanding)

SECOND ARMY CORPS		Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner

First Division		Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson . Moustached

First Brigade		Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell. Full beard.
5th New Hampshire	475B	ACW4 p18: US blue.
7th New York	400C	7th NYSM?. AoP A1: grey. Blanford p152 + plate 22.
61st+64th New York	350C	ACW4 p20: US blue. Colonel wore a black slouch hat.
81st Pennsylvania	425C	US blue

Second Brigade (Irish Bde)		Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher. White horse, blue kepi with green tape and Prussian knot on top, either in green chasseur coat or US blue; moustache.
29th Massachusetts	425B	Blanford p147 + plate 17. CUCW p44. Carrying Irish Brigade flag. SB muskets.
63rd New York	350B	Blanford p147 + plate 17. CUCW p44. SB muskets.
69th New York (Meagher's Zouaves)	325B	Blanford p126. AoP F1. ACW4 D2. CUCW p44. REVO 26 + 69. SB muskets. NOTE: R&Y:B says this is the 'fighting 69th', and wore US blue.
88th New York	300B	Blanford p147 + plate 17. CUCW p44. SB muskets.

Third Brigade		Col. John R. Brooke
2nd Delaware	375D	ACW4 p7: US blue.
52nd New York	125D	ACW4 p20: US blue. REVO 69.
57th New York	300D	ACW4 p20: US blue.
66th New York	500D	ACW4 p20: US blue. SB muskets.
53rd Pennsylvania	400D	US blue.

Artillery
1st New York Light, Battery B		Capt. Rufus D. Pettit. 6nr 10lb Parrott rifles. C.
4th United States, Batteries A and C		Lieut. Evan Thomas. 6nr 12lb SB Napoleons. C.

SECOND ARMY CORPS		Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner

Second Division		Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

First Brigade		Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman
15th Massachusetts	575D	ACW4 p15: US blue.
1st Minnesota	425D	ACW4 p16: US blue.
34th New York	300D	ACW4 p20: US blue.
82nd New York (2nd NYSM)	350D	ACW4 p20: US blue.
Massachusetts Sharpshooters, 1st Company	50D	attached to 15th Massachusetts
Minnesota Sharpshooters, 2nd Company	50D	attached to 1st Minnesota

Second Brigade (Philadelphia Bde)		Brig. Gen. Oliver O. Howard: US uniform, dark hair, bearded, jacket cuffs darker, metallic scabbard. Adjutant, Capt Sewall: US uniform, mid-coloured hair, chin beard.
69th Pennsylvania	475E	US blue.
71st Pennsylvania	500D	ACW4 p35 - grey trimmed with red.
72nd Pennsylvania (Baxter's Philidelphia Fire Zouaves)	700E	Blanford p127. Kepi zouave. ACW2 p23. Zouaves p28 + I1+2. ACW2 p9: sky blue cap with red piping on crown and up 4 sides.
106th Pennsylvania	500D	US blue. CO pictured Antietam p187: grey beard, boots, pointed slouch hat.

Third Brigade		Brig. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana
19th Massachusetts	250D	ACW4 p15: US blue. REVO 70.
20th Massachusetts	300C	ACW4 p15: US blue. Off-white flag with shield + scroll.
7th Michigan	225D	ACW4 p16 + D3: grey.
42nd New York (Tammany)	350C	ACW4 p20: US blue.
59th New York	375E	ACW4 p20: US blue.

Artillery
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A		Capt. John A. Tompkins. 6nr 10lb Parrotts. C.
4th United States, Battery I		Lieut. George A. Woodruff. 6nr 12lb SB Napoleons. C.

SECOND ARMY CORPS		Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner

Third Division		Brig. Gen. William H. French: moustached, kepi.

First Brigade		Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball
14th Indiana	325C	CUCW p64: US blue. Broad black hats.
8th Ohio	350C	ACW4 p34: US blue.
132nd Pennsylvania	750E	US blue. Green.
7th West Virginia	375C	US blue.

Second Brigade		Col. Dwight Morris
14th Connecticut	1000E	ACW4 p6: US blue. Breach loading rifles.
108th New York	500E	ACW4 p20: US blue.
130th Pennsylvania	450E	US blue.

Third Brigade		Brig. Gen. Max Weber: T-beard, kepi.
1st Delaware	900E	ACW4 p7: US blue.
5th Maryland	600D	ACW4 p14: US blue.
4th New York	500D	ACW4 p20: US blue.

Unattached Artillery
1st New York Light, Battery G		Capt. John D. Frank. 4nr 12lb SB Napoleons. C.
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B		Capt. John G. Hazard. 6nr 12lb SB Napoleons. C.
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G		Capt. Charles D. Owen. 6nr 3" Rodman rifles. C.

Gustavus Adolfus

Last Modified: 14 August 1999