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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War.The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization [1] during the Maryland Campaign, [2] the casualty returns [3] and the reports.
The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
At the Battle of Antietam, it fought on the Union right in the Cornfield, losing twelve killed and forty three wounded. It played a part in the Union breakthrough on the Confederate right at the Battle of Fredericksburg but lost heavily, especially in officers. Twenty-eight were killed, eighty-six wounded, and twenty-two captured.
The fiercest fighting of the Chancellorsville Campaign occurred on May 3, including action at Salem Church and Fredericksburg, and produced the second bloodiest day of the Civil War. The smaller Confederate Army (60,892 CS men vs. 133,868 US men) experienced a significantly higher rate of casualties (22% CS vs. 13% US) than the enemy during ...
Colonel Samuel Croasdale – killed in action at the Battle of Antietam; Colonel Joseph A. Mathews – captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Lieutenant Colonel William W. Hammersly – commanded at the Battle of Antietam after Col. Croasdale was killed in action until wounded in action; resigned January 1863 due to his wounds received at ...
The 3rd Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.It was noted for its holding the high ground at the center of the line at Antietam as part of Stainrook's 2nd Brigade, Greene's 2nd Division of Mansfield's XII Corps.
The 83rd Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, which participated in almost every major battle in the East, including Seven Days Battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House.
Colonel William W. Barnberger - commanded the regiment at the Battle of Antietam while still at the rank of captain until he was also wounded in action. At which point still in command of the 5th, directed the movement of the picket line leading to Richmond, and along with the 12th New Hampshire volunteers as well as the 9th Vermont, were the ...