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Antietam National Battlefield
Army of Northern Virginia- Cavalry Division

Cavalry
MGen James E. B. Stuart


Hampton's Brigade
BGen Wade Hampton
1st North Carolina, Col Lawrence S. Baker
2d South Carolina, Col Matthew C. Butler
10th Virginia Cobb's (Georgia) Legion, LtCol Pierce M. B. Young (w), Maj William G. Delony
Jeff. Davis (Mississippi) Legion, LtCol William T. Martin

Lee's Brigade
BGen Fitzhugh Lee
1st Virginia, LtCol Luke Tiernan Brien
3d Virginia, LtCol John T. Thornton (mw), Capt Thomas Owens
4th Virginia, Col Williams C. Wickham
5th Virginia, Col Thomas L. Rosser
9th Virginia

Robertson's Brigade
Col Thomas T. Munford
2nd Virginia, LtCol Richard H. Burks
6th Virginia 7th Virginia, Capt Samuel B. Myers
l2th Virginia, Col Asher W. Harman
17th Virginia Battalion

Horse Artillery
Capt John Pelham
Chew's (Virginia) Battery, Capt Roger P. Chew
Hart's (South Carolina) Battery, Capt James F. Hart
Pelham's (Virginia) Battery, Capt John Pelham


Notes of Abbreviations:

Lt = Lietutenant
Capt = Captain
Maj = Major
LtCol = Lieutenant Colonel
Col = Colonel
BGen = Brigadier General
MGen = Major General

(w) = wounded
(mw) = mortally wounded
(k) = killed
(c) = captured
Unless otherwise noted, casualities occured on September 17th.

Nelson Miles during the Civil War  

Did You Know?
Colonel Nelson Miles of the 64th New York Infantry was a volunteer officer at Antietam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at Chancellorsville. After the Civil War he remained in the Army and by the Spanish American War in 1898 he was the Commanding General of the U.S. Army.

Last Updated: June 20, 2006 at 13:16 EST