Captain John D O’Brian was in command of the 24th New York Infantry at Antietam as senior officer on the field. He was seriously wounded there and lost his leg to amputation. His photograph is from the New York State… continue reading

[top col. 1&2, middle col. 1&2, bottom col. 1] Clippings from the Fox Lake (WI) Gazette of 2 October 1862 listing Wisconsin soldiers in Maryland hospitals, those recently died in Washington, DC, and those buried near the Maryland battlefields. Last… continue reading

A photograph at the Library of Congress of Colonel William H. Pettes. He commanded the 50th New York Engineers. Although nominally attached to the Army of the Potomac, they were not in the field on the Maryland Campaign, but were… continue reading

This fine Brady portrait photograph of the General and his wife is in the Library of Congress. A career US Army officer, West Point ’39, Brigadier General James B Ricketts commanded the 2nd Division in the First Army Corps at… continue reading

Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee (nephew of R.E. Lee) commanded a Brigade of Cavalry on the 1862 Maryland Campaign. This carte-de-visite of him is in the collection of the Library of Congress. continue reading

Brigadier General Albion P Howe was in command of a Brigade in the Fourth Army Corps in Maryland in 1862. He’s seen toward the left, hand on sword hilt, in this photograph of the members of the Military Commission to… continue reading