Help Identify Fallen Soldiers

[greyson24]

I'm sure most of you have seen Alexander Gardner's famous photo of the dead along the West side of the Hagerstown Pike. These were likely Louisiana men under General Starke. For a while I have been fascinated by the photos and how many were taken in a short distance of another. Is it possible to identify or narrow down who these men were?

 

[greyson24]

What makes me interested is the amount of photographs of generally the same area but from different angles. Looking at a high quality TIFF image you can see the soldier in the left foreground has something that looks like Sergeants chevrons. The group of 3 beside the first fence post can be seen from another angle as well.

 

[Story]

Have you used the search function to find previous threads on this photograph?

 

[greyson24]

Have you used the search function to find previous threads on this photograph?

Yes they haven't been active in a while.

 

[Story]

Yes they haven't been active in a while.

No, I meant you should look to see how far others have gotten with the same question(s).

 

[greyson24]

I have, they have gotten some good information but I am looking to hopefully renew interest in the discussion.

 

[Robert Gray]

Here's a stereo version. This is the way it was originally published by Alexander Gardner.

 

[greyson24]

Great find! Do you think it is possible to figure out the order in which Starke's regiments deployed along the pike?

 

[rpkennedy]

Great find! Do you think it is possible to figure out the order in which Starke's regiments deployed along the pike?

I don't know if I've ever seen a detailed formation beyond just "Starke's Brigade". Here are the known killed in his brigade (from Antietam on the Web):

1st Louisiana
Private George E. Gilmer
Private William E. Rudder
Private William Seidentoff
Sergeant Charles H.C. Trabue
Private A.W. Gill
Private R. Peterson
Private James Coleman
Private John Kennedy
Lt. Roger McKeown
Private Charles Padden
Sergeant John Ryan
Private Louis Barthelemy
Sergeant George F. Richardson
Private John M. Collett
Private Robert Garroway
Sergeant Alpheus Shumway
Private Henry Starke
Private Edmund E. Cahill
Private Philip Georges
Private Mathias Schiell

2nd Louisiana
Sergeant Samuel Kearney
Private Isaac Wilson
Private James McGirk
Private J.I. Watson
Private F. Wells
Private William T. Durham
Private Thomas H. Phifer
Private J.W. Reedy
Private William J. Jemerson
Private B.O. Old
Sergeant A.B.C. Davis

9th Louisiana
Private James Butler
Captain Rhyden Grigsby
Lt. Napoleon B. Henderson
Private David Hill
Private Alexander Liles
Private Jerome B. Pate
Private John W. Reeder
Private T.B. Crenshaw
Private George Fusenfeldt
Lt. Archibald M. Gordon
Private M.M. Hand
Private H.M. Jeffress
Private Eli B. Legettes
Private William O. Price
Lt. Samuel T. Robinson
Private William J. Scogin
Private James B. Thomas
Private Joseph H. Hinkle
Private William M. Pridmore
Corporal James M. Sentell
Private Patrick Ward
Private Joseph A. Hesser
Private James McGowen
Private Murry B. Howard
Sergeant Reuben T. Raborn
Private William J. Corkern
Private William J. Whittington

10th Louisiana
Private David Holmes
Private Martin Durkham
Private Peter Collins
Private Edward Hassey
Sergeant Joseph Joyce
Private Charles Assman
Corporal Robert Strom
Sergeant Louis Aarons
Private Henry Jones
Private James McFadden
Private Frederick Preiz
Private Victor Nunemacher
Private Juan Tacon
Captain Adam Alexandre
Private John Watson
Private P. Watson
Sergeant Alexander Feuga
Private Henry Friday
Private Christopho Salomicho
Private George Zapf
Corporal Joseph Auge
Private Justice H. Jackson
Private James McKinney

15th Louisiana
Sergeant C. Western
Private Elijah Dyer
Sergeant William T. Clack
Private Charles Young

 

[greyson24]

Thanks, hopefully I can find some more information on Starke's Brigade and if I get really lucky identify some of these fallen soldiers.