Talk:James Chatham Duane

During the Maryland Campaign the Army of the Potomac had three engineering units: two volunteer regiments, the 15th New York (Colonel John Murphy commanding) and the 50th New York (Lieutenant Colonel William Pettes commanding) and one regular battalion under Captain James Duane. The two volunteer regiments were united into a brigade under the overall command of Brigadier General Daniel Woodbury. The regular battalion was held separate from that brigade, perhaps because of a regular army/volunteer pissing match, so there was no unified chain of command for all the army's engineers. However, Woodbury outranked Duane by four grades and had about three to four times as many men serving under him, so it would be extremely difficult to make the case that Duane was the one running the show. Turtle Fan (talk) 18:47, March 1, 2014 (UTC)