Antietam Union order of battle
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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.
Army of the Potomac
MG George McClellan
Chief of Staff: BG Randolph B. Marcy
Volunteer Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Inspector General: BG Delos B. Sackett
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BG George Meade
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2nd New York Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt John E. Naylor
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6th New York Cavalry, Company D: Cpt Henry W. Lyon
6th New York Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Riley Johnson
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Detachment, 1st Maine Cavalry: Cpt George J. Summat
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B and G, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Cpt Henry P. Muirheid
BG Jacob D. Cox
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Company G, 1st Maine Cavalry: Cpt Zebulon B. Blethen
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BG Alpheus S. Williams
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Company L, 1st Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Melvin Brewer
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...
of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The Confederate order of battle
Antietam Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Antietam of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen. = General* Lt. Gen. = Lieutenant General...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- MG = Major GeneralMajor general (United States)In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
- BG = Brigadier GeneralMajor general (United States)In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
- Col = ColonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
- Maj = MajorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Army of the PotomacArmy of the PotomacThe Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
MG George McClellanGeorge B. McClellan
George Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...
Chief of Staff: BG Randolph B. Marcy
Randolph B. Marcy
Randolph Barnes Marcy was a career officer in the United States Army, achieving the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in 1881. Although beginning in 1861 his responsibilities were those of a brigadier general, the U.S...
Volunteer Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Daniel Phineas Woodbury was an American soldier and an engineer during the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:...
Inspector General: BG Delos B. Sackett
I Corps
MG Joseph HookerJoseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E...
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BG George Meade
George Meade
George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from...
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2nd New York Cavalry (4 companies): Cpt John E. Naylor
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First Division BG Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his... |
1st Brigade (Eastern Iron Brigade Eastern Iron Brigade The Eastern Iron Brigade or First Iron Brigade was a brigade of infantry that served in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. For much of its service, it was designated as the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps... ) Col Walter Phelps, Jr. Walter Phelps Walter Phelps Jr. was an officer in the Union Army throughout the American Civil War, ending the war as commanding general of the First Iron Brigade... |
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2nd Brigade
Ltc J. William Hofmann |
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3rd Brigade
BG Marsena R. Patrick Marsena R. Patrick Marsena Rudolph Patrick was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac in many of its campaigns.-Early life:Patrick was born in Hounsfield,... |
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4th Brigade (Iron Brigade Iron Brigade The Iron Brigade, also known as the Iron Brigade of the West or the Black Hat Brigade, was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Although it fought entirely in the Eastern Theater, it was composed of regiments from Western states... ) BG John Gibbon John Gibbon John Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
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Artillery
Cpt J. Albert Monroe |
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Second Division BG James B. Ricketts James B. Ricketts James Brewerton Ricketts was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
1st Brigade BG Abram Duryée Abram Duryée Abram Duryée was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was New York City Police Commissioner.-Birth and early years:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col William A. Christian Col Peter Lyle (w) |
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3rd Brigade
BG George L. Hartsuff (w) Col Richard Coulter Richard Coulter (general) Richard Coulter, Sr. was an American Civil War general in the Union Army, a businessman, and banker. During the Civil War he was colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, often rising to brigade command upon the wounding of superior officers.-Early life and career:Richard Coulter, Sr... |
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Third Division (Pennsylvania Reserves Pennsylvania Reserves The Pennsylvania Reserves were an infantry division in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Noted for its famous commanders and high casualties, it served in the Eastern Theater, and fought in many important battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg.... ) BG George Meade George Meade George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from... BG Truman Seymour Truman Seymour Truman Seymour was an a career soldier and an accomplished painter. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the largest Civil War battle fought in Florida.-Early life and career:Seymour... |
1st Brigade BG Truman Seymour Truman Seymour Truman Seymour was an a career soldier and an accomplished painter. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the largest Civil War battle fought in Florida.-Early life and career:Seymour... Col R. Biddle Roberts |
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2nd Brigade
Col Albert L. Magilton |
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3rd Brigade
Col Thomas F. Gallagher (w) Ltc Robert Anderson |
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Dunbar R. Ransom -Early life:Dunbar Ransom was born at Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 10, 1831 but moved to Vermont. He is listed as the eldest son of Col Truman B. Ransom and brother of Gen Thomas E. G. Ransom. On June 7, 1855 Ransom was appointed from civilian life as a 2nd lieutenant in the Third U.... |
II Corps
MG Edwin V. SumnerEdwin Vose Sumner
Edwin Vose Sumner was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War...
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6th New York Cavalry, Company D: Cpt Henry W. Lyon
6th New York Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Riley Johnson
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First Division MG Israel B. Richardson Israel B. Richardson Israel Bush Richardson was a United States Army officer during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War, where he was a major general in the Union Army... (mw) BG John C. Caldwell John C. Caldwell John Curtis Caldwell was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat.-Early life:Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont... BG Winfield S. Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock Winfield Scott Hancock was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade BG John C. Caldwell John C. Caldwell John Curtis Caldwell was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat.-Early life:Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont... |
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2nd Brigade (Irish Brigade Irish Brigade (US) The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, that served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, the 69th New York Infantry, or the "Fighting 69th", continued in later wars... ) BG Thomas F. Meagher Thomas Francis Meagher -Young Ireland:Meagher returned to Ireland in 1843, with undecided plans for a career in the Austrian army, a tradition among a number of Irish families. In 1844 he traveled to Dublin with the intention of studying for the bar. He became involved in the Repeal Association, which worked for repeal... (w) Col John Burke |
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3rd Brigade
Col John R. Brooke John R. Brooke John Rutter Brooke was a major general in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War... |
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Second Division MG John Sedgwick John Sedgwick John Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of... (w) BG Oliver O. Howard Oliver O. Howard Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade BG Willis A. Gorman Willis A. Gorman Willis Arnold Gorman was an American lawyer, soldier, politician, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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2nd Brigade (Philadelphia Brigade Philadelphia Brigade The Philadelphia Brigade was a Union Army brigade that served in the American Civil War. It was raised primarily in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the exception of the 106th regiment which contained men from Lycoming and Bradford counties.The brigade fought with the Army of the... ) BG Oliver O. Howard Oliver O. Howard Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War... Col Joshua T. Owen Joshua T. Owen Joshua Thomas Owen was an educator, politician, and soldier from Pennsylvania who served as a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War. He commanded the famed Philadelphia Brigade for part of the war, but was relieved of duty for alleged cowardice during battle.-Early life and... Col DeWitt C. Baxter |
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3rd Brigade
BG Napoleon J. T. Dana (w) Col Norman J. Hall Norman J. Hall Norman Jonathan Hall was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War, perhaps most noted for his defense of his sector of the Union line against Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:... |
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Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on June 6, 1861 under the command of Captain William H... : Cpt John A. Tompkins |
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Third Division MG William H. French William H. French William Henry French was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General in the American Civil War. He rose to temporarily command a corps within the Army of the Potomac, but was relieved of active field duty following poor performance during the Mine Run Campaign in late 1863.-Early... |
1st Brigade BG Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Dwight Morris |
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3rd Brigade
BG Max Weber Max Weber (general) Max Weber was a military officer in the armies of Germany and later the United States, most known for serving as a brigadier general in the Union army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... (w) Col John W. Andrews |
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Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 18, 1861 under the command of Captain Thomas F... : Cpt John G. Hazard Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Captain Charles D.... : Cpt Charles D. Owen |
IV Corps
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First Division from the IV Corps serving with VI Corps MG Darius N. Couch Darius N. Couch Darius Nash Couch was an American soldier, businessman, and naturalist. He served as a career U.S. Army officer during the Mexican-American War, the Second Seminole War, and as a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.During the Civil War, Couch fought notably in the... |
1st Brigade BG Charles Devens Charles Devens Charles Devens was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Albion P. Howe Albion P. Howe Albion Parris Howe was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe's contentious relationships with superior officers in the Army of the Potomac eventually led to his being deprived of division command.... |
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3rd Brigade
BG John Cochrane John Cochrane (general) John Cochrane was an American lawyer, Union Army general and politician.-Life:He was the grandson of John Cochran, Surgeon General of the Continental Army.... |
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V Corps
MG Fitz John PorterFitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War...
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Detachment, 1st Maine Cavalry: Cpt George J. Summat
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First Division MG George W. Morell George W. Morell George Webb Morell was a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col James Barnes |
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2nd Brigade
BG Charles Griffin Charles Griffin (general) Charles Griffin was a career officer in the United States Army and a Union general in the American Civil War. He rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac and fought in many of the key campaigns in the Eastern Theater.After the war, he commanded the Department of Texas during Reconstruction... |
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3rd Brigade
Col T. B. W. Stockton |
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Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1861 under the command of Captain William B.... : Cpt Richard Waterman |
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Second Division BG George Sykes George Sykes George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Ltc Robert C. Buchanan Robert C. Buchanan Robert Christie Buchanan was an American military officer who served in the Mexican War and then was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Maj Charles S. Lovell |
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3rd Brigade
Col Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Stephen H. Weed Stephen Hinsdale Weed was a career military officer in the United States Army. He was killed defending Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Third Division (reached the battlefield 18 September) BG Andrew A. Humphreys Andrew A. Humphreys Andrew Atkinson Humphreys , was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S... |
1st Brigade BG Erastus B. Tyler Erastus B. Tyler Erastus Bernard Tyler was an American businessman, merchant, and soldier. He was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and fought in many of the early battles in the Eastern Theater before being assigned command of the defenses of Baltimore, Maryland. He briefly commanded the... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Peter H. Allabach Peter H. Allabach Peter Hollingshead Allabach was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early Life and Career:... |
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Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Portsmouth, Ohio October 8, 1861 and mustered in at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio for a three year enlistment on January 20, 1862... : Cpt Lucius N. Robinson |
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Artillery Reserve
Ltc William Hays William Hays (general) William Hays was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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VI Corps
MG William B. FranklinWilliam B. Franklin
William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable early battles in the Eastern Theater.-Early life:William B. Franklin was born in York,...
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B and G, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Cpt Henry P. Muirheid
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First Division MG Henry W. Slocum Henry Warner Slocum Henry Warner Slocum , was a Union general during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. During the war, he was one of the youngest major generals in the Army and fought numerous major battles in the Eastern Theater and in Georgia and the... |
1st Brigade (1st New Jersey Brigade) Col Alfred T. A. Torbert |
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2nd Brigade
Col Joseph J. Bartlett Joseph J. Bartlett Joseph Jackson Bartlett was a New York attorney, brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and postbellum international diplomat and pensions administrator for the United States Government. He was chosen to receive the stacked arms of General Robert E... |
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3rd Brigade
BG John Newton |
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Cpt Emory Upton Emory Upton Emory Upton was a United States Army General and military strategist, prominent for his role in leading infantry to attack entrenched positions successfully at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War, but he also excelled at artillery and cavalry assignments... |
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Second Division MG William F. Smith William Farrar Smith William Farrar Smith , was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG Winfield S. Hancock Col Amasa Cobb Amasa Cobb Amasa Cobb was a Republican Wisconsin politician and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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2nd Brigade (1st Vermont Brigade 1st Vermont Brigade The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action... ) BG William T. H. Brooks William T. H. Brooks William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col William H. Irwin |
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Artillery
Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn Beck Ayres was a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Ayres was born at East Creek, New York, along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. He was the son of a small-town doctor who urged all of his sons into professional careers... |
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IX Corps
MG Ambrose BurnsideAmbrose Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
BG Jacob D. Cox
Jacob Dolson Cox
Jacob Dolson Cox, was a lawyer, a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and later a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 28th Governor of Ohio and as United States Secretary of the Interior....
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Company G, 1st Maine Cavalry: Cpt Zebulon B. Blethen
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First Division BG Orlando B. Willcox Orlando B. Willcox Orlando Bolivar Willcox was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Benjamin C. Christ Benjamin C. Christ Benjamin C. Christ was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac at several important battles, including the Battle of Antietam.... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas Welsh Thomas Welsh (general) Thomas Welsh was a soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Second Division BG Samuel D. Sturgis Samuel D. Sturgis Samuel Davis Sturgis was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and later in the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG James Nagle James Nagle James Nagle was an officer in the United States Army in both the Mexican War and the Civil War. During the latter conflict, he recruited and commanded four infantry regiments from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and led two different brigades in the Eastern Theater... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Edward Ferrero Edward Ferrero Edward Ferrero was one of the leading dance instructors, choreographers, and ballroom operators in the United States. He also served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best remembered for his role in the Battle of the Crater in 1864.-Early life and career:Ferrero was born in... |
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Third Division BG Isaac P. Rodman Isaac P. Rodman Isaac Peace Rodman was a Rhode Island banker and politician, and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.-Early life and career:... (mw) Col Edward Harland Edward Harland (general) Edward Harland was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was associated with early battles of the IX Corps as well as Union involvement in North Carolina and the Tidewater region of Virginia.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Harrison S. Fairchild |
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2nd Brigade
Col Edward Harland |
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Kanawha Division Kanawha Division The Kanawha Division was a Union Army division which could trace its origins back to a brigade originally commanded by Jacob D. Cox. This division served in western Virginia and Maryland and was at times led by such famous personalities as George Crook and Rutherford B. Hayes.-Kanawha Brigade:On... BG Jacob D. Cox Col Eliakim P. Scammon Eliakim P. Scammon Eliakim Parker Scammon was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
1st Brigade Col Eliakim P. Scammon Col Hugh Boyle Ewing Hugh Boyle Ewing Hugh Boyle Ewing, , was a diplomat, author, attorney, and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the prestigious Ewing family, son of Thomas Ewing, the eldest brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. and Charles Ewing, and the foster brother and brother-in-law of William T. Sherman... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Augustus Moor (c) Col George Crook George Crook George R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
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Thomas Devin Thomas Casimer Devin was an United States Army officer and general. He commanded Union cavalry during the American Civil War and during the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
XII Corps
MG Joseph K. MansfieldJoseph K. Mansfield
Joseph King Fenno Mansfield was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.-Early life:...
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BG Alpheus S. Williams
Alpheus S. Williams
Alpheus Starkey Williams was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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Company L, 1st Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Melvin Brewer
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First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams Alpheus S. Williams Alpheus Starkey Williams was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... BG Samuel W. Crawford Samuel W. Crawford Samuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (w) BG George H. Gordon George Henry Gordon George Henry Gordon was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG Samuel W. Crawford Col Joseph F. Knipe |
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3rd Brigade
BG George H. Gordon Col Thomas H. Ruger Thomas H. Ruger Thomas Howard Ruger was an American soldier and lawyer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.... (w) |
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Second Division BG George S. Greene George S. Greene George Sears Greene was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States. His greatest contribution during the war was his defense of the Union right flank at Culp's... |
1st Brigade Ltc Hector Tyndale Hector Tyndale Hector Tyndale was a Union general during the American Civil War rising to the rank of Brevet Major General of Volunteers. He notably led brigades at the battles of Antietam and Wauhatchie... (w) Maj Orrin J. Crane |
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2nd Brigade
Col Henry J. Stainrook Henry J. Stainrook Henry J. Stainrook, occasionally spelled Steinrock, led a regiment of the Army of Virginia and the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War. He briefly led a brigade at the Battle of Antietam. Stainrook was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville.... |
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3rd Brigade
Col William B. Goodrich (k) Ltc Jonathan Austin |
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Cpt Clermont L. Best |
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Cavalry
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Cavalry Division BG Alfred Pleasonton Alfred Pleasonton Alfred Pleasonton was a United States Army officer and General of Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg Campaign, including the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war, Brandy Station... |
1st Brigade Maj Charles J. Whiting |
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2nd Brigade
Col John F. Farnsworth John F. Farnsworth John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Richard H. Rush |
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4th Brigade
Col Andrew T. McReynolds |
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5th Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Davis Benjamin Franklin Davis Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis was an American military officer who served in Indian wars, and then led Union cavalry in the American Civil War before dying in combat... |
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Horse Artillery U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade The Horse Artillery Brigade of the Army of the Potomac was a brigade of various batteries of horse artillery during the American Civil War.Made up almost entirely of individual, company-strength batteries from the Regular Army’s five artillery regiments, the Horse Artillery operated under the... |
John C. Tidball John Caldwell Tidball was a career military officer, noted for his service in the horse artillery in the cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War... Peter Conover Hains Peter Conover Hains was a major general in the United States Army, and a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish-American War, and the First World War... Horatio Gates Gibson Horatio Gates Gibson was a career artillery officer in the United States Army, and brevet brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry The 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry was a volunteer cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was recruited from July to October 1862, with mustering in taking place at Carlisle... (detachment): Col William J. Palmer William Jackson Palmer William Jackson Palmer was an American civil engineer, soldier, industrialist, and philanthropist.-Overview:... |