Chancellorsville Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
BG Marsena R. Patrick
Patrick's Brigade
Col William F. Rogers
Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham
Signal Corps
Cpt Samuel T. Cushing
Ordnance Detachment
Lt John R. Edie
Guards and Orderlies
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
All artillery, except for the Reserve, is listed under the commands with which they served.
Artillery Reserve
Cpt William M. Graham
BG Robert O. Tyler
(assigned May 2, 1863)
Train Guard
I Corps
MG John F. Reynolds
Chief of Artillery
Col Charles S. Wainwright
Escort
1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
II Corps
MG Darius N. Couch
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Charles H. Morgan
Escort
6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson
III Corps
MG Daniel Sickles
Chief of Artillery
Cpt George E. Randolph
V Corps
MG George Meade
Chief of Artillery
Cpt Stephen H. Weed
Escort
VI Corps
MG John Sedgwick
Chief of Artillery
Col Charles H. Tompkins
Escort
Maj Hugh H. Janeway
XI Corps
MG Oliver O. Howard
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Louis Schirmer
Escort
1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
XII Corps
MG Henry W. Slocum
Chief of Artillery
Cpt Clermont L. Best
Provost Guard
10th Maine
(Battalion of 3 companies): Cpt John D. Beardsley
Cavalry Corps
BG George Stoneman
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 Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on...
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
Chancellorsville Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- Gen = GeneralGeneral (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air Force; the Marine Corps does not have an...
- LTG = Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General (United States)In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
- 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 GeneralBrigadier general (United States)A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
- 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...
- Sgt = SergeantSergeantSergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
General Headquarters
Command of the Provost-Marshal-GeneralBG 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,...
- 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies E and I: Cpt James Starr
- 8th U.S. Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, F, and G: Cpt E. W. H. Read
- Detachment Regular Cavalry: Lt Tattnall Paulding
Patrick's Brigade
Col William F. Rogers
- 21st New York Infantry: Ltc Chester W. Steinberg
- 23rd New York Infantry: Col Henry C. Hoffman
- 35th New York Infantry: Col John G. Todd
- 80th New York Infantry: Col Theodore B. Gates
- Battery B, Maryland Light Artillery: Cpt Alonzo Snow
- 12th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery12th Ohio Battery12th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was created from Company G, 25th Ohio Infantry and permanently detached on March 17, 1862 under Captain Aaron C...
: Cpt Aaron C. Johnson
Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham
- 15th New York: Col Clinton G. Colgate
- 50th New York: Col Charles B. Stuart
- Battalion United States: Cpt Chauncey B. Reese
Signal Corps
Cpt Samuel T. Cushing
Ordnance Detachment
Lt John R. Edie
Guards and Orderlies
- Oneida (N.Y.) Cavalry: Capt Daniel P. Mann
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
All artillery, except for the Reserve, is listed under the commands with which they served.
Artillery Reserve
Cpt William M. Graham
BG Robert O. Tyler
Robert O. Tyler
Robert Ogden Tyler was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known as the commander of the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac, including at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where many of his batteries played...
(assigned May 2, 1863)
- Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Lt Albert F. Brooker
- Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
- 5th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. TaftElijah D. Taft-Pre-War:Elijah D. Taft was born in Mamaroneck, New York April 28, 1819. He worked as a carpenter in Brooklyn, New York. Taft entered a New York militia unit, rising to the rank of captain by the year 1855. In the same year Taft stood for political office in Brooklyn. He was nominated by the...
- 15th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Patrick Hart
- 29th Battery, New York Light: Lt Gustav Von Blucher
- 30th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
- 32nd Battery, New York Light: Lt George Gaston
- Battery K, 1st United States: Lt Lorenzo Thomas, Jr.
- Battery C, 3rd United States: Lt Henry Meinell
- Battery G, 4th United States: Lt Marcus P. Miller
- Battery K, 5th United States: Lt David H. Kinzie
- 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller
Train Guard
- 4th New Jersey (Seven Companies): Col William BirneyWilliam BirneyWilliam Birney was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army....
, Cpt Robert S. Johnston
I CorpsI Corps (ACW)I Corps was the designation of three different corps-sized units in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The units served in the following armies:...
MG John F. ReynoldsJohn F. Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the start of the battle.-Early...
Chief of Artillery
Col Charles S. Wainwright
Charles S. Wainwright
Charles Shiels Wainwright was a produce farmer in the state of New York and an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played an important role in the defense of Cemetery Hill during the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, where his artillery helped repel a Confederate...
Escort
1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
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First Division BG James S. Wadsworth James S. Wadsworth James Samuel Wadsworth was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was killed in battle during the Battle of the Wilderness of 1864.-Early years:... |
1st Brigade Col Walter Phelps, Jr. |
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2nd Brigade
BG Lysander Cutler Lysander Cutler Lysander Cutler was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.-Early years:Cutler was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Gabriel R. Paul |
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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 Solomon Meredith Solomon Meredith Solomon Meredith was a prominent Indiana farmer, politician, and lawman who was a controversial Union Army general in the American Civil War... |
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Artillery
Cpt John A. Reynolds |
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Second Division BG John C. Robinson John C. Robinson John Cleveland Robinson had a long and distinguished career in the United States Army, fighting in numerous wars and culminating his career as a Union Army brigadier general of volunteers and brevet major general of volunteers in the American Civil War. In 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated... |
1st Brigade Col Adrian R. Root |
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2nd Brigade
BG Henry Baxter Henry Baxter Henry Baxter was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Samuel H. Leonard |
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Artillery
Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom 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.... |
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Third Division MG 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 BG Thomas A. Rowley |
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2nd Brigade
Col Roy Stone Roy Stone Roy Stone was a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his stubborn defense of the McPherson Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and family:... |
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Artillery
Maj Ezra W. Matthews |
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II CorpsII Corps (ACW)There were five corps in the Union Army designated as II Corps during the American Civil War.* Army of the Cumberland, II Corps commanded by Thomas L. Crittenden , later renumbered XX Corps...
MG Darius N. CouchDarius 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...
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Charles H. Morgan
Escort
6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson
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First Division MG 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... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Samuel K. Zook Samuel K. Zook Samuel Kosciuszko Zook was a Union general during the American Civil War, killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early years:... |
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4th 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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5th Brigade (temporary)
Col Edward E. Cross Edward E. Cross Edward Ephraim Cross was a newspaperman and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Journalist:... |
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Artillery
Cpt Rufus D. Pettit |
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Second Division 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:... |
1st Brigade BG Alfred Sully Alfred Sully Alfred Sully , was a military officer during the American Civil War and during the Indian Wars on the frontier. He was also a noted painter.-Biography:... Col Henry W. Hudson Col Byron Laflin |
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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 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... |
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3rd Brigade
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 William A. Arnold 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 Thomas Frederick Brown |
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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... |
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1st Brigade
Col Samuel S. Carroll Samuel S. Carroll Samuel Spriggs "Red" Carroll was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
BG 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:... Col Charles J. Powers |
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3rd Brigade
Col John D MacGregor Col Charles Albright |
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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 George W. Adams |
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III CorpsIII Corps (ACW)There were four formations in the Union Army designated as III Corps during the American Civil War.Three were short-lived:*In the Army of Virginia:**Irvin McDowell ;**James B...
MG Daniel SicklesDaniel Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat....
Chief of Artillery
Cpt George E. Randolph
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First Division BG David B. Birney David B. Birney David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves... |
1st Brigade BG Charles K. Graham Charles K. Graham Charles Kinnaird Graham was a sailor in the antebellum United States Navy, attorney, and later a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he helped plan and lay out Central Park in New York City.-Early years and education:Graham was born in New York... Col Thomas W. Egan Thomas W. Egan Thomas Wilberforce Egan was a Union Army officer who led the Mozart Regiment during most of the American Civil War, later becoming a general.-Early life :... |
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2nd Brigade
BG J. H. Hobart Ward J. H. Hobart Ward John Henry Hobart Ward , most commonly referred to as J.H. Hobart Ward, was a career United States Army soldier who fought in the Mexican–American War and served in the New York state militia... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Samuel B. Hayman |
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Artillery
Cpt A. Judson Clark |
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Second Division MG Hiram Berry (k) BG Joseph B. Carr Joseph Bradford Carr Joseph Bradford Carr was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:Carr was born in Albany, New York, the son of Irish immigrants, and worked as a tobacconist... |
1st Brigade BG Joseph B. Carr Col William E. Blaisdell William E. Blaisdell William E. Blaisdell was an enlisted man in the Regular Army of the United States prior to and during the Mexican-American War. After Mexican War, he returned to civilian life as an inspector in the Boston Customs House... |
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2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade Excelsior Brigade The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Comprising primarily infantry regiments raised in the state of New York primarily by former U.S... ") BG Joseph W. Revere Joseph W. Revere Joseph Warren Revere was a career United States Army officer. He is known for being a Union brigadier general during the Civil War, his embarrassment at the Battle of Chancellorsville and for his notable family.... Col J. Egbert Farnum |
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3rd Brigade
BG Gershom Mott Gershom Mott Gershom Mott was a United States Army officer and a General in the Union Army, a commander in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life:... (w) Col William J. Sewell |
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Artillery
Cpt Thomas W. Osborn Thomas W. Osborn Thomas Ward Osborn was a Union Army officer and United States Senator representing Florida.-Early life:Thomas Osborn was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, the son of John and Amelia Osborn. He and his family moved to North Wilna, New York in 1842 where he worked on the family farm until 1854... |
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Third Division MG Amiel W. Whipple (mw) BG Charles K. Graham Charles K. Graham Charles Kinnaird Graham was a sailor in the antebellum United States Navy, attorney, and later a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he helped plan and lay out Central Park in New York City.-Early years and education:Graham was born in New York... |
1st Brigade Col Emlen Franklin |
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel M. Bowman |
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3rd Brigade
Col Hiram Berdan Hiram Berdan Hiram Berdan was an American engineer, inventor and military officer, world-renowned marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the famed United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War... |
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Artillery
Cpt Albert A. Von Puttkammer Cpt James F. Huntington |
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V CorpsV Corps (ACW)The V Corps was a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-1862:The corps was first organized briefly under Nathaniel P. Banks, but then permanently on May 18, 1862, designated as the "V Corps Provisional"...
MG George MeadeGeorge 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...
Chief of Artillery
Cpt Stephen H. Weed
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:...
Escort
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (2 companies): Cpt William Thompson
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First Division 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... |
1st Brigade BG James Barnes |
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2nd Brigade
Col James McQuade Col Jacob B. Sweitzer Jacob B. Sweitzer Jacob Bowman Sweitzer was a Pennsylvania lawyer and soldier who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Thomas B. W. Stockton |
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Artillery
Cpt Augustus P. Martin |
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Second Division MG 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 BG 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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2nd Brigade
Col Sidney Burbank Sidney Burbank Sidney Burbank served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. For a time he led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.-Pre War:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Patrick O'Rorke Patrick O'Rorke This article is about an Irish-American colonel. For the Meath footballer from Skryne, see Patrick O'Rourke Patrick Henry "Paddy" O'Rorke or O'Rourke was an Irish-American immigrant who became a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was killed at the Battle of... |
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Cpt Stephen H. Weed 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 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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Artillery
Cpt Alanson M. Randol |
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VI CorpsVI Corps (ACW)The VI Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:The corps was organized as the Sixth Provisional Corps on May 18, 1862, by uniting Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin's Division, which had just arrived on the Virginia Peninsula, with Maj. Gen. William F. Smith's...
MG John SedgwickJohn 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...
Chief of Artillery
Col Charles H. Tompkins
Escort
Maj Hugh H. Janeway
- 1st New Jersey Cavalry (Company L): Lt Voorhees Dye
- 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (Company H): Capt William S. Craft
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First Division 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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1st Brigade
Col Col. Henry W. Brown, Col. William H. Penrose, Col. Samuel L. Buck, Col. William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade
BG 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 David A. Russell |
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Artillery
Maj. John A. Tompkins |
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Second Division 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.... |
2nd Brigade Col Lewis A. Grant Lewis A. Grant Lewis Addison Grant was a teacher, lawyer, soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and later Assistant U.S. Secretary of War... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Thomas H. Neill Thomas H. Neill Thomas Hewson Neill, a native of Pennsylvania, became a general in the American Civil War, serving in the Army of the Potomac in some of its most important campaigns.-Birth and early years:Neill was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1826... |
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Maj John Watts De Peyster John Watts de Peyster John Watts de Peyster, Sr. was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War... |
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Third Division MG John Newton John Newton John Henry Newton was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career on the sea at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of... |
1st Brigade Col Alexander Shaler Alexander Shaler Alexander Shaler was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg... |
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2nd Brigade
Col. William H. Browne (w) Col. Henry L. Eustis Henry L. Eustis Henry Lawrence Eustis was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Frank Wheaton Frank Wheaton Frank Wheaton was a career military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Indian Wars.-Early life and career:... |
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Artillery
Cpt Jeremiah McCarthy |
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Light Division BG Calvin E. Pratt, Col. Hiram Burnham Hiram Burnham Hiram Burnham was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War... |
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XI CorpsXI Corps (ACW)The XI Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War, best remembered for its involvement in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863.-Formation and the Valley Campaign:...
MG Oliver O. HowardOliver O. Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...
Chief of Artillery
Ltc Louis Schirmer
Escort
1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
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First Division BG Charles Devens, Jr. 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:... BG Nathaniel C. McLean |
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1st Brigade
Col Leopold von Gilsa Leopold von Gilsa Leopold von Gilsa was a career soldier who served as an officer in the armies of Prussia and later the United States. He is best known for his role in the misfortunes of the XI Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, particularly at the battles of Chancellorsville and... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Nathaniel C. McLean Col John C. Lee John C. Lee John C. Lee was an American Republican politician who served as the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1868 to 1872.-Early life:Lee was born January 7, 1828 at Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio... |
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Second Division BG Adolph Von Steinwehr Adolph von Steinwehr Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr was a German-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Steinwehr was born in Blankenburg, in the Duchy of... |
1st Brigade Col Adolphus Buschbeck Adolphus Buschbeck Adolphus Buschbeck commanded the 27th Pennsylvania in the Army of the Potomac and a brigade in that army and later in the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Francis C. Barlow Francis C. Barlow Francis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Third Division MG Carl Schurz Carl Schurz Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,... |
1st Brigade BG Alexander Schimmelfennig Alexander Schimmelfennig Alexander Schimmelfennig was a German soldier and political revolutionary, and then an American Civil War general in the Union Army.-Early life and career:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski |
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82nd Ohio Infantry The 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 82nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Kenton, Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in on December 31, 1861 for three years service under the command of Colonel James... : Col James S. Robinson James S. Robinson James Sidney Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Dilger's Battery.-Service:... : Cpt Hubert Dilger Hubert Dilger Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger was a German immigrant to the United States who became a decorated artillerist in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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XI Corps Reserve Artillery
Ltc Louis Schirmer |
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XII CorpsXII Corps (ACW)The XII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.The corps was formed by U.S. War Department General Order of March 13, 1862, under which the corps organization of the Army of the Potomac was first created. By that order, five different corps were constituted: one of...
MG Henry W. SlocumHenry 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...
Chief of Artillery
Cpt Clermont L. Best
Provost Guard
10th Maine
10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in for two years of service in Portland, Maine on October 4, 1861. It was mustered out on May 8, 1863. A fraction of the regiment consisted of three year enlistees, who formed the three-company 10th Maine Infantry Battalion...
(Battalion of 3 companies): Cpt John D. Beardsley
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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:... |
1st Brigade BG Joseph F. Knipe Joseph F. Knipe Joseph Farmer Knipe was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His troops won a decisive victory in late 1864 that helped clear Tennessee of Confederates during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign.-Biography:Joseph F. Knipe was born to a blacksmith and his wife in Mount... |
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Col Samuel Ross BG Joseph F. Knipe |
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3rd Brigade
BG 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.... |
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Second Division BG John W. Geary John W. Geary John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade Col Charles Candy Charles Candy Charles Candy was a career soldier in the United States Army who served as an officer in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Thomas L. Kane Thomas L. Kane Thomas Leiper Kane was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War... |
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3rd Brigade
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... |
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Cpt Joseph M. Knap |
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Cavalry CorpsCavalry Corps (ACW)Two corps of the Union Army were called Cavalry Corps during the American Civil War. One served with the Army of the Potomac; the other served in the various armies of the West.- Overview :...
BG George StonemanGeorge Stoneman
George Stoneman, Jr. was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the 15th Governor of California between 1883 and 1887.-Early life:...
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First 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 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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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas Devin 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:... |
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Second Division BG William W. Averell William W. Averell William Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry general in the American Civil War. After the war he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement.-Early years:... |
1st Brigade Col Horace B. Sargent |
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2nd Brigade
Col John B. McIntosh John Baillie McIntosh John Baillie McIntosh , although born in Florida, served as a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War. His brother, James M... |
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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... |
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Third Division BG David McM. Gregg David McMurtrie Gregg David McMurtrie Gregg was a farmer, diplomat, and a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
1st Brigade Col Judson Kilpatrick Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed political candidate for the U.S... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Percy Wyndham |
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Reserve Cavalry Brigade
BG John Buford John Buford John Buford, Jr. was a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War, with a prominent role at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early years:... |
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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... Cpt James M. Robertson |
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