The following Union Army

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 the Crater

Battle of the Crater

The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade The...

 (July 30, 1864) 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

Crater Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* Gen = General* MG = Major General...

 is listed separately.

Military Rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant 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 General
  Major 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 General
  Brigadier 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 = Colonel
  Colonel (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 Colonel
  Lieutenant 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 = Major
  Major (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 = Lieutenant

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

The 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 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...

Provost Guard:


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,...

• 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
• 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles F. Adams, Jr.
• 80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates
• 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
• 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
• 114th Pennsylvania
  114th Pennsylvania Infantry
  The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They were very famous for their colorful americanized zouave dress which consisted of: a dark blue zouave jacket with sky blue cuffs and red trimmings and...
  
  : Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Brigade:


BG Henry Washington Benham

Henry Washington Benham

Henry Washington Benham was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....

• 15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
• 50th New York Engineers:
• Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher

Guards and Orderlies:

• Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann

IX Corps

MG Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose 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...

Provost Guard:

• 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG James H. Ledlie James H. Ledlie James Hewett Ledlie was a civil engineer for American railroads and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known for his dereliction of duty at the Battle of the Crater during the Siege of Petersburg.-Early life:Ledlie was born in Utica, New York...	1st Brigade    BG William Francis Bartlett William Francis Bartlett William Francis Bartlett was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and, later, an executive in the iron industry....	21st Massachusetts 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized in Worcester, Massachusetts and mustered into service on August 23, 1861.... : Cpt William H. Clark 29th Massachusetts 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army of the United States during the American Civil War. The regiment was organized in December 1861 when three new companies were attached to a battalion of seven Massachusetts companies that had been in... : Ltc Joseph H. Barnes 35th Massachusetts: Cpt J. Wilson Ingell 56th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles D. Lamb 57th Massachusetts: Lt Albert Doty 59th Massachusetts: Cpt Ezra P. Gould 100th Pennsylvania: Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost
	2nd Brigade    Col Elisha G. Marshall	3rd Maryland Battalion: Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman 179th New York (7 companies): Cpt Albert A. Terrill 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Cpt James W. Haig
	Acting Engineers	35th Massachusetts: Cpt Clifton Aurelius Blanchard
Second Division      BG Robert Brown Potter Robert Brown Potter Robert Brown Potter was a United States lawyer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...	1st Brigade    Col Zenas Bliss Zenas Bliss Zenas Randall Bliss was an officer and general in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, and his detailed memoirs chronicled life on the Texas frontier.Bliss was a native of Rhode Island and graduated from West Point...	36th Massachusetts: Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk 45th Pennsylvania: Cpt Theodore Gregg 48th Pennsylvania: Col Henry Pleasants Henry Pleasants For the English music critic Henry Pleasants, see Henry Pleasants .Henry Clay Pleasants was a coal mining engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... 4th Rhode Island 4th Rhode Island Infantry 4th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry was organized during the American Civil War from 1861 and 1864.-History:Organized at Providence, 1861. Left state for Washington, D. C., October 2. At Camp Casey till November 28, and at Camp California till December 14. Mustered in October 30, 1861. Attached to... : Maj James T. P. Bucklin
	2nd Brigade    BG Simon Goodell Griffin Simon Goodell Griffin Simon Goodell Griffin was an American soldier, legislator, farmer and teacher.-Pre-War:Simon G. Griffin was born at Nelson, New Hampshire in 1824. Griffin was a farmer and a teacher at first...	31st Maine: Cpt James Dean 32nd Maine: Cpt Joseph B. Hammond 2nd Maryland 2nd Maryland Infantry The 2nd Maryland Infantry was an American military regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It should not be confused with the 2nd Maryland Infantry, CSA, which was composed of Maryland volunteers who fought for the Confederacy during the war.... : Cpt James H. Wilson James H. Wilson James Harrison Wilson was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, and author.-Early life and engineering:... 6th New Hampshire 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Keene, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 27, 1861.The regiment was attached to... : Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin 9th New Hampshire 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry The 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 15, 1862.The regiment was attached to... : Cpt John B. Cooper 11th New Hampshire 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment The 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was a Union army infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was raised in the New England state of New Hampshire, serving from October 4, 1862, to June 4, 1865.... : Cpt Arthur C. Locke 17th Vermont 17th Vermont Infantry The 17th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War... : Cpt Lyman E. Knapp
	Acting Engineers	7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy Daniels
Third 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    BG John F. Hartranft John F. Hartranft John Frederick Hartranft was the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879 and a Union Major General who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	8th Michigan 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Michigan Infantry was organized at Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 23,... : Maj Horatio Belcher 27th Michigan 27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1863.The regiment was mustered out of...  (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin Isaac S. Catlin Isaac Swartwood Catlin was an American lawyer and a decorated officer in the American Civil War. A native of Owego, New York, Catlin studied law in New York City before returning to Owego to begin his career. He joined the Union Army in the first days of the Civil War and rose to become commander... , Cpt Edwin Evans 13th Ohio Cavalry 13th Ohio Cavalry The 13th Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 13th Ohio Cavalry was organized by consolidation of the 4th Ohio Independent Battalion Cavalry and 5th Ohio Independent Battalion Cavalry at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on May 5,...  (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon 51st Pennsylvania: Maj Lane S. Hart 37th Wisconsin 37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 37th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 37th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service on April 9, 1864.... : Col Samuel Harriman 38th Wisconsin 38th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 38th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 38th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service on April 15, 1864....  (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler
	2nd Brigade    Col William Humphrey	1st Michigan Sharpshooters 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Col Charles V. DeLand 2nd Michigan 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Michigan Infantry was organized by Francis William Kellogg and others at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan. It mustered into Federal service for a... : Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch 20th Michigan 20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 20th Michigan Infantry was organized at Jackson, Michigan between August 15 and August 19, 1862.... : Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon Byron M. Cutcheon -See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:... 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry Walter C. Newberry Walter Cass Newberry was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Newberry was born in Sangerfield, New York and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private in the Eighty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers... 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serviere 60th Ohio 60th Ohio Infantry The 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-First organization:...  (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Overton, Jr.
	Acting Engineers	17th Michigan 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 17th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan, between August 8 and August 22, 1862... : Col Constant Luce
Fourth Division      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...	1st Brigade    Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried	27th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright 30th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Hiram A. Oakman 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns Ozora P. Stearns Ozora Pierson Stearns was an American politician.-Education:He attended Oberlin College, later graduating from the University of Michigan in 1858 and from the law department of that university in 1860... 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Cpt Jesse Wilkinson
	2nd Brigade    Col Henry Goddard Thomas Henry Goddard Thomas Major General Henry Goddard Thomas was an Union general in the American Civil War. A native of Portland, Maine, Thomas graduated from Amherst College in 1858 and was admitted to the bar shortly thereafter. He enlisted as a private in the 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment...	19th U.S. Colored Troops (28th U.S. Colored Troops attached): Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Cleveland J. Campbell 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Maj T. Jefferson Brown 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Cpt Thomas Wright
	Artillery Brigade    Ltc J. Albert Monroe	2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery 2nd Maine Battery 2nd Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on November 20, 1861.... : Cpt James A. Hall 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery 3rd Maine Battery 3rd Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 11, 1861.... : Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery 7th Maine Battery 7th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 7th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 30, 1863.... : Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley

Army of the James

Army of the James

The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.-History:...

MG Benjamin F. Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)

Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts....

Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot

• 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot
  • Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
  • Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
  • Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt

X Corps

(attached to XVIII Corps)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG John W. Turner	1st Brigade    Col Newton Martin Curtis Newton Martin Curtis Newton Martin Curtis was a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Early life:...	3rd New York 3rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 3rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It is also known as the Albany Regiment... : Cpt George W. Warren 112th New York: Ltc John F. Smith 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett 142nd New York: Ltc Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade    Ltc William B. Coan	47th New York: Cpt Charles A. Moore 48th New York: Cpt William H. Dunbar 76th Pennsylvania: Maj William S. Diller 97th Pennsylvania: Cpt Isiah Price
	3rd Brigade    Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana 13th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during theAmerican Civil War.- Service :The 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was originally accepted for state service for one year and was organized at Indianapolis for the U. S. service by volunteers from the...  (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent 9th Maine 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 22, 1861.... : Cpt Robert J. Gray 4th New Hampshire 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry The 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 18, 1861.The regiment was... : Cpt Frank W. Parker 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson 169th New York: Maj James A. Colvin

See also

• Virginia in the American Civil War
• Petersburg National Battlefield
  Petersburg National Battlefield
  Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg. The Battlefield is centered around Petersburg, Virginia, and also includes outlying components in Hopewell, Prince George County, and Dinwiddie County...