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United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cross Keys

Battle of Cross Keys

The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War...

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

Cross Keys Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cross Keys of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

is listed separately.

Military rank

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

Mountain Department

MG John C. Frémont

John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...

Division	Brigade	Regiment or Other
Blenker's Division BG Louis Blenker Louis Blenker Louis Blenker was a German and American soldier.-Life in Germany:He was born at Worms, Germany. After being trained as a goldsmith by an uncle in Kreuznach, he was sent to a polytechnical school in Munich. Against his family's wishes, he enlisted in an Uhlan regiment which accompanied Otto to...	First (Stahel's) Brigade BG Julius Stahel Julius Stahel Julius H. Stahel-Számwald was a Hungarian soldier who emigrated to the United States and became a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a U.S. diplomat, a mining engineer, and a life insurance company executive...	8th New York 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the First German Rifles or Blenker's Rifles.-Service:... : Col Francis Wutschel 39th New York 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Garibaldi Guard", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : 41st New York 41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War. They were nicknamed Dekalbs Zouaves for their gaudy French/American zouave style... : 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... 45th New York: Col George von Amsberg 27th Pennsylvania: 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:... 2nd Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt Louis Schirmer Battery C, West Virginia Light Artillery: Cpt Frank Buel Howitzer battery:
	Second (Steinwehr's 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... ) Brigade Col John A. Koltes	29th New York Infantry 29th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 29th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Astor Rifles" or "1st German Infantry", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Ltc Clemens Soest 68th New York Infantry 68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Mostly of German immigrants, it was also known as the Cameron Rifles or the Second German Rifle Regiment... : 73rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Gustavus A. Muhlek 13th Battery, New York Light Artillery: Col Julius Dieckmann
	Third (Bohlen's) Brigade BG Henry Bohlen Henry Bohlen Henry Bohlen was an American Civil War Union Brigadier General. Before becoming the first foreign-born Union general in the Civil War, he fought in the Mexican-American War Henry Bohlen (October 22, 1810 – August 22, 1862) was an American Civil War Union Brigadier General. Before becoming...	54th New York: Col Eugene A. Kozlay 58th New York: Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski 74th Pennsylvania 74th Pennsylvania Infantry The 74th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of many all-German regiments in the army, most notably in the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac... : Ltc John Hamm 75th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis Mahler Battery I, 1st New York Light Artillery: Cpt Michael Wiedrich
	Cavalry Attachment Col Christian F. Dickel	4th New York Cavalry: Col Christian F. Dickel
Attached Independent Units	Cluseret's Brigade Col Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret was a French soldier and politician who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...	8th West Virginia 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 8th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th West Virginia was organized at Buffalo, West Virginia, in western Virginia in November, 1861.... : Ltc Lucien Loeser 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:... : Col William H. Trimble
	Milroy's Brigade BG Robert H. Milroy Robert H. Milroy Robert Huston Milroy was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.-Early life:...	2nd West Virginia 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Mustering:... : Maj James D. Owens 3rd West Virginia 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment was converted to the 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on January 26, 1864.... : Ltc F. W. Thompson 5th West Virginia 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment In the Second Battle of Bull Run this unit is listed by the Manassas Battlefield Park as an independent unit. They were sent by Gen. Milroy during the battle to link up with an Ohio infantry troop to try to provide support for other units attempting to hold Gen. Stonewall Jackson's line at the... : Col John L. Ziegler 25th Ohio 25th Ohio Infantry The 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 25th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on June 28, 1861 under the command of Colonel James A. Jones... : Ltc William P. Richardson 1st West Virginia Cavalry 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st West Virginia Cavalry was organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg, and Morgantown in western Virginia between July 10 and November 25, 1861.An analysis of... (detachment): Maj John A. Krepps Battery G, West Virginia Light Artillery: Cpt Chatham T. Ewing Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 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 Henry F. Hayman 12th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 12th Ohio Battery 12th 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
	Schenck's Brigade BG Robert C. Schenck Robert C. Schenck Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys...	32nd Ohio 32nd Ohio Infantry The 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 32nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Mansfield, Ohio August 20-September 7, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas H. Ford... : Ltc Ebenezer H. Swinney 55th Ohio 55th Ohio Infantry The 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 55th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp McClellan in Norwalk, Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service on January 25, 1862 under the command... : Col John C. Lee 73rd Ohio 73rd Ohio Infantry The 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 73rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Chillicothe, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 30, 1861 under the command of Colonel Orland Smith.The regiment was... : Col Orland Smith Orland Smith Orland Smith was a railroad executive and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1864, he led a spirited bayonet charge during the Battle of Wauhatchie that took a significant Confederate position on a hill that now bears his name.-Early life and career:Smith was... 75th Ohio 75th Ohio Infantry The 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from southwestern Ohio in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, most notably in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and then in the siege operations against Charleston, South... : Col Nathaniel McLean Nathaniel McLean Nathaniel Collins McLean , was a lawyer, farmer, and Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... 82nd Ohio 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 Cantwell 1st Battalion, Connecticut Cavalry: Cpt Erastus Blakeslee Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery K, 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 Marietta, Cleveland, and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 22, 1861 under Captain... : Cpt William L. De Beck Rigby’s Battery, Indiana Light Artillery 26th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 26th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Wilder Battery and Rigby's Battery.-Service:... : Cpt Silas F. Rigby
	Attached Cavalry	3rd West Virginia Cavalry 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry was organized in western Virginia between December, 1861... : Cpt Everton J. Conger 6th Ohio Cavalry 6th Ohio Cavalry The 6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry was a regiment of Union cavalry raised in ten counties in northeastern and north-central Ohio for service during the American Civil War... : Col William P. Lloyd

Department of the Rappahannock (formerly I Corps, Army of the Potomac)

MG Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell

Irvin McDowell was a career American army officer. He is best known for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War.-Early life:...

(not present)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Shields Division BG James Shields James Shields James Shields was an American politician and United States Army officer who was born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland. Shields, a Democrat, is the only person in United States history to serve as a U.S. Senator for three different states... (not present)	Bayard's Brigade [Temporarily assigned to Fremont's command beginning May 30.] BG George Dashiell Bayard George Dashiell Bayard George Dashiell Bayard was a career soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War...	1st New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc Joseph Kargé 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Owen Jones Owen Jones (congressman) Owen Jones was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:... 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles) Battalion: Ltc 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... 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

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