First Bull Run Union order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Bull Run

First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas , was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas...

on the Union

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...

side. The Confederate order of battle

First Bull Run Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. The Union order of battle is shown separately.-Military rank abbreviations used:* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...

is shown separately.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

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
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
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
Lieutenant
A 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...

Army of Northeastern Virginia

BG 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:...

Chief of Artillery: Maj William F. Barry

William Farquhar Barry

William Farquhar Barry was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as an artillery commander during the Mexican-American War and Civil War.-Birth and early years:...

Chief Engineer: Maj John G. Barnard

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Daniel Tyler Daniel Tyler Daniel Tyler was an iron manufacturer, railroad president, and one of the first generals of the American Civil War.-Biography:...	First Brigade Col Erasmus D. Keyes Erasmus D. Keyes Erasmus Darwin Keyes was a businessman, banker, and military general, noted for leading the IV Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac during the first half of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	2nd Maine 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in Bangor, Maine for two year's service on May 28, 1861 and mustered out in the same place on June 9, 1863... : Col Charles D. Jameson 1st Connecticut: Ltc John Speidel 2nd Connecticut: Col Alfred H. Terry Alfred Terry Alfred Howe Terry was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886.-Early life and career:... 3rd Connecticut: Col John L. Chatfield
	Second 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...	2nd New York: Col George W. B. Tompkins 1st Ohio 1st Ohio Infantry The 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Western Theater in a number of campaigns and battles.-Three-months regiment:... : Col Alexander M. McCook 2nd Ohio 2nd Ohio Infantry The 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... : Ltc Rodney Mason Co. E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt James Howard Carlisle
	Third Brigade Col William T. Sherman	13th New York: Col Isaac F. Quinby 69th New York: Col Michael Corcoran Michael Corcoran Michael Corcoran was an Irish American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln. As its colonel, he led the 69th New York regiment to Washington, D.C. and was one of the first to serve in the defense of Washington by building Fort... (wc), Cpt James Kelly 79th New York 79th New York Volunteer Infantry The 79th New York Volunteer Infantry was a military regiment organized on June 20, 1859 in the state of New York. Prior to the American Civil War it was one of the three regiments which formed the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia. The Fourth Brigade included the... : Col James Cameron (k) 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.-Service:... : Ltc Henry W. Peck: Col. S. Park Coon Co. E, 3rd U.S. 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...
	Fourth Brigade Col 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...	1st Massachusetts 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.Organized at "Camp Ellsworth" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the regiment was made up partly of companies that had belonged to the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a... : Col Robert Cowdin Robert Cowdin Robert Cowdin was a businessman, a field officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a local politician in Massachusetts. Cowdin was colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Infantry and served in several major battles early in the war... 12th New York: Col Ezra L. Walrath 2nd Michigan: Maj Aldophus W. Williams 3rd Michigan: Col Daniel McConnell, Ltc Ambrose A. Stevens Co. G, 1st U.S. Artillery (2 guns): Lt John Edwards, Jr. Co. M, 2nd U.S. Artillery (4 guns): Cpt Henry J. Hunt
Second Division BG David Hunter David Hunter David Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War. He achieved fame by his unauthorized 1862 order emancipating slaves in three Southern states and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.-Early... (w) Col Andrew Porter	First Brigade Col Andrew Porter	8th New York Militia: Col George Lyons 14th New York Militia (14th Brooklyn) 14th Regiment (New York State Militia) The 14th Regiment New York State Militia was a volunteer militia regiment from the City of Brooklyn, New York. It is primarily known for its service in the American Civil War from April 1861 to May 1864, although it later served in the Spanish American War and World War I .In the Civil War, the... : Col Alfred M. Wood Alfred M. Wood Alfred M. Wood was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.On April 13, 1858, Wood was commissioned as colonel of the 14th New York Militia , a local antebellum militia regiment.... (w), Ltc Edward Brush Fowler Edward Brush Fowler Edward Brush Fowler was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known for his command of the 14th Brooklyn and a demi-brigade during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.... 27th New York: Col Henry W. Slocum (w), Maj 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... U.S. Infantry Battalion (8 companies): Maj George Sykes George Sykes George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life:... U.S. Marine Corps Battalion: Maj Joseph G. Reynolds U.S. Cavalry Battalion (7 companies): Maj Innis N. Palmer Innis N. Palmer Innis Newton Palmer was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and on the Western frontier.... Co. D, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt 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...
	Second Brigade Col 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...	2nd New Hampshire 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was the longest-serving volunteer regiment of the State of New Hampshire in the American Civil War. The 2nd New Hampshire was organized in early 1861 and mustered in June 4, 1861. The 2nd NH fought from First Bull Run until the occupation of Richmond... : Col Gilman Marston Gilman Marston Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.-Early life:... (w), Ltc Frank S. Fiske 1st Rhode Island: Maj Joseph P. Balch 2nd Rhode Island: Col John S. Slocum (k), Ltc 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:... , Maj Sullivan Ballou Sullivan Ballou Sullivan Ballou was a lawyer, politician, and major in the United States Army. He is best remembered for the eloquent letter he wrote to his wife a week before he fought and was mortally wounded alongside his Rhode Island Volunteers in the First Battle of Bull Run.-Early life:Ballou was born the... (k) 71st New York: Col Henry P. Martin 2nd Rhode Island Battery: Cpt William H. Reynolds
Third Division Col Samuel P. Heintzelman Samuel P. Heintzelman Samuel Peter Heintzelman was a United States Army General. He served in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, the Yuma War, the Cortina Troubles, and the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps.... (w)	First Brigade Col William B. Franklin William 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,...	5th Massachusetts: Col Samuel C. Lawrence (w) 11th Massachusetts 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Organized in Boston in May 1861, the 11th Massachusetts was made up mostly of men from Boston, but also from Charlestown and Dorchester... : Col George Clark, Jr. 1st Minnesota 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted in particular for its gallant service and heavy casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg.... : Col 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:... 4th Pennsylvania: Col 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:... Co. I, 1st U.S. Artillery: Cpt 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:... (wounded & captured), Lt Edmund Kirby
	Second Brigade Col 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:... (wc) Col 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...	11th New York ("First Fire Zouaves") 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the early years of the American Civil War. The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861 as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style, by Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, a personal... : Ltc Noah L. Farnham (w) 38th New York: Col 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... , Ltc Addison Farnsworth 1st Michigan: Maj Alonzo F. Bidwell 4th Michigan: Col Dwight A. Woodbury Co. D, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Richard Arnold
	Third Brigade Col 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...	3rd Maine: Maj Henry G. Staples 4th Maine: Col Hiram G. Berry Hiram George Berry Hiram Gregory Berry was an American politician and general in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:Hiram G... 5th Maine: Col Mark H. Dunnell 2nd Vermont: Col Henry Whiting
Fourth Division: BG Theodore Runyon Theodore Runyon Theodore Runyon was a United States politician, diplomat, and Civil War brigadier general in the Union army.-Biography:...	no brigade orgainization	1st New Jersey Militia: Col Aldolphus J. Johnson 2nd New Jersey Militia: Col Henry M. Baker 3rd New Jersey Militia: Col William Napton 4th New Jersey Militia: Col Matthew Miller, Jr. 1st New Jersey: Col William R. Montgomery 2nd New Jersey: Col George W. McLean 3rd New Jersey: Col George W. Taylor 41st New York: 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...
Fifth Division Col Dixon S. Miles Dixon S. Miles Dixon Stansbury Miles was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars. He was mortally wounded as he surrendered his Union garrison in the Battle of Harpers Ferry during the American Civil War.-Early life and military service:Miles was born in...	First Brigade Col 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...	8th New York: Ltc 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... 29th New York: Col 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... 39th New York: Col Frederick G. D'Utassy 27th Pennsylvania: Col Max Epstein Co. A, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt John C. Tidball 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... 8th New York Militia Battery: Cpt Charles Brookwood
	Second Brigade Col Thomas A. Davies	16th New York: Ltc Samuel Marsh 18th New York: Col William A. Jackson 31st New York: Col Calvin E. Pratt 32nd New York 32nd Regiment of New York Volunteers The 32nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the "1st California Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Col Roderick N. Matheson Roderick N. Matheson Roderick Nicol Matheson was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Matheson was born in Inverness, Scotland, and emigrated to New York City with his parents at the age of 15. During the California Gold Rush he moved to San Francisco... Co. G, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Oliver D. Greene

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