Fredericksburg Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
Provost Guard
BG Marsena R. Patrick
Inspector General
BG Delos B. Sackett
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Artillery
BG Henry Jackson Hunt
Artillery Reserve
Ltc William Hays
Unattached Artillery
Maj Thomas S. Trumbull
II Corps
MG Darius N. Couch
IX Corps
BG Orlando B. Willcox
Escort
III Corps
BG George Stoneman
V Corps
BG Daniel Butterfield
Escort
I Corps
MG John F. Reynolds
Escort
VI Corps
MG William F. Smith
Escort
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 Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside...
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
Fredericksburg Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* LTG = Lieutenant General...
is listed separately.
Military ranks
- 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 = 1st Lieutenant
Headquarters units
Escort- Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
- 1st U.S. Cavalry (detachment): Cpt Marcus A. Reno
- 4th U.S. Cavalry, Companies A and E: Cpt James B. McIntyre
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,...
- McClellan (Illinois) Dragoons, Company A: Cpt George W. Shears
- McClellan (Illinois) Dragoons, Company B: Cpt David C. Brown
- 9th New York Infantry, Company G: Cpt Charles Child
- 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker
- 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Whiting
- 8th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Royal T. Frank
Inspector General
BG Delos B. Sackett
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Daniel Phineas Woodbury was an American soldier and an engineer during the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:...
- 15th New York: Maj James A. Magruder
- 50th New York: Maj Ira Spaulding
- Battalion U.S. Engineers: Lt Charles E. Cross
Artillery
BG Henry Jackson Hunt
Henry Jackson Hunt
Henry Jackson Hunt was Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Considered by his contemporaries the greatest artillery tactician and strategist of the war, he was a master of the science of gunnery and rewrote the manual on the organization and use of artillery...
Artillery Reserve
Ltc William Hays
William Hays (general)
William Hays was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- 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...
- Battery A, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Otto Diederichs
- Battery B, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
- Battery C, 1st Battalion New York Light: Lt Bernhard Wever
- Battery D, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Charles Kusserow
- Battery K, 1st United States: Cpt William M. Graham
- Battery A, 2nd United States: Cpt John C. TidballJohn C. TidballJohn 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...
- 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
Unattached Artillery
Maj Thomas S. Trumbull
- Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
- Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
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...
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First Division BG Winfield Scott 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... (w) Col George W. Von Schack |
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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
Col 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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Second Division BG Oliver O. Howard Oliver O. Howard Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade BG 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:... |
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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... ) Col Joshua T. Owen Joshua T. Owen Joshua Thomas Owen was an educator, politician, and soldier from Pennsylvania who served as a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War. He commanded the famed Philadelphia Brigade for part of the war, but was relieved of duty for alleged cowardice during battle.-Early life and... |
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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:... (w) Col William R. Lee |
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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 John G. Hazard |
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Third Division BG William H. French William H. French William Henry French was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army General in the American Civil War. He rose to temporarily command a corps within the Army of the Potomac, but was relieved of active field duty following poor performance during the Mine Run Campaign in late 1863.-Early... |
1st Brigade ("Gibraltar Brigade Gibraltar Brigade The "Gibraltar Brigade" was a famed infantry brigade within the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Noted for its tenacity in combat, the brigade drew its nickname from the steadfastness of the Rock of Gibraltar... ") BG Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War... (w) Col John S. Mason |
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2nd Brigade
Col Oliver H. Palmer |
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3rd Brigade
Col John W. Andrews Ltc William Jameson Ltc John W. Marshall |
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Artillery |
Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Captain Charles D.... : Cpt Charles D. Owen |
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Corps Artillery Reserve
Cpt Charles H. Morgan |
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IX CorpsIX Corps (ACW)IX Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War that distinguished itself in combat in multiple theaters: the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.-Formation, Second Bull Run, and Antietam:...
BG Orlando B. WillcoxOrlando 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:...
Escort
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance
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First Division BG William W. Burns |
1st Brigade Col Orlando Poe Orlando Poe Orlando Metcalfe Poe was an United States Army officer and engineer in the American Civil War. After helping General William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea, he was responsible for much of the early lighthouse construction on the Great Lakes.-Early life:Poe was born in Navarre, Ohio... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin C. Christ Benjamin C. Christ Benjamin C. Christ was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac at several important battles, including the Battle of Antietam.... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Daniel Leasure Daniel Leasure Daniel Leasure was an American soldier and physician who served as a colonel and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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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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Second Division BG Samuel D. Sturgis Samuel D. Sturgis Samuel Davis Sturgis was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and later in the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG James Nagle James Nagle James Nagle was an officer in the United States Army in both the Mexican War and the Civil War. During the latter conflict, he recruited and commanded four infantry regiments from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and led two different brigades in the Eastern Theater... |
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2nd Brigade BG Edward Ferrero Edward Ferrero Edward Ferrero was one of the leading dance instructors, choreographers, and ballroom operators in the United States. He also served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best remembered for his role in the Battle of the Crater in 1864.-Early life and career:Ferrero was born in... |
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Artillery |
Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery D, 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 September 4, 1861 under the command of Captain John Albert... : Cpt William W. Buckley |
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Third Division BG George W. Getty George W. Getty George Washington Getty was a career military officer in the United States Army, most noted for his role as a division commander in the Army of the Potomac during the final full year of the American Civil War.... |
1st Brigade Col Rush C. Hawkins Rush Hawkins Rush Christopher Hawkins was a lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, politician, book collector, and art patron.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Edward Harland Edward Harland (general) Edward Harland was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was associated with early battles of the IX Corps as well as Union involvement in North Carolina and the Tidewater region of Virginia.-Early life:... |
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Cavalry Division
BG Alfred PleasontonAlfred 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...
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1st Brigade BG John F. Farnsworth John F. Farnsworth John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col 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:... 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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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... |
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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...
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 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 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... |
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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
BG 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... |
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Artillery
Cpt George E. Randolph |
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Second Division BG Daniel Sickles Daniel Sickles Daniel Edgar Sickles was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat.... |
1st Brigade 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... |
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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... ") Col George B. Hall |
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3rd Brigade
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.... |
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Artillery
Cpt James E. Smith |
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Third Division BG Amiel W. Whipple Amiel Weeks Whipple Amiel Weeks Whipple was an American military engineer and surveyor. He served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War, where he was killed in action. Fort Whipple, now Fort Myer, was named in his honor.-Biography:... |
1st Brigade BG Abram S. Piatt Abram S. Piatt Abram Sanders Piatt was a wealthy farmer, publisher, poet, politician, and soldier from southern Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He organized the only zouave regiment from Ohio and later led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac... Col Emlen Franklin |
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2nd 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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Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Huntington's Battery.-Service:... : Lt George W. Norton |
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"...
BG Daniel ButterfieldDaniel Butterfield
Daniel Adams Butterfield was a New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. He is credited with composing the bugle call Taps and was involved in the Black Friday gold scandal in the Grant administration...
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First Division BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade Col James Barnes |
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2nd Brigade
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 T. B. W. Stockton |
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Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1861 under the command of Captain William B.... : Cpt Richard Waterman |
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Second Division BG George Sykes George Sykes George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Ltc Robert C. Buchanan Robert C. Buchanan Robert Christie Buchanan was an American military officer who served in the Mexican War and then was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Maj George L. Andrews Maj Charles S. Lovell |
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3rd Brigade
BG Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur K. Warren Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Portsmouth, Ohio October 8, 1861 and mustered in at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio for a three year enlistment on January 20, 1862... : Lt Frederick Dorries |
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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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Cavalry Brigade
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:... |
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Left Grand Division
MG William B. FranklinWilliam B. Franklin
William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable early battles in the Eastern Theater.-Early life:William B. Franklin was born in York,...
Escort
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Richard H. Rush
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...
Escort
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
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First Division BG Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his... |
1st Brigade Col Walter Phelps, Jr. |
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2nd Brigade
Col James Gavin |
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3rd Brigade
Col William F. Rogers |
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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... Col 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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Artillery
Cpt George A. Gerrish Cpt John A. Reynolds |
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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:... (w) BG Nelson Taylor |
1st Brigade Col Adrian R. Root |
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2nd Brigade
Col Peter Lyle |
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3rd Brigade
BG Nelson Taylor Col Samuel H. Leonard |
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Artillery
Cpt George F. Leppien |
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Third Division 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... |
1st Brigade Col William Sinclair Col William McCandless William McCandless William McCandless was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a regiment and then a brigade in the Pennsylvania Reserve Division.-Biography:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Albert L. Magilton |
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3rd Brigade
BG Conrad Feger Jackson Conrad Feger Jackson Conrad Feger Jackson was a businessman and soldier from the state of Pennsylvania who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Fredericksburg.-Early life and career:Jackson was born in Alsace Township in Berks County,... Col Joseph W. Fisher Joseph W. Fisher Joseph Washington Fisher was a Pennsylvania politician and soldier who commanded a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves in some of the most important battles of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.... Ltc Robert Anderson |
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Dunbar R. Ransom -Early life:Dunbar Ransom was born at Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 10, 1831 but moved to Vermont. He is listed as the eldest son of Col Truman B. Ransom and brother of Gen Thomas E. G. Ransom. On June 7, 1855 Ransom was appointed from civilian life as a 2nd lieutenant in the Third U.... |
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 William F. SmithWilliam Farrar Smith
William Farrar Smith , was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
Escort
- 10th New York Cavalry, Company L: Lt George Vanderbilt
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I: Cpt James Starr
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Frederick C. Newhall
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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:... |
1st Brigade ("First New Jersey Brigade First New Jersey Brigade The First New Jersey Brigade is the common name for an American Civil War brigade of New Jersey infantry regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac... ") Col Alfred Thomas Torbert Alfred Thomas Torbert Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert was a career United States Army officer, a Union Army General commanding both infantry and cavalry forces in the American Civil War, and a U.S. diplomat.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Henry L. Cake |
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3rd Brigade
BG David Allen Russell David Allen Russell David Allen Russell was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general in the Union Army.-Early life:... |
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William Hexamer William Hexamer commanded an artillery battery in the American Civil War. Hexamer was born in Koblenz, Germany on April 12, 1825. During the 1848 Revolution he served as an aide to Franz Sigel... |
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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.... |
1st Brigade BG Calvin E. Pratt |
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2nd Brigade
("1st Vermont Brigade 1st Vermont Brigade The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action... ") Col Henry Whiting |
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3rd Brigade
BG Francis L. Vinton Col Robert F. Taylor 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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Andrew Cowan (artillerist) Andrew Cowan served as a Union artillerist in the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Sayler's Creek.-Pre-War:... William A. Harn -The Creation of the 3rd New York Battery:The 3rd New York Battery began its existence as Company D of the 2nd New York Militia. It was designated a howitzer company. It was to Washington, D. C. with the regiment, which became the 82nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Led by Capt Thaddeus... |
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Third Division BG John Newton |
1st Brigade BG John Cochrane John Cochrane (general) John Cochrane was an American lawyer, Union Army general and politician.-Life:He was the grandson of John Cochran, Surgeon General of the Continental Army.... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Charles Devens Charles Devens Charles Devens was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Thomas A. Rowley 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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Cavalry Brigade
BG George D. 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... Col 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:... |
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