Kernstown II Union order of battle - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following Union Army

Union Army

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units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Kernstown

Battle of Kernstown II

-References:* Patchan, Scott C. Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8032-3754-4.-External links:* for July 24, 1864, of Major Alexander Hart of the 5th Louisiana Regiment.*...

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...

, on July 24, 1864 in Kernstown, now part of the City of Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

. The Confederate order of battle

Kernstown II Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Kernstown of the American Civil War, on July 24, 1864 in Kernstown, now part of the City of Winchester, Virginia...

is shown separately.

Military rank

GEN = General
General
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LG = Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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MG = Major General
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BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier General
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Col = Colonel
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Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
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Maj = Major
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Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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Bvt = Brevet
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Rank

Army of West Virginia

Bvt MG George Crook

George Crook

George R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division Col Joseph Thoburn Joseph Thoburn Joseph Thoburn was born in the district of Mallusk north of Belfast, County Antrim, to be found in the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, UK. He went on to be a physician and soldier from the state of West Virginia who served as an officer and brigade commander in the Union...	First Brigade Col George D. Wells	34th Massachusetts Infantry 116th Ohio Infantry 116th Ohio Infantry The 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 116th Ohio Infantry was organized Marietta and Gallipolis, Ohio and mustered in September 18, 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel James Washburn... 123rd Ohio Infantry 123rd Ohio Infantry The 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 123rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Monroeville in Huron County, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 24, 1862 under the command of Colonel William T... 170th Ohio Infantry 170th Ohio Infantry The 170th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 170th Ohio Infantry was organized in Bellaire, Ohio and mustered in May 13, 1864 for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Miles J... 5th New York Heavy Artillery
	Second Brigade Col William G. Ely	18th Connecticut Infantry 2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry 1st West Virginia Infantry 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service record:... 4th West Virginia Infantry 4th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 4th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 12th West Virginia Infantry 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was particularly distinguished for its successful attack on Fort Gregg during the 1864 Siege of Petersburg, receiving a golden eagle for its...
Second Division Col Isaac H. Duval Isaac H. Duval Isaac Harding Duval was an adventurer and businessman prior to becoming a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a postbellum U.S. Representative from West Virginia in the 41st United States Congress.-Early life and career:Duval was born in Wellsburg, West...	First Brigade Col Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...	23rd Ohio Infantry 23rd Ohio Infantry The 23rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during much of the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a variety of campaigns and battles, and is remembered with a stone memorial on the Antietam National Battlefield not far from Burnside's... 36th Ohio Infantry 36th Ohio Infantry The 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Recruited from several counties in southeastern Ohio, the 36th OVI participated in several battles in the Eastern Theater before being transferred for a period to the... 5th West Virginia Infantry 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... 13th West Virginia Infantry 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 13th West Virginia was organized at Pt...
	Second Brigade Col Daniel D. Johnson	34th Ohio Infantry 34th Ohio Infantry The 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It primarily served in the Eastern Theater in what is now West Virginia and in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley region... 91st Ohio Infantry 91st Ohio Infantry The 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It primarily served in West Virginia and in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.-Service:... 9th West Virginia Infantry 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Organization:... 14th West Virginia Infantry 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 14th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 14th West Virginia was organized at Wheeling in western Virginia on August 25, 1862....
Third Division Col James A. Mulligan	First Brigade Col Thomas M. Harris	23rd Illinois Infantry 10th West Virginia Infantry 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
Third Division Col James A. Mulligan	Second Brigade Ltc John P. Linton	54th Pennsylvania Infantry 11th West Virginia Infantry 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... 5th West Virginia Infantry 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...
	Artillery	30th Battery, New York Light Artillery 1st Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 1st Ohio Battery 1st Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Ohio Battery was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 6, 1861 under Captain James Ross McMullen.The battery was... Battery L, 5th United States Artillery Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alfred N. Duffié Alfred N. Duffié Alfred Napoléon Alexander Duffié was a French-American soldier and diplomat who served in the Crimean War and the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Duffié was born in Paris...	First Brigade Col William B. Tibbits	1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry 15th New York Cavalry 21st New York Cavalry 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	Second Brigade Col Jacob Higgins	1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry 1st New York (Veteran) Cavalry 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry The 22nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was formed in February 1864, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by the consolidation of two battalions, the Ringgold Cavalry and a battalion raised during the Gettysburg...
Second Division BG William W. Averell William W. Averell William Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry general in the American Civil War. After the war he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement.-Early years:...	First Brigade Col James M. Schoonmaker	8th Ohio Cavalry 8th Ohio Cavalry The 8th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry was a regiment of cavalry raised by the state of Ohio for service during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, primarily in West Virginia and then in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.... 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	Second Brigade Col William H. Powell	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... 2nd West Virginia Cavalry 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:... 3rd West Virginia Cavalry 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....
	Artillery	Battery F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery

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