Second Bull Run Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
Army of Virginia
MG John Pope
MG Fitz John Porter
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 Second Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen...
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
Second Bull Run Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Bull Run of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* MG = Major General* BG = Brigadier General...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- 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 = Lieutenant
Army of VirginiaArmy of VirginiaThe Army of Virginia was organized as a major unit of the Union Army and operated briefly and unsuccessfully in 1862 in the American Civil War. It should not be confused with its principal opponent, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by Robert E...
MG John PopeJohn Pope (military officer)
John Pope was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief but successful career in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the East.Pope was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in...
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- 1st Ohio Cavalry1st Ohio CavalryThe 1st Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Ohio Cavalry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 17-October 30, 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Owen P. Ransom.The...
, Company A & C - 5th New York Cavalry (7 companies)
- 36th Ohio36th Ohio InfantryThe 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...
: Col George CrookGeorge CrookGeorge 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:...
- 1st Ohio Cavalry
I Corps
MG Franz SigelFranz Sigel
Franz Sigel was a German military officer, revolutionist and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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- 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company I & K
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First Division 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... (w) 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... |
1st Brigade BG Julius Stahel 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:... |
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2nd Brigade
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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... : Lt George B. Haskin |
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2nd Division BG 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... |
1st Brigade Col John A. Koltes (k) Ltc Gustavus A. Muhleck |
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3rd Division BG Carl Schurz Carl Schurz Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,... |
1st Brigade Col Alexander Schimmelfennig Alexander Schimmelfennig Alexander Schimmelfennig was a German soldier and political revolutionary, and then an American Civil War general in the Union Army.-Early life and career:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski |
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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 Hubert Dilger Hubert Dilger Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger was a German immigrant to the United States who became a decorated artillerist in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Independent 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:... |
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Cavalry Brigade
BG John Beardsley |
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Reserve Artillery
Cpt Frank Buell Cpt Louis Schirmer |
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III Corps
MG Irvin McDowellIrvin 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:...
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1st Division BG Rufus King Rufus King (Civil War General) Rufus King was a newspaper editor, educator, U.S. diplomat, and a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (Ill) BG John P. Hatch (wounded) 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 BG John P. Hatch (w) Col Timothy Sullivan |
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2nd Brigade
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... Col William P. Wainwright |
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3rd Brigade
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,... |
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4th Brigade
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:... |
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Artillery |
1st New Hampshire Light Battery 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st New Hampshire Artillery was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire and mustered in September 21, 1861 for three years service under Captain George A. Gerrish.The... : Cpt George A. Gerrish, Lt Frederick M. Edgell 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 John Albert Monroe |
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2nd Division BG 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:... |
1st Brigade BG Abram Duryée Abram Duryée Abram Duryée was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was New York City Police Commissioner.-Birth and early years:... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Zealous B. Tower Zealous Bates Tower Zealous Bates Tower was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... (w) Col William H. Christian |
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3rd Brigade
Col John W. Stiles |
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4th Brigade
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... |
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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 5th Maine Battery 5th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 4, 1861.... : Cpt George F. Leppien |
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3rd Division (Pennsylvania Reserves Pennsylvania Reserves The Pennsylvania Reserves were an infantry division in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Noted for its famous commanders and high casualties, it served in the Eastern Theater, and fought in many important battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg.... ) BG John F. Reynolds John 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... |
1st Brigade BG George G. Meade |
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2nd Brigade
BG Truman Seymour Truman Seymour Truman Seymour was an a career soldier and an accomplished painter. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the largest Civil War battle fought in Florida.-Early life and career:Seymour... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Conrad F. Jackson |
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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.... |
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Cavalry Brigade (temporarily attached)
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... |
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Reserve Corps
BG Samuel D. SturgisSamuel 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:...
- Piatt's Brigade
- BG A. Sanders Piatt
- 63rd Indiana (4 companies): Ltc John S. Williams
- 86th New York: Col Benajah P. Bailey
III Corps
MG Samuel P. HeintzelmanSamuel 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....
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- 5th New Cavalry (3 companies)
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1st Division MG Philip Kearny Philip Kearny Philip Kearny, Jr., was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.-Early life and career:... |
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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3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine for three year's service on June 4, 1861 and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.-Casualties... : Cpt Moses B. Lakeman 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was assembled in Rockland, Maine on By May 20th, 1861 with Colonel Hiram G. Berry as it's commanding officer. He received four Knox County companies, one from Searsport, Winterport, Wiscasset, and Damariscotta, and two from Belfast. In all, 1,085 men,... : Col Elijah Walker 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment was organized in New York City, New York and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on April 22, 1861.... : Maj Edwin Burt Thomas W. Egan Thomas Wilberforce Egan was a Union Army officer who led the Mozart Regiment during most of the American Civil War, later becoming a general.-Early life :... William Birney William Birney was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army.... |
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3rd 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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Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery E, 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 23, 1861 under the command of Captain George E... : Cpt George E. Randolph |
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3rd Division MG Joseph Hooker Joseph Hooker Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E... |
1st Brigade BG Cuvier Grover |
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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 Nelson Taylor Nelson Taylor Nelson Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, Taylor attended the common schools.... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Joseph Bradford 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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6th Maine Battery 6th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on January 1, 1862 under the command of Captain Freeman McGilvery.The battery was attached... : Cpt Freeman McGilvery Freeman McGilvery Freeman McGilvery was a United States Army artillery officer during the American Civil War. He gained fame at the Battle of Gettysburg for taking the initiative to piece together a line of guns that greatly contributed to the Union victory.-Biography:McGilvery was born in Prospect, Maine... |
V Corps
MG Fitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter
Fitz John Porter was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War...
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1st Division MG George W. Morell George W. Morell George Webb Morell was a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Charles W. Roberts |
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2nd Brigade
BG 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... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Daniel Butterfield Daniel 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... Col H. A. Weeks (w) Col James C. Rice |
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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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2nd Division BG George W. 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
Ltc William Chapman |
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3rd Brigade
Col 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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Artillery
Cpt Stephen H. Weed Stephen H. Weed Stephen Hinsdale Weed was a career military officer in the United States Army. He was killed defending Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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IX Corps
MG Jesse L. RenoJesse L. Reno
Jesse Lee Reno was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War...
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1st Division MG Isaac I. Stevens |
1st 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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2nd 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:... (w) Ltc David A. Leckey |
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3rd Brigade
Col Addison Farnsworth |
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2nd Division MG Jesse L. Reno Jesse L. Reno Jesse Lee Reno was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War, the western frontier, and as a Union General during the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade Col 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
Col 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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Kanawha Division Kanawha Division The Kanawha Division was a Union Army division which could trace its origins back to a brigade originally commanded by Jacob D. Cox. This division served in western Virginia and Maryland and was at times led by such famous personalities as George Crook and Rutherford B. Hayes.-Kanawha Brigade:On... BG Jacob D. Cox |
1st Brigade Col Eliakim P. Scammon Eliakim P. Scammon Eliakim Parker Scammon was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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