Second Petersburg Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Petersburg (June 15-18, 1864) of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
BG Charles K. Graham
Siege Artillery
Col Henry L. Abbot
BG Marsena R. Patrick
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham
relinquished command June 18
MG David B. Birney
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 Petersburg (June 15-18, 1864) 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 is listed separately.
Military Rank
- LTG = Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant General (United States)In the United States Army, the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps, lieutenant general is a three-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-9. Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general...
- 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
Headquarter units
Naval BrigadeBG Charles K. Graham
Charles K. Graham
Charles Kinnaird Graham was a sailor in the antebellum United States Navy, attorney, and later a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he helped plan and lay out Central Park in New York City.-Early years and education:Graham was born in New York...
Siege Artillery
Col Henry L. Abbot
Henry Larcom Abbot
Henry Larcom Abbot was a military engineer and officer in the United States Army.-Early life:Henry Larcom Abbot was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. Abbot attended West Point and graduated second in his class with a degree in military engineering in 1854...
- 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
- 12th New York Heavy Artillery
- 3rd Pennsylvania
X Corps
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2nd Division BG Adelbert Ames Adelbert Ames Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. As a Radical Republican and a Carpetbagger, he was military governor, Senator and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi... |
1st Brigade Col Newton Martin Curtis Newton Martin Curtis Newton Martin Curtis was a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col William B. Barton |
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3rd Brigade
Col Louis Bell |
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XVIII Corps
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:...
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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:... BG Gilman Marston Gilman Marston Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG Gilman Marston Gilman Marston Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.-Early life:... Col Edgar M. Cullen |
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2nd Brigade
BG Hiram Burnham Hiram Burnham Hiram Burnham was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Guy V. Henry |
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Artillery Brigade
Cpt Samuel S. Elder |
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Second Division BG John H. Martindale John H. Martindale John Henry Martindale was an American lawyer, Union Army general, and politician.-Early life:Martindale was born in Sandy Hill, Washington County, New York, the son of Congressman Henry C. Martindale and Minerva Hitchcock Martindale. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in... |
1st Brigade BG George J. Stannard George J. Stannard George Jerrison Stannard was a Vermont farmer, teacher, and Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr. |
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3rd Brigade
Col Augustus A. Gibson |
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Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery briefly served as cavalry, March 20 to May 18, 1862.-Service:... |
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Third Division BG Edward W. Hinks |
1st Brigade BG Edward A. Wild Edward A. Wild Edward Augustus Wild was an American homeopathic doctor and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel A. Duncan |
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3rd Brigade
Col John Henry Holman |
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Cavalry
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Cavalry Division BG August V. Kautz |
1st Brigade Col Simon H. Mix (k) June 15 Col Robert M. West |
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel P. Spear Samuel P. Spear -External links:... |
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Headquarter units
Provost GuardBG 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,...
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D
- 80th New York
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
- 68th Pennsylvania
- 114th Pennsylvania
Artillery
BG Henry J. 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...
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham
Henry Washington Benham
Henry Washington Benham was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
- 15th New York Engineers
- 50th New York Engineers
- Battalion U.S. Engineers
II Corps
MG Winfield S. HancockWinfield 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...
relinquished command June 18
MG 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 Vermont Cavalry, Company M
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First Division BG Francis C. Barlow Francis C. Barlow Francis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
1st Brigade Col Nelson A. Miles Nelson A. Miles Nelson Appleton Miles was a United States soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War.-Early life:Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm... |
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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... ) Col Patrick Kelly (k) June 16 Cpt Richard Moroney |
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3rd Brigade
Col Clinton D. MacDougall Clinton D. MacDougall Clinton Dugald MacDougall was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born near Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who later settled in Auburn, New York. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and engaged in banking from 1856 to 1869... |
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4th Brigade
Col James A. Beaver James A. Beaver James Addams Beaver was an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891... (w) June 16 Ltc John Hastings |
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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:... |
1st Brigade BG Byron R. Pierce (w) June 18 |
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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 John Fraser John Fraser (academician) John Fraser was an American soldier and educator. He was the third president of the Pennsylvania State University, serving from 1866 until 1868, and the second Chancellor of the University of Kansas serving from 1867 to 1874.... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Thomas A. Smyth |
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4th Brigade
Col John Ramsey (w) June 16 Col James P. MacIvor |
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Third Division MG 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... BG Gershom Mott Gershom Mott Gershom Mott was a United States Army officer and a General in the Union Army, a commander in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Thomas W. Egan 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 :... (w) June 16 Col Henry J. Madill |
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas R. Tannatt June 16 Maj Levi P. Duff June 16 Maj John Willian June 16 Col Robert McAllister |
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3rd Brigade
BG Gershom Mott Gershom Mott Gershom Mott was a United States Army officer and a General in the Union Army, a commander in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life:... June 18 Col Daniel Chaplin |
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4th Brigade
Col William R. Brewster William R. Brewster William Root Brewster was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who commanded a regiment in the famed Excelsior Brigade of the Army of the Potomac... |
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Artillery Brigade
Col 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... |
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V Corps
MG Gouverneur K. WarrenGouverneur K. Warren
Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
- 12th New York Battalion
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First Division BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade Col Joshua L. Chamberlain (w) June 18 Col William S. Tilton William S. Tilton William Stowell Tilton was an American businessman and soldier who led a regiment, and occasionally a brigade, in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War... |
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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
BG 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... |
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Second Division BG 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... |
1st Brigade Col Edgar M. Gregory |
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2nd Brigade
Col Nathan T. Dushane |
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3rd Brigade
Col J. Howard Kitching J. Howard Kitching John Howard Kitching , often referred to as J. Howard Kitching, was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served in the cavalry, artillery and infantry in the Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah... |
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Third Division BG Samuel W. Crawford Samuel W. Crawford Samuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Peter Lyle |
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2nd Brigade
Col James L. Bates |
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3rd Brigade
Col James Carle |
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Fourth Division BG 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... |
1st 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 Edward S. Bragg Edward S. Bragg Edward Stuyvesant Bragg was a Democratic politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887 and subsequently served as a foreign diplomat.-Early life and career:Born in Unadilla, New York, Bragg attended... |
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2nd Brigade
Col J. William Hofmann |
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Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. Wainwright Charles S. Wainwright Charles Shiels Wainwright was a produce farmer in the state of New York and an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played an important role in the defense of Cemetery Hill during the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, where his artillery helped repel a Confederate... |
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VI Corps
MG Horatio G. WrightHoratio Wright
Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument, and served as Chief of Engineers for the U.S...
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
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First Division BG David A. Russell |
1st Brigade Col William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade
BG Emory Upton Emory Upton Emory Upton was a United States Army General and military strategist, prominent for his role in leading infantry to attack entrenched positions successfully at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War, but he also excelled at artillery and cavalry assignments... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Gideon Clark |
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4th Brigade
Col Nelson Cross |
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Second Division 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... (attached to 2nd Division, XVIII Corps on June 18) |
1st Brigade 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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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... ) BG Lewis A. Grant Lewis A. Grant Lewis Addison Grant was a teacher, lawyer, soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and later Assistant U.S. Secretary of War... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Daniel D. Bidwell Daniel D. Bidwell Daniel Davidson Bidwell was a civic leader in Buffalo, New York, before the outbreak of the American Civil War. He enlisted early in the war and then was appointed colonel of a regiment of infantry... |
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4th Brigade
Col Oliver Edwards |
2nd Rhode Island Infantry The Second Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was a infantry regiment composed of volunteers from the state of Rhode Island that served with the Union Army in the American Civil War. They, along with the 1st Rhode Island, wore a very simple uniform. The uniform composed of a dark blue jacket like... |
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Third 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 Col William S. Truex William S. Truex William S. Truex was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led a brigade of Union soldiers against the Confederate Army at the Battle of Cold Harbor.... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Smith |
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Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins |
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IX Corps
MG Ambrose E. BurnsideAmbrose 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...
- 8th United States
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First Division BG James Ledlie |
1st Brigade Col Jacob P. Gould |
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2nd Brigade
Col Ebenezer Peirce |
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3rd Brigade
Col Elisha G. Marshall Elisha Marshall Elisha Gaylord Marshall was a Brevet Brigadier General for the Union Army in the American Civil War. He fought in the Battle of the Colorado River in 1859 during the Mohave War in Arizona.He was married to Janet, née Rutherford... (w) June 17 Ltc Benjamin G. Babney |
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Artillery
Cpt John B. Eaton |
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Second Division BG Robert B. Potter |
1st Brigade Col John I. Curtin John I. Curtin John Irvin Curtin was a cousin of Pennsylvania governor Andrew Gregg Curtin. He led a regiment and then a brigade in the American Civil War.-Early life:Curtin was born at Eagle Forge, Pennsylvania... (w) June 18 Ltc Henry Pleasants Henry Pleasants For the English music critic Henry Pleasants, see Henry Pleasants .Henry Clay Pleasants was a coal mining engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Simon Goodell Griffin Simon Goodell Griffin Simon Goodell Griffin was an American soldier, legislator, farmer and teacher.-Pre-War:Simon G. Griffin was born at Nelson, New Hampshire in 1824. Griffin was a farmer and a teacher at first... |
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Third Division BG 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:... |
1st Brigade 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:... |
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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.... (w) June 17 Col William Raultson (w) June 18 Ltc George Travers (w) June 18 Col Walter C. Newberry Walter C. Newberry Walter Cass Newberry was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Newberry was born in Sangerfield, New York and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private in the Eighty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers... |
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7th Maine Battery 7th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 7th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 30, 1863.... |
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Fourth Division 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... |
1st Brigade Col Joshua K. Sigfried |
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2nd Brigade
Col Henry Goddard Thomas Henry Goddard Thomas Major General Henry Goddard Thomas was an Union general in the American Civil War. A native of Portland, Maine, Thomas graduated from Amherst College in 1858 and was admitted to the bar shortly thereafter. He enlisted as a private in the 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment... |
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Cavalry Corps
MG Philip H. SheridanPhilip Sheridan
Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S...
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First Division BG Alfred T. A. Torbert |
1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade Michigan Brigade The Michigan Brigade, sometimes called the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade or Custer's Brigade, was a brigade of cavalry in the volunteer Union Army during the latter half of the American Civil War... ) BG George A. Custer George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas C. Devin |
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Reserve Brigade
BG Wesley Merritt Wesley Merritt Wesley Merritt was a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He is noted for distinguished service in the cavalry.-Early life:... |
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Second Division BG David McMurtrie 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:... |
1st Brigade BG Henry E. Davies, Jr. |
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2nd Brigade
Col J. Irvin Gregg John Irvin Gregg John Irvin Gregg was a career U.S. Army officer. He fought in the Mexican-American War and during the American Civil War as a general officer in the Union army.-Early life and career:... |
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Third Division BG James H. Wilson James H. Wilson James Harrison Wilson was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, and author.-Early life and engineering:... |
1st Brigade Col John Baillie McIntosh John Baillie McIntosh John Baillie McIntosh , although born in Florida, served as a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War. His brother, James M... |
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2nd Brigade
Col George H. Chapman |
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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... |
1st Brigade Cpt James M. Robertson |
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2nd Brigade
Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom 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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