Seven Days Union order of battle
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The following United States Army
units and commanders fought in the Seven Days battles
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
units and commanders fought in the Seven Days battles
Seven Days Battles
The Seven Days Battles was a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from...
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
Seven Days Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days battles of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* 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
Other
- (w) = woundedWoundedWounded may refer to:* The Wounded, a Dutch wave-rock band* "The Wounded" , a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation* "Wounded ", a song by the American rock band Third Eye Blind...
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in actionKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
- (c) = capturedPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
General Staff and Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: BG Randolph B. MarcyRandolph B. MarcyRandolph Barnes Marcy was a career officer in the United States Army, achieving the rank of Brigadier General before retiring in 1881. Although beginning in 1861 his responsibilities were those of a brigadier general, the U.S...
- Chief of Artillery: BG William F. BarryWilliam Farquhar BarryWilliam Farquhar Barry was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as an artillery commander during the Mexican-American War and Civil War.-Birth and early years:...
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth WilliamsSeth WilliamsSeth Williams was an American military officer who served as assistant adjutant general of the Union's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- Chief Quartermaster: BG Stewart L. Van VlietStewart Van VlietStewart Leonard Van Vliet , was a United States Army officer who fought on the side of the Union during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- Escort
- Oneida (New York) Cavalry
- 4th United States CavalryU.S. 4th Cavalry RegimentThe 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century. It was one of the most effective units of the Army against Indians on the Texas frontier. Today the regiment exists as separate squadrons within the U.S. Army...
(Companies A & E)
- Provost Marshal General: BG Andrew PorterAndrew Porter (Civil War general)Andrew Porter was an American army officer who was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was an important staff officer under George B. McClellan during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, serving as the Provost Marshal of the Army of the Potomac.-Early life and...
- McClellan Dragoons
- Sturges' Rifles
- 93rd New York (Companies A, F, H, & K)
- 2nd United States Cavalry
- 8th United States (Companies F & G)
- United States Engineers
- Battalion United States Engineers
- Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel P. Woodbury
- 15th New York Engineers
- 50th New York Engineers
II Corps
BG Edwin V. SumnerEdwin Vose Sumner
Edwin Vose Sumner was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War...
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First Division BG Israel B. Richardson Israel B. Richardson Israel Bush Richardson was a United States Army officer during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War, where he was a major general in the Union Army... |
1st 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... |
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2nd Brigade (Irish Brigade Irish Brigade Irish Brigade may refer to:* Irish Brigade , the Jacobite brigade in the French army, 1690–1792 * Irish Brigade , pro-Union Civil War brigade of Irish immigrants... ) BG Thomas F. Meagher Col Robert Nugent Robert Nugent (officer) Brigadier General Robert Nugent was an Irish-born American U.S. Army officer during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars... |
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3rd Brigade
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... |
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Artillery
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Second Division BG John Sedgwick John Sedgwick John Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of... |
1st Brigade Col 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... ) BG William W. Burns William Wallace Burns William Wallace Burns was a career American soldier who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general in the volunteer army. He was among the commanders of the famed Philadelphia Brigade.-Birth and early years:Burns was born in Coshocton, Ohio, son... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Napoleon J.T. Dana Napoleon J.T. Dana Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana was a career U.S. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican–American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Artillery
Col Charles H. Tompkins Charles Henry Tompkins Charles Henry Tompkins was a Union Army colonel, who received an appointment to the brevet grade of Brigadier General of volunteers during the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in action on June 1, 1861 in the Battle of Fairfax Court House... |
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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... 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.... |
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III Corps
BG 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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Second Division BG 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... |
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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... ) BG Daniel Sickles Daniel Sickles Daniel Edgar Sickles was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat.... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Joseph B. Carr |
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Third Division BG 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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2nd Brigade
BG David B. Birney David Birney David Edwin Birney is an American actor/director whose career has performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film and television. He has three children, a daughter Kate, and twins, Peter and Mollie.... |
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3rd Brigade
BG Hiram G. Berry |
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Artillery |
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... |
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Artillery Reserve
Cpt Gustavus A. De Russy |
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Cavalry
Col 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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IV Corps
BG Erasmus D. KeyesErasmus D. Keyes
Erasmus Darwin Keyes was a businessman, banker, and military general, noted for leading the IV Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac during the first half of the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
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First Division BG Darius N. Couch Darius 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... |
1st Brigade 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.... |
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2nd Brigade
BG John J. Abercrombie |
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3rd Brigade
BG Innis N. Palmer Innis N. Palmer Innis Newton Palmer was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and on the Western frontier.... |
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Second Division BG John J. Peck John J. Peck John James Peck was a United States soldier who fought in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG Henry M. Naglee Henry Morris Naglee Henry Morris Naglee was a civil engineer, banker, vintner, and a Union General in the American Civil War. Naglee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835.... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Henry W. Wessels |
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Artillery Reserve
Maj Robert M. West |
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Cavalry
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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V Corps
BG Fitz J. PorterFitz 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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First Division BG 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 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... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Charles Griffin |
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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... |
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Artillery
Cpt William B. Weeden |
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Sharpshooters
Col Hiram Berdan Hiram Berdan Hiram Berdan was an American engineer, inventor and military officer, world-renowned marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the famed United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War... |
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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 Charles S. Lovell |
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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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Third 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 George A. McCall George A. McCall George Archibald McCall was a United States Army officer who became a brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War. He was also a naturalist.-Biography:... (c) 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... |
1st Brigade 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... (c) Col Seneca G. Simmons Col R. Biddle Roberts |
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2nd Brigade
BG George G. Meade (w) Col Albert L. Magilton |
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3rd 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... Col Conrad F. 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,... |
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Cavalry
Col James H. Childs |
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Cavalry
Col 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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VI Corps
BG 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,...
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First Division BG Henry W. Slocum Henry Warner Slocum Henry Warner Slocum , was a Union general during the American Civil War and later served in the United States House of Representatives from New York. During the war, he was one of the youngest major generals in the Army and fought numerous major battles in the Eastern Theater and in Georgia and the... |
1st Brigade BG George W. Taylor George W. Taylor (general) George William Taylor was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac before being mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Northern Virginia.-Early life and career:Taylor was born at "Solitude," the family's mansion near... |
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2nd Brigade
Col 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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3rd Brigade
BG John Newton |
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Second Division BG William F. Smith William 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:... |
1st Brigade BG Winfield S. Hancock |
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2nd Brigade (Vermont Brigade)
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:... |
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3rd Brigade
BG John W. Davidson John Davidson (general) John Wynn Davidson was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1866, he received brevet grade appointments as a major general of volunteers and in the regular U.S. Army for his Civil War service,-Biography:Davidson was born in... |
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Artillery
Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn Beck Ayres was a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Ayres was born at East Creek, New York, along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. He was the son of a small-town doctor who urged all of his sons into professional careers... |
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Artillery Reserve
Col Henry J. HuntHenry 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...
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First Brigade (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... ) 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:... |
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Second Brigade
Ltc 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.... |
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Third Brigade
Maj Albert Arndt |
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Fourth Brigade
Maj Edward R. Petherbridge |
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Fifth Brigade
Cpt J. Howard Carlisle |
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Siege Train
Col Robert O. Tyler Robert O. Tyler Robert Ogden Tyler was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known as the commander of the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac, including at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where many of his batteries played... |
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Cavalry Reserve
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Cavalry Reserve BG Philip St. George Cooke Philip St. George Cooke Philip St. George Cooke was a career United States Army cavalry officer who served as a Union General in the American Civil War. He is noted for his authorship of an Army cavalry manual, and is sometimes called the "Father of the U.S... |
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First Brigade Col Richard H. Rush |
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Second Brigade
Col George A. H. Blake |
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Casey's Command
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Casey's Command (at White House Landing) BG Silas Casey Silas Casey Silas Casey was a career United States Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General during the American Civil War.-Early life and military career:... |
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