Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.
, General-in-Chief
, Union armies
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
Escort:
Provost Guard:
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BG Horatio G. Wright
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, General-in-Chief
, Union armies
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
Escort:
Provost Guard:
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Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania , was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged...
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
Spotsylvania Court House Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* LTG = Lieutenant General...
is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.
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
Other
- (w) = woundedWounded in actionWounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
- (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...
Forces operating against Richmond May 8-16, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, General-in-Chief
General-in-Chief
General-in-Chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.- France :In France, General-in-Chief was first an informal title for the lieutenant-general commanding over others lieutenant-generals, or even for some marshals in charge of an army...
, Union armies
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- 5th United States Cavalry (Companies B, F and K)
IX Corps
MG Ambrose E. Burnside- Chief of Staff: MG John G. ParkeJohn ParkeJohn Grubb Parke was a United States Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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First Division BG Thomas G. Stevenson Thomas G. Stevenson Thomas G. Stevenson was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse.-Biography:... (k) Col Daniel Leasure MG Thomas L. Crittenden |
1st Brigade Col Jacob P. Gould Ltc Stephen M. Weld, Jr. BG James Ledlie |
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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:... Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson |
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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.... |
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Second Division BG Robert B. Potter |
1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss Zenas Bliss Zenas Randall Bliss was an officer and general in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, and his detailed memoirs chronicled life on the Texas frontier.Bliss was a native of Rhode Island and graduated from West Point... Col John I. Curtin |
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2nd Brigade
Col Simon G. 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. Wilcox |
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.... Col William Humphrey |
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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 United States Colored Troops The United States Colored Troops were regiments of the United States Army during the American Civil War that were composed of African American soldiers. First recruited in 1863, by the end of the Civil War, the men of the 175 regiments of the USCT constituted approximately one-tenth of the Union... 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 G. Thomas |
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Artillery Reserve
Cpt John Edwards, Jr. |
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Provisional Brigade
Col Elisha G. Marshall |
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Army of the PotomacArmy of the PotomacThe Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
MG George G. MeadeGeorge Meade
George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from...
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. HumphreysAndrew A. HumphreysAndrew Atkinson Humphreys , was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S...
- 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 Rufus IngallsRufus IngallsRufus Ingalls was an American military general who served as the 16th Quartermaster General of the United States Army.-Early life and career:...
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena Rudolph Patrick was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac in many of its campaigns.-Early life:Patrick was born in Hounsfield,...
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry (Companies C and D)
- 80th New York (20th Militia)
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
- 68th Pennsylvania
- 114th Pennsylvania
Engineer Troops:
- 50th New York Engineers
- Battalion United States Engineers
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
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...
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- 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 may refer to:* Irish Brigade , the Jacobite brigade in the French army, 1690–1792 * Irish Brigade , pro-Union Civil War brigade of Irish immigrants... Col Thomas A. Smyth Thomas Alfred Smyth Thomas Alfred Smyth was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the last Union general killed in the war.-Early life:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Paul Frank Col Hiram R. Brown (c) Col Clinton D. MacDougall |
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4th Brigade
Col John R. Brooke John R. Brooke John Rutter Brooke was a major general in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War... |
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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 Alexander S. Webb Alexander S. Webb Alexander Stewart Webb was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg... (w) Col H. Boyd McKeen |
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2nd 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 Joshua T. Owen Joshua T. Owen Joshua Thomas Owen was an educator, politician, and soldier from Pennsylvania who served as a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War. He commanded the famed Philadelphia Brigade for part of the war, but was relieved of duty for alleged cowardice during battle.-Early life and... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Samuel S. Carroll Samuel S. Carroll Samuel Spriggs "Red" Carroll was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general during the American Civil War... (w) Col Theodore G. Ellis |
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Third Division BG David B. Birney David B. Birney David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves... |
1st Brigade BG J. H. Hobart Ward J. H. Hobart Ward John Henry Hobart Ward , most commonly referred to as J.H. Hobart Ward, was a career United States Army soldier who fought in the Mexican–American War and served in the New York state militia... Col Thomas W. Egan |
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2nd Brigade
Col John S. Crocker |
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Fourth Division 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 Robert McAllister |
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2nd 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...
Provost Guard:
- 12th New York Battalion
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First Division BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade 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... |
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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 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... (w) Col Richard Coulter |
1st Brigade Col Peter Lyle |
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2nd Brigade
Col Richard Coulter Richard Coulter (general) Richard Coulter, Sr. was an American Civil War general in the Union Army, a businessman, and banker. During the Civil War he was colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, often rising to brigade command upon the wounding of superior officers.-Early life and career:Richard Coulter, Sr... Col James L. Bates |
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3rd Brigade
Col Andrew W. Denison (w) Col Charles E. Phelps (c) Col Richard N. Bowerman |
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Third Division 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 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 William McCandless William McCandless William McCandless was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a regiment and then a brigade in the Pennsylvania Reserve Division.-Biography:... (w) Col William C. Talley (c) Col Wellington H. Ent Col Samuel M. Jackson |
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3rd Brigade
Col Joseph W. Fisher Joseph W. Fisher Joseph Washington Fisher was a Pennsylvania politician and soldier who commanded a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves in some of the most important battles of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.... |
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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 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... Col William W. Robinson |
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2nd Brigade
BG James C. Rice (k) Col Edward B. Fowler |
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3rd Brigade
Col 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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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 John SedgwickJohn 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...
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BG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Company A)
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First Division BG Horatio G. Wright BG David A. Russell |
1st Brigade First New Jersey Brigade The First New Jersey Brigade is the common name for an American Civil War brigade of New Jersey infantry regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac... Col Henry W. Brown Col William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade
Col 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
BG David A. Russell David Allen Russell David Allen Russell was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general in the Union Army.-Early life:... BG Henry L. Eustis |
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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... |
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 The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action... Col 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
BG Henry L. Eustis Henry L. Eustis Henry Lawrence Eustis was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... Col Oliver Edwards |
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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 BG William H. Morris (w) Col John W. Schall 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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Cavalry Corps
MG Philip H. SheridanEscort:
- 6th United States
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First Division 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:... |
1st 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 Thomas Devin Thomas Casimer Devin was an United States Army officer and general. He commanded Union cavalry during the American Civil War and during the Indian Wars.-Early life:... |
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Reserve Brigade
Col Alfred Gibbs Alfred Gibbs Alfred Gibbs was a career officer in the United States Army who served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Second Division BG 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:... |
1st Brigade BG Henry E. Davies, Jr. |
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2nd Brigade
Col John I. 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 B. McIntosh |
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2nd Brigade
Col George H. Chapman |
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1st 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... Cpt James M. Robertson |
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Artillery
BG 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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Artillery Reserve Col Henry S. Burton |
1st 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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2nd Brigade
Maj John A. Tompkins |
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3rd Brigade
Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh |
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2nd Brigade Horse Artillery
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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Artillery Park
Ltc 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... |
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Forces operating against Richmond May 17-21, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
, General-in-Chief
General-in-Chief
General-in-Chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.- France :In France, General-in-Chief was first an informal title for the lieutenant-general commanding over others lieutenant-generals, or even for some marshals in charge of an army...
, Union armies
Escort:
- 5th United States Cavalry (Companies B, F and K)
IX Corps
MG Ambrose E. Burnside- Chief of Staff: MG John G. ParkeJohn ParkeJohn Grubb Parke was a United States Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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First Division MG Thomas L. Crittenden |
1st Brigade BG James Ledlie |
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2nd Brigade
Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson |
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Provisional Brigade
Col Elisha G. Marshall |
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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.... |
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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... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Simon G. 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. Wilcox |
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 William Humphrey |
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Artillery |
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 United States Colored Troops The United States Colored Troops were regiments of the United States Army during the American Civil War that were composed of African American soldiers. First recruited in 1863, by the end of the Civil War, the men of the 175 regiments of the USCT constituted approximately one-tenth of the Union... 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 G. Thomas |
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Army of the PotomacArmy of the PotomacThe Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...
MG George G. MeadeGeorge Meade
George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from...
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. HumphreysAndrew A. HumphreysAndrew Atkinson Humphreys , was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S...
- 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 Rufus IngallsRufus IngallsRufus Ingalls was an American military general who served as the 16th Quartermaster General of the United States Army.-Early life and career:...
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena Rudolph Patrick was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac in many of its campaigns.-Early life:Patrick was born in Hounsfield,...
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry (Companies C and D)
- 80th New York (20th Militia)
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
- 68th Pennsylvania
- 114th Pennsylvania
Engineer Troops:
- 50th New York Engineers
- Battalion United States Engineers
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
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...
Escort:
- 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 may refer to:* Irish Brigade , the Jacobite brigade in the French army, 1690–1792 * Irish Brigade , pro-Union Civil War brigade of Irish immigrants... Col Thomas A. Smyth Thomas Alfred Smyth Thomas Alfred Smyth was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the last Union general killed in the war.-Early life:... Col Richard Byrnes |
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3rd Brigade
Col Clinton D. MacDougall |
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4th Brigade
Col John R. Brooke John R. Brooke John Rutter Brooke was a major general in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War... |
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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 Col H. Boyd McKeen H. Boyd McKeen H. Boyd McKeen led a regiment in the American Civil War, and he occasionally led a brigade before being killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor.... |
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2nd 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 Joshua T. Owen Joshua T. Owen Joshua Thomas Owen was an educator, politician, and soldier from Pennsylvania who served as a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War. He commanded the famed Philadelphia Brigade for part of the war, but was relieved of duty for alleged cowardice during battle.-Early life and... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Theodore G. Ellis Col Thomas A. Smyth |
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4th Brigade
Col Mathew Murphy (w) Col James P. MacIvor |
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Third Division BG David B. Birney David B. Birney David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves... |
1st Brigade 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 :... |
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2nd Brigade
Col John S. Crocker Col Elijah Walker |
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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:... |
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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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Fourth Division BG 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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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...
Provost Guard:
- 12th New York Battalion
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First Division BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade 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... |
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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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Third Division 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 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 Samuel M. Jackson Col Martin D. Hardin |
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2nd Brigade
Col Richard Coulter Richard Coulter (general) Richard Coulter, Sr. was an American Civil War general in the Union Army, a businessman, and banker. During the Civil War he was colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, often rising to brigade command upon the wounding of superior officers.-Early life and career:Richard Coulter, Sr... (w) Col James L. Bates |
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3rd Brigade
Col Joseph W. Fisher Joseph W. Fisher Joseph Washington Fisher was a Pennsylvania politician and soldier who commanded a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves in some of the most important battles of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.... |
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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 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... Col William W. Robinson |
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2nd Brigade
Col Edward B. Fowler Col J. William Hofmann |
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3rd Brigade
Col 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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4th Brigade
Col Peter Lyle |
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2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.-Service:... |
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Heavy Artillery 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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Maryland Brigade
Col Richard N. Bowerman |
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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
BG Horatio G. WrightEscort:
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Company A)
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First Division BG David A. Russell David Allen Russell David Allen Russell was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general in the Union Army.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade First New Jersey Brigade The First New Jersey Brigade is the common name for an American Civil War brigade of New Jersey infantry regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac... Col William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade
Col 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
BG Henry L. Eustis Henry L. Eustis Henry Lawrence Eustis was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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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... |
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 The First Vermont Brigade, or "Old Brigade" was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It suffered the highest casualty count of any brigade in the history of the United States Army, with some 1,172 killed in action... Col 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 Oliver Edwards Oliver Edwards was a machine company executive, an inventor, and a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.... |
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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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Cavalry
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Torbert's Command BG Alfred T. A. Torbert |
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Artillery
BG 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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2nd Brigade Horse Artillery 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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Artillery Park
Ltc 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... |
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