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is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5, 1864, the casualty returns and the reports.
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Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Thomas G. StevensonThomas 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:...
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1st Brigade
Col Sumner CarruthSumner Carruth was an officer in the volunteer army of the United States during the American Civil War. He commanded the 35th Massachusetts Infantry and eventually rose to the command of two different brigades in the IX Corps.-Pre-War:...
Col Jacob P. Gould |
- 35th Massachusetts: Maj Nathaniel Wales
- 56th Massachusetts: Col Charles E. Griswold (k)
- 57th Massachusetts: Col William F. Bartlett (w)
- 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould
- 4th United States: Cpt Charles H. Brightly
- 10th United States: Maj Samuel B. Hayman
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2nd Brigade
Col Daniel LeasureDaniel 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:...
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- 3rd Maryland: Col Joseph M. Sudsburg
- 21st Massachusetts
The 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized in Worcester, Massachusetts and mustered into service on August 23, 1861....
: Ltc George P. HawkesGeorge Perkins Hawkes was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry from April 1863 to July 1864...
- 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson
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| Artillery |
Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B) 2nd Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on November 20, 1861....
: Cpt Albert F. Thomas
Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright |
Second Division
BG Robert B. Potter |
1st Brigade
Col Zenas BlissZenas 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 |
- 36th Massachusetts: Maj William F. Draper
- 58th Massachusetts: Ltc John C. Whiton
- 51st New York: Col Charles W. LeGendre
- 45th Pennsylvania: Col 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...
- 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc 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...
- 7th Rhode Island: Cpt Theodore Winn
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2nd Brigade
Col Simon G. GriffinSimon 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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- 31st Maine: Ltc Thomas Hight
- 32nd Maine: Maj Arthur Deering
- 6th New Hampshire
The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Keene, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 27, 1861.The regiment was attached to...
: Ltc Henry H. Pearson
- 9th New Hampshire
The 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 15, 1862.The regiment was attached to...
: Ltc John W. Babbitt
- 11th New Hampshire
The 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was a Union army infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was raised in the New England state of New Hampshire, serving from October 4, 1862, to June 4, 1865....
: Col Walter Harriman, Ltc Moses N. Collins (k)
- 17th Vermont
The 17th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
: Ltc Charles Cummings (w), Maj William B. Reynolds |
| Artillery |
Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery: Cpt Edward J. Jones
New York Light, 19th Battery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers |
Third Division
BG Orlando B. WillcoxOrlando Bolivar Willcox was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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1st Brigade
Col John F. HartranftJohn 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 Michigan
The 2nd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Michigan Infantry was organized by Francis William Kellogg and others at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan. It mustered into Federal service for a...
: Col William Humphrey
- 8th Michigan
The 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Michigan Infantry was organized at Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 23,...
: Col Frank Graves (k)
- 17th Michigan
The 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 17th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan, between August 8 and August 22, 1862...
: Col Constant Luce
- 27th Michigan
The 27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1863.The regiment was mustered out of...
: Maj Samuel Moody (w)
- 109th New York: Col Benjamin F. Tracy
Benjamin Franklin Tracy was a United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.-Biography:...
- 51st Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Schall
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2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin C. ChristBenjamin C. Christ was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac at several important battles, including the Battle of Antietam....
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- 1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. De Land
- 20th Michigan
The 20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 20th Michigan Infantry was organized at Jackson, Michigan between August 15 and August 19, 1862....
: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon-See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:...
- 79th New York
The 79th New York Volunteer Infantry was a military regiment organized on June 20, 1859 in the state of New York. Prior to the American Civil War it was one of the three regiments which formed the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia. The Fourth Brigade included the...
: Col David Morrison
- 60th Ohio
The 60th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-First organization:...
: Ltc James N. McElroy
- 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Overton, Jr.
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| Artillery |
Maine Light, 7th Battery (G) 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....
: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell
New York Light, 34th Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer |
Fourth DivisionThe 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 FerreroEdward Ferrero was one of the leading dance instructors, choreographers, and ballroom operators in the United States. He also served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War, best remembered for his role in the Battle of the Crater in 1864.-Early life and career:Ferrero was born in...
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1st Brigade
Col Joshua K. Sigfried |
- 27th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright
- 30th United States Colored Troops: Col Delayan Bates
- 39th United States Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns
- 43rd United States Colored Troops: Ltc H. Seymour Hall
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2nd Brigade
Col Henry G. Thomas |
- 30th Connecticut Colored (detachment): Cpt Charles Robinson
- 19th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Joseph G. Perkins
- 23rd United States Colored Troops: Ltc Cleaveland J. Campbell
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| Artillery |
Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt George W. Durell
Vermont Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt Romeo H. Start |
Reporting directly |
Provost Guard |
- 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell
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| Cavalry |
3rd New Jersey: Col Andrew J. Morrison
22nd New York: Col Samuel J. Crooks
2nd Ohio The 2nd Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Ohio Cavalry was organized in Cleveland, Ohio and at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio from August to October 1861, and mustered in for a three years under the command of...
: Ltc George A. Purington
13th Pennsylvania: Maj Michael Kerwin |
Reserve Artillery
Cpt John Edwards, Jr. |
- New York Light, 27th Battery: Cpt John B. Eaton
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery D
Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 4, 1861 under the command of Captain John Albert...
: Cpt William W. Buckley
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery H
Battery H, 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 October 14, 1862 for a three year enlistment under the command of Captain Crawford Allen,...
: Cpt Crawford Allen, Jr.
- 2nd United States, Battery E: Lt James S. Dudley
- 3rd United States, Battery G: Lt Edmund Pendleton
- 3rd United States, Batteries L and M: Lt Erskine Gittings
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Provisional Brigade
Col Elisha MarshallElisha 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...
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- 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Col William C. Raulston
- 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Clarence H. Corning
- 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Col Thomas Wilhelm
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MG Winfield S. Hancock
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Francis C. BarlowFrancis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
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1st Brigade
Col Nelson A. MilesNelson 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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- 26th Michigan
The 26th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Jackson, Michigan on December 12, 1862...
: Maj Lemuel Saviers
- 61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady
- 81st Pennsylvania: Col 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....
- 140th Pennsylvania: Col John Fraser
- 183rd Pennsylvania: Col George P. McLean
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2nd BrigadeThe 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 Thomas A. SmythThomas 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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- 28th Massachusetts
The 28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment was the second primarily Irish American volunteer infantry regiment recruited in Massachusetts for service in the American Civil War. The regiment's motto was Faugh a Ballagh ...
: Ltc George W. Cartwright
- 63rd New York
The 63rd New York Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the Irish Brigade during the American Civil War. It served in some of the leading campaigns and battles of the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater of operations....
: Maj Thomas Touhy (mw)
- 69th New York
The 69th Infantry Regiment is a military unit from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the Fighting Sixty-Ninth, a name said to have been given to it by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War...
: Cpt Richard Moroney
- 88th New York
The 88th New York Infantry was a volunteer regiment in the Union Army's Irish Brigade during the American Civil War.-1861:The regiment was mustered into service in the autumn of 1861 at Fort Schuyler in New York when the government approved the commissioning of an Irish Brigade...
: Cpt Denis F. Burke
- 116th Pennsylvania
The 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It formed a part of the Irish Brigade.-History:...
: Ltc Richard C. Dale |
3rd Brigade
Col Paul Frank |
- 39th New York
The 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Garibaldi Guard", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Col Augustus Funk
- 52nd New York: Maj Henry M. Karples
- 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman (k)
- 111th New York: Cpt Aaron P. Seeley
- 125th New York
The 125th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment from Rensselaer County, New York, during the American Civil War. Formed during the summer of 1862, the unit was officially mustered into United States Service on 27–29 August 1862, by Col. George L. Willard. He had seen...
: Ltc Aaron B. Myer
- 126th New York: Cpt Winfield Scott
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4th Brigade
Col John R. BrookeJohn 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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- 2nd Delaware: Col William P. Baily
- 64th New York: Maj Leman W. Bradley
- 66th New York: Ltc John S. Hammell
- 53rd Pennsylvania
The 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1861, with John R. Brooke, of Pottstown, Montgomery County, was commissioned...
: Ltc Richards McMichael
- 145th Pennsylvania: Col Hiram L. Brown
- 148th Pennsylvania: Col James A. Beaver
James Addams Beaver was an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891...
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Second Division
BG John GibbonJohn Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
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1st Brigade
BG Alexander S. WebbAlexander 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...
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- 19th Maine
The 19th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:19th Maine was organized at Bath, Maine and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1862....
: Col Selden Connor
- 1st Company Andrew (Massachusetts) Sharpshooters: Lt Samuel G. Gilbreth
- 15th Massachusetts
The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served from the State of Massachusetts during the American Civil War from 1861-1864. A part of the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment was engaged in many battles from Ball's Bluff to Petersburg, and...
: Maj I. Harris Hooper
- 19th Massachusetts: Maj Edmund Rice
- 20th Massachusetts
The 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Harvard Regiment", was a regiment of infantry in the American Civil War. The regiment was so nicknamed because the officers of the 20th were young Harvard graduates. In addition some, but not all, the private soldiers had attended...
: Col George N. Macy (w), Maj Henry L. AbbottHenry Livermore Abbott , was a major in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Abbott was posthumously awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from August 1, 1864, and the grades of brevet lieutenant colonel, brevet colonel and brevet brigadier...
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- 7th Michigan
The 7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 7th Michigan Infantry was organized at Monroe, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 22, 1861...
: Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis
- 42nd New York
The 42nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War which was formed up in mid-1861 and mustered in on June 22, 1861. It was organized by the Tammany Club, a New York Democratic Party club.-Service:...
: Maj Patrick J. Downing
- 59th New York
The 59th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As part of the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac, it played a significant role in battles such as Antietam and Gettysburg.-Recruitment:...
: Cpt William McFadden
- 82nd New York: Col Henry W. Hudson
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| 2nd 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. OwenJoshua 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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- 152nd New York: Ltc George W. Thompson
- 69th Pennsylvania
The 69th Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Part of the famed Philadelphia Brigade, it played a key role defending against Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg. Companies I and K wore a very americanized zouave uniform...
: Maj William Davis
- 71st Pennsylvania
The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers was an infantry regiment of the Union Army that participated in the American Civil War.-History:...
: Ltc Charles Kochersperger
- 72nd Pennsylvania
The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the famous Philadelphia Brigade. They wore a very americanized zouave uniform...
: Col De Witt C. Baxter
- 106th Pennsylvania
The 106th Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
: Cpt Robert H. Ford |
3rd Brigade
Col Samuel S. CarrollSamuel 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...
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- 14th Connecticut
The 14th Connecticut Infantry was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, helping to repulse the Confederate attack on the third day known as Pickett's Charge....
: Col Theodore G. Ellis
- 1st Delaware: Ltc Daniel Woodall
- 14th Indiana
The 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as the Gallant Fourteenth, was an Civil War infantry regiment. A part of the celebrated Gibraltar Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, the 14th helped secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.- Service :*The 14th Indiana was...
: Col John Coons
- 12th New Jersey: Ltc Thomas H. Davis
- 10th New York Battalion: Cpt George M. Dewey
- 108th New York: Col Charles J. Powers
- 4th Ohio
The 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of...
: Ltc Leonard W. Carpenter
- 8th Ohio
The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping repulse Pickett's Charge during the Battle of...
: Ltc Franklin Sawyer
- 7th West Virginia
The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac...
: Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood |
| Provost Guard |
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters: Cpt Mahlon Black |
Third Division
MG David B. BirneyDavid 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...
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1st Brigade
BG J. H. Hobart WardJohn 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...
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- 20th Indiana
The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:*The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana on July 22, 1861.*Peninsular Campaign...
: Col William C. L. Taylor
- 3rd Maine
The 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine for three year's service on June 4, 1861 and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.-Casualties...
: Col Moses B. Lakeman, Ltc Edwin Burt (k)
- 40th New York
The 40th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the "Mozart Regiment" or the "Constitution Guard", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Col Thomas W. EganThomas 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 :...
- 86th New York: Ltc Jacob H. Lansing
- 124th New York
The 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms, was a volunteer regiment from Orange County, New York, during the American Civil War. Formed in Goshen during the summer of 1862, The unit was officially mustered into United States Service on September 5, 1862,...
: Col Francis M. Cummins
- 99th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin R. Biles
- 110th Pennsylvania: Ltc Isaac Rogers
- 141st Pennsylvania
The 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment served in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater and was heavily engaged in the second day of fighting at the Peach Orchard outside of...
: Ltc Guy H. Watkins
- 2nd United States Sharpshooters: Ltc Homer R. Stoughton
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2nd Brigade
BG Alexander HaysAlexander Hays was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life and career:...
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Col John S. Crocker |
- 4th Maine
The 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was assembled in Rockland, Maine on By May 20th, 1861 with Colonel Hiram G. Berry as it's commanding officer. He received four Knox County companies, one from Searsport, Winterport, Wiscasset, and Damariscotta, and two from Belfast. In all, 1,085 men,...
: Col Elijah Walker, Maj Edwin Burt (mw)
- 17th Maine
The 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Cape Elizabeth, Maine for three year's service on August 18, 1862 and were mustered out on June 10, 1865. Recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment.-Casualties and total strength:The...
: Col George W. West
- 3rd Michigan
The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:At 8:30 on the morning of Thursday, June 13, 1861, ten companies of the Third Michigan infantry, led by its regimental band and the field and staff officers,...
: Col Byron R. Pierce
- 5th Michigan
The 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 28, 1861.The regiment was...
: Ltc John Pulford
- 93rd New York: Maj Samuel McConihe
- 57th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Sides
- 63rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John A. Danks
- 105th Pennsylvania
The 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Wildcat Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Organization and early battles:...
: Col Calvin A. Craig, Ltc Jacob W. Greenawalt (mw)
- 1st United States Sharpshooters: Maj Charles P. Mattocks
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Fourth Division
BG Gershom MottGershom 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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1st Brigade
Col Robert McAllister |
- 1st Massachusetts
The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.Organized at "Camp Ellsworth" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the regiment was made up partly of companies that had belonged to the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a...
: Col Napoleon B. McLaughlen
- 16th Massachusetts: Ltc Waldo Merriam
- 5th New Jersey
The 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was one of four regiments formed by Governor Charles Olden upon requisition of President Abraham Lincoln on July 24, 1861. The regiment departed for Washington, DC on August 24, 1861 and camped at Meridian Hill...
: Col William J. Sewell
- 6th New Jersey
The 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Ltc Stephen R. Gilkyson
- 7th New Jersey
-Organizing:Organized at Camp Olden, Trenton, New Jersey, and mustered in September 3, 1861. 7 Companies left State for Washington, D.C., September 19, 1861, and 3 Companies October 3, 1861.Attached to:...
: Maj Frederick Cooper
- 8th New Jersey: Col John Ramsey
- 11th New Jersey
The 11th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Ltc John Schoonover
- 26th Pennsylvania: Maj Samuel G. Moffett
- 115th Pennsylvania: Maj William A. Reilly
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2nd Brigade
Col William R. BrewsterWilliam 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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- 11th Massachusetts
The 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Organized in Boston in May 1861, the 11th Massachusetts was made up mostly of men from Boston, but also from Charlestown and Dorchester...
: Col William E. BlaisdellWilliam E. Blaisdell was an enlisted man in the Regular Army of the United States prior to and during the Mexican-American War. After Mexican War, he returned to civilian life as an inspector in the Boston Customs House...
- 70th New York
The 70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War. The unit served in the Excelsior Brigade in several battles, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign.-Service:...
: Cpt William H. Hugo
- 71st New York: Ltc Thomas Rafferty
- 72nd New York: Ltc John Leonard
- 73rd New York
The 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War. The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861 as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style...
: Ltc Michael W. Burns
- 74th New York
The 74th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union regiment that served in the American Civil War. They were part of the Excelsior Brigade. They regiment was uniformed after French chasseur soldiers. Companies A and B however uniformed themselves as Zouaves...
: Col Thomas Holt
- 120th New York: Cpt Abram L. Lockwood
- 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc Milton Opp
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Artillery Brigade
Col John C. TidballJohn 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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- Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
6th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on January 1, 1862 under the command of Captain Freeman McGilvery.The battery was attached...
: Cpt Edwin B. Dow
- Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery: Cpt J. Henry Sleeper
- New Hamsphire Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell
- 1st New York Light, Battery G: Cpt Nelson Ames
- 4th New York Heavy, 3rd Battalion: Ltc Thomas Allcock
Thomas Allcock was the inventor of a plaster for pain relief and the founder of the Allcock Manufacturing Company.-Early life:Allcock was born and educated in Birmingham, England. A age 15 he studied and practiced chemistry. Alcock emigrated to the United States in 1845, settled in New York and...
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts
Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
Battery A, 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 June 6, 1861 under the command of Captain William H...
: Cpt William A. Arnold
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
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...
: Cpt Thomas F. Brown
- 4th United States, Battery K: Lt John W. Roder
- 5th United States, Batteries C and I: Lt James Gilliss
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BG Charles GriffinCharles Griffin was a career officer in the United States Army and a Union general in the American Civil War. He rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac and fought in many of the key campaigns in the Eastern Theater.After the war, he commanded the Department of Texas during Reconstruction...
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1st Brigade
BG Romeyn B. AyresRomeyn 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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- 140th New York
The 140th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Federal Regiment that was mustered on September 13, 1862 and was mustered out on June 3, 1865. Citizens of Monroe County comprising the majority of its members...
: Col George Ryan
- 146th New York
The 146th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed Garrard's Tigers, was a Federal regiment mustered on October 10, 1862, and was mustered out on July 16, 1865. The regiment was raised and organized in Utica New york, and was known as the 5th Oneida Regiment...
: Col David T. Jenkins (k), Maj Henry H. Curran (k)
- 91st Pennsylvania
The 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Union infantry regiment that fought in the American Civil War. They wore an americanized zouave uniform that consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with yellow trimming, dark blue zouave vest with yellow trimming, sky blue sash, sky blue...
: Ltc Joseph H. Sinex
- 155th Pennsylvania
The 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Federal infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater....
: Ltc Alfred L. PearsonAlfred L. Pearson was a lawyer and Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Lewis's Farm.-Biography:...
- 2nd United States
The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It has served the United States for more than two hundred years. It is the third oldest regiment in the US Army with a Lineage date of 1808 and a history extending back to 1791...
, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K: Cpt James W. Long
- 11th United States
The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-The First 11th Infantry:Under the authority granted the President by the Act of July 16, 1798, to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry, the first 11th Infantry came into existence in the Army of the United States in...
, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, First Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Cooley
- 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion: Maj Luther B. Bruen
- 14th United States, 1st Battalion: Cpt Edward McK. Hudson
- 17th United States
The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. While the 17th Infantry Regiment was organized on January 11, 1812, it was consolidated with the 3rd Infantry due to extremely heavy losses at Frenchtown, and lost its identity two years later until May 3, 1861, when it was...
, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion: Cpt James F. Grimes |
2nd Brigade
Col Jacob B. SweitzerJacob 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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- 9th Massachusetts
The 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a military unit from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, part of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It is also known as "The Fighting Ninth". It existed from 1861 to 1864 and participated in several key battles during the war...
: Col Patrick R. GuineyPatrick Robert Guiney was an American Civil War soldier.-Early life and career:...
- 22nd Massachusetts: Col 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...
- 32nd Massachusetts
The 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. The nucleus of the regiment was a battalion of six companies raised in September 1861 to garrison Fort Warren, the largest fortification in Boston harbor...
: Col George L. Prescott
- 4th Michigan
The 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 4th Michigan wore a very americanized zouave uniform...
: Ltc George W. Lumbard (mw)
- 62nd Pennsylvania: Ltc James C. Hull
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3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. BartlettJoseph 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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- 20th Maine
The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a combat unit of the United States Army during the American Civil War, most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863.-Organization:...
: Maj Ellis SpearEllis Spear was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of general during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
- 18th Massachusetts
: Col Joseph Hayes
- 1st Michigan
The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 16, 1861...
: Ltc William A. Throop
- 16th Michigan
The 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861. Among the soldiers in the 16th was future Michigan...
: Maj Robert T. Elliott
- 44th New York
The 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War which was formed up in mid-1861, and mustered in on August 30, 1861.-Service:The regiment was first mustered by Stephen W...
: Ltc Freeman Conner
- 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Orpheus S. Woodward (w)
- 118th Pennsylvania: Col James Gwyn
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Second Division
BG John C. RobinsonJohn 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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1st Brigade
Col Samuel H. Leonard
Col Peter Lyle |
- 16th Maine
The 16th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was particularly noted for its service during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.-Service:...
: Col Charles W. Tilden
- 13th Massachusetts
The 13th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on July 16, 1861 at Fort Independence in Boston, Massachusetts. Its original commander was Colonel Samuel H. Leonard....
: Cpt Charles H. Hovey
- 39th Massachusetts: Col Phineas S. Davis
- 104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
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2nd Brigade
BG Henry BaxterHenry Baxter was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E...
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Col Richard Coulter |
- 12th Massachusetts
The 12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on June 14, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. Its original commander was Colonel Fletcher Webster, son of the famed U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Daniel Webster...
: Col James L. Bates
- 83rd New York (9th Militia): Col Joseph A. Moesch (k)
- 97th New York: Col Charles Wheelock (w)
- 11th Pennsylvania
The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union army regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It had the distinction of being the oldest unit in continuous service from Pennsylvania.-History:...
: Col Richard CoulterRichard 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...
- 88th Pennsylvania: Cpt George B. Rhoads
- 90th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Lyle
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3rd Brigade
Col Andrew W. Denison |
- 1st Maryland: Maj Benjamin H. Schley
- 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman
- 7th Maryland
The 7th Regiment Maryland Volunteer Infantry was a regiment that participated in the American Civil War. Edwin H. Webster was one of the regimental commanders. This regiment was inducted into service on May 15, 1861. After serving guard duty in the defenses of Washington, the regiment was sent...
: Col Charles E. Phelps
- 8th Maryland
The 8th Maryland Infantry was a Union Army regiment that fought in the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, in August, 1862. It moved to the Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 18, 1862 and was attached to Kenly's Maryland Brigade, VIII...
: Ltc John G. Johannes |
Third DivisionThe 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. CrawfordSamuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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1st Brigade
Col William McCandlessWilliam 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:...
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- 1st Pennsylvania Reserves: Col William C. Talley
- 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Patrick McDonough
- 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Wellington H. Ent
- 7th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj LeGrand B. Speece
- 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Samuel M. Jackson
- 13th Pennsylvania Reserves
The 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, also known as the 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 1st Bucktail Regiment, or the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1st Rifles): Maj William R. Hartshorne |
3rd Brigade
Col Joseph W. FisherJoseph 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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- 5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George Dare
- 8th Pennsylvania Reserves
The 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment was an infantry regiment of the northern Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was organized at Camp Wilkins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with George S. Hays as colonel, S. D. Oliphant as lieutenant colonel, and J. B. Gardner as...
: Col Silas M. Baily
- 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Ira Ayer, Jr.
- 12th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Richard Gustin
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Fourth Division
BG James S. WadsworthJames Samuel Wadsworth was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was killed in battle during the Battle of the Wilderness of 1864.-Early years:...
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BG Lysander Cutler |
1st Brigade
BG Lysander CutlerLysander 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...
Col William W. Robinson |
- 7th Indiana
The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Col Ira G. Grover
- 19th Indiana
The 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the original regiments in the Army of the Potomac's Iron Brigade.-Service:...
: Col Samuel J. Williams (k)
- 24th Michigan: Col Henry A. Morrow
- 1st New York Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt Volney J. Shipman
- 2nd Wisconsin
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:...
: Ltc John MansfieldJohn Mansfield was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1880 to 1883. He also was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as the last colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the famed Iron Brigade.Mansfield responded to President Abraham...
- 6th Wisconsin
The 6th 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 in the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...
: Col Edward S. BraggEdward 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...
, Maj Phillip W. Plummer (k)
- 7th Wisconsin
The 7th 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 in the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...
: Col William W. Robinson |
2nd Brigade
BG James C. Rice |
- 76th New York: Ltc John E. Cook
- 84th New York (14th Militia): Col Edward B. Fowler
- 95th New York: Col Edward Pye
- 147th New York: Col Francis C. Miller
- 56th Pennsylvania: Col J. William Hofmann
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3rd Brigade
Col Roy StoneRoy Stone was a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his stubborn defense of the McPherson Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and family:...
Col Edward S. Bragg |
- 121st Pennsylvania
The 121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of the Union Army during the United States Civil War.-History:This regiment, chiefly recruited in the city of Philadelphia, and in the county of Venango, was organized at camp of rendezvous, near Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, early in...
: Cpt Samuel T. Lloyd
- 142nd Pennsylvania
The 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment primarily served in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater and was heavily engaged in the first day of fighting at Gettysburg.-History:The...
: Maj Horatio N. Warren
- 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana, Ltc John D. Musser (k)
- 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc John Irvin
- 150th Pennsylvania
The 150th Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army volunteer regiment during the American Civil War. The first major battle that the 150th was in was Gettysburg, where it held back overwhelming numbers of confederates for several hours...
: Cpt George W. Jones |
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Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. WainwrightCharles 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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- Massachusetts Light, Battery C: Cpt Augustus P. Martin
- Massachusetts Light, Battery E: Cpt Charles A. Phillips
- 1st New York Light, Battery D: Cpt George B. Winslow
- 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L: Lt George Breck
- 1st New York Light, Battery H: Cpt Charles E. Mink
- 4th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion: Maj William Arthur
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Cpt James H. Cooper
- 4th United States, Battery B: Lt James Stewart
- 5th United States, Battery D: Lt Benjamin F. Rittenhouse
Benjamin Franklin Rittenhouse was a U.S. Army 1st lieutenant during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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First Division
BG Horatio WrightHoratio 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...
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1st 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 |
- 1st New Jersey
The 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War Union Army regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac....
: Ltc William Henry, Jr.
- 2nd New Jersey: Ltc Charles Wiebecke
- 3rd New Jersey
The 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War Union Army regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac....
: Cpt Samuel T. DuBois
- 4th New Jersey: Ltc Charles Ewing
- 10th New Jersey: Col Henry O. Ryerson (k)
- 15th New Jersey
The 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War infantry regiment from New Jersey that served from September 1862 through 1865 in the Union Army.The Fifteenth Regiment was organized at Flemington, New Jersey in July and August 1862...
: Col William H. Penrose |
2nd Brigade
Col Emory UptonEmory 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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- 5th Maine
The 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment, organized in May 1861, was mustered in at Portland, Maine on 24 June 1861 for three years' service...
: Col Clark S. Edwards
- 121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott
- 95th Pennsylvania
For other units with the same regimental number, see 95th Regiment of Foot .The 95th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. They are also known as Gosline's Zouaves based on the fact that the men wore an...
: Ltc Edward Carroll (k)
- 96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
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3rd Brigade
BG David A. RussellDavid 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:...
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- 6th Maine
The 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Infantry was organized in Portland, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on July 15, 1861....
: Maj George Fuller
- 49th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas M. Hulings
- 119th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry P. Truefitt, Jr.
- 5th Wisconsin
The 5th Wisconsin was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Infantry was assembled at Camp Randall, in Madison on July 12, 1861. It left Wisconsin for Washington, D.C. on July 24, 1861. During the war it moved through Virginia, Maryland,...
: Ltc Theodore B. Catlin |
4th Brigade
BG Alexander ShalerAlexander Shaler was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg...
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Col Nelson Cross |
- 65th New York: Col Joseph E. Hamblin
- 67th New York: Col Nelson Cross
- 122nd New York
The 122nd New York Volunteer Infantry known as the "Onondagas", was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:A year into the American Civil War, additional troops were being raised in Onondaga County, New York....
: Ltc Augustus W. DwightAugustus Wade Dwight was a lawyer who became an officer in the American Civil War. He served in 21 battles and was wounded three times, the last wound being fatal.-Life:...
- 82nd Pennsylvania (detachment)
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Second Division
BG George W. GettyGeorge 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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BG Frank Wheaton
BG Thomas H. Neill |
1st Brigade
BG Frank WheatonFrank 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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- 62nd New York
The Anderson Zouaves was a New York volunteer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.It was raised under special authority of the War Department in New York City by Col...
: Col David J. Nevin
- 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John S. Long
- 98th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Ballier
- 102nd Pennsylvania: Col John W. Patterson (k)
- 139th Pennsylvania
The 139th Pennsylvania was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The 139th was formed at Camp Howe, near Pittsburgh, on September 1, 1862. Frederick H. Collier was the first colonel...
: Ltc William H. Moody, Maj Abraham H. Snyder (k) |
| 2nd 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. GrantLewis 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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- 2nd Vermont
The 2nd Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three year' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June 1861 to July 1865...
: Col Newton Stone (k), Ltc John S. Tyler (mw)
- 3rd Vermont
The 3rd Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from July 1861 to July 1865...
: Col Thomas O. SeaverThomas Orville Seaver rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and received the Medal of Honor, America's highest military decoration, for his actions at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...
- 4th Vermont
The 4th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three year' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 1861 to July 1865...
: Col George P. FosterGeorge Perkins Foster was a school teacher, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and then a United States Marshal.-Early life and career:...
- 5th Vermont
The 5th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 1861 to June 1865. It was a member of the Vermont Brigade.The...
: Ltc John R. Lewis
- 6th Vermont
The 6th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from October 1861 to June 1865. It was a member of the Vermont Brigade.The...
: Col Elisha L. Barney (mw) |
3rd Brigade
BG Thomas H. NeillThomas 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...
Col Daniel D. Bidwell |
- 7th Maine
The 7th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater.-Service:...
: Col Edwin C. Mason
- 43rd New York: Ltc John Wilson (k), Maj John Fryer (k)
- 49th New York: Col 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...
- 77th New York: Maj Nathan S. Babcock
- 61st Pennsylvania: Col George F. Smith
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4th Brigade
BG Henry L. EustisHenry 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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- 7th Massachusetts
The 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on June 15, 1861 in Taunton. Its original commander was Colonel Darius N...
: Col Thomas D. Johns
- 10th Massachusetts
The 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.Organized at Hampden Park in Springfield, Massachusetts in the early summer of 1861 and consisting mostly of men from western Massachusetts, the regiment was mustered in on...
: Ltc Joseph B. Parsons
- 37th Massachusetts
The 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was formed in July 1862 and served until the end of the war in April 1865, seeing action at many battles including Fredricksburg and Gettysburg, duty in...
: Col Oliver EdwardsOliver Edwards was a machine company executive, an inventor, and a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
- 2nd Rhode Island
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...
: Ltc Samuel B. M. Read |
Third Division
BG James B. RickettsJames 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:...
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1st Brigade
BG William H. Morris |
- 14th New Jersey
The 14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 14th New Jersey Infantry was organized at Camp Vredenburgh near Freehold, New Jersey and mustered in for three years service on August 26, 1862 under the command of Colonel...
: Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
- 106th New York
The 106th New York Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...
: Ltc Charles Townsend
- 151st New York
The 151st New York Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 151st New York Infantry was organized at Lockport, New York and mustered in for three years service on October 22, 1862 under the command of Colonel William Emerson.The...
: Ltc Thomas M. Fay
- 87th Pennsylvania
The 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 87th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at York, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three year enlistment in September 1861 under the command of Colonel George...
: Col John W. Schall
- 10th Vermont
The 10th Vermont Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 10th Vermont Infantry was organized at Brattleboro, Vermont and mustered in for three years service on September 1, 1862 under the command of Colonel Albert Burton Jewett.The regiment...
: Ltc William W. HenryWilliam Wirt Henry was a manufacturer and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action.-Early life:...
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2nd Brigade
BG Truman SeymourTruman Seymour was an a career soldier and an accomplished painter. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. He commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the largest Civil War battle fought in Florida.-Early life and career:Seymour...
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Col Benjamin F. Smith |
- 6th Maryland: Col John W. Horn
- 110th Ohio
The 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 110th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Piqua in Piqua, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on October 3, 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph Warren Keifer.The...
: Col J. Warren KeiferJoseph Warren Keifer was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911...
(w), Maj William S. McElwain (k)
- 122nd Ohio
The 122nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 122nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Zanesville, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 30, 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Ball...
: Col William H. Ball
- 126th Ohio
The 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 126th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 4, 1862 under the command of Colonel Benjamin F...
: Col Benjamin F. Smith
- 67th Pennsylvania (detachment): Cpt George W. Guss
- 138th Pennsylvania
The 138th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 138th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 16, 1862 under the command of...
: Col Matthew R. McClennan |
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Col Charles H. Tompkins |
- Maine Light, 4th Battery
4th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 21, 1861....
: Lt Melville C. Kimball
- Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A): Cpt William H. McCartney
- New York Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Andrew Cowan
Andrew Cowan served as a Union artillerist in the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Sayler's Creek.-Pre-War:...
- New York Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt William A. Harn
-The Creation of the 3rd New York Battery:The 3rd New York Battery began its existence as Company D of the 2nd New York Militia. It was designated a howitzer company. It was to Washington, D. C. with the regiment, which became the 82nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Led by Capt Thaddeus...
- 4th New York Heavy, 1st Battalion: Maj Thomas D. Sears
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1861 under the command of Captain William B....
: Cpt Richard Waterman
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 23, 1861 under the command of Captain George E...
: Cpt William B. Rhodes
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
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....
: Cpt George W. Adams
- 5th United States, Battery M: Cpt James McKnight
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First Division
BG Alfred T. A. TorbertAlfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert was a career United States Army officer, a Union Army General commanding both infantry and cavalry forces in the American Civil War, and a U.S. diplomat.-Early life:...
BG Wesley Merritt |
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...
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BG George A. 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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- 1st Michigan
The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...
: Ltc Peter Stagg
- 5th Michigan
The 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...
: Col Russell A. AlgerRussell Alexander Alger was the 20th Governor and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and also U.S. Secretary of War during the Presidential administration of William McKinley...
- 6th Michigan
The 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...
: Maj James H. Kidd
- 7th Michigan
The 7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...
: Maj Henry W. Granger |
2nd Brigade
Col Thomas DevinThomas 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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- 4th New York: Ltc William R. Parnell
- 6th New York: Ltc William H. Crocker
- 9th New York: Col William Sackett
- 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Q. Anderson
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Reserve Brigade
BG Wesley MerrittWesley 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:...
Col Alfred Gibbs |
- 19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col 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...
- 6th Pennsylvania
The 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry was a Union cavalry regiment during the American Civil War. They were known for their early use of 15-foot lances, and were called "Rush's Lancers."-History:...
: Maj James Starr
- 1st United States: Cpt Nelson B. Sweitzer
- 2nd United States: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough
- 5th United States: Cpt Abraham K. Arnold
Abraham Kerns Arnold was a US Cavalry officer during the American Civil War and, while a captain in the 5th U.S...
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Second Division
BG David McM. GreggDavid McMurtrie Gregg was a farmer, diplomat, and a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
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1st Brigade
BG Henry E. Davies, Jr. |
- 1st Massachusetts: Maj Lucius M. Sargent
- 1st New Jersey: Ltc John W. Kester
- 6th Ohio
The 6th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry was a regiment of Union cavalry raised in ten counties in northeastern and north-central Ohio for service during the American Civil War...
: Col William Stedman
- 1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor
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2nd Brigade
Col J. Irvin GreggJohn 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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- 1st Maine
The 1st Maine Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was one of the Maine units used during the American Civil War.- History :Organized in Augusta, Maine on October 31, 1861 for three years...
: Col Charles H. Smith
- 10th New York: Maj M. Henry Avery
- 2nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph P. Brinton
- 4th Pennsylvania: Ltc George H. Covode
George Hay Covode was a Pennsylvania merchant and a colonel of cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
- 8th Pennsylvania: Ltc Samuel Wilson
- 16th Pennsylvania: Ltc John K. Robison
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Third Division
BG James H. WilsonJames 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:...
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1st Brigade
Col Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.
Col John B. McIntoshJohn 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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- 1st Connecticut: Maj Erastus Blakeslee
- 2nd New York: Col Otto Harhaus
- 5th New York: Ltc John Hammond
- 18th Pennsylvania: Ltc William P. Brinton, Col Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.
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2nd Brigade
Col George H. Chapman |
- 3rd Indiana: Maj William Patton
- 8th New York: Ltc William H. Benjamin
- 1st Vermont
The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Cavalry was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac....
: Ltc Addison W. Preston |
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1st Brigade Horse Artillery 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 |
- New York Light, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
- 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward Heaton
- 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
- 2nd United States, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
- 4th United States, Battery A: Lt Rufus King, Jr.
Rufus King, Jr. was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a Medal of Honor recipient.-Family:...
- 4th United States, Batteries C and E: Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh
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Artillery Reserve
Col Henry S. Burton |
1st Brigade
Col J. Howard KitchingJohn 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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- 6th New York Heavy: Ltc Edmund R. Travis
- 15th New York Heavy: Col Louis Schirmer
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2nd Brigade
Maj John A. Tompkins |
- Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
5th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 4, 1861....
: Cpt Greenleaf T. StevensGreenleaf T. Stevens commanded the 5th Maine Battery in the American Civil War. His battery is commemorated by a monument on Stevens' Knoll, named for him, on the Gettysburg Battlefield. It was among the first parts of the battlefield purchased for preservation.-Pre War:Greenleaf Thurlow Stevens...
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A: Cpt William Hexamer
William Hexamer commanded an artillery battery in the American Civil War. Hexamer was born in Koblenz, Germany on April 12, 1825. During the 1848 Revolution he served as an aide to Franz Sigel...
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B: Cpt A. Judson Clark
-Civil War:Clark enlisted in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. He became a sergeant in Company F. When the regiment’s three months enlistment ended, Clark was involved in raising 2nd Battery "B" New Jersey Volunteer Light Artillery. It was mustered into service on September 3,...
- New York Light, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
-Pre-War:Elijah D. Taft was born in Mamaroneck, New York April 28, 1819. He worked as a carpenter in Brooklyn, New York. Taft entered a New York militia unit, rising to the rank of captain by the year 1855. In the same year Taft stood for political office in Brooklyn. He was nominated by the...
- New York Light, 12th Battery: Cpt George F. McKnight
- 1st New York Light, Battery B: Cpt Albert S. Sheldon
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3rd Brigade
Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh |
- Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery: Cpt John Bigelow
- New York Light, 15th Battery: Cpt Patrick Hart
- 1st New York Light, Battery C: Lt William H. Phillips
- New York Light, 11th Battery: Cpt John E. Burton
- 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Huntington's Battery.-Service:...
: Lt William A. Ewing
- 5th United States, Battery E: Lt John R. Brinckle
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2nd Brigade Horse Artillery
Cpt 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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- 1st United States, Batteries E and G: Lt Frank S. French
- 1st United States, Batteries H and I: Cpt Alanson M. Randol
- 1st United States, Battery K: Lt John Egan
- 2nd United States, Battery A: Lt Robert Clarke
- 2nd United States, Battery G: Lt William N. Dennison
- 3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K: Lt James R. Kelly
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