The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road (October 27-28, 1864) of the American Civil War . Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns.[1]
Abbreviations used [ ] Military rank [ ] Other [ ] Army of the Potomac [ ] II Corps [ ] MG Winfield S. Hancock [2] [3]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division
Thomas W. Egan
1st Brigade
19th Maine 19th Massachusetts 20th Massachusetts 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters 7th Michigan 1st Minnesota Battalion (2 companies)59th New York 152nd New York 184th Pennsylvania 36th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
3rd Brigade
Thomas A. Smyth
14th Connecticut 1st Delaware 12th New Jersey 10th New York (6 companies)108th New York 4th Ohio (4 companies)69th Pennsylvania 106th Pennsylvania (3 companies)7th West Virginia (5 companies)
Artillery
5th United States, Battery C and Battery I
Provost Guard
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
Third Division
Gershom Mott
1st Brigade
P. Regis De Trobriand
2nd Brigade
1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 5th Michigan 93rd New York 57th Pennsylvania 84th Pennsylvania 105th Pennsylvania 141st Pennsylvania 1st United States Sharpshooters (3 companies)
3rd Brigade
11th Massachusetts (7 companies)5th New Jersey (5 companies)7th New Jersey (4 companies)8th New Jersey 11th New Jersey 72nd New York (1 company)120th New York
Artillery
Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery : Lt Henry H. Granger (mw )4th United States, Battery K
V Corps [ ] MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Escort: Cpt Napoleon J. Horrell
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)Provost Guard: Cpt Paul A. Oliver
Ambulance Train: Cpt William F. Drum
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Charles Griffin
1st Brigade
Horatio G. Sickel
185th New York 198th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade
Edgar M. Gregory
187th New York (6 companies)188th New York 91st Pennsylvania 155th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade
Joseph J. Bartlett
20th Maine 32nd Massachusetts 1st Michigan 16th Michigan [4] 83rd Pennsylvania (6 companies)118th Pennsylvania
Second Division
Romeyn B. Ayres
1st Brigade
2nd Brigade
1st Maryland 4th Maryland 7th Maryland 8th Maryland
3rd Brigade
3rd Delaware 4th Delaware 157th Pennsylvania (4 companies)
190th Pennsylvania 191st Pennsylvania 210th Pennsylvania
Provost Guard
2nd United States, Company C
Third Division[5] Samuel W. Crawford
1st Brigade
Edward S. Bragg
3rd Brigade
76th New York (6 companies)95th New York 147th New York : Ltc George Harney (c ), Maj John McKinlock56th Pennsylvania 121st Pennsylvania 142nd Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade
Charles S. Wainwright
Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery (E)
Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery 1st New York Light, Battery B 1st New York Light, Battery H
4th United States, Battery B
IX Corps [ ] MG John G. Parke
Escort: Lt William W. Neiterfield
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry , Companies C and HProvost Guard: Cpt Andrew D. Baird
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Orlando B. Willcox
1st Brigade
John F. Hartranft
8th Michigan 27th Michigan [6] 109th New York 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted)51st Pennsylvania 37th Wisconsin 38th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
Byron M. Cutcheon
1st Michigan Sharpshooters 2nd Michigan 20th Michigan 46th New York 60th Ohio [7] 50th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade
Napoleon B. McLaughlen
3rd Maryland (4 companies)29th Massachusetts 57th Massachusetts
59th Massachusetts
14th New York Heavy Artillery
100th Pennsylvania
Acting Engineers
Second Division
Robert B. Potter
1st Brigade
John I. Curtin
21st Massachusetts (3 companies)35th Massachusetts 36th Massachusetts 58th Massachusetts
39th New Jersey 51st New York 45th Pennsylvania 48th Pennsylvania 4th Rhode Island 7th Rhode Island
2nd Brigade
Simon G. Griffin
Third Division
Edward Ferrero
1st Brigade
27th United States Colored Troops 30th United States Colored Troops 39th United States Colored Troops 43rd United States Colored Troops
3rd Brigade
Henry G. Thomas
19th United States Colored Troops 23rd United States Colored Troops 28th United States Colored Troops 29th United States Colored Troops 31st United States Colored Troops
Artillery Brigade
John C. Tidball
New York Light, 19th Battery
New York Light, 34th Battery
Cavalry Corps [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division[2] David M. Gregg
1st Brigade
Henry E. Davies
1st Massachusetts Cavalry 1st New Jersey Cavalry 10th New York Cavalry 24th New York Cavalry
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (4 companies)2nd United States Artillery, Battery A
2nd Brigade
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry 1st United States Artillery, Batteries H and I
3rd Brigade
1st Maine Cavalry 6th Ohio Cavalry 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry
Notes [ ]
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLII, Part 1, pages 153-160 ^ a b Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
^ The First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report )
^ Brady's and Jardine's Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
^ The Second Brigade remained in the trenches
^ 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
^ 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
References [ ] U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.