The following units and commanders fought in the Bristoe campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the Campaign.
Military rank abbreviations used [ ]
Army of the Potomac [ ]
MG George G. Meade , Commanding
General Staff and Headquarters [ ]
General Staff and Headquarters
Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
Chief of Artillery: BG Henry J. Hunt
Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
Provost Marshal General : BG Marsena R. Patrick
80th New York (20th Militia): Ltc
93rd New York : Ltc Benjamin C. Butler
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry : Ltc Joseph B. Printon
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)
Detachments Regular Cavalry and Volunteer Cavalry
Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham
15th New York (battalion): Capt Joseph Wood Jr.
50th New York: Col William H. Pettes
U.S. Battalion : Capt George H. Mendell
Guards and Orderlies
Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Capt Daniel P. Mann
Signal Corps: Capt Lemuel B. Norton
MG John Newton
Escort: 4th and 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachments)
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
BG Lysander Cutler
1st Brigade ("Iron Brigade "):
Col William W. Robinson
19th Indiana : Col Samuel J. Williams
24th Michigan : Col Henry A. Morrow
1st New York Sharpshooters (battalion): Cpt Joseph C. Arnold
2nd Wisconsin : Ltc John Mansfield
6th Wisconsin : Col Edward S. Bragg
7th Wisconsin : Maj Mark Finnicum
2nd Brigade:
BG James C. Rice
7th Indiana : Col Ira G. Grover
76th New York : Maj John W. Young
84th New York ("14th Brooklyn Militia"): Col Edward B. Fowler
95th New York : Maj Edward Pye
147th New York: Maj George Harney
56th Pennsylvania : Ltc George B. Osborn
Second Division:
BG John C. Robinson
1st Brigade:
Col Thomas F. McCoy
16th Maine : Ltc Charles W. Tilden
13th Massachusetts : Col Samuel H. Leonard
39th Massachusetts : Col Phineas Stearns Davis
94th New York : Maj Samuel A. Moffett
104th New York : Col Gilbert G. Prey
107th Pennsylvania : Maj Henry J. Shaefer
2nd Brigade:
BG Henry Baxter
12th Massachusetts : Maj Benjamin F. Cook
83rd New York (9th Militia): Col Joseph A. Moesch
97th New York : Maj Charles Northrup
11th Pennsylvania: Col Richard Coulter
88th Pennsylvania : Cpt Edmund Y. Patterson
90th Pennsylvania : Ltc William A. Leech
Third Division:
BG John R. Kenly
1st Brigade:
Col Chapman Biddle
121st Pennsylvania: Ltc Alexander Biddle
142nd Pennsylvania : Ltc Alfred. B. McCalmont
2nd Brigade:
Col Langhorne Wister
143rd Pennsylvania : Col Edmund L. Dana
149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight
150th Pennsylvania: Cpt Horatio Bell
3rd Brigade:
Col Nathan T. Dushane
1st Maryland: Ltc John W. Wilson
4th Maryland : Col Richard N. Bowerman
7th Maryland : Col Edwin H. Webster
8th Maryland: Col Andrew W. Denison
Artillery Brigade:
Col Charles S. Wainwright
MG Gouverneur K. Warren (temporarily absent; returned October 12)
BG John C. Caldwell
Escort:
10th New York Cavalry , Company M: Lt James Matthews
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry , Company G: Lt Robert Brown
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
BG John C. Caldwell
Col Paul A. Frank
1st Brigade:
Col Nelson A. Miles
61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady
81st Pennsylvania : Col H. Boyd McKeen
140th Pennsylvania : Col John Fraser
2nd Brigade ("Irish Brigade "):
Col Patrick Kelly
28th Massachusetts : Col Richard Byrnes
63rd New York: Capt Thomas Touhy
69th New York : Cpt Richard Moroney
88th New York: Cpt Denis F. Burke
116th Pennsylvania : Cpt Seneca G. Willauer
3rd Brigade:
Col
Col James A. Beaver
52nd New York : Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg
57th New York : Ltc Alford B. Chapman
66th New York : Ltc John S. Hammell
148th Pennsylvania : Col James A. Beaver , Maj George A. Fairlamb
4th Brigade:
Col John R. Brooke
2nd Delaware : Ltc David L. Stricker
64th New York: Maj Leman W. Bradley
53rd Pennsylvania : Capt Henry S. Dimm
145th Pennsylvania : Col Hiram L. Brown
Second Division:
BG Alexander S. Webb
1st Brigade:
Col Francis E. Heath
19th Maine : Ltc Henry W. Cunningham
15th Massachusetts : Ltc George C. Joslin
1st Minnesota : Maj Mark W. Downie
82nd New York (2nd Militia): Maj Thomas W. Baird
2nd Brigade "Philadelphia Brigade ":
Col De Witt C. Baxter
69th Pennsylvania : Maj James Duffie
71st Pennsylvania : Col Richard PennSmith
72nd Pennsylvania : Ltc Theodore Hesser
106th Pennsylvania : Ltc William L. Curry
3rd Brigade:
Col James E. Mallon (k)
19th Massachusetts : Ltc Ansel D. Wass
20th Massachusetts: Maj Henry L. Abbott
7th Michigan: Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis
42nd New York: Cpt Robert C. Wright
59th New York: Cpt Horace P. Rugg
Third Division:
BG Alexander Hays
1st Brigade ("Gibraltar Brigade "):
Col Samuel S. Carroll
14th Indiana : Col John Coons
4th Ohio : Maj Gordon A. Stewart
8th Ohio : Ltc Franklin Sawyer
7th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood
2nd Brigade:
Col Thomas A. Smyth
14th Connecticut : Col Theodore G. Ellis
1st Delaware: Ltc Edward P. Harris
12th New Jersey: Col J. Howard Willets
10th New York (battalion): Maj George F. Hopper
108th New York : Col Charles J. Powers
3rd Brigade:
BG Joshua T. Owen
39th New York: Maj Hugo Hildebrandt
111th New York: Col Clinton D. MacDougall
125th New York : Col Levin Crandell
126th New York : Col James M. Bull
Artillery Brigade:
Cpt
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
MG David B. Birney
1st Brigade:
Col Charles H. T. Collis
57th Pennsylvania : Col Peter Sides
63rd Pennsylvania : Maj John A. Danks
68th Pennsylvania : Col Andrew H. Tippin
105th Pennsylvania: Col Calvin A. Craig
114th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward R. Bowen
141st Pennsylvania : Cpt Edwin A. Spaulding
2nd Brigade:
BG John Henry Hobart Ward
3rd Maine : Col Moses B. Lakeman
4th Maine : Col Elijah Walker,
86th New York : Maj Michael B. Stafford
124th New York : Ltc Francis M. Cummins
99th Pennsylvania : Ltc Edwin Ruthwin Biles
2nd US Sharpshooters: Ltc Homer R. Stoughton
3rd Brigade:
Col P. Régis de Trobriand
17th Maine : Ltc Charles B. Merrill
3rd Michigan: Col Byron R. Pierce
5th Michigan: Ltc John Pulford
40th New York: Col Thomas W. Egan
110th Pennsylvania : Maj Isaac Rogers
1st US Sharpshooters: Ltc Casper Trepp
Second Division:
BG Henry Prince
1st Brigade:
Col Robert McAllister
11th Massachusetts : Ltc Porter D. Tripp
16th Massachusetts : Ltc Waldo Merriam
11th New Jersey: Ltc John Schoonover
26th Pennsylvania : Maj Robert L. Bodine
84th Pennsylvania : Ltc Milton Opp
2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade "):
Col William R. Brewster
70th New York : Col J. Egbert Farnum
71st New York : Maj Thomas Rafferty
72nd New York: Ltc John Leonard
73rd New York : Ltc Michael W. Burns
74th New York: Maj Henry M. Alles
120th New York : Cpt Abram L. Lockwood
3rd Brigade:
BG Gershom Mott
5th New Jersey: Col William J. Sewell
6th New Jersey : Col George C. Burling
7th New Jersey: Maj Frederick Cooper
8th New Jersey : Col John Ramsey
115th Pennsylvania : Ltc John P. Dunne
Third Division:
BG Joseph B. Carr
1st Brigade:
BG William H. Morris
14th New Jersey : Col William Snyder Truex
151st New York : Ltc Erwin A. Bowen
10th Vermont: Col Albert B. Jewett
2nd Brigade:
Col Joseph Warren Keifer
6th Maryland: Col John Watt Horn
110th Ohio : Maj Otho H. Binkley
122d Ohio: Col William H. Ball
138th Pennsylvania : Col Matthew R. McClennan
3rd Brigade:
Col Benjamin F. Smith
106th New York : Maj Andrew N. McDonald
126th Ohio : Ltc William H. Harlan
67th Pennsylvania: Cpt Samuel Barry
87th Pennsylvania : Col John W. Schall
Artillery Brigade:
Cpt
4th Battery Maine Light : Cpt O'Neil W. Robinson Jr.
10th Massachusetts Light Battery : Cpt J. Henry Sleeper
1st New Jersey Light, Battery B: Cpt A. Judson Clark
1st New York Light, Battery D: Cpt George B. Winslow
12th Battery New York Light : Lt George K. Dauchy
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E :
4th US, Battery K : Lt Robert James
MG George Sykes
Escort: 5th Michigan Cavalry (squadron): Lt Samuel Harris
Provost Guard: 12th New York (Companies D and E): Cpt Henry W. Ryder
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
BG Charles Griffin
1st Brigade:
BG James Barnes
18th Massachusetts : Maj William B. White
22nd Massachusetts : Col William S. Tilton
1st Michigan: Ltc William A. Throop
118th Pennsylvania : Maj Charles P. Herring
2nd Brigade:
Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
9th Massachusetts: Col Patrick R. Guiney
32nd Massachusetts : Col George L. Prescott
4th Michigan: Ltc George W. Lumbard
62nd Pennsylvania : Ltc James C. Hull
3rd Brigade:
Col Joshua L. Chamberlain
20th Maine : Maj Ellis Spear
16th Michigan: Cpt George H. Swan
44th New York: Ltc Freeman Conner
83rd Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lamont
Second Division:
BG Romeyn B. Ayres
1st Brigade:
Col Sidney Burbank
2nd U.S. (6 companies): Cpt James W. Long
3rd U.S. (6 companies): Maj William E. Prince
11th U.S.: Maj Jonathan W. Gordon
12th U.S. : Maj Luther B. Bruen
14th U.S. : Capt Edward Mck. Hudson
17th U.S. : Ltc James D. Greene
3rd Brigade:
BG Kenner Garrard
140th New York : Col George Ryan
146th New York (Zouaves): Col David T. Jenkins
91st Pennsylvania: Col Edgar M. Gregory
155th Pennsylvania: Maj Alfred L. Pearson
Third Division:
Col William McCandless
1st Brigade:
Col William C. Talley
3rd Brigade:
Col Martin D. Hardin
Artillery Brigade:
Cpt Augustus Pearl Martin
MG John Sedgwick
Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry (detachment): Capt Andrew J. Grover
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
BG Horatio G. Wright
1st Brigade (First New Jersey Brigade ):
BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
1st New Jersey : Ltc William Henry Jr.
2nd New Jersey : Col Samuel L. Buck
3rd New Jersey : Col Henry W. Brown
4th New Jersey : Ltc Charles Ewing
15th New Jersey : Col William H. Penrose
2nd Brigade:
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
5th Maine : Col Clark S. Edwards
121st New York: Col Emory Upton
95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
3rd Brigade:
BG David Allen Russell
6th Maine : Col Benjamin F. Harris
49th Pennsylvania : Ltc Thomas M. Hulings
119th Pennsylvania : Col Peter C. Ellmaker
5th Wisconsin : Col Thomas S. Allen
Second Division:
BG Albion P. Howe
2nd Brigade ("Vermont Brigade "):
Col Lewis A. Grant
2nd Vermont : Col James H. Walbridge
3rd Vermont : Col Thomas O. Seaver
4th Vermont : Ltc George P. Foster
5th Vermont : Maj Charles P. Dudley
6th Vermont : Col Elisha L. Barney
3rd Brigade:
BG Thomas H. Neill
7th Maine : Col Edwin C. Mason
43rd New York: Col Benjamin F. Baker
49th New York : Col Daniel D. Bidwell
77th New York : Ltc Winsor B. French
61st Pennsylvania : Ltc George F. Smith
Third Division:
BG Henry D. Terry
1st Brigade:
BG Alexander Shaler
65th New York : Col Joseph E. Hamblin
67th New York: Col Nelson Cross
122nd New York: Ltc Augustus Wade Dwight
23rd Pennsylvania : Col John Ely
82nd Pennsylvania : Col Isaac C. Bassett
2nd Brigade:
BG Henry L. Eustis
7th Massachusetts : Col Thomas D. Johns
10th Massachusetts : Ltc Joseph B. Parsons
2nd Rhode Island: Col Horatio Rogers Jr.
3rd Brigade:
BG Frank Wheaton
62nd New York : Col David J. Nevin
93rd Pennsylvania : Ltc John S. Long
98th Pennsylvania : Col John F. Ballier
102nd Pennsylvania : Col John W. Patterson
139th Pennsylvania : Ltc William H. Moody
Artillery Brigade:
Col Charles H. Tompkins
1st Massachusetts Light, Battery A: Cpt William H. McCartney
1st Battery New York Light: Cpt Andrew Cowan
3rd Battery New York Light : Cpt William A. Harn
1st Rhode Island, Battery C : Cpt Richard Waterman
1st Rhode Island, Battery G : Cpt George W. Adams
5th US, Battery F: Lt Leonard Martin
5th US, Battery M: Cpt James McKnight
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division:
BG John Buford
1st Brigade:
Col George H. Chapman
8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
12th Illinois : Cpt Henry L. Reans
3rd Indiana: Maj William S. McClure
8th New York: Maj William H. Benjamin
2nd Brigade:
Col Thomas Devin
4th New York: Ltc Augustus Pruyn
6th New York: Maj William P. Hall
9th New York: Col William Sackett
17th Pennsylvania : Ltc Coe Durland
3rd West Virginia , Companies A & C: Maj Seymour B. Conger
Second Division:
BG David McM. Gregg
1st Brigade:
Col John P. Taylor
1st Maryland : Maj Charles H. Russell
1st Massachusetts : Col Horace B. Sargent
1st New Jersey: Col Percy Wyndham
6th Ohio : Ltc William Stedman
1st Pennsylvania : Ltc David Gardner
3rd Pennsylvania: Cpt James W. Walsh
1st Rhode Island: Col John L. Thompson
2nd Brigade:
Col John Irvin Gregg
District of Columbia, Independent Company: Cpt William H. Orton
1st Maine : Col Charles H. Smith
10th New York : Maj Mathew Henry Avery
4th Pennsylvania: Maj George H. Covode
8th Pennsylvania : Col Pennock Huey
13th Pennsylvania : Ltc Garrick Mallery Jr.
16th Pennsylvania : Ltc John K. Robison
Third Division:
BG Judson Kilpatrick
1st Brigade:
BG Henry E. Davies Jr.
2nd New York : Ltc Otto Harhaus
5th New York : Maj John Hammond
18th Pennsylvania: Maj Harvey B. VanVorhis
1st West Virginia (10 companies): Maj Charles E. Capehart
2nd Brigade ("Michigan Brigade "):
BG George A. Custer
1st Michigan : Col Charles H. Town
5th Michigan : Col Russell A. Alger
6th Michigan : Ltc Henry E. Thompson
7th Michigan : Col William D. Mann
1st Vermont : Col Edward B. Sawyer
Headquarters Guard
1st Ohio, Companies A & C: Cpt Noah Jones
Reserve Brigade:
BG Wesley Merritt
6th Pennsylvania : Maj Henry C. Whelam
1st US : Cpt Marcus A. Reno
2nd US : Cpt George A. Gordon
5th US : Cpt Abraham K. Arnold
unattached
19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs
Horse Artillery
1st Brigade:
Capt James M. Robertson
6th Battery New York Light: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
2nd US, Batteries B and L: Lt Albert O. Vincent
2nd US, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
2nd US, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington Jr.
4th US, Battery A : Lt Horatio B. Reed
4th US, Battery E: Cpt Samuel S. Elder
2nd Brigade:
Cpt William M. Graham
9th Battery Michigan Light: Cpt Jabez J. Daniels
1st US, Batteries E & G : Lt Egbert W. Olcott
1st US, Battery K : Lt John Egan
2nd US, Battery A: Lt Robert Clarke
2nd US, Battery G : Lt John H. Butler
3rd US, Battery C: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
Artillery Reserve [ ]
Brigade
Batteries
1st Regular Brigade:
Cpt Alanson M. Randol
1st US, Battery H: Lt Philip D. Mason
3rd US, Batteries F & K: Lt George F. Barstow
4th US, Battery C : Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh
1st Volunteer Brigade:
Ltc Freeman McGilvery
6th Maine Light : Lt William H. Rogers
9th Battery Massachusetts Light : Cpt John Bigelow
4th Battery New York Light : Lt Thomas Goodman
Pennsylvania Light, Battery C and Battery F : Cpt James Thompson
2nd Volunteer Brigade:
Cpt Elijah D. Taft
3rd Volunteer Brigade:
Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh
Ammunition Guard
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.