The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War . Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used [ ]
Military rank [ ]
Other [ ]
Army of the Shenandoah [ ]
MG Philip Sheridan , Commanding
MG Horatio Wright [3]
Escort:
VI Corps [ ]
BG James B. Ricketts (w )
BG George W. Getty
MG Horatio Wright
Escort:
1st Michigan Cavalry, Company G: Lieutenant William H. Wheeler
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG Frank Wheaton
1st Brigade
Col William Henry Penrose (w )
Ltc Edward L. Campbell (w )
Cpt Baldwin Hufty
4th New Jersey : Cpt Baldwin Hufty
10th New Jersey : Maj Lambert Boeman (k ), Cpt Charles D. Claypool
15th New Jersey: Ltc Edward L. Campbell, Cpt James W. Penrose
2nd Brigade
Col Joseph Eldridge Hamblin (w )
Col Ranald S. Mackenzie (w )
Ltc Egbert Olcott
2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery : Col Ranald S. Mackenzie, Maj Edward W. Jones
65th New York : Ltc T. H. Higginbotham (k ), Cpt Henry C. Fisk
121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott, Cpt Daniel D. Jackson
95th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper
96th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper
3rd Brigade[4]
Col Oliver Edwards
37th Massachusetts: Ltc George L. Montague
49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Baynton J. Hickman
82nd Pennsylvania : Col Isaac C. Bassett
119th Pennsylvania: Ltc Gideon Clark
2nd Rhode Island (battalion): Cpt Elisha Hunt Rhodes
5th Wisconsin (battalion): Maj Charles W. Kempf
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Coe Durland
Second Division
BG George W. Getty
BG Lewis A. Grant
BG George W. Getty
1st Brigade
Col James M. Warner
62nd New York : Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton
93rd Pennsylvania : Cpt David C. Keller
98th Pennsylvania : Ltc John B. Kohler (k ), Cpt Gottfried Bauer.
102nd Pennsylvania : Maj James H. Coleman (k ), Cpt James Patchell (w )
139th Pennsylvania : Ltc John G. Parr
2nd Brigade
BG Lewis A. Grant
Ltc Amasa Tracy
BG Lewis A. Grant
2nd Vermont : Ltc Amasa Tracy, Cpt Elijah Wales, Ltc Amasa Tracy
3rd Vermont , (battalion): Maj Horace W. Floyd
4th Vermont : Maj Horace W. Floyd, Col George P. Foster[5]
5th Vermont : Maj Enoch E. Johnson
6th Vermont , (battalion): Cpt Edwin R. Kinney (w ), Cpt William J. Sperry.
11th Vermont (1st Heavy Artillery): Ltc Charles Hunsdon
3rd Brigade
BG Daniel D. Bidwell (k )
Ltc Winsor B. French
1st Maine Veterans : Maj Stephen C. Fletcher
43rd New York (battalion): Maj Charles A. Milliken
49th New York (battalion): Ltc Erastus D. Holt
77th New York : Ltc Winsor B. French
122d New York: Ltc Augustus W. Dwight (w ), Maj Jabez M. Brower (w )
61st Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt David J. Taylor
Third Division
Col J. Warren Keifer
1st Brigade
Col William Emerson
14th New Jersey : Cpt Jacob J. Janeway
106th New York : Cpt Alvah W. Briggs (w ), Cpt Peter Robertson
151st New York : Cpt Browning N. Wiles (w ), Cpt Hiram A. Kimball
184th New York (battalion): Maj William D. Ferguson
87th Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt Edgar M. Ruhl (k ), Cpt John A. Salsbury
10th Vermont : Col William W. Henry (w ), Cpt Henry H. Dewey
2nd Brigade
Col William H. Ball
6th Maryland: Maj Joseph C. Hill
9th New York Heavy Artillery : Maj James W. Snyder
110th Ohio : Ltc Otho H. Binkley
122nd Ohio : Ltc Moses M. Granger
126th Ohio : Maj George W. Voorhes (w ), Cpt George W. Hoge
67th Pennsylvania: Lt John F. Young
138th Pennsylvania : Maj Lewis A. May
Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins
5th Maine Light Artillery (Battery E): Cpt Greenlief T. Stevens
New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Lt Orsamus R. Van Etten
Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery : Lt Jacob H. Lamb
Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery : Cpt George W. Adams
Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight
XIX Corps [ ]
BG William H. Emory
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG James W. McMillan
1st Brigade
Col Edwin P. Davis
29th Maine : Maj George H. Nye (w ), Cpt Alfred L. Turner
30th Massachusetts: Cpt Samuel D. Shipley
90th New York: Ltc Nelson Shaurman (w ), Cpt Honore De La Paturelle
114th New York : Ltc Henry B. Morse
116th New York : Col George M. Love
153rd New York : Ltc Alexander Strain (w ), Cpt George H. McLaughlin
2nd Brigade
Col Stephen Thomas
12th Connecticut : Ltc George N. Lewis
160th New York : Cpt Henry P. Underhill
47th Pennsylvania : Maj J. P. Shindel Gobin
8th Vermont : Maj John B. Mead (w ), Cpt Moses McFarland
3rd Brigade[6]
Col Leonard D. H. Currie
30th Maine: Col Thomas H. Hubbard
133rd New York: Maj Anthony J. Allaire
162nd New York: Col Justus W. Blanchard
165th New York (six companies): Ltc Gouverneur Carr
173rd New York: Majr George W. Rogers
Division Artillery
Second Division
BG Cuvier Grover (w )
BG Henry W. Birge
1st Brigade
BG Henry W. Birge
Col Thomas W. Porter
9th Connecticut (battalion): Cpt John G. Healy
12th Maine : Ltc Edwin Ilsley
14th Maine : Ltc Charles S. Bickmore (k ), Cpt John K. Laing
26th Massachusetts (battalion): Lt John S. Cooke
14th New Hampshire : Cpt Theodore A. Ripley (c ), Cpt Oliver H. Marston
75th New York : Maj Benjamin F. Thurber
2nd Brigade
Col Edward L. Molineux
13th Connecticut : Col Charles D. Blinn
11th Indiana : Ltc William W. Darnall
22nd Iowa : Col Harvey Graham
3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted): Col Lorenzo D. Sargent
131st New York : Col Nicholas W. Day
159th New York : Ltc William Waltermire
3rd Brigade
Col Daniel Macauley (w )
Ltc Alfred Neafie
38th Massachusetts: Maj Charles F. Allen
128th New York: Cpt Charles R. Anderson
156th New York : Ltc Alfred Neafie, Cpt Alfred Cooley
175th New York (battalion): Cpt Charles McCarthey
176th New York : Maj Charles Lewis
4th Brigade
Col David Shunk
8th Indiana: Ltc Alexander J. Kenny (w ), Maj John R. Polk
18th Indiana: Ltc William S. Charles (w )
24th Iowa: Ltc John Q. Wilds (mw ), Maj Edward Wright (w ), Cpt Leander Clark
28th Iowa: Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson (w ), Maj John Meyer
Division Artillery
1st Battery (A), Maine Light Artillery : Lt Eben D. Haley (w )
Reserve Artillery
Maj Albert W. Bradbury
BG George Crook [7]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Col Joseph Thoburn (k )
Col Thomas M. Harris
1st Brigade
Ltc Thomas F. Wildes
34th Massachusetts : Cpt Andrew Potter
2nd Battalion, 5th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt Frederick C. Wilkie
116th Ohio : Cpt Wilbert B. Teters (w ), Cpt John Hull
123rd Ohio : Maj Horace Kellog
2nd Brigade[4]
Colonel William B. Curtis
1st West Virginia : Ltc Jacob Weddle
4th West Virginia: Cpt Benjamin D. Boswell
12th West Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Northcott
3rd Brigade
Col Thomas M. Harris
Col Milton Wells (w )
:[4] Cpt Samuel A. Simison
54th Pennsylvania : Cpt John Suter
10th West Virginia : Ltc Moses S. Hall (w ), Maj Henry H. Withers
11th West Virginia : Ltc Van H. Bukey
15th West Virginia : Col Milton Wells, Maj John W. Holliday
Second Division
Col Rutherford B. Hayes
1st Brigade
Col Hiram F. Devol
23rd Ohio : Ltc James M. Comly
36th Ohio : Ltc William H. G. Adney
5th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc William H. Enochs
13th West Virginia : Col William R. Brown,[8] Ltc James R. Hall
2nd Brigade
Ltc Benjamin F. Coates
34th Ohio (battalion): Ltc Luther Furney
91st Ohio : Maj Lemuel Z. Cadot
9th West Virginia : Cpt John S. P. Carroll
14th West Virginia : Maj Shriver Moore
Artillery
Artillery Brigade
Cpt Henry A. du Pont
Provisional Division[9] [10]
Col J. Howard Kitching (mw )
Col Wilhelm Heine
1st Brigade
Col Wilhelm Heine
Ltc Thompson D. Hart
6th New York Heavy Artillery : Maj Edward Jones (mw )
103rd New York Infantry : Maj Joseph Morrison
104th Pennsylvania Infantry: Cpt Theophiles Kephart
2nd Brigade
Ltc G. DePeyster Arden
41st New York Infantry: Ltc Detleo Von Einseidel
10th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc DePeyster Arden
Cavalry Corps [ ]
BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
Escort:
1st Rhode Island: Maj William H. Turner, jr.
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG Wesley Merritt
1st Brigade
Col James H. Kidd
1st Michigan Cavalry : Cpt Andrew W. Duggan
5th Michigan Cavalry : Maj Smith H. Hastings
6th Michigan Cavalry : Maj Charles W. Deane
7th Michigan Cavalry : Maj Daniel H. Darling
New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
2nd Brigade
Col Thomas C. Devin
4th New York Cavalry:[11] Maj Edward Schwartz
6th New York Cavalry: Cpt George E. Farmer
9th New York Cavalry: Col George S. Nichols
19th New York Cavalry (1st New York Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs
Batteries K & L, 1st US Artillery: Lt Franck E. Taylor
Reserve Brigade
Col Charles Russell Lowell (mw )
Ltc Caspar Crowninshield
2nd Massachusetts Cavalry : Ltc Caspar Crowninshield, Cpt Archibald McKendry
1st U.S. Cavalry : Cpt Eugene M. Baker
2nd U.S. Cavalry : Cpt Robert S. Smith
5th U.S. Cavalry : Lt Gustavus Urban
Second Division[12]
Col William H. Powell
1st Brigade
Col Alpheus S. Moore
8th Ohio Cavalry (detachment): Col Samuel A. Gilbert
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry : Maj Thomas Gibson
22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry : Ltc Andrew J. Greenfield
2nd Brigade
Col Henry Capehart
1st New York Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn
1st West Virginia Cavalry : Maj Harvey Farabee
2nd West Virginia Cavalry : Ltc John J. Hoffman
3rd West Virginia Cavalry : Ltc John L. McGee
Division Artillery
Battery L, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Gulian V. Weir
Third Division
BG George Armstrong Custer
1st Brigade
Col Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr.
1st Connecticut Cavalry : Cpt Edwin W. French
3rd New Jersey Cavalry : Ltc Charles C. Suydam
2nd New York Cavalry : Cpt Andrew S. Glover
5th New York Cavalry : Maj Abram H. Krom[13]
2nd Brigade
Col William Wells
3rd Indiana Cavalry (two companies): Lt Benjamin F. Gilbert
1st New Hampshire Cavalry (battalion): Col John L. Thompson
8th New York Cavalry: Ltc William H. Benjamin
22nd New York Cavalry : Maj Charles C. Brown
1st Vermont Cavalry : Ltc John W. Bennett
Horse Artillery
Batteries B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Peirce
Batteries C, F & K, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
Notes [ ]
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 125-130
^ Commanded during General Sheridan's temporary absence is the early part of the battle.
^ a b c At Winchester, Va., and not engaged in the battle.
^ Corps officer of the day at the beginning of the battle; later rejoined brigade and commanded the left of its line.
^ Guarding wagon trains, and not engaged in the battle.
^ Welcher, The Union Army, 1861–1865 Organization and Operations. Vol. 1 , p. 420 notes that Crook's army consisted in part of troops that formerly belonged to the VIII Corps, of the Middle Department, so that name was sometimes used because it was less cumbersome than Army of West Virginia. The official name of the organization, established by order on August 8, 1864, was Army of West Virginia. Lewis, The Guns of Cedar Creek , p. 107, notes that this grand title disguised the fact that the 4,000 men of the so-called army were the approximate size of a Union division, and their two constituent divisions were actually brigade-sized and led by colonels.
^ Corps officer of the day.
^ Dyer page 410
^ Only a small detachment from the First Brigade,and the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle
^ Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters.
^ From Department of West Virginia.
^ Although Major Theodore A. Boice is listed as in command, he did not take command until October 20. According to a page 4 New York Herald article published November 11, 1864, Krom, who was supposed to muster out on October 19, continued to lead the regiment through the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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.
Dyer, Frederick H., A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1 , 1908, Des Moines IA