Cold Harbor Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864,[1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4][5]

Abbreviations used[]

Military Rank[]

Other[]

Forces operating against Richmond May 31-June 5, 1864[]

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

  • 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K

Army of the Potomac[]

Main article: Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
  • 80th New York (20th Militia)
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 68th Pennsylvania
  • 114th Pennsylvania

Engineer Troops:[6]

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

Unattached:

  • 22nd New York Cavalry[7]

II Corps[]

Main article: II Corps (Union Army)

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Francis C. Barlow

1st Brigade


   Col Nelson A. Miles

2nd Brigade


   Col Richard Byrnes (mw)
   Col Patrick Kelly

  • 28th Massachusetts
  • 63rd New York
  • 69th New York
  • 88th New York: Col Patrick Kelly
  • 116th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col Clinton D. MacDougall

  • 39th New York
  • 52nd New York[9]
  • 57th New York[10]
  • 111th New York
  • 125th New York
  • 126th New York
4th Brigade


   Col John R. Brooke (w)
   Col Orlando H. Morris (k)
   Col Lewis O. Morris (k)
   Col James A. Beaver

Second Division
     BG John Gibbon

1st Brigade


   Col H. Boyd McKeen (k)
   Col Frank A. Haskell (k)
   BG Byron R. Pierce[11]

2nd Brigade


   BG Joshua T. Owen

  • 152nd New York
  • 69th Pennsylvania
  • 71st Pennsylvania
  • 72nd Pennsylvania
  • 106th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

  • 14th Connecticut
  • 1st Delaware
  • 14th Indiana
  • 12th New Jersey
  • 10th New York Battalion
  • 108th New York
  • 4th Ohio
  • 8th Ohio
  • 7th West Virginia
4th Brigade


   BG Robert O. Tyler (w)
   Col James P. McIvor

Provost Guard
  • 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters

Third Division
     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Egan

2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas R. Tannatt

  • 4th Maine
  • 17th Maine[12]
  • 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
  • 3rd Michigan
  • 5th Michigan
  • 93rd New York
  • 57th Pennsylvania
  • 63rd Pennsylvania
  • 105th Pennsylvania
  • 1st United States Sharpshooters
3rd Brigade


   BG Gershom Mott

  • 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
  • 16th Massachusetts
  • 5th New Jersey
  • 6th New Jersey
  • 7th New Jersey
  • 8th New Jersey
  • 11th New Jersey
  • 115th Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


   Col William R. Brewster

  • 11th Massachusetts
  • 70th New York
  • 71st New York
  • 72nd New York[13] (3 Companies)
  • 73rd New York
  • 74th New York
  • 120th New York
  • 84th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


   Col John C. Tidball

V Corps[]

Main article: V Corps (Union Army)

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard:

  • 12th New York Battalion[15]
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade


   BG Romeyn B. Ayres

2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

  • 9th Massachusetts
  • 22nd Massachusetts[16]
  • 32nd Massachusetts
  • 4th Michigan
  • 62nd Pennsylvania
  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry[8][17] (Dismounted)
3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

  • 20th Maine
  • 18th Massachusetts
  • 29th Massachusetts[18]
  • 1st Michigan
  • 16th Michigan[19]
  • 44th New York
  • 83rd Pennsylvania
  • 118th Pennsylvania

Second Division
     BG Henry H. Lockwood[20]
     BG Samuel W. Crawford[21]

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Lyle

  • 16th Maine
  • 13th Massachusetts
  • 39th Massachusetts
  • 94th New York
  • 104th New York
  • 90th Pennsylvania
  • 107th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col James L. Bates

  • 12th Massachusetts
  • 83rd New York
  • 97th New York
  • 11th Pennsylvania
  • 88th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col Nathan D. Dushane

  • 1st Maryland
  • 4th Maryland
  • 7th Maryland
  • 8th Maryland
  • Purnell (Maryland) Legion

Third Division
     BG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col Martin D. Hardin

3rd Brigade


   Col Joseph W. Fisher

Heavy Artillery Brigade[24]


   Col J. Howard Kitching

Fourth Division
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade


   Col William W. Robinson

  • 7th Indiana
  • 19th Indiana
  • 24th Michigan
  • 1st Battalion New York Sharpshooters
  • 6th Wisconsin
  • 7th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


   Col J. William Hofmann

  • 3rd Delaware
  • 4th Delaware[8]
  • 46th New York[25]
  • 76th New York
  • 95th New York
  • 147th New York
  • 56th Pennsylvania
  • 157th Pennsylvania[8]
3rd Brigade


   Col Edward S. Bragg

  • 121st Pennsylvania
  • 142nd Pennsylvania
  • 143rd Pennsylvania
  • 149th Pennsylvania
  • 150th Pennsylvania
Provost Guard
  • 2nd Wisconsin
Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

VI Corps[]

Main article: VI Corps (Union Army)

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG David A. Russell

1st Brigade


   Col William H. Penrose

  • 1st New Jersey[26]
  • 3rd New Jersey[26]
  • 4th New Jersey
  • 10th New Jersey
  • 15th New Jersey
2nd Brigade


   BG Emory Upton

  • 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
  • 5th Maine
  • 121st New York
  • 95th Pennsylvania
  • 96th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   BG Henry L. Eustis

  • 6th Maine
  • 49th Pennsylvania
  • 119th Pennsylvania
  • 5th Wisconsin
4th Brigade


   Col Nelson Cross

  • 65th New York
  • 67th New York
  • 122nd New York
  • 23rd Pennsylvania
  • 82nd Pennsylvania

Second Division
     BG Thomas H. Neill

1st Brigade


   BG Frank Wheaton

  • 62nd New York
  • 93rd Pennsylvania
  • 98th Pennsylvania
  • 102nd Pennsylvania
  • 139th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   BG Lewis A. Grant

  • 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
  • 2nd Vermont
  • 3rd Vermont
  • 4th Vermont
  • 5th Vermont
  • 6th Vermont
3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel D. Bidwell

  • 7th Maine
  • 43rd New York
  • 49th New York
  • 77th New York
  • 61st Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


   Col Oliver Edwards

  • 7th Massachusetts
  • 10th Massachusetts
  • 37th Massachusetts
  • 2nd Rhode Island

Third Division
     BG James B. Ricketts

1st Brigade


   Col William S. Truex (w)
   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
   Col John W. Schall[27] (w)
   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall

  • 14th New Jersey: Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
  • 106th New York
  • 151st New York
  • 87th Pennsylvania
  • 10th Vermont
2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin F. Smith

Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

IX Corps[]

Main article: IX Corps (Union Army)

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Thomas L. Crittenden

1st Brigade


   BG James H. Ledlie

2nd Brigade


   Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
   Col Joseph M. Sudsburg[28]
   Col Ebenezer W. Peirce[11]

  • 3rd Maryland
  • 21st Massachusetts
  • 100th Pennsylvania
Provisional Brigade


   Col Elisha G. Marshall

  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Acting Engineers
  • 35th Massachusetts
Artillery

Second Division
     BG Robert B. Potter

1st Brigade


   Col John I. Curtin

  • 36th Massachusetts
  • 58th Massachusetts
  • 45th Pennsylvania
  • 48th Pennsylvania
  • 7th Rhode Island
2nd Brigade


   Col Simon G. Griffin

  • 2nd Maryland (detachment)
  • 31st Maine
  • 32nd Maine
  • 6th New Hampshire
  • 9th New Hampshire
  • 11th New Hampshire
  • 17th Vermont
Acting Engineers
  • 51st New York
Artillery

Third Division
     BG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade


   Col John F. Hartranft

  • 2nd Michigan
  • 8th Michigan
  • 27th Michigan[29]
  • 109th New York
  • 51st Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin C. Christ

  • 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
  • 20th Michigan
  • 60th Ohio[30]
  • 50th Pennsylvania
Acting Engineers
  • 17th Michigan
Artillery

Fourth Division
     BG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade


   Col Joshua K. Sigfried

  • 27th United States Colored Troops
  • 30th United States Colored Troops
  • 39th United States Colored Troops
  • 43rd United States Colored Troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Henry G. Thomas

  • 19th United States Colored Troops
  • 23rd United States Colored Troops
  • 31st United States Colored Troops
Artillery

Cavalry Corps[]

Main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army)

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Escort:

  • 6th United States
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

1st Brigade


   BG George A. Custer

  • 1st Michigan
  • 5th Michigan
  • 6th Michigan
  • 7th Michigan
2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas C. Devin

Reserve Brigade


   BG Wesley Merritt

Second Division
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

  • 1st Massachusetts
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 10th New York
  • 6th Ohio
  • 1st Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

  • 1st Maine
  • 2nd Pennsylvania
  • 4th Pennsylvania
  • 8th Pennsylvania
  • 13th Pennsylvania
  • 16th Pennsylvania

Third Division
     BG James H. Wilson

1st Brigade


   Col John B. McIntosh

2nd Brigade


   Col George H. Chapman

  • 3rd Indiana
  • 8th New York
  • 1st Vermont
Escort
  • 8th Illinois (detachment)
1st Brigade Horse Artillery[31]


   Cpt James M. Robertson

  • New York Light, 6th Battery[32]
  • 2nd United States, Batteries B and L
  • 2nd United States, Battery D
  • 2nd United States, Battery M
  • 4th United States, Battery A[32]
  • 4th United States, Batteries C and E

Artillery[]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Artillery
     BG Henry J. Hunt[33]

2nd Brigade Horse Artillery[31]


   Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom

Artillery Park


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion

Army of the James[]

Main article: Army of the James

XVIII Corps[]

Main article: XVIII Corps (Union Army)

MG William F. Smith[34]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG William T. H. Brooks

1st Brigade


   BG Gilman Marston

  • 81st New York
  • 96th New York
  • 98th New York
  • 139th New York
2nd Brigade


   BG Hiram Burnham

  • 8th Connecticut
  • 10th New Hampshire
  • 13th New Hampshire
  • 118th New York
3rd Brigade


   Col Guy V. Henry

Second Division
     BG John H. Martindale

1st Brigade


   BG George J. Stannard

  • 23rd Massachusetts
  • 25th Massachusetts
  • 27th Massachusetts
  • 9th New Jersey
  • 89th New York[35]
  • 55th Pennsylvania[35]
2nd Brigade


   Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.

Third Division[36]
     BG Charles Devens, Jr.
     BG Adelbert Ames[37]

1st Brigade


   Col William B. Barton

  • 47th New York
  • 48th New York
  • 115th New York
  • 76th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col Jeremiah C. Drake (mw)
   Ltc Zina H. Robinson
   Col Alexander Piper[38]

  • 13th Indiana
  • 9th Maine: Ltc Zina H. Robinson
  • 112th New York
  • 169th New York
  • 10th New York Heavy Artillery[39]
3rd Brigade


   BG Adelbert Ames
   Col Henry R. Guss

  • 4th New Hampshire
  • 3rd New York
  • 117th New York
  • 142nd New York
  • 97th Pennsylvania: Col Henry R. Guss
Artillery Brigade


   Cpt Samuel S. Elder

Forces operating against Richmond June 6-12, 1864[]

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

  • 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K

Army of the Potomac[]

Main article: Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
  • 80th New York (20th Militia)
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 68th Pennsylvania
  • 114th Pennsylvania

Engineer Troops:[6]

  • 50th New York Engineers
  • Battalion United States Engineers

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

II Corps[]

Main article: II Corps (Union Army)

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Francis C. Barlow

1st Brigade


   Col Nelson A. Miles[40]

2nd Brigade


   Col Patrick Kelly

  • 28th Massachusetts
  • 63rd New York
  • 69th New York
  • 88th New York
  • 116th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col Clinton D. MacDougall

  • 39th New York
  • 52nd New York[9]
  • 57th New York
  • 111th New York
  • 125th New York
  • 126th New York
4th Brigade


   Col James A. Beaver

Second Division
     BG John Gibbon

1st Brigade


   BG Byron R. Pierce

  • 19th Maine
  • 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
  • 15th Massachusetts
  • 19th Massachusetts
  • 20th Massachusetts
  • 7th Michigan
  • 42nd New York
  • 59th New York
  • 82nd New York (Battalion)
  • 184th Pennsylvania
  • 36th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


   BG Joshua T. Owen
   Col John Fraser[41]

  • 152nd New York
  • 69th Pennsylvania
  • 71st Pennsylvania
  • 72nd Pennsylvania
  • 106th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

  • 14th Connecticut
  • 1st Delaware
  • 14th Indiana
  • 12th New Jersey
  • 10th New York Battalion
  • 108th New York
  • 4th Ohio
  • 8th Ohio
  • 7th West Virginia
4th Brigade


   Col James P. MacIvor
   Col John Ramsey[42]

Provost Guard
  • 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters

Third Division
     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Egan

  • 20th Indiana
  • 3rd Maine
  • 17th Maine
  • 40th New York
  • 86th New York
  • 124th New York
  • 99th Pennsylvania
  • 110th Pennsylvania
  • 141st Pennsylvania
  • 2nd United States Sharpshooters
2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas R. Tannatt

3rd Brigade


   BG Gershom Mott

  • 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
  • 16th Massachusetts
  • 5th New Jersey
  • 6th New Jersey
  • 7th New Jersey
  • 8th New Jersey
  • 11th New Jersey
  • 115th Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


   Col William R. Brewster

  • 11th Massachusetts
  • 70th New York
  • 71st New York
  • 72nd New York[13] (3 Companies)
  • 73rd New York
  • 74th New York
  • 120th New York
  • 84th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


   Col John C. Tidball

V Corps[]

Main article: V Corps (Union Army)

MG Gouverneur K. Warren[44]

Provost Guard:

  • 5th New York, Companies F and E[45]
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade[46]


   Col Edward S. Bragg
   Col Joshua L. Chamberlain[47]

  • 121st Pennsylvania
  • 142nd Pennsylvania
  • 143rd Pennsylvania
  • 149th Pennsylvania
  • 150th Pennsylvania
  • 187th Pennsylvania[48]
2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

  • 9th Massachusetts[49]
  • 22nd Massachusetts[16]
  • 32nd Massachusetts
  • 4th Michigan
  • 62nd Pennsylvania
  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (Dismounted)
3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

  • 20th Maine
  • 18th Massachusetts
  • 1st Michigan
  • 16th Michigan[19]
  • 44th New York
  • 83rd Pennsylvania
  • 118th Pennsylvania

Second Division
     BG Romeyn B. Ayres[47]

1st Brigade[50]


   Col Edgar M. Gregory

  • 5th New York
  • 140th New York
  • 146th New York
  • 91st Pennsylvania
  • 155th Pennsylvania
  • 2nd United States, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
  • 11th United States, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
  • 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
  • 14th United States, 1st Battalion
  • 17th United States, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
2nd Brigade[51]


   Col Nathan D. Dushane

  • 1st Maryland
  • 4th Maryland
  • 7th Maryland
  • 8th Maryland
  • Purnell (Maryland) Legion
3rd Brigade


   Col J. Howard Kitching

Third Division
     BG Samuel W. Crawford[47]

1st Brigade[52]


   Col Peter Lyle

  • 16th Maine
  • 13th Massachusetts
  • 39th Massachusetts
  • 94th New York[53]
  • 104th New York
  • 90th Pennsylvania
  • 107th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade[54]


   Col James L. Bates

  • 12th Massachusetts
  • 83rd New York[55]
  • 97th New York
  • 11th Pennsylvania
  • 88th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Maj William R. Hartshorne
   Col James Carle[56]

  • 190th Pennsylvania[57]
  • 191st Pennsylvania[58]

Fourth Division
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade


   Col William W. Robinson
   Col Edward S. Bragg[42]

  • 7th Indiana
  • 19th Indiana
  • 24th Michigan
  • 1st Battalion New York Sharpshooters
  • 6th Wisconsin
  • 7th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


   Col J. William Hofmann

  • 3rd Delaware
  • 4th Delaware
  • 76th New York
  • 95th New York
  • 147th New York
  • 56th Pennsylvania
  • 157th Pennsylvania
Provost Guard
  • 2nd Wisconsin
Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

VI Corps[]

Main article: VI Corps (Union Army)

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG David A. Russell

1st Brigade


   Col William H. Penrose

  • 1st Delaware Cavalry[48] (dismounted)
  • 4th New Jersey
  • 10th New Jersey
  • 15th New Jersey
2nd Brigade


   BG Emory Upton

  • 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
  • 5th Maine
  • 121st New York
  • 95th Pennsylvania
  • 96th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   BG Henry L. Eustis[59]
   Ltc Gideon Clark[41]

  • 6th Maine
  • 49th Pennsylvania
  • 119th Pennsylvania: Ltc Gideon Clark
  • 5th Wisconsin
4th Brigade


   Col Nelson Cross

  • 65th New York
  • 67th New York
  • 122nd New York
  • 23rd Pennsylvania
  • 82nd Pennsylvania

Second Division
     BG Thomas H. Neill

1st Brigade


   BG Frank Wheaton

  • 62nd New York
  • 93rd Pennsylvania
  • 98th Pennsylvania
  • 102nd Pennsylvania
  • 139th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   BG Lewis A. Grant

  • 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
  • 2nd Vermont
  • 3rd Vermont
  • 4th Vermont
  • 5th Vermont
  • 6th Vermont
3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel D. Bidwell

  • 7th Maine
  • 43rd New York
  • 49th New York
  • 77th New York
  • 61st Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


   Col Oliver Edwards

  • 7th Massachusetts
  • 10th Massachusetts
  • 37th Massachusetts
  • 2nd Rhode Island

Third Division
     BG James B. Ricketts

1st Brigade


   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall

  • 14th New Jersey
  • 106th New York
  • 151st New York
  • 87th Pennsylvania
  • 10th Vermont
2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin F. Smith

Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

  • Maine Light, 4th Battery (D)
  • Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
  • Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)
  • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
  • New York Light, 1st Battery
  • New York Light, 3rd Battery
  • 9th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
  • 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
  • 5th United States, Battery E
  • 5th United States, Battery M

IX Corps[]

Main article: IX Corps (Union Army)

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Thomas L. Crittenden[60]
     BG James H. Ledlie[61]

1st Brigade


   BG James H. Ledlie
   Col Jacob P. Gould[61]

2nd Brigade


   Col Ebenezer W. Peirce

  • 3rd Maryland
  • 21st Massachusetts
  • 29th Massachusetts
  • 179th New York[63]
  • 100th Pennsylvania
Provisional Brigade[64]


   Col Elisha G. Marshall

  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles[65] (dismounted)
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry[66] (dismounted)
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Acting Engineers
  • 35th Massachusetts
Artillery
  • Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B)
  • Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery
  • New York Light, 27th Battery[67]

Second Division
     BG Robert B. Potter

1st Brigade


   Col John I. Curtin

  • 36th Massachusetts
  • 58th Massachusetts
  • 45th Pennsylvania
  • 48th Pennsylvania
  • 7th Rhode Island
2nd Brigade


   BG Simon G. Griffin

  • 2nd Maryland (detachment)
  • 31st Maine
  • 32nd Maine
  • 6th New Hampshire
  • 9th New Hampshire
  • 11th New Hampshire
  • 17th Vermont
Acting Engineers
  • 51st New York
Artillery
  • Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery
  • New York Light, 19th Battery

Third Division
     BG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade


   Col John F. Hartranft

  • 2nd Michigan
  • 8th Michigan
  • 27th Michigan[29]
  • 109th New York
  • 51st Pennsylvania
  • 38th Wisconsin[68]
2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin C. Christ

  • 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
  • 20th Michigan
  • 46th New York
  • 60th Ohio[30]
  • 50th Pennsylvania
Acting Engineers
  • 17th Michigan
Artillery
  • Maine Light, 7th Battery (G)
  • New York Light, 34th Battery

Fourth Division
     BG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade


   Col Joshua K. Sigfried

  • 27th United States Colored Troops
  • 30th United States Colored Troops
  • 39th United States Colored Troops
  • 43rd United States Colored Troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Henry G. Thomas

  • 19th United States Colored Troops
  • 23rd United States Colored Troops
  • 31st United States Colored Troops
Artillery

Cavalry Corps[]

Main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army)

MG Philip H. Sheridan[69]

Escort:

  • 6th United States
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

1st Brigade


   BG George A. Custer

  • 1st Michigan
  • 5th Michigan
  • 6th Michigan
  • 7th Michigan
2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas C. Devin

Reserve Brigade


   BG Wesley Merritt

Second Division
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

  • 1st Massachusetts
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 10th New York
  • 6th Ohio
  • 1st Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

  • 1st Maine
  • 2nd Pennsylvania
  • 4th Pennsylvania
  • 8th Pennsylvania
  • 13th Pennsylvania
  • 16th Pennsylvania

Third Division
     BG James H. Wilson

1st Brigade


   Col John B. McIntosh

  • 1st Connecticut
  • 3rd New Jersey
  • 2nd New York
  • 5th New York
  • 2nd Ohio
  • 18th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col George H. Chapman

  • 3rd Indiana
  • 1st New Hampshire[70]
  • 8th New York
  • 22nd New York
  • 1st Vermont
Escort
  • 8th Illinois (detachment)
Horse Artillery Brigade


   Cpt James M. Robertson

  • 1st United States, Batteries H and I
  • 1st United States, Battery K
  • 2nd United States, Battery A
  • 2nd United States, Batteries B and L
  • 2nd United States, Battery D
  • 2nd United States, Battery M
  • 3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K
  • 4th United States, Batteries C and E

Artillery[]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Artillery
     BG Henry J. Hunt[33]

Artillery Park


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion

Army of the James[]

Main article: Army of the James

XVIII Corps[]

Main article: XVIII Corps (Union Army)

MG William F. Smith[71]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG William T. H. Brooks

1st Brigade


   BG Gilman Marston

  • 81st New York
  • 96th New York
  • 98th New York
  • 139th New York
2nd Brigade


   BG Hiram Burnham

  • 8th Connecticut
  • 10th New Hampshire
  • 13th New Hampshire
  • 118th New York
3rd Brigade


   Col Guy V. Henry

Second Division
     BG John H. Martindale

1st Brigade


   BG George J. Stannard

  • 23rd Massachusetts
  • 25th Massachusetts
  • 27th Massachusetts
  • 9th New Jersey
  • 89th New York[35]
  • 55th Pennsylvania[35]
2nd Brigade


   Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.

Third Division[36]
     BG Adelbert Ames

1st Brigade


   Col William B. Barton

  • 47th New York
  • 48th New York
  • 115th New York
  • 76th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col Alexander Piper[72]
   Col N. Martin Curtis

  • 13th Indiana
  • 9th Maine
  • 112th New York
  • 169th New York
  • 10th New York Heavy Artillery
3rd Brigade


   Col Henry R. Guss[73]
   Col Louis Bell

  • 4th New Hampshire: Col Louis Bell
  • 3rd New York
  • 117th New York
  • 142nd New York: Col N. Martin Curtis
  • 97th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


   Cpt Samuel S. Elder

Notes[]

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 198-209
  2. ^ Gordon C. Rhea, Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 153-165; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 166-183
  4. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 1162-1168
  5. ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  6. ^ a b 15th New York Engineers at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Brigadier General Henry W. Benham was not present (see: Benham's report)
  7. ^ At Port Royal, Virginia; joined Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps on June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
  8. ^ a b c d e Arrived June 1, 1864
  9. ^ a b Detachment 7th New York attached
  10. ^ Detached at Port Royal, Virginia; rejoined brigade June 5, 1864 (see: Wilder's report)
  11. ^ a b Assigned June 4, 1864
  12. ^ Transferred to First Brigade June 5, 1864
  13. ^ a b Attached to the 120th New York
  14. ^ The First Battalion joined from the VI Corps May 31, 1864, and the Second Battalion from the V Corps May 29, 1864, thus uniting the three battalions
  15. ^ Transferred to the 5th New York on June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 453; New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment; New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 12th Infantry Regiment)
  16. ^ a b 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached
  17. ^ Gordon C. Rhea in Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle lists the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry in the 1st Brigade (see also: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry)
  18. ^ Transferred to Ninth Corps on June 3, 1864 (see: Deane's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 543)
  19. ^ a b Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached
  20. ^ Relieved June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 494 and 495)
  21. ^ Assigned June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 495)
  22. ^ a b c d Left front June 1, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves and 13th Pennsylvania Reserves)
  23. ^ a b c d Left front May 31, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves)
  24. ^ Transferred to Second Division June 2, 1864
  25. ^ Transferred to IX Corps on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report)
  26. ^ a b Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
  27. ^ Assumed command June 2, 1864 and wounded June 3, 1864
  28. ^ Assumed command May 31, 1864
  29. ^ a b 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
  30. ^ a b 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
  31. ^ a b The two Horse Artillery brigades were consolidated under Captain Robertson on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 377)
  32. ^ a b c d Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report)
  33. ^ a b Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
  34. ^ On June 1, 1864 the XVIII Corps was placed under Meade's command (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 466)
  35. ^ a b c d e f g h Temporarily attached from X Corps
  36. ^ a b Organized temporarily May 30, 1864, and consisted of troops previously known as the Second and Third Divisions of the Tenth Corps
  37. ^ Assigned June 4, 1864, Brigadier General Devens being relieved on account of ill-health
  38. ^ Assigned June 5, 1864
  39. ^ Joined June 5, 1864 (see: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 10th Artillery Regiment)
  40. ^ Appointed Brigadier General June 9, 1864 with date of rank 12 May 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 389 and 725)
  41. ^ a b Assigned June 12, 1864
  42. ^ a b Assumed command June 7, 1864
  43. ^ Veterans and recruits transferred to 5th Michigan June 9, 1864
  44. ^ The Fifth Corps was reorganized on June 5, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 613-614)
  45. ^ For Companies F and E, 5th New York as Provost Guard see: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment
  46. ^ Was the Third brigade, Fourth Division, up to June 6, 1864
  47. ^ a b c Assigned June 6, 1864
  48. ^ a b Joined June 6, 1864
  49. ^ Ordered home for muster out June 9, 1864
  50. ^ Was First Brigade, First Division, up to June 6, 1864
  51. ^ Was Third Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  52. ^ Was First Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  53. ^ Transferred to Second Brigade June 11, 1864
  54. ^ Was Second Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  55. ^ Ordered home June 7, 1864
  56. ^ Assumed command June 6, 1864
  57. ^ Organized from veterans and recruits from the 1st, 7th, 9th, two companies of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 190th Regiment)
  58. ^ Organized from veterans and recruits from the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 191st Regiment)
  59. ^ Relieved June 12, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 758)
  60. ^ Relieved at his own request June 9, 1864 (see: Burnside's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 191)
  61. ^ a b Assigned June 9, 1864
  62. ^ a b Transferred to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, June 10, 1864
  63. ^ Joined June 11, 1864
  64. ^ Designated Third Brigade June 11, 1864
  65. ^ Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, June 9, 1864(see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  66. ^ Transferred to Second Brigade, Third Division, June 9, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  67. ^ Joined June 6, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  68. ^ Joined June 10, 1864
  69. ^ Major General Sheridan with the 6th United States, the First and Second Division, and Batteries H and I (consolidated), 1st United States, Batteries B and L (consolidated), Battery D and Battery M, 2nd United States under Captain Robertson from the Horse Artillery Brigade detached on a Raid on June 7, 1864 which culminated in the Battle of Trevilian Station (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 37 and 331-332)
  70. ^ Joined June 9, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
  71. ^ Temporarily attached to the Army of the Potomac
  72. ^ Relieved June 9, 1864
  73. ^ In command until June 9, 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 271)

See also[]

References[]

  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8071-2803-1
  • 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.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8032-5967-6
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