Crater Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military Rank[]

LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other[]

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed in action
c = captured

Union Forces[]

General in Chief[]

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief

Army of the Potomac[]

MG George Meade

Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick

1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Brigade:
BG Henry W. Benham

15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
50th New York Engineers:
Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher

Guards and Orderlies:

Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann

IX Corps[]

MG Ambrose Burnside

Provost Guard:

8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG James H. Ledlie	1st Brigade BG William F. Bartlett (c) Ltc Joseph H. Barnes	21st Massachusetts: Cpt William H. Clark (mw) 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes, Cpt Willard D. Tripp 56th Massachusetts: Col Stephen M. Weld (c), Cpt Charles D. Lamb 57th Massachusetts: Maj Albert Prescott (k), Cpt Edson A Dresser (k), Lt Albert Doty 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould (mw), Ltc John Hodges (k), Cpt Ezra P Gould 100th Pennsylvania: Maj Thomas J. Hamilton (mw), Cpt Walter Oliver (k), Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost
	2nd Brigade Col Elisha Marshall (c) Ltc. Gilbert P. Robinson	3rd Maryland (4 companies) : Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson, Cpt David J. Weaver 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman 179th New York (7 companies): Maj John Barton (k), Cpt Albert A. Terrill 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Ltc Benjamin G Barney (w), Cpt James W. Haig
	Acting Engineers	35th Massachusetts: Cpt Clifton A. Blanchard
Second Division BG Robert B. Potter	1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss	36th Massachusetts: Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk 45th Pennsylvania: Cpt Theodore Gregg 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry Pleasants 4th Rhode Island: Lt Col Martin Buffum ( c), Maj James T. P. Bucklin
	2nd Brigade BG Simon Goodell Griffin	31st Maine: Lt Col Daniel White (c), Cpt James Dean 32nd Maine: Cpt Joseph B. Hammond 2nd Maryland: Cpt James H. Wilson 6th New Hampshire: Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin 9th New Hampshire: Cpt John B. Cooper 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Arthur C. Locke 17th Vermont: Cpt Lyman E. Knapp
	Acting Engineers	7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy Daniels
Third Division BG Orlando B. Willcox	1st Brigade BG John F. Hartranft	8th Michigan: Maj Horatio Belcher 27th Michigan (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin (w), Cpt Edwin Evans 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon 51st Pennsylvania: Maj Lane S. Hart 37th Wisconsin: Col Samuel Harriman 38th Wisconsin (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler
	2nd Brigade Col William Humphrey	1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. DeLand 2nd Michigan: Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serviere 60th Ohio (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc
	Acting Engineers	17th Michigan: Col Constant Luce
Fourth Division BG Edward Ferrero	1st Brigade Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried	27th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright 30th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Delevan Bates 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Ltc H. Seymour Hall^[1]
	2nd Brigade Col Henry Goddard Thomas	19th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Cleaveland J. Campbell (w) 28th U.S. Colored Troops (6 companies): Ltc Charles S. Russell^[1] 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc John A. Bross †^[1] 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc W. E. W. Ross^[1]
	Artillery Brigade Ltc J. Albert Monroe	2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt James A. Hall 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley

Army of the James[]

MG Benjamin F. Butler

Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry Larcom Abbot
- Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
- Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
- Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt

XVIII Corps[]

MG Edward Ord

X Corps[]

(attached to XVIII Corps)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG John Wesley Turner	1st Brigade Col Newton Martin Curtis	3rd New York: Cpt George W. Warren 112th New York: Ltc John F. Smith 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett 142nd New York: Ltc Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade Ltc William B. Coan	47th New York: Cpt Charles A. Moore 48th New York: Maj Samuel M Swartwout (k), Cpt Joseph Taylor 76th Pennsylvania: Maj William S. Diller 97th Pennsylvania: Cpt Isaiah Price
	3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent 9th Maine: Cpt Robert J. Gray 4th New Hampshire: Cpt Joseph M Clough (w), Cpt Frank W. Parker 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson 169th New York: Maj James A. Colvin

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 563.

References[]

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5

[FOOTNOTEBattles_&_Leaders1987563-1] Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 563.

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