Five Forks Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Army of the Shenandoah[]

Main article: Union Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps[]

Main article: V Corps (Union Army)

MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     Bvt MG Charles Griffin
     Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett

Escort:

  • 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Co. C):
  • 104th New York


 1st Brigade


   BG Joshua Chamberlain

  • 185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper
  • 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton
2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory

  • 187th New York: Ltc Daniel Meyers
  • 188th New York: Ltc Isaac Doolittle
  • 189th New York: Ltc Joseph G. Townsend
3rd Brigade


   Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett
   Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson

  • 20th Maine: Ltc Walter Goodale Morrill
  • 1st Maine Sharpshooters: Cpt George R. Abbott
  • 32nd Massachusetts: Ltc James A. Cunningham
  • 1st Michigan: Ltc George Lockley
  • 16th Michigan: Bvt Col Benjamin F. Partridge
  • 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Chauncey P. Rogers
  • 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Eli G. Sellers
  • 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry O'Neill
  • 155th Pennsylvania: Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson, Maj John A. Kline

Second Division


     Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (k)
   Col James G. Grindlay

2nd Brigade


   Col Richard N. Bowerman (w)
   Col David L. Stanton

  • 1st Maryland: Col David L. Stanton
  • 4th Maryland: Maj Harrison Aderon
  • 7th Maryland: Maj Edward M. Mobley
  • 8th Maryland: Ltc Ernest F. M. Faehtz
3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG James Gwyn

  • 3rd Delaware: Cpt John H. Cade
  • 4th Delaware: Cpt William H. Maclary (k), Ltc Moses B. Gist
  • 8th Delaware (3 companies): Cpt John N. Richards
  • 190th Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee
  • 191st Pennsylvania: Col James Carle
  • 210th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward L. Witman

Third Division


     Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col John Azor Kellogg

2nd Brigade


   BG Henry Baxter

  • 16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden
  • 39th Massachusetts: Ltc Henry M. Tremlett
  • 97th New York: Ltc Rouse Eglston
  • 11th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Overmyer
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy
3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Richard Coulter

  • 94th New York: Maj Henry H. Fish (k), Cpt Albert T. Morgan
  • 95th New York: Cpt George T. Knight
  • 147th New York: Cpt James A. McKinley
  • 56th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock
  • 88th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock
  • 121st Pennsylvania: Maj West Funk
  • 142nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Horatio N. Warren

Cavalry Corps[]

Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Thomas Devin

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Stagg

  • 1st Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George R. Maxwell (w), Cpt Edward L. Negus
  • 5th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Smith H. Hastings
  • 6th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Harvey H. Vinton
  • 7th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George G. Briggs
2nd Brigade


   Col Charles Lane Fitzhugh

  • 6th New York Cavalry: Maj Harrison White
  • 9th New York Cavalry: Maj James R. Dinnin
  • 19th New York Cavalry: Maj Howard M. Smith
  • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Coe Durland
  • 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Gabriel Middleton
3rd Brigade


   BG Alfred Gibbs

  • 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Caspar Crowninshield
  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Charles L. Leiper
  • 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord
  • 5th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Thomas Drummond (k), Lt Gustuvus Urban
  • 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Robert N. Morris

Second Division


     MG George Crook

1st Brigade


   Bvt MG Henry Eugene Davies

  • 1st New Jersey Cavalry: Col Hugh H. Janeway
  • 10th New York Cavalry: Col Mathew Henry Avery
  • 24th New York Cavalry: Col Walter C. Newberry, Ltc Melze Richards
  • 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Hampton S. Thomas
2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG John I. Gregg

  • 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan
  • 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson
  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles
3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Charles H. Smith

  • 1st Maine Cavalry: Ltc John P. Cilley
  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Maj Paul Chadbourne
  • 6th Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Matthew H. Cryer
  • 13th Ohio Cavalry: Ltc Stephen R. Clark

Artillery

Horse Artillery
  • 1st U.S., Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
  • 1st U.S., Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
  • 2nd U.S., Battery A: Lt James H. Lord

Third Division


     Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer

1st Brigade


   Col Alexander C. M. Pennington

2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG William Wells

  • 3rd Indiana Cavalry:
  • 8th New York Cavalry: Maj James Bliss
  • 15th New York Cavalry: Col John J. Coppinger
  • 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc Josiah Hall
3rd Brigade


   Col Henry Capehart

  • 1st New York Cavalry: Ltc Jenyns C. Batterysby
  • 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Shesh B. Howe
  • 2nd West Virginia Cavalry (7 companies): Ltc James Allen
  • 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Maj John S. Witcher

Mackenzie's Cavalry Division[2]


     BG Ranald S. Mackenzie

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. West

  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler
  • 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz
2nd Brigade


   Col Samuel P. Spear (w)
   Col Andrew W. Evans

Artillery

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Equipped and serving as infantry.
  2. ^ Temporarily attached from the Army of the James.

References[]

  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.
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