The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War . Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced casualties in these Corps on the day of battle. Order of battle is compiled from the official reports which observed casualties.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Military Rank Abbreviations Used [ ]
Other [ ]
Army of the Potomac [ ]
II Corps [ ]
MG Andrew A. Humphreys [2] [3]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG Nelson A. Miles
1st Brigade
Col George W. Scott[4]
26th Michigan : Lt Harris H. Hickock (w )
5th New Hampshire : Maj James E. Larkin
61st New York : Col George W. Scott
111th New York : Ltc Lewis W. Husk
81st Pennsylvania : Ltc William Wilson
140th Pennsylvania : Cpt Samuel S. Kerr
2nd Brigade
Col Robert Nugent
Cpt Patrick H. Bird
28th Massachusetts : Ltc James Flemming (w )
63rd New York : Cpt William. H. Terwilliger
69th New York : Col James J. Smith
88th New York : Cpt John Smith
126th New York : Cpt I. Hart Wilder
3rd Brigade
Col Augustus Funk
39th New York : Maj John McE. Hyde
53rd New York: Ltc Henry M. Karples
4th Brigade
Col
53rd Pennsylvania Veterans : Col George C. Anderson
148th Pennsylvania : Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division
Bvt MG Gershom Mott
1st Brigade
BG P. Regis De Trobriand
20th Indiana : Cpt John W. Shafer
40th New York : Ltc Madison M. Cannon
86th New York : Col Nathan H. Vincent
99th Pennsylvania : Cpt Frederick W. Lewis
110th Pennsylvania : Cpt John B. Fite
2nd Brigade
BG Byron R. Pierce
17th Maine : Ltc William Hobson
1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery : Maj Nathaniel Shatswell
5th Michigan : Col John Pulford
93rd New York : Ltc Haviland Gifford
57th Pennsylvania : Ltc Joseph H. Horton
3rd Brigade
BG Robert McAllister
7th New Jersey : Col Francis Price
8th New Jersey : Maj Henry Hartford
11th New Jersey : Cpt Charles F. Gage
120th New York : Maj Walter F. Scott
V Corps [ ]
MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG Charles Griffin
1st Brigade
BG Joshua L. Chamberlain
2nd Brigade [not engaged]
3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
20th Maine Infantry : Ltc Walter G. Morrill
16th Michigan
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry : Col Chauncey P. Rogers
118th Pennsylvania Infantry : Ltc Henry O'Neill
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division [not engaged]
VI Corps [ ]
MG Horatio G. Wright
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
MG Frank Wheaton
1st Brigade [not engaged]
2nd Brigade
BG Joseph E. Hamblin
2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery : Col James Hubbard
65th New York Infantry: Ltc Henry C. Fisk
121st New York Infantry : Col Egbert Olcott
95th Pennsylvania Infantry : Ltc John Harper
3rd Brigade
Col Oliver Edwards
37th Massachusetts
82nd Pennsylvania
119th Pennsylvania
2nd Rhode Island
5th Wisconsin
Second Division
BG George W. Getty
1st Brigade
Col James M. Warner
93rd Pennsylvania : Ltc David C. Keller (w )
2nd Brigade
MG Lewis A. Grant
2nd Vermont Infantry : Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
3rd Vermont Infantry : Col Horace W. Floyd
4th Vermont Infantry : Col Horace W. Floyd
6th Vermont Infantry : Ltc Sumner H. Lincoln
10th Vermont Infantry : Ltc George B. Damon
3rd Brigade [not engaged]
Third Division
BG Truman Seymour
1st Brigade [not engaged]
2nd Brigade
BG J. Warren Keifer
110th Ohio: Col Otho H. Binkley
122nd Ohio: Ltc Charles M. Cornyn
126th Ohio: Ltc Thomas W. McKinnie
67th Pennsylvania: Maj William G. Williams
6th Maryland: Ltc Joseph C. Hill
9th New York Heavy Artillery : Ltc James W. Snyder
IX Corps [ ]
MG John G. Parke
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Bvt MG Orlando B. Willcox
1st Brigade [not engaged]
2nd Brigade
Col Ralph Ely
1st Michigan Sharpshooters : Cpt Ira L. Evans
2nd Michigan : Cpt John C. Boughton
20th Michigan : Cpt Albert A. Day
46th New York : Ltc Adolph Becker
60th Ohio : Ltc Martin P. Avery
50th Pennsylvania : Maj Samuel K. Schwenk
3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Napoleon B. McLaughlen (c )
Bvt Col Gilbert P. Robinson
Artillery
14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George M. Rall
Acting Engineers
17th Michigan Infantry : Maj Thomas Mathews
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division
BG John F. Hartranft
1st Brigade
Col Charles W. Diven (w )
Ltc William H. H. McCall
200th Pennsylvania : Ltc William H. H. McCall
208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
2nd Brigade
Col Joseph A. Mathews
205th Pennsylvania : Maj B. Mortimer Morrow
207th Pennsylvania : Col Robert C. Cox
211th Pennsylvania : Cpt William A. Coulter
Artillery
Bvt BG John C. Tidball
Maj Theodore Miller, Inspector of Artillery
1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery I
1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery K
1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery L : Lt Robert Lewis
Maine Light, 7th Battery : Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell
Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery: Cpt Edward J. Jones
Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery
New Jersey Light, 3rd Battery
1st New York Light, Battery G
8th New York Heavy, Battery L : Cpt John R. Cooper
8th New York Light, Battery G
New York Light, 19th Battery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers
New York Light, 27th Battery: Cpt John B. Eaton
New York Light, 34th Battery: Maj Jacob Roemer
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
Pennsylvania Light, Battery D : Cpt Samuel H. Rhoads
5th United States, Battery C and Battery I : Lt Valentine H. Stone
Notes [ ]
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
^ Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
^ The First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report )
^ Commanding Officer of the 61st New York Infantry
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.