Fredericksburg Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used[]
Military ranks[]
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other[]
Army of the Potomac[]
MG Ambrose Burnside, Commanding
- Chief of Staff: MG John Parke
- Chief of Artillery: BG Henry Jackson Hunt
- Inspector General: BG Delos B. Sackett
General Headquarters units[]
Escort:
- Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
- 1st U.S. Cavalry, Companies. BCH&I: Cpt Marcus A. Reno
- 4th U.S. Cavalry, Companies A and E: Cpt James B. McIntyre
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
- Sturgis (Illinois) Rifles: Cpt James Steel
- 22nd New Jersey
- 29th New Jersey
- 30th New Jersey
- 31st New Jersey
- 9th New York Infantry, Company G: Cpt Charles Child
- 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker
- 147th New York
- 137th Pennsylvania
- 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Whiting
- 8th U.S. Infantry (5 companies): Cpt Royal T. Frank
Volunteer Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
- 15th New York: Col John M. Murphy
- 50th New York: Ltc William H. Pettes
- Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt James C. Duane
Artillery Reserve: Ltc William Hays
- 5th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
- Battery A, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Otto Diederichs
- Battery B, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
- Battery C, 1st Battalion New York Light: Lt Bernhard Wever
- Battery D, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Charles Kusserow
- Battery K, 1st United States: Cpt William M. Graham
- Battery A, 2nd United States: Cpt John C. Tidball
- Battery G, 4th United States: Lt Marcus P. Miller
- Battery K, 5th United States: Lt David H. Kinzie
- 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller
Unattached Artillery: Maj Thomas S. Trumbull
- Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
- Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
Right Grand Division[]
MG Edwin Vose Sumner
II Corps[]
MG Darius N. Couch
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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| Corps Artillery Reserve
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IX Corps[]
BG Orlando B. Willcox
Escort
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery[7] |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade BG James Nagle |
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| 2nd Brigade BG Edward Ferrero |
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| Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Cavalry Division[]
BG Alfred Pleasonton
| Brigade | Regiments |
|---|---|
| 1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| Horse Artillery |
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Center Grand Division[]
MG Joseph Hooker
III Corps[]
BG George Stoneman
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| Artillery |
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V Corps[]
MG Daniel Butterfield
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery[11] |
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| Sharpshooters |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| Artillery |
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| Cavalry Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Left Grand Division[]
MG William B. Franklin
Escort
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Richard H. Rush
I Corps[]
MG John F. Reynolds
Escort
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| 4th Brigade
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| Artillery[14]
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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VI Corps[]
MG William F. Smith
Escort
- 10th New York Cavalry, Company L: Lt George Vanderbilt
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I: Cpt James Starr
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Frederick C. Newhall
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| Artillery[15] |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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| Cavalry Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Reserve Grand Division[]
Further information:[16]
- National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredericksburg Union order of battle: Reserve Grand Division).
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 935-938.
XI Corps[]
BG Julius Stahel[17]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division[18]
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade[19]
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| Cavalry Brigade
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| Artillery
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Second Division[20]
|
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division[22]
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade[23] |
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Unattached |
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XII Corps[]
MG Henry Warner Slocum
Escort
- 12th Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Cpt P. E. Fisher
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery[24]
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| Cavalry |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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| Cavalry |
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Notes[]
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 48-61
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Temporarily attached to Second Brigade.
- ^ Disabled.
- ^ Transferred from Second Brigade, December 13.
- ^ Chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Captain John Edwards,jr.,chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Succeeded BG Bayard in command of the Cavalry Brigade, Left Grand Division.
- ^ Captain La Rhett L. Livingston, chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Disabled December 13.
- ^ Captain Stephen H. Weed,chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Chief of artillery, Second Division.
- ^ Chief of artillery, Third Division.
- ^ Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Captain Romeyn B. Ayres, chief of the corps artillery.
- ^ Reserve Grand Division not engaged.
- ^ XI Corps: Headquarters Stafford Court-House, Va.
- ^ Headquarters Stafford Court-House, Va.
- ^ December 10-16, marched from Chantilly to Falmouth; December 17, marched to Stafford Court-House.
- ^ Headquarters at Falmouth, Va., December 10-14, marched from Germantown to Stafford Court-House.
- ^ One copy of the monthly return reports Col A. Buschbeck as commanding.
- ^ Headquarters at Stafford Court-House.
- ^ December 10-14, marched from Centreville to Stafford Court-House.
- ^ Cpt Clermont L. Best, chief of corps artillery.
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.
- 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: Return of casualties in the Union forces commanded by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15, 1862.
- National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredericksburg Union order of battle).
- Civil War Home: Fredericksburg Union order of battle
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