Hoke's Run Union order of battle

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The Department of Pennsylvania represented the Union Army at the Battle of Hoke's Run (July 2, 1861) during the outset of the American Civil War. Although the entire force crossed the Potomac River into Virginia, the First and Sixth Brigades were primarily engaged.[1]


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Department of Pennsylvania[]

MG Robert Patterson

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division[2]
     BG George Cadwallader

1st Brigade[3]


   Col George H. Thomas

3rd Brigade[4]


  BG Alpheus S. Williams

  • 7th Pennsylvania: Col William H. Irwin
  • 8th Pennsylvania: Col A.H. Emley
  • 10th Pennsylvania: Col Sullivan A. Meredith
  • 20th Pennsylvania: Col
4th Brigade[5]


  Col Dixon S. Miles (until June 17)
  Col. J. C. Longenecker

  • 9th Pennsylvania: Col Henry C. Longnecker
  • 13th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas A. Rowley
  • 16th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas A. Ziegle
  • 2nd & 3rd U.S. (detachments): Maj Sheppard

Second Division[6]
     MG William H. Keim

2nd Brigade[7]


  BG G. C. Wynkoop

  • 1st Pennsylvania: Col Samuel Yohe
  • 2nd Pennsylvania: Col Frederick S. Stumbaugh
  • 3rd Pennsylvania: Col Francis P. Minier
5th Brigade[8]


  BG J. S. Negley

  • 14th Pennsylvania: Col John W. Johnston
  • 15th Pennsylvania: Col Richard A. Oakford
  • 24th Pennsylvania: Col Joshua T. Owen
6th Brigade[9]


  Col. J. J. Abercrombie

  • 4th Connecticut: Col Levi Woodhouse
  • 2nd Massachusetts: Col George H. Gordon
  • 11th Pennsylvania: Col Phaon Jarrett
  • Philadelphia Independent Rangers: Cpt McMullen
  • 1st Wisconsin: Col John C. Starkweather

Third Division[10]
     MG Charles W. Sandford

7th Brigade[11]


   Col Charles P. Stone

  • 1st New Hampshire: Col Mason Tappan
  • 9th New York State Militia: Col John W. Styles
  • 17th Pennsylvania: Col Francis E. Patterson
  • 25th Pennsylvania (Companies D, F, G, I & K): Col Henry L. Cake
  • District of Columbia (detachment): Cpt Smead
  • U. S. Cavalry: Cpt Magruder
  • 4th United States Artillery Battery F: Lt Alexander Piper
8th Brigade


   Col C. Schwarzwaelder
   Col Daniel Butterfield

  • 5th New York State Militia: Col C. Schwarzwaelder
  • 12th New York State Militia: Col Daniel Butterfield
  • 19th New York: Col John S. Clarke
  • 28th New York: Col Dudley Donnelly

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References[]

  1. ^ "CWSAC Report Update and Resurvey: Individual Battlefield Profiles" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 40. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. ^ "U.S. Army-Department of PA-1st Division". Civil War in the East. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 58.
  4. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 68.
  5. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 87.
  6. ^ "U.S. Army-Department of PA-2nd Division". Civil War in the East. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 32.
  8. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 134.
  9. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. p. 107.
  10. ^ "U.S. Army-Department of PA-3rd Division". Civil War in the East. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  11. ^ Bates, Samuel P. (1869). History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Vol. I. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer. pp. 107, 227.
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