Monocacy Union order of battle

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

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VIII Corps (detachment)[]

MG Lewis Wallace

Brigade Regiment or other
First Brigade


   BG Erastus B. Tyler

  • 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade (5 companies): Cpt Charles J. Brown
  • 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade: Col Charles Gilpin
  • 11th Maryland: Col William T. Landstreet
  • 144th Ohio (3 companies): Col Samuel H. Hunt
  • 149th Ohio (7 companies): Col Allison L. Brown
  • Baltimore Artillery (6 guns): Cpt Frederick W. Alexander
  • Howitzer, B&O Railroad Blockhouse: Cpt William H. Wiegel
Cavalry


   Ltc David R. Clendenin

  • 8th Illinois Cavalry: Ltc David R. Clendenin
  • 159th Ohio Infantry (detachment; mounted): Cpt Edward H. Leib
  • Detachment Mixed Cavalry: Maj Charles H. Wells
  • Loudoun Virginia Rangers

VI Corps (detachment)[]

Division Brigade Regiments and other

Third Division
   BG James B. Ricketts

First Brigade


   Col William S. Truex (w)
   Col William Emerson

  • 14th New Jersey: Ltc Caldwell K. Hall (w)
  • 106th New York: Cpt Edward M. Paine
  • 151st New York: Col William Emerson
  • 87th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Alonzo Stahle
  • 10th Vermont: Col William Wirt Henry (w)
Second Brigade


   Col Matthew R. McClennan

References[]

  • Leepson, Marc. Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed the Course of American History (New York: Thomas Dunne Books), 2007. ISBN 0-3123-6364-8
  • Monacacy National Battlefield website
  • Composition and losses of the Union Forces at the Battle of Monocacy. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. United States War Department. Volume XXXVII, Chapter 49, pp. 201–203
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