Second Petersburg Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Petersburg (June 15–18, 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
Other
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general, U.S. armies
MG Benjamin F. Butler
Headquarters units
Naval Brigade
BG Charles K. Graham
Siege Artillery
Col Henry L. Abbot
BG Alfred H. Terry
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
2nd Division
BG Adelbert Ames |
1st Brigade
Col Newton Martin Curtis
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2nd Brigade
Col William B. Barton
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3rd Brigade
Col Louis Bell
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Artillery Brigade
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- 5th Battery, New Jersey Artillery
- Battery D, 1st U.S. Artillery
- Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery
- Battery D, 4th U.S. Artillery
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MG William F. Smith
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG William T. H. Brooks BG Gilman Marston |
1st Brigade
BG Gilman Marston Col Edgar M. Cullen
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- 81st New York
- 96th New York
- 98th New York
- 139th New York
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2nd Brigade
BG Hiram Burnham
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3rd Brigade
Col Guy V. Henry
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- 21st Connecticut
- 40th Massachusetts
- 92nd New York
- 58th Pennsylvania
- 188th Pennsylvania
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Artillery Brigade
Cpt Samuel S. Elder
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- Battery B, 1st United States
- Battery L, 4th United States
- Battery A, 5th United States
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Second Division
BG John H. Martindale |
1st Brigade
BG George J. Stannard
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2nd Brigade
Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.
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3rd Brigade
Col Augustus A. Gibson
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Artillery |
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Third Division
BG Edward W. Hinks |
1st Brigade
BG Edward A. Wild |
- 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry
- 1st U.S.C.T. Cavalry (dismounted)
- 1st U.S.C.T.
- 10th U.S.C.T.
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel A. Duncan
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- 2nd U.S.C.T. Cavalry (dismounted)
- 4th U.S.C.T.
- 5th U.S.C.T.
- 6th U.S.C.T.
- 22nd U.S.C.T.
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3rd Brigade
Col John Henry Holman
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- 1st U.S.C.T.
- 5th Massachusetts Cavalry
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Cavalry
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Cavalry Division
BG August V. Kautz |
1st Brigade
Col Simon H. Mix (k) June 15
Col Robert M. West
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel P. Spear
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Unassigned |
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Artillery Brigade
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- 1st Section, 4th Wisconsin Battery
- 2nd Section, 4th Wisconsin Battery
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MG George Meade
Headquarters units
Provost Guard
BG Marsena R. Patrick
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham
- 15th New York Engineers
- 50th New York Engineers
- Battalion U.S. Engineers
MG Winfield S. Hancock relinquished command June 18
MG David B. Birney
- 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Francis C. Barlow |
1st Brigade
Col Nelson A. Miles
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2nd Brigade (Irish Brigade)
Col Patrick Kelly (k) June 16
Cpt Richard Moroney
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3rd Brigade
Col Clinton D. MacDougall
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4th Brigade
Col James A. Beaver (w) June 16
Ltc John Hastings
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Second Division
BG John Gibbon |
1st Brigade
BG Byron R. Pierce (w) June 18
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2nd Brigade (Philadelphia Brigade)
Col John Fraser
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3rd Brigade
Col Thomas A. Smyth
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4th Brigade
Col John Ramsey (w) June 16
Col James Patrick McIvor
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Third Division
MG David B. Birney BG Gershom Mott |
1st Brigade
Col Thomas W. Egan (w) June 16 Col Henry J. Madill
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas R. Tannatt June 16
Maj Levi P. Duff June 16
Maj John Willian June 16
Col Robert McAllister
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3rd Brigade
BG Gershom Mott June 18 Col Daniel Chaplin
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4th Brigade
Col William R. Brewster
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Artillery Brigade
Col John C. Tidball
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- 6th Battery, Maine Light
- 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light
- 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light
- Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light
- Battery G, 1st New York Light
- 3rd Battalion, 4th New York Heavy
- 11th Battery, New York Light
- 12th Battery, New York Light
- Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light
- Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light
- Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light
- Battery K, 4th United States
- Battery C & Battery I, 5th United States
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MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade
Col Joshua L. Chamberlain (w) June 18 Col William S. Tilton
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2nd Brigade
Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
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3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
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Second Division
BG Romeyn B. Ayres |
1st Brigade
Col Edgar M. Gregory
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2nd Brigade
Col Nathan T. Dushane
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- 1st Maryland
- 4th Maryland
- 7th Maryland
- 8th Maryland
- Purnell (Maryland) Legion
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3rd Brigade
Col J. Howard Kitching
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- 6th New York Heavy Artillery
- Battery M, 15th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt William D. Dickey (w)
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Third Division
BG Samuel W. Crawford |
1st Brigade
Col Peter Lyle
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2nd Brigade
Col James L. Bates
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3rd Brigade
Col James Carle
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Fourth Division
BG Lysander Cutler |
1st Brigade (Iron Brigade)
BG Edward S. Bragg
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2nd Brigade
Col J. William Hofmann
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Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. Wainwright
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- 3rd Massachusetts Light
- 5th Battery, Massachusetts Light
- 9th Battery, Massachusetts Light
- Battery B, 1st New York Light
- Battery C, 1st New York Light
- Battery D, 1st New York Light
- Battery E & Battery L, 1st New York Light
- Battery H, 1st New York Light
- 5th Battery, New York Light
- 15th Battery, New York Light
- Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light
- Battery B, 4th United States
- Battery D, 5th United States
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MG Horatio G. Wright
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG David A. Russell |
1st Brigade
Col William H. Penrose
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2nd Brigade
BG Emory Upton
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- 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
- 5th Maine
- 121st New York
- 95th Pennsylvania
- 96th Pennsylvania
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3rd Brigade
Col Gideon Clark
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4th Brigade
Col Nelson Cross
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Second Division
BG Thomas H. Neill (attached to 2nd Division, XVIII Corps on June 18) |
1st Brigade
BG Frank Wheaton
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2nd Brigade (1st Vermont Brigade)
BG Lewis A. Grant
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3rd Brigade
Col Daniel D. Bidwell
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4th Brigade
Col Oliver Edwards
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Third Division
BG James B. Ricketts |
1st Brigade
Col William S. Truex |
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2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Smith
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Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins
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- 4th Battery, Maine Light
- 5th Battery, Maine Light
- 1st Battery, Massachusetts Light
- Battery A, 1st New Jersey Light
- 1st Battery, New York Light
- 3rd Battery, New York Light
- 1st Battalion, 4th New York Heavy
- Battery H, 1st Ohio Light
- Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light
- Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light
- Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light
- Battery E, 5th United States
- Battery M, 5th United States
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MG Ambrose E. Burnside
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG James Ledlie |
1st Brigade
Col Jacob P. Gould
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- 56th Massachusetts
- 57th Massachusetts
- 59th Massachusetts
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2nd Brigade
Col Ebenezer Peirce until 17 June
Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
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3rd Brigade
Col Elisha G. Marshall (w) June 17 Col Benjamin G. Barney[2]
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- 14th New York Heavy Artillery
- 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
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Artillery
Cpt John B. Eaton
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Second Division
BG Robert B. Potter |
1st Brigade
Col John I. Curtin (w) June 18 Ltc Henry Pleasants
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2nd Brigade
Col Simon Goodell Griffin
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Artillery |
- 11th Massachusetts Battery
- 19th New York Battery
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Third Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox |
1st Brigade
Col John F. Hartranft
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2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin C. Christ (w) June 17 Col William Raultson (w) June 18 Ltc George Travers (w) June 18 Col Walter C. Newberry
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Artillery |
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Fourth Division
BG Edward Ferrero |
1st Brigade
Col Joshua K. Sigfried
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- 27th U.S. Colored Troops
- 30th U.S. Colored Troops
- 39th U.S. Colored Troops
- 43rd U.S. Colored Troops
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2nd Brigade
Col Henry Goddard Thomas
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- 19th U.S. Colored Troops
- 20th U.S. Colored Troops
- 23rd U.S. Colored Troops
- 31st U.S. Colored Troops
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- Battery D, Pennsylvania Independent Light
- 3rd Vermont Battery
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MG Philip H. Sheridan
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Alfred T. A. Torbert |
1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade)
BG George A. Custer
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas C. Devin
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- 4th New York
- 6th New York
- 9th New York
- 17th Pennsylvania
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Reserve Brigade
BG Wesley Merritt
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- 19th New York (1st Dragoon)
- 6th Pennsylvania
- 1st United States
- 2nd United States
- 5th United States
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Second Division
BG David McMurtrie Gregg |
1st Brigade
BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.
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2nd Brigade
Col John Irvin Gregg
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Third Division
BG James H. Wilson |
1st Brigade
Col John Baillie McIntosh
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- 1st Connecticut
- 3rd New Jersey
- 2nd New York
- 5th New York
- 2nd Ohio
- 18th Pennsylvania
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2nd Brigade
Col George H. Chapman
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- 3rd Indiana
- 8th New York
- 1st Vermont
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Horse Artillery |
1st Brigade
Cpt James M. Robertson
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- 6th New York Battery
- Batteries B & L, 2nd United States
- Battery D, 2nd United States
- Battery M, 2nd United States
- Battery A, 4th United States
- Battery C & Battery E, 4th United States
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2nd Brigade
Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
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- Batteries E and G, 1st United States
- Batteries H and I, 1st United States
- Battery K, 1st United States
- Battery A, 2nd United States
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Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XL, Part 1, pages 218-238.
- ↑ Eicher p.120.
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.
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.