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Bristoe Campaign
Union Order of Battle - Cavalry & Artillery

Army of the Potomac

Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Cavalry Corps

Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton

Headquarters Guard

6th U.S. Infantry

Maj. Robert M. Morris

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. John Buford

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1st Brigade

Col. George H. Chapman

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8th Illinois Cavalry

Maj. John L. Beveridge

12th Illinois Cavalry

Capt. Henry L. Reans

3rd Indiana Cavalry

Maj. William S. McClure

8th New York Cavalrly

Maj. William H. Benjamin

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Devin

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4th New York Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Augustus Pruyn

6th New York Cavalry

Maj. William P. Hall

9th New York Cavalry

Col. William Sackett

17th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Coe Durland

3rd West Virginia Cavalry,

Companies A & C

Maj. Seymour B. Conger

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg

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1st Brigade

Col. John P. Taylor

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1st Maryland Cavalry

Maj. Charles H. Russell

1st Massachusetts Cavalry

Col. Horace B. Sargent

1st New Jersey Cavalry

Col. Percy Wyndham

6th Ohio Cavalry

Lieut. Col. William Stedman

1st Pennsylvania Cavalry

Lieut. Col. David Gardner

3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Capt. James W. Walsh

1st Rhode Island Cavalry

Col. John L. Thompson

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2nd Brigade

Col. John Irvin Gregg

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District of Columbia, Independent Company

Capt. William H. Orton

1st Maine Cavalry

Col. Charles H. Smith

10th New York Cavalry

Maj. Mathew Henry Avery

4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Maj. George H. Covode

8th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Col. Pennock Huey

13th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Garrick Mallery, Jr.

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Lieut. Col. John K. Robison

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3rd Division

Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr.

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2nd New York Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Otto Harhaus

5th New York Cavalry

Maj. John Hammond

18th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Maj. Harvey B. VanVorhis

1st West Virginia (10 Companies)

Maj. Charles E. Capehart

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2nd Brigade

(Michigan Brigade)

Brig. Gen. George A. Custer

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1st Michigan Cavalry

Col. Charles H. Town

5th Michigan Cavalry

Col. Russell A. Alger

6th Michigan Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Henry E. Thompson

7th Michigan Cavalry

Col. William D. Mann

1st Vermont Cavalry

Col. Edward B. Sawyer

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Headquarters Guard

1st Ohio, Companies A & C

Capt. Noah Jones

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Reserve Brigade

Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt

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6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Maj. Henry C. Whelam

1st U.S. Cavalry

Capt. Marcus A. Reno

2nd U.S. Cavalry

Capt. George A. Gordon

5th U.S. Cavalry

Capt. Abraham K. Arnold

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Unattached

19th New York (Dragoons)

Col. Alfred Gibbs

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Horse Artillery

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1st Brigade

Capt. James M. Robertson

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6th Battery, New York Light

Capt. Joseph W. Martin

2nd U.S., Batteries B and L

Lieut. Albert O. Vincent

2nd U.S., Battery D

Lieut. Edward B. Williston

2nd U.S., Battery M

Lieut. Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.

4th U.S., Battery A

Lieut. Horatio B. Reed

4th U.S., Battery E

Capt. Samuel S. Elder

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2nd Brigade

Capt. William M. Graham

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9th Battery Michigan Light

Capt. Jabez J. Daniels

1st U.S., Batteries E & G

Lieut. Egbert W. Olcott

1st U.S., Battery K

Lieut. John Egan

2nd U.S., Battery A

Lieut. Robert Clarke

2nd U.S., Battery G

Lieut. John H. Butler

3rd U.S., Battery C

Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom

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Artillery Reserve

Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler

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1st Brigade

Capt. Alanson M. Randol

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1st Regular Brigade

Capt. Alanson M. Randol

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1st U.S., Battery H

Lieut. Philip D. Mason

3rd U.S., Batteries F & K

Lieut. George F. Barstow

4th U.S., Battery C

Lieut. Charles L. Fitzhugh

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1st Volunteer Brigade

Lieut. Col. Freeman McGilvery

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6th Maine Light Artillery

Lieut. William H. Rogers

9th Battery Massachusetts Light

Capt. John Bigelow

4th Battery New York Light

Lieut. Thomas Goodman

Pennsylvania Light, Battery C and Battery F

Capt. James Thompson

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2nd Volunteer Brigade

Capt. Elijah D. Taft

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1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B

Capt. Albert F. Brooker

1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M

Capt. Franklin A. Pratt

1st New York Light, Battery B

Lieut. Robert E. Rogers

5th Battery New York Light

Capt. Elijah D. Taft

1st West Virginia Light, Battery C

Capt. Wallace Hill

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3rd Volunteer Brigade

Maj. Robert H. Fitzhugh

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Maryland Light, Battery A

Lieut. Thomas Binyon

1st Battery New Hampshire Light

Capt. Frederick M. Edgell

1st New Jersey Light, Battery A

Capt. William Hexamer

1st New York Light, Battery K

(11th Battery New York Light Attached)

Lieut. Edward L. Bailery

15th Battery New York Light

Capt. Patrick Hart

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Ammunition Guard

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6th New York Heavy Artillery

Col. J. Howard Kitching

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