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Battle of Fort Stevens
Union Order of Battle

Defenses of the Potomac River and Washington

Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook

Chief of Engineers

Lieut. Col. Baton Stone Alexander

Aide-de-Camp

Col. Norton Parker Chipman

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Emergency Division

Brig. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Rucker

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Quartermaster's Employees

Detachment from Provisional Brigade

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Halbert E. Paine

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2nd District of Columbia

Col. Charles Madison Alexander

12th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

Quartermaster Employees, 3 Companies

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3rd Brigade

Col. Richard Butler Price

Col. Addison Farnsworth

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Quartermaster Employees

Convalescents

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Cavalry

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Dismounted Cavalry Detachment

Maj. George G. Briggs

25th New York Cavalry (dismounted)

Maj. Charles J. Seymour

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VI Corps

Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. David A. Russell

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1st Brigade

Col. William H. Penrose

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4th New Jersey Infantry

Capt. Ebenezer Davis

10th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles H. Tay

15th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edward L. Campbell

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Emory Upton

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2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery

Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie

65th New York Infantry

Col. Joseph E. Hamblin

67th New York Infantry

Capt. Henry C. Fisk

95th Pennsylvania Infanatry

Maj. Francis Joshua Randall

96th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col.. William S. Lessig

121st New York Infantry

Maj. Henry Galpin

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3rd Brigade

Col. Oliver Edwards

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2nd Rhode Island Infantry

Capt. Elisha Hunt Rhodes

5th Wisconsin Battalion

Capt. Charles W. Kempf

6th Maine Battalion

Maj. George Fuller

37th Massachusetts Infantry

Lieut. Col. Montague

23rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John F. Glenn

49th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Amor W. Wakefield

82nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John M. Wetherill

119th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Gideon Clark

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. George W. Getty

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton

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62nd New York Infantry

Capt. Lewis J. Stewart

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John S. Long

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John B. Kohler

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Thomas McLaughlin

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Robert Munroe

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2nd Brigade (Vermont Brigade)

Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant

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1st Vermont Heavy Artillery

Maj. Aldace F. Walker

2nd Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. Amasa S. Tracy

3rd Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. Samuel E. Pingree

4th Vermont Infantry

Col. George P. Foster

5th Vermont Infantry

Capt. Friend H. Barney

6th Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. Oscar A. Hale

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3rd Brigade

Col. Daniel Bidwell

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7th Maine Infantry

Capt. John W. Channing

43rd New York Infantry

Capt. Volkert V. Van Patten

49th New York Battalion

Lieut. Col. George W. Johnson (mw)

Capt. Erastus D. Holt

77th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Winsor B. French

122nd New York Infantry

Maj. Jabez M. Brower

61st Pennsylvania Battalion

Capt. William H. Rodgers

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Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles H. Tompkins

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5th Maine Light Artillery

Capt. Greenlief T. Stevens

1sst Massachusetts Light Artillery, Battery A

Capt. William H. McCartney

1st New York Light Artillery, Battery

Capt. Andrew Cowan

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery,

Battery C

Capt. Richard Waterman

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery,

Battery G

Capt. George W. Adams

5th U.S. Artillery, Battery M

Capt. James McKnight

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XIX Corps (Detachment)

Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. William Dwight

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1st Brigade

Col. George L. Beal

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29th Maine Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles S. Emerson

30th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Samuel D. Shipley

114th New York Infantry

Col. Samuel R. Per Lee

116th New York Infantry

Col. George M. Love

153rd New York Infantry

Col. Edwin P. Davis

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. James W. McMIllan

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12th Connecticut Infantry

Lieut. Col. Frank H. Peck

13th Maine Infantry

Col. Henry Rust II

15th Maine Infantry

Col. Isaac Dyer

47th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Tilghman H. Good

8th Vermont Infantry

Col. Stephen Thomas

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3rd Brigade

Col. Leonard D. H. Currie

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30th Maine Infantry

Capt. George W. Randall

133rd New York Infantry

Capt. Anthony J. Allaire

160th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John B. Van Petten

165th New York Infantry

Maj. Felix Agnus

173rd New York Infantry

Maj. George W. Rogers

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Division Artillery

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1st New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery

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1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery D

Capt. William W. Buckley

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover

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3rd Brigade

Col. Jacob Sharpe

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38th Massachusetts Infantry

Lieut. Col. James P. Richardson

128th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. James P. Foster

156th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Alfred Neafie

175th New York Infantry

Capt. Charles McCarthey

176th New York Infantry

Maj. Charles Lewis

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4th Brigade

Col. David Shunk

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8th Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. Alexander J. Kinney

18th Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. William S. Charles

24th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Q. Wilds

28th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. Bartholomew W. Wilson

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XXII Corps and Department of Washington

Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur

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Defenses North of the Potomac

Brig. Gen. Martin D. Hardin

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1st Brigade

Col. James M. Warner

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151st Ohio Infantry

Col. John M. C. Marble

13th Michigan Battery

Lieut. Charles Dupont

14th Michigan Battery

Capt. Charles Heine

9th New York Heavy Artillery (detachment)

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1st Pennsylvania Artillery Battalion

Maj. Joseph M. Knap

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery,

Battery D

Capt. William M. Buckley

2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery I

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3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery G

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4th U.S. Artillery, Battery A

Lt. Rufus King, Jr.

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2nd Brigade

Lieut. Col. Joseph A. Haskin

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150th Ohio Infantry

Col. William H. Hayward

170th Ohio Infantry

Col. Miles J. Saunders

New Hampshire Heavy Artillery,

1st Company

Capt. Charles H. Long

1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L

Capt. Franklin C. Gibbs

2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Capt. John Norris

2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery I

Lieut. William P. Graves

7th Veteran Reserve Corps

21st Veteran Reserve Corps

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3rd Brigade

Lieut. Col. John H. Oberteuffer

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Massachusetts Heavy Artillery

(detachment)

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3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery G

Lieut. Herbert F. Guthrie

1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery

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Defenses south of the Potomac

Brig. Gen. Gustavus A. DeRussy

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1st Brigade

Col. Joseph N. G. Whistler

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145th Ohio Infantry

Col. Henry C. Ashwill

147th Ohio Infantry

Col. Benjamin R. Rosson

164th Ohio Infantry

Col. John C. Lee

Lieut. Col. Augustus S. Bement

1st Maine Artillery, Battery A

Capt. Albert W. Bradbury

Maryland Light Artillery, Battery A

Capt. James H. Rigby

Maryland Light Artillery, Battery D

Capt. John M. Bruce

6th Massachusetts Infantry

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18th Massachusetts Infantry (detachment)

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1st New York Light Artillery, Battery K

Capt. Solon W. Stocking

5th New York Battery

Capt. Elijah D. Taft

84th New York

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1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery,

Battery G

Capt. Beldin Spence

1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery,

Battery H

Capt. Andrew Fagan

1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery H

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1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E

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2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery G

Lieut. James E. Wilson

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Wilhelm

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Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,

15th Company

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16th Massachusetts Independent Battery

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Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery C

Capt. James Thompson

Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery I

Capt. Robert J. Nevin

1st New York Heavy Artillery, Battery K

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17th New York Artillery, Independent Battery

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169th Ohio Artillery

Col. Nathaniel Haynes

1st Rhode Island Light Artillery,

Battery H

Capt. Crawford Allen

1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E

Lieut. Frank S. French

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3rd Brigade

(created 10 July 1864)

Col. William Smith

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Maryland Artillery, Battery D

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136th Ohio Infantry

Col. William Smith Irwin

142nd Ohio (detachment)

Col. William C. Cooper

166th Ohio Infantry

Col. Harrison G. Blake

16th Indiana Battery

Capt. Charles R. Deming

Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,

15th Company

Capt. Joseph M. Parsons

1st New York Heavy Artillery,

Battery F

Capt. William R. Wilson

1st Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery,

Independent Battery

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72nd Pennsylvania (detachment)

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106th Pennsylvania (detachment)

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4th Brigade

(created 10 July 1864)

Col. William Smith Irwin

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Maryland Artillery, Battery D

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136th Ohio Infantry

Col. William Smith Irwin

142nd Ohio Infantry (detachment)

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166th Ohio Infantry

Col. Harrison G. Blake

16th Indiana Battery

Capt. Charles R. Deming

Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,

15th Company

Capt. Joseph M. Parsons

1st New York Heavy Artillery, Battery F

Capt. William R. Wilson

1st Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Independent Battery

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72nd Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)

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106th Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)

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Cavalry

Col. Charles Russell Lowell

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2nd Massachusetts Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Caspar Crowninshield

13th New York Cavalry

Col. Henry Gansevoort

16th New York Cavalry

Col. Henry M. Lazelle

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District of Washington

Col. Moses N. Wisewell

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1st Veteran Reserve Brigade

Col. George W. Gile

(attached to Hardin's Division)

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1st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

9th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

6th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

19th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

22nd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

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Not Brigaded

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27th Pennsylvania, Company F

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150th Pennsylvania, Company K

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Union Light Guard (Ohio Cavalry)

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U.S. Ordnance Detachment

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Cavalry Division

Col. William Gamble

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1st Division

Capt. Benjamin Rockafellow

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1st Brigade

Lieut. Charles Parker

(Detachments of 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th

Michigan Cavalry Regiments)

2nd Brigade

Lieut. William J. Allen

(Detachments of 4th, 6th, and 9th New York and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments)

Reserve Brigade

Lieut. Marcellus E. Jones

(Detachments of 19th New York, 6th Pennsylvania, 1st Rhode Island, 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th, U.S. Cavalry Regiments)

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2nd Division

Capt. James t. Peale

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1st Brigade

Lieut. George W. Brooks

(Detachments of 1st Massachusetts, 1st New Jersey, 10th New York, 6th Ohio, 1st and 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments)

2nd Brigade

Capt. Robert A. Robinson

(Detachments of 1st Maine, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 13th, and 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments)

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3rd Division

Maj. Henry W. Sawyer

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1st Brigade

Capt. Robert Loudon

(Detachments of 1st Connecticut, 2nd Ohio, 18th Pennsylvania, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th New York Cavalry Regiments)

2nd Brigade

Lieut. George W. Byard

(Detachments of 8th Illinois, 3rd Indiana, 1st Ohio, 1st Vermont, 8th, 22nd and 25th New York Cavalry Regiments)

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District of Alexandria

Brig. Gen. John P. Slough

(not engaged)

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2nd Veteran Reserve Brigade

Col. William H. Browne

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3rd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

Lieut. Col. John Spiedel

12th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps

Col. Addison Farnsworth

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Not Brigaded

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1st District of Columbia

Lieut. Col. Robert Boyd

Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery H

Capt. William Borrowe

8th Illinois Cavalry, Company D

Capt. Henry J. Hotop

1st Michigan Cavalry, Company D

Capt. Thurlow W. Lusk

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