Battle of the Wilderness
Union Order of Battle - Cavalry, Artillery & IX Corps
Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Cavalry Corps
Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
Escort:
6th U.S. Infantry
Capt. Ira W. Claflin
8th Illinois (detachment)
Lieut. William W. Long (Third Division)
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1st Division
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
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1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
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1st Michigan Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Peter Stagg
5th Michigan Cavalry
Col. Russell A. Alger
6th Michigan Cavalry
Maj. James H. Kidd
7th Michigan Cavalry
Maj. Henry W. Granger
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2nd Brigade
Col. Thomas Devin
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4th New York Cavalry
Lieut. Col. William R. Parnell
6th New York Cavalry
Lieut. Col. William H. Crocker
9th New York Cavalry
Col. William Sackett
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. James Q. Anderson (w&c)
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Reserve Brigade
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
Col. Alfred Gibbs
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19th New York Cavalry (1st Dragoons)
Col. Alfred Gibbs
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Maj. James Starr
1st U.S. Cavalry
Capt. Nelson B. Sweitzer
2nd U.S. Cavalry
Capt. Theophilus F. Rodenbough
5th U.S. Cavalry
Capt. Abraham K. Arnold
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2nd Division
Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg
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1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davis, Jr.
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1st Massachusetts Cavalry
Maj. Lucius M. Sargent
1st New Jersey Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John W. Kester
6th Ohio Cavalry
Col. William Stedman
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry
Col. John P. Taylor
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2nd Brigade
Col J. Irvin Gregg
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1st Maine Cavalry
Col. Charles H. Smith
10th New York Cavalry
Maj. M. Henry Avery
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Joseph P. Brinton
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. George H. Covode
8th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Samuel Wilson
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John K. Robison
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3rd Division
Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson
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1st Brigade
Col. Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.
Col. John B. McIntosh
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1st Connecticut Cavalry
Maj. Erastus Blakeslee
2nd New York Cavalry
Col. Otto Harhaus
5th New York Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John Hammond
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Lieut. Col. William P. Brinton
Col. Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.
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2nd Brigade
Col. George H. Chapman
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3rd Indiana Cavalry
Maj. William Patton
8th New York Cavalry
Lieut. Col. William H. Benjamin
1st Vermont Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Addison W. Preston
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1st Bridge Horse Artillery
Capt. James M. Robertson
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New York Light, 6th Battery
Capt. Joseph W. Martin
2nd U.S., Batteries B and L
Lieut. Edward Heaton
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. Rufus King, Jr.
4th U.S., Batteries C and E
Lieut. Charles L. Fitzhugh
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Artillery
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Artillery Reserve
Col. Henry S. Burton
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1st Brigade
Col. J. Howard Kitching
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6th New York Heavy
Lieut. Col. Edmund R. Travis
15th New York Heavy
Col. Louis Schumer
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2nd Brigade
Maj. John A. Tompkins
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Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
Capt. Greenlief T. Stevens
1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
Capt. William Hexamer
1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
Capt. A. Judson Clark
New York Light, 5th Battery
Capt. Elijah D. Taft
New York Light, 12th Battery
Capt. George F. McKnight
1st New York Light, Battery B
Capt. Albert S. Sheldon
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3rd Brigade
Maj. Robert H. Fitzhugh
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Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
Capt. John Bigelow
New York Light, 15th Battery
Capt. Patrick Hunt
1st New York Light, Battery C
Lieut. William H. Phillips
New York Light, 11th Battery
Capt. John E. Burton
1st Ohio Light, Battery H
Lieut. William A. Ewing
5th U.S., Battery E
Lieut. John R. Brinckle
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2nd Brigade Horse Artillery
Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom
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1st U.S., Batteries E and G
Lieut. Frank S. French
1st U.S., Batteries H and I
Capt. Alanson M. Randol
1st U.S., Battery K
Lieut. John Egan
2nd U.S., Battery A
Lieut. Robert Clarke
2nd U.S., Battery G
Lieut. William N. Dennison
3rd U.S., Batteries C, F, and K
Lieut. James R. Kelly
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IX Corps
Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Chief of Staff:
Maj. Gen. John G. Parke
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1st Division
Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson
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1st Brigade
Col. Sumner Carruth
Col. Jacob P. Gould
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35th Massachusetts Infantry
Maj. Nathaniel Wales
56th Massachusetts Infantry
Col. Charles E. Griswold (k)
57th Massachusetts Infantry
Col. William F. Bartlett (w)
59th Massachusetts Infantry
Col. Jacob P. Gould
4th U.S. Infantry
Capt. Charles H. Brightly (mw)
10th U.S. Infantry
Maj. Samuel B. Hayman (w)
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2nd Brigade
Col. Daniel Leasure
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3rd Maryland Infantry
Col. Joseph M. Sudsburg
21st Massachusetts Infantry
Lieut. Col. George P. Hawkes
100th Pennsylvania Infantry
Lieut. Col. Matthew M. Dawson
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Artillery
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Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B)
Capt. Albert F. Thomas
Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery
Capt. Joseph W. B. Wright
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2nd Division
Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter
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1st Brigade
Col. Zenas Bliss
Col. John I. Curtin
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36th Massachusetts Infantry
Maj. William F. Draper
58th Massachusetts Infantry
Lieut. Col. John C. Whiton
51st New York Infantry
Col. Charles Le Gendre (w)
45th Pennsylvania Infantry
Col. John I. Curtin
48th Pennsylvania Infantry
Lieut. Col. Henry Pleasants
7th Rhode Island Infantry
Capt. Theodore Winn
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2nd Brigade
Coll. Simon G. Griffin
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31st Maine Infantry
Lieut. Col. Thomas Hight
32nd Maine Infantry
Maj. Arthur Deering
6th New Hampshire Infantry
Lieut. Col. Henry H. Pearson
9th New Hampshire Infantry
Lieut. Col. John W. Babbitt
11th New Hampshire Infantry
Col. Walter Harriman (c)
Lieut. Col. Moses Collins (k)
17th Vermont Infantry
Lieut. Col. Charles Cummings (w)
Maj. William B. Reynolds
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Artillery
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Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery
Capt. Edward J. Jones
New York Light, 19th Battery
Capt. Edward W. Rogers
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3rd Division
Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox
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1st Brigade
Col. John F. Hartranft
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2nd Michigan Infantry
Col. William Humphrey
8th Michigan Infantry
Col. Frank Graves (k)
17th Michigan Infantry
Col. Constant Luce
27th Michigan Infantry
Maj. Samuel Moody (w)
109th New York Infantry
Col. Benjamin F. Tracy
51st Pennsylvania Infantry
Lieut. Col. Edwin Schall
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2nd Brigade
Col. Benjamin C. Christ
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1st Michigan Sharpshooters
Col. Charles V. De Land
20th Michigan Infantry
Lieut. Col. Byron M. Cutcheon
79th New York Infantry
Col. David Morrison
60th Ohio Infantry
Lieut. Col. James N. McElroy
50th Pennsylvania Infantry
Lieut. Col. Edward Overton, Jr.
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Artillery
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Maine Light, 7th Battery (G)
Capt. Adelbert B. Twitchell
New York Light, 34th Battery
Capt. Jacob Roemer
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4th Division
Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero
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1st Brigade
Col. Joshua K. Sigfried
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27th U.S. Colored Troops
Lieut. Col. Charles J. Wright
30th U.S. Colored Troops
Col. Delavan Bates
39th U.S. Colored Troops
Col. Ozora P. Stearns
43rd U.S. Colored Troops
Lieut. Col. H. Seymour Hall
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2nd Brigade
Col. Henry G. Thomas
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30th Connecticut Colored (detachment)
Capt. Charles Robinson
19th U.S. Colored Troops
Lieut. Col. Joseph G. Perkins
23rd U.S. Colored Troops
Lieut. Col. Cleaveland
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Artillery
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Pennsylvania Light, Battery D
Capt. George W. Durell
Vermont Light, 3rd Battery
Capt. Romeo H. Start
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Reporting Directly
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Provost Guard
8th U.S. Infantry
Capt. Milton Cogswell
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Cavalry
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3rd New Jersey Cavalry
Col. Andrew J. Morrison
22nd New York Cavalry
Col. Samuel J. Crooks
2nd Ohio Cavalry
Lieut. Col. George A. Purington
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Maj. Michael Kerwin
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Reserve Artillery
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New York Light, 27th Battery
Capt. John B. Eaton
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery D
Capt. William W. Buckley
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery H
Capt. Crawford Allen, Jr.
2nd U.S., Battery E
Lieut. James S. Dudley
3rd U.S., Battery G
Lieut. Edmund Pendleton
3rd U.S., Batteries L and M
Lieut. Erskine Gittings
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Provisional Brigade
Col. Elisha Marshall
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24th New York Cavalry (dismounted)
Col. William C. Raulston
14th New York Heavy Artillery
Lieut. Col. Clarence H. Corning
2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Col. Thomas Wilhelm
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