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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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