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Battle of the Wilderness
Union Order of Battle - II, V, & VI Corps

Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

 

Escort

5th U.S. Cavalry, Companies B, F & K

Capt. Julius W. Mason

Army of the Potomac

Maj. Gen. George Meade

General Staff

Chief of Staff

Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys

Assistant Adjutant General

Brig. Gen. Seth Williams

Chief Quartermaster

Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls

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General Headquarters

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Provost Guard

Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick

1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D

Capt. Edward A. Flint

80th New York (20 Militia)

Col. Theodore B. Gates

3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

Maj. James W. Walsh

68th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Robert E. Winslow

114th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Charles H. T. Collis

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Engineer Troops

50th New York Engineers (11 companies)

Lieut. Col. Ira Spaulding

Battalion U.S. Engineers

Capt. George H. Mendell

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Guards and Orderlies

Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

Capt. Daniel P. Mann

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II Corps

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M

Capt. John J. Hazelton

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

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1st Brigade

Col. Nelson A. Miles

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26th Michigan Infantry

Maj. Lemuel Saviers

61st New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. K. Oscar Broady

81st Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. H. Boyd McKeen

140th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John Fraser

183rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. George P. McLean

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas A. Smyth

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28th Massachusetts Infantry

Lieut. Col. George W. Cartwright

63rd New York Infantry

Maj. Thomas Touhy (mw)

69th New York Infantry

Capt. Richard Moroney

88th New York Infantry

Capt. Denis F. Burke

116th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Richard C. Dale

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3rd Brigade

Col. Paul Frank

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39th New York Infantry

Col. Augustus Funk (w)

Lieut. Col. James Hughes (w)

52nd New York Infantry

Maj. Henry M. Karples

57th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Alford B. Champman (k)

111th New York Infantry

Capt. Aaron P. Seeley (w)

125th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Aaron B. Myer (mw)

126th New York Infantry

Capt. Winfield Scott

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4th Brigade

Col. John R. Brooke

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2nd Delaware Infantry

Col. William P. Bailey

64th New York Infantry

Maj. Leman W. Bradley

66th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John S. Hammell

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Richards McMichael

145th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Hiram L. Brown

148th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. James A. Beaver

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb

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19th Maine Infantry

Col. Selden Connor

1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters

Lieut. Samuel G. Gilbreth

15th Massachusetts Infantry

Maj. I. Harris Hooper

19th Massachusetts Infantry

Maj. Edmund Rice

20th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. George N. Macy (w)

Maj. Henry L. Abbott (w)

7th Michigan Infantry

Maj. Sylvanus W. Curtis

42nd New York Infantry

Maj. Patrick J. Downing

59th New York Infantry

Capt. William McFadden

82nd New York Infantry

Col. Henry W. Hudson

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen

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152nd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. George W. Thompson

69th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. William Davis

71st Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles Kochersperger

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. De Witt C. Baxter

106th Pennsylvania Infantry

Capt. Robert H. Ford

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3rd Brigade

Col. Samuel S. Carroll (w)

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14th Connecticut Infantry

Col. Theodore G. Ellis

1st Delaware Infantry

Lieut. Col. Daniel Woodall

14th Indiana Infantry

Col. John Coons

12th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Davis

10th New York Battalion

Capt. George M. Dewey (w)

108th New York Infantry

Col. Charles J. Powers (w)

4th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Leonard W. Carpenter

8th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Franklin Sawyer

7th West Virginia Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jonathan H. Lockwood

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Provost Guard

2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters

Capt. Mahlon Black

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3rd Division

Maj. Gen. David B. Birney

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward

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20th Indiana Infantry

Col. William C. L. Taylor

3rd Maine Infantry

Col. Moses B. Lakeman

40th New York Infantry

Col. Thomas W. Egan

86th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jacob H. Lansing

124th New York Infantry

Col. Francis M. Cummins (w)

99th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edwin R. Biles

110th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Isaac Rodgers

141st Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Guy H. Watkins

2nd U.S. Sharpshooters

Lieut. Col. Homer R. Stoughton

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays (k)

Col. John S. Crocker

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4th Maine Infantry

Col. Elijah Walker

17th Maine Infantry

Col. George W. West

3rd Michigan Infantry

Col. Byron R. Pierce

5th Michigan Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Pulford

93rd New York Infantry

Col. John S. Crocker

Maj. Samuel McConihe

57th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Peter Sides

63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John A. Danks

Maj. George B. McCullough (k)

105th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Calvin A. Craig (w)

Lieut. Col. J. W. Greenawalt (mw)

1st U.S. Sharpshooters

Maj. Charles P. Mattocks

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4th Division

Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott

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1st Brigade

Col. Robert McAllister

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1st Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Napoleon B. McLaughlen

16th Massachusetts Infantry

Lieut. Col. Waldo Merriam

5th New Jersey Infantry

Col. William J. Sewell

6th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson

7th New Jersey Infantry

Maj. Frederick Cooper

8th New Jersey Infantry

Col. John Ramsey

11th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Schoonover

26th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Samuel G. Moffett

115th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. William A. Reilly

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2nd Brigade

Col. William R. Brewster

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11th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. William E. Blaisdell

70th New York Infantry

Capt. William H. Hugo

71st New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Thomas Rafferty

72nd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Leonard

73rd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Michael W. Burns

74th New York Infantry

Col. Thomas Holt

120th New York Infantry

Capt. Abram L. Lockwood

84th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Milton Opp (mw)

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Artillery Brigade

Col.. John C. Tidball

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Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)

Capt. Edwin B. Dow

Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery

Capt. J. Henry Sleeper

New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery

Capt. Frederick M. Edgell

1st New York Light, Battery G

Capt. Nelson Ames

4th New York Heavy, 3rd Battalion

Lieut. Col. Thomas Allcock

1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F

Capt. R. Bruce Ricketts

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A

Capt. William A. Arnold

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B

Capt. Thomas F. Brown

4th U.S., Battery K

Lieut. John W. Roder

5th U.S., Battery C and I

Lieut. James Gilliss

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V Corps

Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard

12th New York Battalion

Maj. Henry W. Ryder

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayers

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140th New York Infantry

Col. George Ryan

146th New York Infantry

Col. David T. Jenkins (k)

Maj. Henry H. Curran (k)

91st Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joseph H. Sinex

155th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Alfred L. Pearson

2nd U.S., Companies B, C, F, H, I, & K

Capt. James W. Long

11th U.S., Companies B, C, D, E, F & G, First Battalion

Maj. Luther B. Bruen

14th U.S., 1st Battaion

Capt. Edward McK. Hudson (w)

17th U.S., Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, & C, 2nd Battalion

Capt. James F. Grimes

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2nd Brigade

Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer

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9th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Patrick R. Guiney

22nd Massachusetts Infantry

Col. William S. Tilton

32nd Massachusetts Infantry

Col. George L. Prescott

4th Michigan Infantry

Lieut. Col. George W. Lumbard (mw)

62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. James Gwyn (w)

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett

 

20th Maine Infantry

Maj. Ellis Spear

18th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Joseph Hayes

1st Michigan Infantry

Lieut. Col. William A. Throop

16th Michigan Infantry

Maj. Robert T. Elliott

44th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Freeman Conner

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Orpheus S. Woodward (w)

118th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. James Gwyn (w)

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson

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1st Brigade

Col. Samuel H. Leonard

Col. Peter Lyle

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16th Maine Infantry

Col. Charles W. Tilden

13th Massachusetts Infantry

Capt. Charles H. Hovey

39th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Phineas S. Davis

104th New York Infantry

Col. Gilbert G. Prey

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter (w)

Col. Richard Coulter

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12th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. James L. Bates

83rd New York (9th Militia)

Col. Joseph A. Moesch (k)

97th New York Infantry

Col. Charles Wheelock (w)

Maj. Charles B. Northrup (w)

11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Richard Coulter

88th Pennsylvania Infantry

Capt. George B. Rhoads

90th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Peter Lyle

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3rd Brigade

Col. Andrew W. Denison

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1st Maryland Infantry

Maj. Benjamin H. Schley

4th Maryland Infantry

Col. Richard N. Bowerman

7th Maryland Infantry

Col. Charles E. Phelps

8th Maryland Infantry

Lieut. Col. John G. Johannes

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3rd Division

Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford

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1st Brigade

Col. William McCandless

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1st Pennsylvania Reserves

Col. William C. Talley

2nd Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. Patrick McDonough

6th Pennsylvania Reserves

Col. Wellington H. Ent

7th Pennsylvania Reserves

Maj. LeGrand B. Speece

11th Pennsylvania Reserves

Col. Samuel M. Jackson

13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles)

Maj. William R. Hartshome

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3rd Brigade

Col. Joseph W. Fisher

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5th Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. George Dare (k)

8th Pennsylvania Reserves

Col. Silas M. Baily

10th Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. Ira Ayer, Jr. (w)

12th Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. Richard Gustin

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4th Division

Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth (mw)

Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler

Col. William W. Robinson

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7th Indiana Infantry

Col. Ira G. Grover (c)

19th Indiana Infantry

Col. Samuel J. Williams (k)

24th Michigan Infantry

Col. Henry A. Morrow

1st New York Battalion Sharpshooters

Capt. Volney J. Shipman

2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Mansfield (c)

6th Wisconsin Infantry

Col. Edward S. Bragg

7th Wisconsin Infantry

Col. William W. Robinson

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. James C. Rice

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76th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John E. Cook (w)

84th New York (84th Militia)

Col. Edward B. Fowler

95th New York Infantry

Col. Edward Pye

147th New York Infantry

Col. Francis C. Miller (w&c)

56th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. J. William Hofmann

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3rd Brigade

Col. Roy Stone

Col. Edward S. Bragg

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121st Pennsylvania Infantry

Capt. Samuel T. Lloyd

142nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Horatio N Warren

143rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Edmund L. Dana

149th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Irvin

150th Pennsylvania Infantry

Capt. George W. Jones

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Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles S. Wainwright

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Massachusetts Light, Battery C

Capt. Augustus P. Martin

Massachusetts Light, Battery E

Capt. Charles A. Phillips

1st New York Light, Battery D

Capt. George B. Winslow (w)

1st New York Light, Batteries E and L

Lieut. George Breck

1st New York Light, Battery H

Capt. Charles E. Mink

4th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion

Maj. William Arthur

1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B

Capt. James H. Cooper

4th U.S., Battery B

Lieut. James Stewart

5th U.S., Battery D

Lieut. Benjamin F. Rittenhouse

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VI Corps

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

Escort:

8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A

Capt. Charles E. Fellows

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. Horatio Wright

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1st Brigade

Col. Henry W. Brown

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1st New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. William Henry, Jr.

2nd New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles Wiebecke

3rd New Jersey Infantry

Capt. Samuel T. DuBois

4th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles Ewing

10th New Jersey Infantry

Col. Henry O. Ryerson (k)

15th New Jersey Infantry

Col. William H. Penrose

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2nd Brigade

Col. Emory Upton

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5th Maine Infantry

Col. Clark S. Edwards

121st New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Egbert Olcott (w)

95th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edward Carroll (k)

96th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. William H. Lessig

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. David A. Russell

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6th Maine Infantry

Maj. George Fuller

49th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Thomas M. Hulings

119th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Henry P. Truefitt, Jr.

5th Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. Theodore B. Catlin

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4th Brigade

Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler (c)

Col. Nelson Cross

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65th New York Infantry

Col. Joseph E. Hamblin

67th New York Infantry

Col. Nelson Cross

122nd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Augustus W. Dwight

82nd Pennsylvania (detachment)

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. George W. Getty (w)

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton

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62nd New York Infantry

Col. David J. Nevin

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John S. Long

Maj. John I. Nevin (w)

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John F. Ballier

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John W. Patterson (k)

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. William H. Moody

Maj. Abraham H. Snyder (k)

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2nd Brigade

Col. Lewis A. Grant

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2nd Vermont Infantry

Col. Newton Stone (k)

Lieut. Col. John S. Tyler (mw)

3rd Vermont Infantry

Col. Thomas O. Seaver

4th Vermont Infantry

Col. George P. Foster (w)

5th Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. John R. Lewis (w)

6th Vermont Infantry

Col. Elisha L. Barney (mw)

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill

Col. Daniel D. Bidwell

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7th Maine Infantry

Col. Edwin C. Mason

43rd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Wilson (k)

Maj. John Fryer (k)

49th New York Infantry

Col. Daniel D. Bidwell

77th New York Infantry

Maj. Nathan S. Babcock

61st Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. George F. Smith

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4th Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis

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7th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Thomas D. Johns

10th Massachusetts Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Parson

37th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Oliver Edwards

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

Lieut. Col. Samuel B. M. Read

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3rd Division

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. William H. Morris

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14th New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Caldwell K. Hall

106th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles Townsend

151st New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Fay

87th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John W. Schall

10th Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. William W. Henry

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour (c)

Col. Benjamin F. Smith

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6th Maryland Infantry

Col. John W. Horn

110th Ohio Infantry

Col. J. Warren Keifer (w)

Maj. William S. McElwain (k)

122nd Ohio Infantry

Col. William H. Ball

126th Ohio Infantry

Col. Benjamin F. Smith

67th Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)

Capt. George W. Guss

138th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Matthew R. McClennan

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Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles H. Tompkins

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Maine Light, 4th Battery

Lieut. Melville C. Kimball

Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)

Capt. William H. McCartney

New York Light, 1st Battery

Capt. Andrew Cowan

New York Light, 3rd Battery

Capt. William A. Harn

4th New York Heavy, 1st Battalion

Maj. Thomas D. Sears

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C

Capt. Richard Waterman

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E

Capt. William B. Rhodes

1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G

Capt. George W. Adams

5th U.S., Battery M

Capt. James McKnight

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