Fort Stevens Union order of battle - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following Union Army

Union Army

The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens

Battle of Fort Stevens

The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Northwest Washington, D.C., as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Union Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook. Although Early caused consternation...

of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

on July 11–12, 1864. The Confederate order of battle

Fort Stevens Confederate order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens of the American Civil War on July 11, 1864. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

is listed separately.

Military rank

MG = Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier General
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Col = Colonel
Colonel
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Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
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Maj = Major
Major
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Cpt = Captain

Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

Alexander McDowell McCook

Alexander McDowell McCook was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Other
Emergency Division BG Montgomery C. Meigs Montgomery C. Meigs Montgomery Cunningham Meigs was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer for a number of facilities in Washington, D.C., and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War....	First Brigade BG Daniel H. Rucker	Quartermaster's employees Detachment from Provisional Brigade
	Second Brigade BG Halbert E. Paine Halbert E. Paine Halbert Eleazer Paine was a lawyer, politician, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a three-term postbellum U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin.-Biography:...	Quartermaster's employees 2nd District of Columbia 12th Veteran Reserves
	3rd Brigade Col Richard Butler Price Col Addison Farnsworth, July 12	7th New Jersey Quartermaster's employees Convalescents

VI Corps

MG Horatio Wright

Horatio Wright

Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument, and served as Chief of Engineers for the U.S...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Frank Wheaton Frank Wheaton Frank Wheaton was a career military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and Indian Wars.-Early life and career:...	1st Brigade Cpt Baldwin Hufty	4th New Jersey 10th New Jersey 10th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry The 10th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was a regiment was organized under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 22, 1861, and by authority issued by the War Department. It was created to recruit from residents of the State of New Jersey, but was not under the control or supervision of... 15th New Jersey
	2nd Brigade BG Emory Upton Emory Upton Emory Upton was a United States Army General and military strategist, prominent for his role in leading infantry to attack entrenched positions successfully at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War, but he also excelled at artillery and cavalry assignments...	2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery The 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:... 65th New York 121st New York 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Onesers", was a volunteer regiment recruited during the American Civil War from Otsego County and Herkimer County, New York. The Hon. Richard Franchot was appointed colonel of the regiment and authorized to establish his...
	3rd Brigade Col Thomas S. Allen	37th Massachusetts 40th Pennsylvania 82nd Pennsylvania 119th Pennsylvania 2nd Rhode Island (Battalion) 5th Wisconsin (Battalion)
Second Division BG Lewis A. Grant Lewis A. Grant Lewis Addison Grant was a teacher, lawyer, soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and later Assistant U.S. Secretary of War...	1st Brigade Col George P. Foster George P. Foster George Perkins Foster was a school teacher, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and then a United States Marshal.-Early life and career:...	62nd New York 93rd Pennsylvania 98th Pennsylvania 102nd Pennsylvania 139th Pennsylvania 139th Pennsylvania Infantry The 139th Pennsylvania was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The 139th was formed at Camp Howe, near Pittsburgh, on September 1, 1862. Frederick H. Collier was the first colonel...
	2nd Brigade Ltc Charles Hundson	2nd Vermont 2nd Vermont Infantry The 2nd Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three year' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June 1861 to July 1865... 3rd Vermont 3rd Vermont Infantry The 3rd Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from July 1861 to July 1865... 4th Vermont 4th Vermont Infantry The 4th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three year' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 1861 to July 1865... 6th Vermont 6th Vermont Infantry The 6th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, predominantly in the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, from October 1861 to June 1865. It was a member of the Vermont Brigade.The... 11th Vermont Heavy Artillery 11th Vermont Infantry The 11th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry or simply known as 11th VVI was a three-years infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in eastern theater, from September 1862 to August 1865...
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel Bidwell	7th Maine 7th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 7th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater.-Service:... 43rd New York 49th New York (battalion) 77th New York 122nd New York 122nd New York Volunteer Infantry The 122nd New York Volunteer Infantry known as the "Onondagas", was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:A year into the American Civil War, additional troops were being raised in Onondaga County, New York.... 61st Pennsylvania (battalion)
Artillery	Artillery Brigade Col Charles H. Tompkins	5th Maine Light Artillery 5th Maine Battery 5th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on December 4, 1861.... 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery, Battery A 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1861 under the command of Captain William B.... 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery G Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Providence, Rhode Island and mustered in for a three year enlistment in December 1861 under the command of Captain Charles D.... 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery M

XIX Corps (Detachment)

MG Quincy A. Gillmore

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG William Dwight William Dwight William Dwight, Jr. , was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:William Dwight was born July 14, 1831 in Springfield, Massachusetts...	1st Brigade Col George L. Beal	29th Maine 30th Massachusetts 114th New York 116th New York 153rd New York
	2nd Brigade BG James W. McMillan James W. McMillan James Winning McMillan was an American soldier who fought during the Mexican–American War and served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	12th Connecticut 160th New York 47th Pennsylvania 8th Vermont 8th Vermont Infantry The 8th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a three-year infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in both major theaters, first in Louisiana and then in Virginia, from February 1862 to June 1865. It was a member of the XIX Corps.The regiment was mustered...
	3rd Brigade Col Leonard B. Currie
	Division Artillery	New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery
Second Division BG Cuvier Grover	1st Brigade BG Henry W. Birge	9th Connecticut 12th Maine 14th Maine 26th Massachusetts 14th New Hampshire 75th New York
	2nd Brigade Col Edward L. Molineux	13th Connecticut 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted) 11th Indiana 22nd Iowa 131st New York 159th New York
	3rd Brigade Col Jacob Sharpe	38th Massachusetts 128th New York 156th New York 175th New York 176th New York
	4th Brigade Col David Shunk	8th Indiana 18th Indiana 24th Iowa 28th Iowa

XXII Corps and Dept. of Washington

MG Christopher C. Augur

Christopher C. Augur

Christopher Columbus Augur was an American military officer, most noted for his role in the American Civil War. Although less well known than other Union commanders, he was nonetheless considered an able battlefield commander.-Early life:Augur was born in Kendall, New York. He moved with his...

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Defenses North of the Potomac BG Martin D. Hardin Martin Davis Hardin Martin Davis Hardin was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Martin D. Hardin was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was a family friend and protege of Abraham Lincoln...	1st Brigade Col James M. Warner James M. Warner James Meech Warner was a New England manufacturer and a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...	1st Vermont Heavy Artillery 151st Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Joseph A. Haskin	2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery 8th Illinois Cavalry, Detachment 150th Ohio
	Cavalry Col Charles Russell Lowell Charles Russell Lowell Charles Russell Lowell, Jr. was a railroad executive, foundryman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek and was mourned by a number of leading generals...	2nd Massachusetts Cavalry
Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy (not engaged)	1st Brigade Col Joseph Whistler
	2nd Brigade Col Thomas Wilhelm
District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewill	1st Veteran Reserve Brigade Col George W. Gile (attached to Hardin's Division)	1st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps 9th Veteran Reserve Corps 22nd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps 6th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps 19th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps 20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps
District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewill	2nd Brigade	incomplete and un-brigaded regiments
Cavalry Division Col William Gamble William Gamble (USA) William Gamble was a civil engineer and a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War.-Early life:... (not engaged)	composition unknown

Front Line Commanders

In addition to their own commands these officers supervised a section of Washington's fortifications during the battle.

Commander	Line
Alexander M. McCook	Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington (overall command)
Quincy A. Gillmore	Fort Lincoln Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C. Fort Lincoln is a neighborhood located in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is bounded by Bladensburg Road to the northwest, Eastern Avenue to the northeast, New York Avenue NE to the south, and South Dakota Avenue NE to the southwest... to Fort Totten Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is a park and neighborhood in northeast Washington, D.C.. The neighborhood is bordered by N Capitol St to the west, Riggs Rd NE to the north, the Red Line tracks to the east, and Hawaii Ave NE to the south. It is named after a Civil War-era fort. The Fort Totten Metro station is named... (Northeast line)
Montgomery C. Meigs	Fort Totten Fort Totten, Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is a park and neighborhood in northeast Washington, D.C.. The neighborhood is bordered by N Capitol St to the west, Riggs Rd NE to the north, the Red Line tracks to the east, and Hawaii Ave NE to the south. It is named after a Civil War-era fort. The Fort Totten Metro station is named... to Fort DeRussy Fort DeRussy (Washington, D.C.) Fort DeRussy was an American Civil War-era fortification constructed in 1861 on a hilltop along the west bank of Rock Creek within Washington, D.C., as part of the defenses of the national capital... (Northern line including Fort Stevens Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.) Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War. It was constructed in 1861 as "Fort Massachusetts" and later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed "Fort Stevens" after Brig. Gen... )
Martin D. Hardin	Fort DeRussy Fort DeRussy (Washington, D.C.) Fort DeRussy was an American Civil War-era fortification constructed in 1861 on a hilltop along the west bank of Rock Creek within Washington, D.C., as part of the defenses of the national capital... to Fort Sumner (Northwest line)
Horatio G. Wright	Front line pickets and skirmishers

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