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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...

 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 the Union
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by 11 southern slave states that had declared a secession to join together to form the...

 side. The Gettysburg Confederate order of battle
Gettysburg Confederate order of battle
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Gettysburg on the Confederate side. The Gettysburg Union order of battle is shown separately...

 is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863).

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
    Major general (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier general (United States)
    A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...

  • Maj = Major
    Major (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

  • Sgt = Sergeant
    Sergeant
    Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....


Other

  • (w) = wounded
    Wounded in action
    Wounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....

  • (mw) = mortally wounded
  • (k) = killed in action
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

  • (c) = captured
    Prisoner of war
    A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...


Army of the Potomac
Army of the Potomac
The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...

MG George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff:
  • Chief of Staff: MG Daniel Butterfield
    Daniel Butterfield
    Daniel Adams Butterfield was a New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. He is credited with composing the bugle call Taps and was involved in the Black Friday gold scandal in the Grant administration...

  • Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
    Seth Williams
    Seth Williams was an American military officer who served as assistant adjutant general of the Union's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

  • Assistant Inspector General: Col Edmund Schriver
  • Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
    Rufus Ingalls
    Rufus Ingalls was an American military general who served as the 16th Quartermaster General of the United States Army.-Early life and career:...

  • Commissaries and subsistence: Col Henry F. Clarke
  • Chief of Artillery: BG Henry J. Hunt
  • Chief Ordnance Officer: Cpt Daniel W. Flagler
    Daniel Webster Flagler
    Daniel Webster Flagler was a United States Army Brigadier General. He was prominent as the Army's Chief of Ordnance.-Early Life:Flagler was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1856...

  • Chief Signal Officer: Cpt Lemuel B. Norton
  • Medical Director: Maj Jonathan Letterman
    Jonathan Letterman
    Jonathan Letterman was an American surgeon credited as being the originator of the modern methods for medical organization in armies. Dr...

  • Chief of Engineers: BG Gouverneur K. Warren
    Gouverneur K. Warren
    Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a civil engineer and prominent general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

  • Bureau of Military Information: Col George H. Sharpe
    George H. Sharpe
    George Henry Sharpe was an American lawyer, soldier, secret service officer, diplomat and politician.-Early life:...



Command of the Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena Rudolph Patrick was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac in many of its campaigns.-Early life:Patrick was born in Hounsfield,...

 
  • 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker
  • 8th United States (8 companies): Cpt Edwin W. H. Read
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col R. Butler Price
  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Companies E&I): Cpt James Starr
  • Regular cavalry


Guards and Orderlies:
  • Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann


Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham 
  • 15th New York (3 companies): Maj Walter L. Cassin
  • 50th New York: Col William H. Pettes
  • U.S. Battalion: Cpt George H. Mendell

I Corps

MG John F. Reynolds
John F. Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac to the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed at the start of the battle.-Early...

 (k)


MG Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his...

 


MG John Newton


General Headquarters:
  • 1st Maine cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG James S. Wadsworth
James S. Wadsworth
James Samuel Wadsworth was a philanthropist, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was killed in battle during the Battle of the Wilderness of 1864.-Early years:...

1st Brigade
Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade, also known as the Iron Brigade of the West or the Black Hat Brigade, was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Although it fought entirely in the Eastern Theater, it was composed of regiments from Western states...



  
BG Solomon Meredith
Solomon Meredith
Solomon Meredith was a prominent Indiana farmer, politician, and lawman who was a controversial Union Army general in the American Civil War...

 (w)

  
Col William W. Robinson
  • 19th Indiana
    19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of the original regiments in the Army of the Potomac's Iron Brigade.-Service:...

    : Col Samuel J. Williams (w), Ltc William W. Dudley (w), Maj John M. Lindley (w)
  • 24th Michigan: Col Henry A. Morrow (w), Ltc Mark Flanigan (w), Maj Edwin B. Wight (w), Cpt Albert M. Edwards
  • 2nd Wisconsin
    2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...

    : Col Lucius Fairchild
    Lucius Fairchild
    Lucius Fairchild was an American politician, army general, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and as U.S. Minister to Spain.-Military career:...

     (w&c), Ltc George H. Stevens (mw), Maj John Mansfield
    John Mansfield
    John Mansfield was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1880 to 1883. He also was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as the last colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the famed Iron Brigade.Mansfield responded to President Abraham...

     (w), Cpt George H. Otis
  • 6th Wisconsin
    6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 6th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...

    : Ltc Rufus R. Dawes
    Rufus R. Dawes
    Rufus R. Dawes was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. He used the middle initial "R" but had no middle name. He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly during the Battle of Gettysburg...

    , Maj John F. Hauser
  • 7th Wisconsin
    7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac.-Service:...

    : Col William W. Robinson, Ltc John B. Callis (w&c), Maj Mark Finnicum (w)
2nd Brigade

  
BG Lysander Cutler
Lysander Cutler
Lysander Cutler was an American businessman, educator, politician, and a Union Army General during the American Civil War.-Early years:Cutler was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer...

  • 7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover
  • 76th New York: Maj Andrew J. Grover (k), Cpt John E. Cook
  • 84th New York (14th Militia): Col Edward B. Fowler
    Edward Brush Fowler
    Edward Brush Fowler was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known for his command of the 14th Brooklyn and a demi-brigade during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863....

  • 95th New York: Col George H. Biddle (w), Ltc James B. Post, Maj Edward Pye
  • 147th New York: Ltc Francis C. Miller (w), Maj George Harney
  • 56th Pennsylvania (9 companies): Col John W. Hofmann

Second Division

    
BG John C. Robinson
John C. Robinson
John Cleveland Robinson had a long and distinguished career in the United States Army, fighting in numerous wars and culminating his career as a Union Army brigadier general of volunteers and brevet major general of volunteers in the American Civil War. In 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated...

1st Brigade

  
BG Gabriel R. Paul
Gabriel Rene Paul
Gabriel René Paul was a career officer in the United States Army most noted for his service as a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:...

 (w)

  
Col Samuel H. Leonard (w)

  
Col Adrian R. Root (w&c)

  
Col Richard Coulter
Richard Coulter (general)
Richard Coulter, Sr. was an American Civil War general in the Union Army, a businessman, and banker. During the Civil War he was colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, often rising to brigade command upon the wounding of superior officers.-Early life and career:Richard Coulter, Sr...

 (w)

  
Col Peter Lyle

  
Col Richard Coulter
  • 16th Maine
    16th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 16th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was particularly noted for its service during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.-Service:...

    : Col Charles W. Tilden (c), Ltc Augustus B. Farnham
  • 13th Massachusetts: Col Samuel H. Leonard, Ltc Nathaniel W. Batchelder, Maj Jacob P. Gould
  • 94th New York: Col Adrian R. Root, Maj Samuel A. Moffett
  • 104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Ltc James M. Thomson (w), Cpt Emanuel D. Roath
2nd Brigade

  
BG Henry Baxter
Henry Baxter
Henry Baxter was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E...

  • 12th Massachusetts
    12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
    The 12th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on June 14, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. Its original commander was Colonel Fletcher Webster, son of the famed U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Daniel Webster...

    : Col James L. Bates
    James L. Bates
    James L. Bates was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general after the war. He was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts and, in civilian life, was a merchant in the leather trade.-Civil War:On June 26, 1861, Bates was...

     (w), Ltc David Allen, Jr.
  • 83rd New York (9th Militia): Ltc Joseph A. Moesch
  • 97th New York: Col Charles Wheelock, Ltc John P. Spofford (c), Maj Charles Northrup
  • 11th Pennsylvania
    11th Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union army regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It had the distinction of being the oldest unit in continuous service from Pennsylvania.-History:...

     : Col Richard Coulter, Cpt Benjamin F. Haines, Cpt John B. Overmyer
  • 88th Pennsylvania: Maj Benezet F. Foust (w), Cpt Henry Whiteside
  • 90th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Lyle , Maj Alfred J. Sellers

Third Division

    
MG Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his...



    
BG Thomas A. Rowley

    
MG Abner Doubleday
1st Brigade

  
Col Chapman Biddle
Chapman Biddle
Chapman Biddle was a member of the prominent Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who rose to fame as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade of infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:Chapman Biddle was born in Pennsylvania on January 22,...



  
BG Thomas A. Rowley

  
Col Chapman Biddle
  • 80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
  • 121st Pennsylvania: Col Chapman Biddle, Maj Alexander Biddle
    Alexander Biddle
    Alexander Biddle was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Life:His father was Thomas A. Biddle , the son of American Revolutionary War soldier Clement Biddle ....

  • 142nd Pennsylvania
    142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment primarily served in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater and was heavily engaged in the first day of fighting at Gettysburg.-History:The...

    : Col Robert P. Cummins (mw), Ltc Alfred B. McCalmont, Maj Horatio N. Warren
  • 151st Pennsylvania
    151st Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 151st Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment during the American Civil War. It was known as "The Schoolteachers' Regiment" because of the large enlistment of school instructors.-Forming of the Regiment:...

    : Ltc George F. McFarland
    George F. McFarland
    George Fisher McFarland was a schoolteacher from Juniata County, Pennsylvania and Union Army officer during the American Civil War...

     (w), Cpt Walter L. Owens, Col Harrison Allen
2nd Brigade

  
Col Roy Stone
Roy Stone
Roy Stone was a Union Army general during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his stubborn defense of the McPherson Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and family:...

 (w)

  
Col Langhorne Wister (w)

  
Col Edmund L. Dana
  • 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana, Ltc John D. Musser (w)
  • 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight (w), Cpt James Glenn
  • 150th Pennsylvania: Col Langhorne Wister, Ltc Henry S. Huidekoper
    Henry S. Huidekoper
    Henry Shippen Huidekoper was a general from Pennsylvania in Union Army who received the United States military's highest decorations for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the American Civil War....

     (w), Cpt Cornelius C. Widdis
3rd Brigade
2nd Vermont Brigade
The 2nd Vermont Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.- Composition and commanders :...



  
BG George J. Stannard
George J. Stannard
George Jerrison Stannard was a Vermont farmer, teacher, and Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...

 (w)

  
Col Francis V. Randall
  • 13th Vermont
    13th Vermont Infantry
    The 13th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the Defenses of Washington, from October 1862 to August 1863...

    : Col Francis V. Randall, Ltc William D. Munson (w), Maj Joseph J. Boynton
  • 14th Vermont
    14th Vermont Infantry
    The 14th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the Defenses of Washington, from October 1862 to August 1863...

    : Col William T. Nichols, Ltc Charles W. Rose
  • 16th Vermont
    16th Vermont Infantry
    The 16th Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry was a nine months' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the eastern theater, predominantly in the Defenses of Washington, from October 1862 to August 1863...

    : Col Wheelock G. Veazey
    Wheelock G. Veazey
    Wheelock Graves Veazey was an American attorney, judge, and government official. Veazey served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission...

    , Maj William Rounds
Artillery Brigade

  
Col Charles S. Wainwright
Charles S. Wainwright
Charles Shiels Wainwright was a produce farmer in the state of New York and an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played an important role in the defense of Cemetery Hill during the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, where his artillery helped repel a Confederate...

  • Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B)
    2nd Maine Battery
    2nd Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on November 20, 1861....

    : Cpt James A. Hall
  • Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
    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....

    : Cpt Greenleaf T. Stevens
    Greenleaf T. Stevens
    Greenleaf T. Stevens commanded the 5th Maine Battery in the American Civil War. His battery is commemorated by a monument on Stevens' Knoll, named for him, on the Gettysburg Battlefield. It was among the first parts of the battlefield purchased for preservation.-Pre War:Greenleaf Thurlow Stevens...

     (w), Lt Edward N. Whittier
  • 1st New York Light, Batteries E&L: Cpt Gilbert H. Reynolds (w), Lt George Breck
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Cpt James H. Cooper
  • 4th United States, Battery B: Lt James Stewart (w), Lt James Davison (w)

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock (w)


BG John Gibbon
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...




BG William Hays
William Hays (general)
William Hays was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.-Early life:...




General Headquarters:
  • 6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson (Escort)
  • 53rd Pennsylvania, Companies A, B and K: Maj Octavus Bull (Provost Marshal 2nd Corps)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG John C. Caldwell
John C. Caldwell
John Curtis Caldwell was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat.-Early life:Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont...

1st Brigade

  
Col Edward E. Cross
Edward E. Cross
Edward Ephraim Cross was a newspaperman and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Journalist:...

 (mw)

  
Col H. Boyd McKeen
H. Boyd McKeen
H. Boyd McKeen led a regiment in the American Civil War, and he occasionally led a brigade before being killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor....

  • 5th New Hampshire
    5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
    The 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment has the unfortunate distinction of having sustained the greatest total loss in battles of any infantry or cavalry regiment in the Union Army, with a total of...

    : Ltc Charles E. Hapgood, Maj Richard E. Cross
  • 61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady
  • 81st Pennsylvania: Col H. Boyd McKeen, Ltc Amos Stroh
  • 148th Pennsylvania: Ltc Robert McFarlane, Maj Robert H. Foster
2nd Brigade
Irish Brigade (US)
The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, that served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, the 69th New York Infantry, or the "Fighting 69th", continued in later wars...



  
Col Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly (Colonel)
Patrick Kelly was an Irish-American Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He led the famed Irish Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

  • 28th Massachusetts
    28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment
    The 28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment was the second primarily Irish American volunteer infantry regiment recruited in Massachusetts for service in the American Civil War. The regiment's motto was Faugh a Ballagh ...

    : Col Richard Byrnes
  • 63rd New York (2 companies): Ltc Richard C. Bentley (w), Cpt Thomas Touhy
  • 69th New York
    U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment
    The 69th Infantry Regiment is a military unit from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is known as the Fighting Sixty-Ninth, a name said to have been given to it by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War...

     (2 companies): Cpt Richard Moroney (w), Lt James J. Smith
  • 88th New York (2 companies): Cpt Denis F. Burke
  • 116th Pennsylvania
    116th Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 116th Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It formed a part of the Irish Brigade.-History:...

     (4 companies): Maj St. Clair A. Mulholland
    St. Clair Augustine Mulholland
    St. Clair Augustine Mulholland was a colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War who later received the brevets of brigadier general of volunteers and major general of volunteers and the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville.-Biography:Mulholland was born...

3rd Brigade

  
BG Samuel K. Zook
Samuel K. Zook
Samuel Kosciuszko Zook was a Union general during the American Civil War, killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early years:...

 (mw)

  
Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg (w)

  
Col Richard P. Roberts (k)

  
Ltc John Fraser
  • 52nd New York: Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg, Maj Edward Venuti (k), Cpt William Scherrer
  • 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman
  • 66th New York: Col Orlando H. Morris (w), Ltc John S. Hammell (w), Maj Peter Nelson
  • 140th Pennsylvania: Col Richard P. Roberts, Ltc John Fraser, Maj Thomas Rodgers
4th Brigade

  
Col John R. Brooke
John R. Brooke
John Rutter Brooke was a major general in the United States Army during both the American Civil War and the Spanish American War...

 (w)
  • 27th Connecticut (2 companies): Ltc Henry C. Merwin (k), Maj James H. Coburn
  • 2nd Delaware: Col William P. Baily, Cpt Charles H. Christman
  • 64th New York: Col Daniel G. Bingham (w), Maj Leman W. Bradley
  • 53rd Pennsylvania
    53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1861, with John R. Brooke, of Pottstown, Montgomery County, was commissioned...

    : Ltc Richards McMichael
  • 145th Pennsylvania (7 companies): Col Hiram L. Brown (w), Cpt John W. Reynolds (w), Cpt Moses W. Oliver

Second Division

    
BG John Gibbon
John Gibbon
John Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...



    
BG William Harrow
William Harrow
William Harrow was an Indiana lawyer and a controversial Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...



    
BG John Gibbon (w)

    
BG William Harrow
William Harrow
William Harrow was an Indiana lawyer and a controversial Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

1st Brigade

  
BG William Harrow
William Harrow
William Harrow was an Indiana lawyer and a controversial Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...



  
Col Francis E. Heath
  • 19th Maine
    19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 19th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:19th Maine was organized at Bath, Maine and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on August 25, 1862....

    : Col Francis E. Heath, Ltc Henry W. Cunningham
  • 15th Massachusetts
    15th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
    The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served from the State of Massachusetts during the American Civil War from 1861-1864. A part of the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment was engaged in many battles from Ball's Bluff to Petersburg, and...

    : Col George H. Ward
    George Hull Ward
    George Hull Ward was a soldier and Union officer in the American Civil War.-Early life:Ward was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated in the common schools. He married Emily E. Mayo on June 5, 1851...

     (mw), Ltc George C. Joslin, Maj Isaac H. Hooper
  • 1st Minnesota
    1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
    The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted in particular for its gallant service and heavy casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg....

     : Col William Colvill, Jr. (w), Cpt Nathan S. Messick (k), Cpt Henry C. Coates
  • 82nd New York (2nd Militia): Ltc James Huston (mw), Cpt John Darrow
2nd Brigade
Philadelphia Brigade
The Philadelphia Brigade was a Union Army brigade that served in the American Civil War. It was raised primarily in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the exception of the 106th regiment which contained men from Lycoming and Bradford counties.The brigade fought with the Army of the...



  
BG Alexander S. Webb
Alexander S. Webb
Alexander Stewart Webb was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg...

 (w)
  • 69th Pennsylvania
    69th Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 69th Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Part of the famed Philadelphia Brigade, it played a key role defending against Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg. Companies I and K wore a very americanized zouave uniform...

    : Col Dennis O'Kane (mw), Ltc Martin Tschudy (k), Maj James M. Duffy (w), Cpt William Davis
  • 71st Pennsylvania: Col Richard P. Smith, Ltc Charles K. Kochersperger
  • 72nd Pennsylvania
    72nd Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the famous Philadelphia Brigade. They wore a very americanized zouave uniform...

    : Col De Witt C. Baxter (w), Ltc Theodore Hesser, Maj Samuel Roberts
  • 106th Pennsylvania
    106th Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 106th Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

    : Ltc William L. Curry, Maj John H. Stover
3rd Brigade

  
Col Norman J. Hall
Norman J. Hall
Norman Jonathan Hall was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War, perhaps most noted for his defense of his sector of the Union line against Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

  • 19th Massachusetts: Col Arthur F. Devereux
    Arthur F. Devereux
    Arthur Forrester Devereux was a captain in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia prior to the Civil War and a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. He is notable for his expertise and proficiency in the instruction of military drill...

    , Ltc Ansel D. Wass (w), Maj Edmund Rice (w)
  • 20th Massachusetts: Col Paul J. Revere (mw), Ltc George N. Macy (w), Cpt Henry L. Abbott
    Henry Livermore Abbott
    Henry Livermore Abbott , was a major in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Abbott was posthumously awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from August 1, 1864, and the grades of brevet lieutenant colonel, brevet colonel and brevet brigadier...

  • 7th Michigan: Ltc Amos E. Steele (k), Jr, Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis
  • 42nd New York: Col James E. Mallon
  • 59th New York (4 companies): Ltc Max A. Thoman (mw), Cpt William McFadden
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  • Massachusetts Sharpshooters, 1st Company: Cpt William Plumer, Lt Emerson L. Bicknell

  • Third Division

        
    BG Alexander Hays
    Alexander Hays
    Alexander Hays was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, killed in the Battle of the Wilderness.-Early life and career:...

    1st Brigade
    Gibraltar Brigade
    The "Gibraltar Brigade" was a famed infantry brigade within the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Noted for its tenacity in combat, the brigade drew its nickname from the steadfastness of the Rock of Gibraltar...



      
    Col Samuel S. Carroll
    Samuel S. Carroll
    Samuel Spriggs "Red" Carroll was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general during the American Civil War...

    • 14th Indiana
      14th Indiana Infantry Regiment
      The 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as the Gallant Fourteenth, was an Civil War infantry regiment. A part of the celebrated Gibraltar Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, the 14th helped secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.- Service :*The 14th Indiana was...

      : Col John Coons, Ltc Elijah H. C. Cavins, Maj William Houghton
    • 4th Ohio
      4th Ohio Infantry
      The 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of...

      : Ltc Leonard W. Carpenter, Maj Gordon A. Stewart
    • 8th Ohio
      8th Ohio Infantry
      The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping repulse Pickett's Charge during the Battle of...

      : Ltc Franklin Sawyer (w)
    • 7th West Virginia
      7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. For much of the war, it was a part of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" in the Army of the Potomac...

      : Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood (w)
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Thomas A. Smyth (w)

      
    Ltc Francis E. Pierce
    • 14th Connecticut
      14th Connecticut Infantry
      The 14th Connecticut Infantry was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It participated in the Battle of Gettysburg, helping to repulse the Confederate attack on the third day known as Pickett's Charge....

      : Maj Theodore G. Ellis
    • 1st Delaware: Ltc Edward P. Harris , Cpt Thomas B. Hizar, Lt William Smith, Lt John T. Dent
    • 12th New Jersey: Maj John T. Hill
    • 10th New York (battalion): Maj George F. Hopper
    • 108th New York: Ltc Francis E. Pierce
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col George L. Willard
    George L. Willard
    George Lamb Willard was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a New York regiment and, briefly, a brigade in the American Civil War. He lost his life leading the brigade in the II Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg....

     (k)

      
    Col Eliakim Sherrill

      
    Ltc James M. Bull

      
    Col Clinton D. MacDougall (w)

      
    Col Eliakim Sherrill (mw)
    • 39th New York (4 companies): Maj Hugo Hildebrandt
    • 111th New York: Col Clinton D. MacDougall, Ltc Isaac M. Lusk (w), Cpt Aaron P. Seeley
    • 125th New York
      125th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 125th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment from Rensselaer County, New York, during the American Civil War. Formed during the summer of 1862, the unit was officially mustered into United States Service on 27–29 August 1862, by Col. George L. Willard. He had seen...

      : Ltc Levin Crandell
    • 126th New York: Col Eliakim Sherrill
      Eliakim Sherrill
      Eliakim Sherrill was an antebellum United States Congressman from the state of New York and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg defending against Pickett's Charge.-Early life:Sherrill was born in Greenville,...

      , Ltc James M. Bull
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Cpt John G. Hazard
    • 1st New York Light, Battery B : Cpt James M. Rorty (k), Lt Albert S. Sheldon (w), Lt Robert E. Rogers
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
      Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
      Battery A, 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 June 6, 1861 under the command of Captain William H...

      : Cpt William A. Arnold
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
      Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
      Battery B, 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 18, 1861 under the command of Captain Thomas F...

      : Lt Thomas F. Brown (w), Lt William S. Perrin
    • 1st United States, Battery I: Lt George A. Woodruff (w), Lt Tully McCrea
    • 4th United States, Battery A: Lt Alonzo H. Cushing (k), Lt Samuel Canby (w), Lt Joseph S. Milne (k), Sgt Frederick Füger
      Frederick Füger
      Frederick Füger was an enlisted man and officer in the U.S. Army. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863.-Military service:Emigrating from his native Germany in...


    III Corps

    MG Daniel E. Sickles
    Daniel Sickles
    Daniel Edgar Sickles was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat....

     (w)


    MG David B. Birney
    David B. Birney
    David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves...

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    MG David B. Birney
    David B. Birney
    David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves...



        
    BG J. H. Hobart Ward
    1st Brigade

      
    BG Charles K. Graham
    Charles K. Graham
    Charles Kinnaird Graham was a sailor in the antebellum United States Navy, attorney, and later a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he helped plan and lay out Central Park in New York City.-Early years and education:Graham was born in New York...

     (w&c)

      
    Col Andrew H. Tippin

      
    Col Henry J. Madill
    • 57th Pennsylvania (8 companies): Col Peter Sides (w), Maj William B. Neeper (w&c), Cpt Alanson H. Nelson (w)
    • 63rd Pennsylvania: Maj John A. Danks
    • 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin, Ltc Anthony H. Reynolds (w), Maj Robert E. Winslow (w), Cpt Milton S. Davis
    • 105th Pennsylvania: Col Calvin A. Craig
    • 114th Pennsylvania
      114th Pennsylvania Infantry
      The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They were very famous for their colorful americanized zouave dress which consisted of: a dark blue zouave jacket with sky blue cuffs and red trimmings and...

      : Ltc Frederick F. Cavada (c), Cpt Edward R. Bowen
    • 141st Pennsylvania
      141st Pennsylvania Infantry
      The 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment served in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater and was heavily engaged in the second day of fighting at the Peach Orchard outside of...

      : Col Henry J. Madill, Maj Israel P. Spaulding (mw&c)
    2nd Brigade

      
    BG J. H. Hobart Ward

      
    Col Hiram Berdan
    Hiram Berdan
    Hiram Berdan was an American engineer, inventor and military officer, world-renowned marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the famed United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War...

    • 20th Indiana
      20th Regiment Indiana Infantry
      The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:*The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana on July 22, 1861.*Peninsular Campaign...

      : Col John Wheeler
      John Wheeler (colonel)
      John Wheeler was a Union colonel during the American Civil War. Wheeler's regiment suffered heavy losses at Gettysburg where he was killed in action near Devil's Den.-Early life:...

       (k), Ltc William C. L. Taylor
    • 3rd Maine
      3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine for three year's service on June 4, 1861 and were mustered out on June 28, 1864. Veterans who had re-enlisted and those recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.-Casualties...

      : Col Moses B. Lakeman , Maj Samuel P. Lee (w)
    • 4th Maine
      4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was assembled in Rockland, Maine on By May 20th, 1861 with Colonel Hiram G. Berry as it's commanding officer. He received four Knox County companies, one from Searsport, Winterport, Wiscasset, and Damariscotta, and two from Belfast. In all, 1,085 men,...

      : Col Elijah Walker (w), Maj Ebenezer Whitcomb (mw), Cpt Edwin Libby
    • 86th New York: Ltc Benjamin L. Higgins (w), Maj Jacob A. Lansing
    • 124th New York
      124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the Orange Blossoms, was a volunteer regiment from Orange County, New York, during the American Civil War. Formed in Goshen during the summer of 1862, The unit was officially mustered into United States Service on September 5, 1862,...

      : Col Augustus Van H. Ellis (k), Ltc Francis M. Cummins (w), Maj James Cromwell (k)
    • 99th Pennsylvania: Maj John W. Moore
    • 1st United States Sharpshooters
      1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment
      The 1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st U.S...

      : Col Hiram Berdan
      Hiram Berdan
      Hiram Berdan was an American engineer, inventor and military officer, world-renowned marksman, and guiding force behind and commanding colonel of the famed United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiments during the American Civil War...

      , Ltc Casper Trepp
    • 2nd United States Sharpshooters
      2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment
      The 2nd United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. From 1861 to January 1863 they were members of the "First Iron Brigade" also known as the "Iron Brigade of the East"....

       (8 companies): Maj Homer R. Stoughton
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col P. Régis de Trobriand
    Régis de Trobriand
    Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand was a French aristocrat, lawyer, poet, and novelist who emigrated at a young age to the United States...

    • 17th Maine
      17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Cape Elizabeth, Maine for three year's service on August 18, 1862 and were mustered out on June 10, 1865. Recruits still liable to serve were transferred to 1st Maine Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment.-Casualties and total strength:The...

      : Ltc Charles B. Merrill, Maj George W. West
    • 3rd Michigan: Col Byron R. Pierce (w), Ltc Edwin S. Pierce, Maj Moses B. Houghton
    • 5th Michigan: Ltc John Pulford (w), Maj Salmon S. Matthews (w)
    • 40th New York: Col Thomas W. Egan
      Thomas W. Egan
      Thomas Wilberforce Egan was a Union Army officer who led the Mozart Regiment during most of the American Civil War, later becoming a general.-Early life :...

      , Ltc Augustus J. Warner (w)
    • 110th Pennsylvania (6 companies): Ltc David M. Jones (w), Maj Isaac Rogers

    Second Division

        
    BG Andrew A. Humphreys
    Andrew A. Humphreys
    Andrew Atkinson Humphreys , was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S...

    1st Brigade

      
    BG Joseph B. Carr (w)
    • 1st Massachusetts
      1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.Organized at "Camp Ellsworth" in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the regiment was made up partly of companies that had belonged to the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a...

      : Ltc Clark B. Baldwin (w), Maj Gardner Walker (w)
    • 11th Massachusetts
      11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Organized in Boston in May 1861, the 11th Massachusetts was made up mostly of men from Boston, but also from Charlestown and Dorchester...

      : Ltc Porter D. Tripp, Maj Andrew N. McDonald (w)
    • 16th Massachusetts: Ltc Waldo Merriam (w), Cpt Matthew Donovan
    • 12th New Hampshire
      12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
      The 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 12th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 10, 1862 under the command of...

      : Cpt John F. Langley (w)
    • 11th New Jersey: Col Robert McAllister (w), Maj Philip J. Kearny (mw), Cpt Luther Martin (k), Lt John Schoonover (w), Cpt William H. Lloyd (w), Cpt Samuel T. Sleeper, Lt John Schoonover
    • 26th Pennsylvania: Maj Robert L. Bodine (w)
    2nd Brigade
    Excelsior Brigade
    The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Comprising primarily infantry regiments raised in the state of New York primarily by former U.S...



      
    Col William R. Brewster
    William R. Brewster
    William Root Brewster was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who commanded a regiment in the famed Excelsior Brigade of the Army of the Potomac...

    • 70th New York
      70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War. The unit served in the Excelsior Brigade in several battles, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign.-Service:...

      : Col John E. Farnum
    • 71st New York
      71st Infantry Regiment (New York)
      The 71st Infantry Regiment is an organization of the New York State Guard. Formerly, the 71st Infantry was a regiment of the New York State Militia and then the Army National Guard from 1850 to 1993.-Foundation:...

      : Col Henry L. Potter (w)
    • 72nd New York: Col John S. Austin (w), Ltc John Leonard, Maj Caspar K. Abell
    • 73rd New York
      73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War. The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861 as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style...

      : Maj Michael W. Burns
    • 74th New York: Ltc Thomas Holt
    • 120th New York: Ltc Cornelius D. Westbrook (w), Maj John R. Tappen
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col George C. Burling
    George C. Burling
    George Childs Burling was a United States Union Army officer during the American Civil War, serving mostly as colonel and commander of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Burling was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, raised on his father's farm and educated at a private school in...

    • 2nd New Hampshire
      2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment
      2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was the longest-serving volunteer regiment of the State of New Hampshire in the American Civil War. The 2nd New Hampshire was organized in early 1861 and mustered in June 4, 1861. The 2nd NH fought from First Bull Run until the occupation of Richmond...

      : Col Edward L. Bailey (w), Ltc James W. Carr (w)
    • 5th New Jersey: Col William J. Sewell (w), Cpt Thomas C. Godfrey, Cpt Henry H. Woolsey (w)
    • 6th New Jersey
      6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
      The 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-Service:...

      : Ltc Stephen R. Gilkyson
    • 7th New Jersey: Col Louis R. Francine (mw), Ltc Francis Price (w), Maj Frederick Cooper
    • 8th New Jersey: Col John Ramsey (w), Cpt John G. Langston
    • 115th Pennsylvania: Maj John P. Dunne
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Cpt George E. Randolph (w)

      
    Cpt A. Judson Clark
    A. Judson Clark
    -Civil War:Clark enlisted in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. He became a sergeant in Company F. When the regiment’s three months enlistment ended, Clark was involved in raising 2nd Battery "B" New Jersey Volunteer Light Artillery. It was mustered into service on September 3,...

    • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B: Cpt A. Judson Clark
      A. Judson Clark
      -Civil War:Clark enlisted in the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in April 1861. He became a sergeant in Company F. When the regiment’s three months enlistment ended, Clark was involved in raising 2nd Battery "B" New Jersey Volunteer Light Artillery. It was mustered into service on September 3,...

      , Lt Robert Sims
    • 1st New York Light, Battery D: Cpt George B. Winslow
    • New York Light, 4th Battery: Cpt James E. Smith
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
      Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
      Battery E, 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 September 23, 1861 under the command of Captain George E...

      : Lt John K. Bucklyn (w), Lt Benjamin Freeborn (w)
    • 4th United States, Battery K: Lt Francis W. Seeley (w), Lt Robert James

    V Corps

    MG George Sykes
    George Sykes
    George Sykes was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life:...



    General Headquarters:
    • 12th New York Infantry, Companies D and E: Cpt Henry W. Rider
    • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies D and H: Cpt William Thompson

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    BG James Barnes (w)
    1st Brigade

      
    Col William S. Tilton
    William S. Tilton
    William Stowell Tilton was an American businessman and soldier who led a regiment, and occasionally a brigade, in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War...

    • 18th Massachusetts
      18th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      -External links:**...

      : Col Joseph Hayes (w)
    • 22nd Massachusetts: Ltc Thomas Sherwin, Jr
    • 1st Michigan: Col Ira C. Abbott (w), Ltc William A. Throop (w)
    • 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Gwyn, Maj Charles P. Herring
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
    Jacob B. Sweitzer
    Jacob Bowman Sweitzer was a Pennsylvania lawyer and soldier who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War...

    • 9th Massachusetts
      9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a military unit from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, part of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. It is also known as "The Fighting Ninth". It existed from 1861 to 1864 and participated in several key battles during the war...

       : Col Patrick R. Guiney
      Patrick Robert Guiney
      Patrick Robert Guiney was an American Civil War soldier.-Early life and career:...

    • 32nd Massachusetts
      32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. The nucleus of the regiment was a battalion of six companies raised in September 1861 to garrison Fort Warren, the largest fortification in Boston harbor...

      : Col George L. Prescott (w), Ltc Luther Stephenson, Jr. (w), Maj James A. Cunningham
    • 4th Michigan: Col Harrison H. Jeffords
      Harrison Jeffords
      Harrison Jeffords was the colonel of the 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War...

       (mw), Ltc George W. Lumbard
    • 62nd Pennsylvania: Ltc James C. Hull, Maj William G. Lowry (k)
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col Strong Vincent
    Strong Vincent
    Strong Vincent was a lawyer who became famous as a U.S. Army officer during the fighting on Little Round Top at the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded.-Early life:...

     (mw)

      
    Col James C. Rice
    • 20th Maine
      20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a combat unit of the United States Army during the American Civil War, most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863.-Organization:...

      : Col Joshua L. Chamberlain (w)
    • 16th Michigan : Ltc Norval E. Welch
    • 44th New York: Col James C. Rice, Ltc Freeman Conner, Maj Edward B. Knox
    • 83rd Pennsylvania: Cpt Orpheus S. Woodward

    Second Division

        
    BG Romeyn B. Ayres
    Romeyn B. Ayres
    Romeyn Beck Ayres was a Union Army general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Ayres was born at East Creek, New York, along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. He was the son of a small-town doctor who urged all of his sons into professional careers...

    1st Brigade

      
    Col Hannibal Day
    Hannibal Day
    Hannibal Day served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War, briefly commanding a brigade in the Army of the Potomac....

    • 3rd United States (Companies B, C, E, G, I and K): Cpt Henry W. Freedley (w), Cpt Richard G. Lay
    • 4th United States (Companies C, F, H and K): Cpt Julius W. Adams, Jr
    • 6th United States
      U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment
      The 6th Infantry Regiment was formed in 1812. Its most famous commander was Zachary Taylor, later the twelfth President of the United States. The Motto, "Regulars, By God!" derives from the Battle of Chippawa, in which British general Riall noticed that the approaching regiment had on the uniforms...

       (Companies D, F, G, H and I): Cpt Levi C. Bootes
      Levi Clark Bootes
      Levi Clark Bootes was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 12th United States (Companies A, B, C, D and G, 1st Battalion and Companies A, C and D, 2nd Battalion): Cpt Thomas S. Dunn
    • 14th United States
      U.S. 14th Infantry Regiment
      The 14th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army light infantry regiment, known as the Golden Dragons. It has been active in every major conflict since its creation, except World War I, including the American Civil War, Boxer Rebellion, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Desert...

       (Companies A, B, D, E, F and G, 1st Battalion and Companies F and G, 2nd Battalion): Maj Grotius R. Giddings
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Sidney Burbank
    Sidney Burbank
    Sidney Burbank served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. For a time he led a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.-Pre War:...

    • 2nd United States
      2nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
      The 2nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the United States Army. It has served the United States for more than two hundred years. It is the third oldest regiment in the US Army with a Lineage date of 1808 and a history extending back to 1791...

       (Companies B, C, F, H, I and K): Maj Arthur T. Lee
      Arthur Tracy Lee
      Arthur Tracy Lee served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. He was also an author, painter, musician, and an architect.-Early Life and Career:...

       (w), Cpt Samuel A. McKee
    • 7th United States
      7th Infantry Regiment (United States)
      The United States Army's 7th Infantry Regiment, known as "The Cottenbalers" from an incident that occurred during the Battle of New Orleans, while under the command of Andrew Jackson, when soldiers of the 7th Infantry Regiment held positions behind a breastwork of bales of cotton during the...

       (Companies A, B, E and I): Cpt David P. Hancock
    • 10th United States
      U.S. 10th Infantry Regiment
      The 10th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1855.-Regiment:Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the 10th InfantryOrganized in April 1855 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania...

       (Companies D, G and H): Cpt William Clinton
    • 11th United States
      11th Infantry Regiment (United States)
      The 11th Infantry Regiment is a regiment in the United States Army.-The First 11th Infantry:Under the authority granted the President by the Act of July 16, 1798, to raise twelve additional regiments of infantry, the first 11th Infantry came into existence in the Army of the United States in...

       (Companies B, C, D, E, F and G): Maj DeLancey Floyd-Jones
      DeLancey Floyd-Jones
      DeLancey Floyd-Jones was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, as well as on frontier duty in the Old West.-Early career:...

    • 17th United States
      17th Infantry Regiment (United States)
      The 17th Infantry Regiment is a United States Army infantry regiment. While the 17th Infantry Regiment was organized on January 11, 1812, it was consolidated with the 3rd Infantry due to extremely heavy losses at Frenchtown, and lost its identity two years later until May 3, 1861, when it was...

       (Companies A, C, D, G and H, 1st Battalion and Companies A and B, 2nd Battalion): Ltc James D. Greene
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG Stephen H. Weed
    Stephen H. Weed
    Stephen Hinsdale Weed was a career military officer in the United States Army. He was killed defending Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

     (k)

      
    Col Kenner Garrard
    Kenner Garrard
    Kenner Garrard was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A member of one of Ohio's most prominent military families, he performed well at the Battle of Gettysburg, and then led a cavalry division in the army of Major General William T. Sherman during the Atlanta...

    • 140th New York: Col Patrick O'Rorke
      Patrick O'Rorke
      This article is about an Irish-American colonel. For the Meath footballer from Skryne, see Patrick O'Rourke Patrick Henry "Paddy" O'Rorke or O'Rourke was an Irish-American immigrant who became a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was killed at the Battle of...

       (k), Ltc Louis Ernst, Maj Isaiah Force
    • 146th New York
      146th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 146th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed Garrard's Tigers, was a Federal regiment mustered on October 10, 1862, and was mustered out on July 16, 1865. The regiment was raised and organized in Utica New york, and was known as the 5th Oneida Regiment...

      : Col Kenner Garrard
      Kenner Garrard
      Kenner Garrard was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A member of one of Ohio's most prominent military families, he performed well at the Battle of Gettysburg, and then led a cavalry division in the army of Major General William T. Sherman during the Atlanta...

      , Ltc David T. Jenkins
    • 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Sinex
    • 155th Pennsylvania
      155th Pennsylvania Infantry
      The 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Federal infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater....

      : Ltc John H. Cain

    Third Division
    Pennsylvania Reserves
    The Pennsylvania Reserves were an infantry division in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Noted for its famous commanders and high casualties, it served in the Eastern Theater, and fought in many important battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg....

     

        
    BG Samuel W. Crawford
    Samuel W. Crawford
    Samuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

    1st Brigade

      
    Col William McCandless
    William McCandless
    William McCandless was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a regiment and then a brigade in the Pennsylvania Reserve Division.-Biography:...

    • 1st Pennsylvania Reserves (9 companies): Col William C. Talley
    • 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George A. Woodward
    • 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Wellington H. Ent
    • 13th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Charles F. Taylor (k), Maj William R. Hartshorne
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col Joseph W. Fisher
    Joseph W. Fisher
    Joseph Washington Fisher was a Pennsylvania politician and soldier who commanded a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves in some of the most important battles of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War....

    • 5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George Dare, Maj James H. Larrimer
    • 9th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc James McK. Snodgrass
    • 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Adoniram J. Warner, Ltc James B. Knox
    • 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Samuel M. Jackson
    • 12th Pennsylvania Reserves (9 companies): Col Martin D. Hardin
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Cpt Augustus P. Martin
    • Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery (C): Lt Aaron F. Walcott
    • 1st New York Light, Battery C: Cpt Almont Barnes
    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery L
      Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
      Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Portsmouth, Ohio October 8, 1861 and mustered in at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio for a three year enlistment on January 20, 1862...

      : Cpt Frank C. Gibbs
    • 5th United States
      5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
      The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...

      , Battery D: Lt Charles E. Hazlett (mw), Lt Benjamin F. Rittenhouse
      Benjamin F. Rittenhouse
      Benjamin Franklin Rittenhouse was a U.S. Army 1st lieutenant during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

    • 5th United States
      5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
      The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...

      , Battery I: Lt Malbone F. Watson (w), Lt Charles C. MacConnell

    VI Corps

    MG John Sedgwick
    John Sedgwick
    John Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of...



    General Headquarters:
    • 1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L and 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H: Cpt William S. Craft

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    BG Horatio G. Wright
    1st Brigade
    First New Jersey Brigade
    The First New Jersey Brigade is the common name for an American Civil War brigade of New Jersey infantry regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac...



      
    BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
    Alfred Thomas Torbert
    Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert was a career United States Army officer, a Union Army General commanding both infantry and cavalry forces in the American Civil War, and a U.S. diplomat.-Early life:...

    • 1st New Jersey
      1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
      The 1st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War Union Army regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac....

      : Ltc William Henry, Jr.
    • 2nd New Jersey: Ltc Charles Wiebecke
    • 3rd New Jersey
      3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
      The 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War Union Army regiment of infantry from New Jersey that served in the Army of the Potomac....

      : Col Henry W. Brown, Ltc Edward L. Campbell
    • 15th New Jersey
      15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
      The 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an American Civil War infantry regiment from New Jersey that served from September 1862 through 1865 in the Union Army.The Fifteenth Regiment was organized at Flemington, New Jersey in July and August 1862...

      : Col William H. Penrose
    2nd Brigade

      
    BG Joseph J. Bartlett
    Joseph J. Bartlett
    Joseph Jackson Bartlett was a New York attorney, brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and postbellum international diplomat and pensions administrator for the United States Government. He was chosen to receive the stacked arms of General Robert E...

     

      
    Col 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...

     
    • 5th Maine
      5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 5th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment, organized in May 1861, was mustered in at Portland, Maine on 24 June 1861 for three years' service...

      : Col Clark S. Edwards
    • 121st New York: Col 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...

    • 95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
    • 96th Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lessig
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG David A. Russell
    David Allen Russell
    David Allen Russell was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was killed in action as a brigadier general in the Union Army.-Early life:...

    • 6th Maine
      6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Infantry was organized in Portland, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on July 15, 1861....

      : Col Hiram Burnham
      Hiram Burnham
      Hiram Burnham was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War...

    • 49th Pennsylvania (4 companies): Ltc Thomas M. Hulings
    • 119th Pennsylvania: Col Peter C. Ellmaker
    • 5th Wisconsin
      5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 5th Wisconsin was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Infantry was assembled at Camp Randall, in Madison on July 12, 1861. It left Wisconsin for Washington, D.C. on July 24, 1861. During the war it moved through Virginia, Maryland,...

      : Col Thomas S. Allen
    Provost Guard
  • 4th New Jersey (3 companies): Cpt William R. Maxwell

  • Second Division

        
    BG Albion P. Howe
    Albion P. Howe
    Albion Parris Howe was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe's contentious relationships with superior officers in the Army of the Potomac eventually led to his being deprived of division command....

    2nd Brigade

      
    Col 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...

    • 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...

      : Col James H. Walbridge
    • 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...

      : Col Thomas O. Seaver
      Thomas O. Seaver
      Thomas Orville Seaver rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and received the Medal of Honor, America's highest military decoration, for his actions at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...

    • 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...

      : Col Charles B. Stoughton
      Charles B. Stoughton
      Charles Bradley Stoughton was an officer and regimental commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 5th Vermont
      5th Vermont Infantry
      The 5th 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 September 1861 to June 1865. It was a member of the Vermont Brigade.The...

      : Ltc John R. Lewis
    • 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...

      : Col Elisha L. Barney
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG Thomas H. Neill
    Thomas H. Neill
    Thomas Hewson Neill, a native of Pennsylvania, became a general in the American Civil War, serving in the Army of the Potomac in some of its most important campaigns.-Birth and early years:Neill was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1826...

    • 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:...

       (6 companies): Ltc Seldon Connor
      Seldon Connor
      Seldon Connor was an American soldier, banker, and politician who was the 35th Governor of the U.S. state of Maine.-Biography:...

    • 33rd New York (detachment): Cpt Henry J. Gifford
    • 43rd New York: Ltc John Wilson
    • 49th New York: Col Daniel D. Bidwell
      Daniel D. Bidwell
      Daniel Davidson Bidwell was a civic leader in Buffalo, New York, before the outbreak of the American Civil War. He enlisted early in the war and then was appointed colonel of a regiment of infantry...

    • 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French
    • 61st Pennsylvania: Ltc George F. Smith

    Third Division

        
    MG John Newton

        
    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

      
    BG Alexander Shaler
    Alexander Shaler
    Alexander Shaler was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg...

    • 65th New York: Col Joseph E. Hamblin
    • 67th New York: Col Nelson Cross
    • 122nd New York: Col Silas Titus
      Silas Titus
      Silas Titus was a military officer who fought in the American Civil War in the Union Army. He was active in the organization of the city of Syracuse, New York, and served as an alderman for two years and as a supervisor in 1865...

    • 23rd Pennsylvania
      23rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
      The 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Known for its colorful uniforms based upon the popular French Zouave style, the regiment served in the Eastern Theater.-History:...

      : Ltc John F. Glenn
    • 82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Henry L. Eustis
    Henry L. Eustis
    Henry Lawrence Eustis was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

    • 7th Massachusetts
      7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 7th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. It was formed on June 15, 1861 in Taunton. Its original commander was Colonel Darius N...

      : Ltc Franklin P. Harlow
    • 10th Massachusetts
      10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.Organized at Hampden Park in Springfield, Massachusetts in the early summer of 1861 and consisting mostly of men from western Massachusetts, the regiment was mustered in on...

      : Ltc Joseph B. Parsons
    • 37th Massachusetts
      37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 37th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.-History:The regiment was formed in July 1862 and served until the end of the war in April 1865, seeing action at many battles including Fredricksburg and Gettysburg, duty in...

      : Col Oliver Edwards
      Oliver Edwards
      Oliver Edwards was a machine company executive, an inventor, and a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War....

    • 2nd Rhode Island: Col Horatio Rogers, Jr.
    3rd Brigade

      
    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:...



      
    Col David J. Nevin
    • 62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin, Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton
    • 93rd Pennsylvania: Maj John I. Nevin
    • 98th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Kohler
    • 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...

      : Col Frederick H. Collier (w), Ltc William H. Moody
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Col Charles H. Tompkins
    • Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A): Cpt William H. McCartney
    • New York Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Andrew Cowan
      Andrew Cowan (artillerist)
      Andrew Cowan served as a Union artillerist in the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Sayler's Creek.-Pre-War:...

    • New York Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt William A. Harn
      William A. Harn
      -The Creation of the 3rd New York Battery:The 3rd New York Battery began its existence as Company D of the 2nd New York Militia. It was designated a howitzer company. It was to Washington, D. C. with the regiment, which became the 82nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Led by Capt Thaddeus...

    • 1st Rhode Island Light, 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....

      : Cpt Richard Waterman
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, 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....

      : Cpt George W. Adams
    • 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
    • 2nd United States, Battery G: Lt John H. Butler
    • 5th United States
      5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
      The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...

      , Battery F: Lt Leonard Martin

    XI Corps

    MG Oliver O. Howard
    Oliver O. Howard
    Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...

     


    MG Carl Schurz
    Carl Schurz
    Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...



    General Headquarters:
    • 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
    • 8th New York Infantry (1 company): Lt Hermann Foerster

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    BG Francis C. Barlow
    Francis C. Barlow
    Francis Channing Barlow was a lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

     (w)

        
    BG Adelbert Ames
    Adelbert Ames
    Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. As a Radical Republican and a Carpetbagger, he was military governor, Senator and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi...


    1st Brigade

      
    Col Leopold von Gilsa
    Leopold von Gilsa
    Leopold von Gilsa was a career soldier who served as an officer in the armies of Prussia and later the United States. He is best known for his role in the misfortunes of the XI Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, particularly at the battles of Chancellorsville and...



      
    • 41st New York (9 companies): Ltc Detleo von Einsiedel
    • 54th New York: Maj Stephen Kovacs (c), Lt Ernst Both
    • 68th New York: Col Gotthilf Bourry
    • 153rd Pennsylvania: Maj John F. Frueauff
    2nd Brigade

      
    BG Adelbert Ames
    Adelbert Ames
    Adelbert Ames was an American sailor, soldier, and politician. He served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. As a Radical Republican and a Carpetbagger, he was military governor, Senator and civilian governor in Reconstruction-era Mississippi...



      
    Col Andrew L. Harris
    Andrew L. Harris
    Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:Harris was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools...

    • 17th Connecticut: Ltc Douglas Fowler (k), Maj Allen G. Brady
    • 25th Ohio
      25th Ohio Infantry
      The 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 25th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on June 28, 1861 under the command of Colonel James A. Jones...

      : Ltc Jeremiah Williams (c), Cpt Nathaniel J. Manning (w), Lt William Maloney (w), Lt Israel White
    • 75th Ohio: Col Andrew L. Harris
      Andrew L. Harris
      Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th Governor of Ohio.-Biography:Harris was born in Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools...

      , Cpt George B. Fox
    • 107th Ohio
      107th Ohio Infantry
      The 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the 5th German Regiment.-Service:...

      : Col Seraphim Meyer, Cpt John M. Lutz

    Second Division

        
    BG Adolph von Steinwehr
    Adolph von Steinwehr
    Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr was a German-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Steinwehr was born in Blankenburg, in the Duchy of...

    1st Brigade

      
    Col Charles R. Coster
    Charles Coster
    Charles R. Coster was an American soldier and public official, who is best known for commanding a brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and service:Coster was born in New York City, New York...

    • 134th New York: Ltc Allan H. Jackson, Maj George W. B. Seeley
    • 154th New York: Ltc Daniel B. Allen, Maj Lewis D. Warner
    • 27th Pennsylvania: Ltc Lorenz Cantador
    • 73rd Pennsylvania: Cpt Daniel F. Kelley
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Orland Smith
    Orland Smith
    Orland Smith was a railroad executive and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1864, he led a spirited bayonet charge during the Battle of Wauhatchie that took a significant Confederate position on a hill that now bears his name.-Early life and career:Smith was...

    • 33rd Massachusetts: Col Adin B. Underwood
    • 136th New York: Col James Wood, Jr.
    • 55th Ohio
      55th Ohio Infantry
      The 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 55th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp McClellan in Norwalk, Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service on January 25, 1862 under the command...

      : Col Charles B. Gambee
    • 73rd Ohio
      73rd Ohio Infantry
      The 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 73rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Chillicothe, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 30, 1861 under the command of Colonel Orland Smith.The regiment was...

      : Ltc Richard Long

    Third Division

        
    MG Carl Schurz
    Carl Schurz
    Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...



        
    BG Alexander Schimmelfennig

        
    MG Carl Schurz
    1st Brigade

      
    BG Alexander Schimmelfennig
    Alexander Schimmelfennig
    Alexander Schimmelfennig was a German soldier and political revolutionary, and then an American Civil War general in the Union Army.-Early life and career:...



      
    Col George von Amsberg
    • 82nd Illinois: Ltc Edward S. Salomon
      Edward S. Salomon
      Edward Selig Salomon was a German immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War and later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator....

    • 45th New York: Col George von Amsberg, Ltc Adolphus Dobke (w)
    • 157th New York: Col Philip P. Brown, Jr., Ltc George Arrowsmith
    • 61st Ohio
      61st Ohio Infantry
      The 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 61st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on April 23, 1862 under the command of Colonel Newton Schleich.The...

      : Col Stephen J. McGroarty, Ltc William H. H. Bown
    • 74th Pennsylvania
      74th Pennsylvania Infantry
      The 74th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of many all-German regiments in the army, most notably in the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac...

      : Col Adolph von Hartung (w), Ltc Alexander von Mitzel, Cpt Gustav Schleiter, Cpt Henry Krauseneck
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Wladimir Krzyzanowski
    Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
    Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski was a Polish engineer, politician, and military leader — a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

    • 58th New York: Ltc August Otto, Cpt Emil Koenig
    • 119th New York: Col John T. Lockman (w), Ltc Edward F. Lloyd, Maj Benjamin A. Willis
    • 82nd Ohio
      82nd Ohio Infantry
      The 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 82nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Kenton, Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in on December 31, 1861 for three years service under the command of Colonel James...

      : Col James S. Robinson
      James S. Robinson
      James Sidney Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

       (w), Ltc David Thomson
    • 75th Pennsylvania: Col Francis Mahler (mw), Maj August Ledig
    • 26th Wisconsin: Ltc Hans Boebel (w), Maj Henry Baetz (w), Cpt John W. Fuchs
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Maj Thomas W. Osborn
    Thomas W. Osborn
    Thomas Ward Osborn was a Union Army officer and United States Senator representing Florida.-Early life:Thomas Osborn was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, the son of John and Amelia Osborn. He and his family moved to North Wilna, New York in 1842 where he worked on the family farm until 1854...

    • 1st New York Light, Battery I: Cpt Michael Wiedrich
    • New York Light, 13th Battery: Lt William Wheeler
    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery I
      Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
      Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Dilger's Battery.-Service:...

      : Cpt Hubert Dilger
      Hubert Dilger
      Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger was a German immigrant to the United States who became a decorated artillerist in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery K
      Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
      Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Marietta, Cleveland, and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 22, 1861 under Captain...

      : Cpt Lewis Heckman
    • 4th United States, Battery G: Lt Bayard Wilkeson (mw), Lt Eugene A. Bancroft

    XII Corps

    MG Henry W. Slocum 


    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    Alpheus S. Williams
    Alpheus Starkey Williams was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...



    Provost Guard:
    • 10th Maine
      10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered in for two years of service in Portland, Maine on October 4, 1861. It was mustered out on May 8, 1863. A fraction of the regiment consisted of three year enlistees, who formed the three-company 10th Maine Infantry Battalion...

       (4 companies): Cpt John D. Beardsley

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    Alpheus S. Williams
    Alpheus Starkey Williams was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...



        
    BG Thomas H. Ruger
    Thomas H. Ruger
    Thomas Howard Ruger was an American soldier and lawyer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York....

    1st Brigade

      
    Col Archibald L. McDougall
    Archibald L. McDougall
    Archibald L. McDougall was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who commanded the 123rd New York Infantry early in the war and subsequently led a brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Biography:...

    • 5th Connecticut: Col Warren W. Packer
    • 20th Connecticut: Ltc William B. Wooster, Maj Philo B. Buckingham
    • 3rd Maryland: Col Joseph M. Sudsburg, Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
    • 123rd New York: Ltc James C. Rogers, Cpt Adolphus H. Tanner
    • 145th New York: Col Edward L. Price
    • 46th Pennsylvania
      46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
      The 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War. It served in both the Eastern and Western Theaters, most notably at the 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain and during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign...

      : Col James L. Selfridge
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG Thomas H. Ruger
    Thomas H. Ruger
    Thomas Howard Ruger was an American soldier and lawyer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York....



      
    Col Silas Colgrove
    • 27th Indiana: Col Silas Colgrove, Ltc John R. Fesler, Maj T. F. Colgrove
    • 2nd Massachusetts
      2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive federal service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg.-History:...

      : Ltc Charles R. Mudge (k), Maj Charles F. Morse
    • 13th New Jersey: Col Ezra A. Carman
      Ezra A. Carman
      Ezra Ayers Carman was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commanding a New Jersey infantry regiment and a brigade.-Early life:...

    • 107th New York: Col Nirom M. Crane
    • 3rd Wisconsin: Col William Hawley, Ltc Martin Flood

    Second Division

        
    BG John W. Geary
    John W. Geary
    John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War...

    1st Brigade

      
    Col Charles Candy
    Charles Candy
    Charles Candy was a career soldier in the United States Army who served as an officer in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War...

    • 5th Ohio
      5th Ohio Infantry
      The 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from southwestern Ohio that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving in both the Eastern and Western Theaters in a series of campaigns and battles....

      : Col John H. Patrick
    • 7th Ohio: Col William R. Creighton, Ltc O. J. Crane
    • 29th Ohio: Cpt Wilbur F. Stevens (w), Cpt Edward Hayes
    • 66th Ohio
      66th Ohio Infantry
      The 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 66th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp McArthur in Urbana, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 17, 1861 under the command of Colonel Charles Candy.The...

      : Ltc Eugene Powell, Maj Joshua G. Palmer (mw)
    • 28th Pennsylvania: Cpt John Flynn
    • 147th Pennsylvania (8 companies): Ltc Ario Pardee, Jr.
      Ario Pardee, Jr.
      Ario Pardee, Jr. was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He rose to fame during the Battle of Gettysburg, where he led the defense of a portion of Culp's Hill on July 3, 1863. A monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorates the spot as "Pardee Field."-Early life:Ario ...

      , Maj George Harney
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col George A. Cobham, Jr.
    George A. Cobham, Jr.
    George Ashworth Cobham, Jr. commanded a regiment in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle.-Early life:...



      
    BG Thomas L. Kane
    Thomas L. Kane
    Thomas Leiper Kane was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War...

     

      
    • 29th Pennsylvania: Col William Rickards, Jr., Ltc Samuel M. Zulick
    • 109th Pennsylvania: Cpt Frederick L. Gimber
    • 111th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas M. Walker, Col George A. Cobham, Jr. Ltc Thomas M. Walker
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG George S. Greene
    George S. Greene
    George Sears Greene was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States. His greatest contribution during the war was his defense of the Union right flank at Culp's...

     (w)
    • 60th New York: Col Abel Godard, Ltc John C. O. Redington
    • 78th New York: Ltc Herbert von Hammerstein, Maj William H. Randall (w)
    • 102nd New York: Col James C. Lane (w), Cpt Lewis R. Stegman
    • 137th New York: Col David Ireland
      David Ireland (colonel)
      David Ireland was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Commanding the 137th New York Infantry Regiment, he played a key defensive role on Culp's Hill in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

      , Ltc Robert S. Van Vorhees
    • 149th New York: Col Henry A. Barnum, Ltc Charles B. Randall (w)
    Reporting directly Lockwood's Brigade

      
    BG Henry H. Lockwood
    • 1st Maryland, Potomac Home Brigade
      1st Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade
      The 1st Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

      : Col William P. Maulsby
    • 1st Maryland, Eastern Shore: Col James Wallace
    • 150th New York: Col John H. Ketcham, Ltc Charles G. Bartlett, Maj Alfred B. Smith
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Lt Edward D. Muhlenberg
    Edward D. Muhlenberg
    Edward Duchman Muhlenberg was an American civil engineer in the railroad industry and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He commanded an artillery brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg while only a lieutenant...

    • 1st New York Light, Battery M: Lt Charles E. Winegar
      Charles E. Winegar
      Charles E. Winegar commanded an artillery battery in the Union service during the American Civil War.-Early in the War:Battery M, First New York Artillery was organized at Lockport, New York in September of 1861, and mustered in at Rochester, New York on October 14, 1861. George W. Cothran of...

    • Pennsylvania Light, Battery E: Lt Charles A. Atwell
    • 4th United States, Battery F: Lt Sylvanus T. Rugg
      Sylvanus T. Rugg
      Sylvanus Tunning Rugg was an officer in the Union Army who commanded an artillery battery at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, as well as in other leading battles of the Army of the Potomac. He also served in the Western Theater late in his career.-Biography:Rugg was born in...

    • 5th United States
      5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
      The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...

      , Battery K: Lt David H. Kinzie

    Cavalry Corps

    MG Alfred Pleasonton
    Alfred Pleasonton
    Alfred Pleasonton was a United States Army officer and General of Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg Campaign, including the largest predominantly cavalry battle of the war, Brandy Station...



    Headquarter Guards:
    • 1st Ohio
      1st Ohio Cavalry
      The 1st Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Ohio Cavalry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 17-October 30, 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Owen P. Ransom.The...

      , Company A: Cpt Noah Jones (Second Division)
    • 1st Ohio
      1st Ohio Cavalry
      The 1st Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Ohio Cavalry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio August 17-October 30, 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Owen P. Ransom.The...

      , Company C: Cpt Samuel N. Stanford (Third Division)

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division

        
    BG John Buford
    John Buford
    John Buford, Jr. was a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War, with a prominent role at the start of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early years:...

    1st Brigade

      
    Col William Gamble
    William Gamble (USA)
    William Gamble was a civil engineer and a Union cavalry officer in the American Civil War.-Early life:...

    • 8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
      John Lourie Beveridge
      John Lourie Beveridge was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.- References :...

    • 12th Illinois
      12th Illinois Cavalry
      The 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment was a volunteer cavalry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.- History :The 12th Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler in February 1862...

       (4 companies) and 3rd Indiana (6 companies): Col George H. Chapman
    • 8th New York: Ltc William L. Markell
    2nd Brigade

      
    Col Thomas Devin
    Thomas Devin
    Thomas Casimer Devin was an United States Army officer and general. He commanded Union cavalry during the American Civil War and during the Indian Wars.-Early life:...

    • 6th New York (6 companies): Maj William E. Beardsley
    • 9th New York: Col William Sackett
    • 17th Pennsylvania: Col Josiah H. Kellogg
    • 3rd West Virginia
      3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry was organized in western Virginia between December, 1861...

      , Companies A and C: Cpt Seymour B. Conger
    Reserve Brigade

      
    BG Wesley Merritt
    Wesley Merritt
    Wesley Merritt was a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He is noted for distinguished service in the cavalry.-Early life:...

    • 6th Pennsylvania
      6th Pennsylvania Cavalry
      The 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry was a Union cavalry regiment during the American Civil War. They were known for their early use of 15-foot lances, and were called "Rush's Lancers."-History:...

      : Maj James H. Haseltine
    • 1st United States
      U.S. 1st Cavalry Regiment
      The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a unit in the United States Army which has its antecedents in the early 19th Century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons. To this day, the unit's Special Designation is "First Regiment of Dragoons".-Origins:The "United States Regiment of Dragoons"...

      : Cpt Richard S. C. Lord
    • 2nd United States: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough
      Theophilus Francis Rodenbough
      Theophilus Francis Rodenbough was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Gettysburg Campaign at the Battle of Trevilian Station. After his retirement...

    • 5th United States
      U.S. 5th Cavalry Regiment
      The 5th Cavalry Regiment is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service in the decade prior to the American Civil War and continues in modified organizational format in the U.S. Army.-Nineteenth century:...

      : Cpt Julius W. Mason
    • 6th United States
      U.S. 6th Cavalry Regiment
      The 6th Cavalry is a historic regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War. It currently is organized into aviation squadrons that are assigned to several different combat aviation brigades.-Civil War:The 6th U.S...

      : Maj Samuel H. Starr
      Samuel H. Starr
      Samuel Henry Starr was a career United States Army Officer, regimental commander and prisoner of war. A collection of his letters provide a rare view of military life, the War with Mexico, Indian conflicts, the Civil War, his fall from grace, recovery and post Civil War service...

       (w), Lt Louis H. Carpenter
      Louis H. Carpenter
      Louis Henry Carpenter was a United States Army brigadier general and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the American Indian Wars....

      , Lt Nicholas M. Nolan
      Nicholas M. Nolan
      Nicholas Merritt Nolan was a United States Army major. He began his military career on December 9, 1852 as an artilleryman then served in the 2nd Dragoons. He started as a private and rose through the ranks becoming a First Sergeant. He was commissioned an officer in late 1862 in the Regular Army...

      , Cpt Ira W. Claflin (w)

    Second Division

        
    BG David McM. Gregg
    1st Brigade

      
    Col John B. McIntosh
    John Baillie McIntosh
    John Baillie McIntosh , although born in Florida, served as a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War. His brother, James M...

    • 1st Maryland (11 companies): Ltc James M. Deems
    • Purnell (Maryland) Legion, Company A: Cpt Robert E. Duvall
    • 1st Massachusetts: Ltc Greely S. Curtis
    • 1st New Jersey: Maj Myron H. Beaumont
    • 1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor
    • 3rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward S. Jones
    • 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Section, Battery H: Cpt William D. Rank
    3rd Brigade

      
    Col John I. Gregg
    • 1st Maine (10 companies): Ltc Charles H. Smith
    • 10th New York: Maj M. Henry Avery
    • 4th Pennsylvania: Ltc William E. Doster
    • 16th Pennsylvania: Col John K. Robison

    Third Division

        
    BG Judson Kilpatrick
    1st Brigade

      
    BG Elon J. Farnsworth
    Elon J. Farnsworth
    Elon John Farnsworth was a Union Army cavalry general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and career:...

     (k)

      
    Col Nathaniel P. Richmond
    • 5th New York: Maj John Hammond
    • 18th Pennsylvania, Lieut: Col William P. Brinton
    • 1st Vermont
      1st Vermont Cavalry
      The 1st Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Cavalry was a three years' cavalry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater from November 1861 to August 1865, in the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac....

      : Col Addison W. Preston
    • 1st West Virginia
      1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st West Virginia Cavalry was organized at Wheeling, Clarksburg, and Morgantown in western Virginia between July 10 and November 25, 1861.An analysis of...

       (10 companies): Col Nathaniel P. Richmond, Maj Charles E. Capehart
      Charles E. Capehart
      Charles E. Capehart was an officer in the U.S. Cavalry during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for action following the Battle of Gettysburg on July 4, 1863.-Military service:...

    2nd Brigade
    Michigan Brigade
    The Michigan Brigade, sometimes called the Wolverines, the Michigan Cavalry Brigade or Custer's Brigade, was a brigade of cavalry in the volunteer Union Army during the latter half of the American Civil War...



      
    BG George A. Custer
    • 1st Michigan
      1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...

      : Col Charles H. Town
    • 5th Michigan
      5th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...

      : Col Russell A. Alger
      Russell A. Alger
      Russell Alexander Alger was the 20th Governor and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and also U.S. Secretary of War during the Presidential administration of William McKinley...

    • 6th Michigan
      6th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 6th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...

      : Col George Gray
    • 7th Michigan
      7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
      The 7th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed Michigan Brigade, commanded for a time by Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer.-Service:...

      : (10 companies): Col William D. Mann

    Horse Artillery
    U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade
    The Horse Artillery Brigade of the Army of the Potomac was a brigade of various batteries of horse artillery during the American Civil War.Made up almost entirely of individual, company-strength batteries from the Regular Army’s five artillery regiments, the Horse Artillery operated under the...

    1st Brigade

      
    Cpt James M. Robertson
    James Madison Robertson
    James Madison Robertson was an artillery officer in the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 9th Michigan Battery: Cpt Jabez J. Daniels
    • 6th New York Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
    • 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward Heaton
    • 2nd United States, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
      Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr.
      Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr. , was an artillery officer and brigadier general in the United States Army and a veteran of both the American Civil War and Spanish-American War.-Early life and career:...

    • 4th United States, Battery E: Lt Samuel S. Elder
      Samuel Sherer Elder
      Samuel Sherer Elder was a career soldier in the United States Army, and a battery commander in the famed U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade.- Biography :...

    2nd Brigade

      
    Cpt John C. Tidball
    John C. Tidball
    John Caldwell Tidball was a career military officer, noted for his service in the horse artillery in the cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

    • 1st United States, Batteries E and G: Cpt Alanson M. Randol
      Alanson Merwin Randol
      Alanson Merwin Randol was an army officer in the artillery and cavalry during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    • 1st United States, Battery K: Cpt William M. Graham, Jr.
      William Montrose Graham, Jr.
      William Montrose Graham, Jr. , was a career soldier in the United States Army, reaching the rank of major general. He was a veteran of both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.-Biography:...

    • 2nd United States, Battery A: Lt John H. Calef
      John Haskell Calef
      John Haskell Calef was a career artillery officer in the United States Army, and a veteran of the American Civil War.-Biography:...


    Artillery Reserve

    BG Robert O. Tyler
    Robert O. Tyler
    Robert Ogden Tyler was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best known as the commander of the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac, including at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where many of his batteries played...




    Cpt James M. Robertson

    Headquarter Guard:
    • 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller

    Brigade Batteries
    1st Regular Brigade

      
    Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
    Dunbar R. Ransom
    -Early life:Dunbar Ransom was born at Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 10, 1831 but moved to Vermont. He is listed as the eldest son of Col Truman B. Ransom and brother of Gen Thomas E. G. Ransom. On June 7, 1855 Ransom was appointed from civilian life as a 2nd lieutenant in the Third U....

    • 1st United States, Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin (w), Lt Philip D. Mason
    • 3rd United States, Batteries F and K: Lt John G. Turnbull
    • 4th United States, Battery C: Lt Evan Thomas
    • 5th United States
      5th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
      The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages that date back further.-Distinctive Unit Insignia:*Description...

      , Battery C: Lt Gulian V. Weir (w)
    1st Volunteer Brigade

      
    Ltc Freeman McGilvery
    Freeman McGilvery
    Freeman McGilvery was a United States Army artillery officer during the American Civil War. He gained fame at the Battle of Gettysburg for taking the initiative to piece together a line of guns that greatly contributed to the Union victory.-Biography:McGilvery was born in Prospect, Maine...

    • Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery (E): Cpt Charles A. Phillips
    • Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery: Cpt John Bigelow (w), Lt Richard S. Milton
    • New York Light, 15th Battery: Cpt Patrick Hart (w), Lt Andrew R. McMahon
    • Pennsylvania Light, Batteries C and F: Cpt James Thompson (w)
    2nd Volunteer Brigade

      
    Cpt Elijah D. Taft
    Elijah D. Taft
    -Pre-War:Elijah D. Taft was born in Mamaroneck, New York April 28, 1819. He worked as a carpenter in Brooklyn, New York. Taft entered a New York militia unit, rising to the rank of captain by the year 1855. In the same year Taft stood for political office in Brooklyn. He was nominated by the...

    • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
    • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
    • Connecticut Light, 2nd Battery: Cpt John W. Sterling
    • New York Light, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
    3rd Volunteer Brigade

      
    Cpt James F. Huntington
    • New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
      1st New Hampshire Light Battery
      1st New Hampshire Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st New Hampshire Artillery was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire and mustered in September 21, 1861 for three years service under Captain George A. Gerrish.The...

      : Cpt Frederick M. Edgell
    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
      Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
      Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Huntington's Battery.-Service:...

      : Lt George W. Norton
    • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Batteries F and G: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts
      R. Bruce Ricketts
      Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

    • West Virginia Light, Battery C: Cpt Wallace Hill
    4th Volunteer Brigade

      
    Cpt Robert H. Fitzhugh
    • Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
      6th Maine Battery
      6th Maine Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Maine Battery was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for three years' service on January 1, 1862 under the command of Captain Freeman McGilvery.The battery was attached...

      : Lt Edwin B. Dow
    • Maryland Light, Battery A: Cpt James H. Rigby
    • New Jersey Light, 1st Battery: Lt Augustin N. Parsons
    • 1st New York Light, Battery G: Cpt Nelson Ames
    • 1st New York Light, Battery K: Cpt Robert H. Fitzhugh
    Train Guard
  • 4th New Jersey Infantry (7 companies): Maj Charles Ewing
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