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

 units and commanders fought in the Battle of Globe Tavern
Battle of Globe Tavern
The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under...

 (August 18-21, 1864) 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...

. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns.

Military Rank

  • MG = Major General
    Major General
    Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier General
    Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...

  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel
    Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant colonel
    Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

  • Maj = Major
    Major
    Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army 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...


Other

  • (w) = wound
    Wound
    A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.-Open:...

    ed
  • (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...


V Corps
V Corps (ACW)
The V Corps was a unit of the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.-1862:The corps was first organized briefly under Nathaniel P. Banks, but then permanently on May 18, 1862, designated as the "V Corps Provisional"...

MG 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...

 

Escort: Lt John C. Paul
  • 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)

Provost Guard: Maj Henry W. Rider
  • 5th New York (battalion)

Ambulance Train: Cpt William F. Drum
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


BG Charles Griffin
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...

  • 121st Pennsylvania
  • 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...

  • 143rd Pennsylvania
  • 149th Pennsylvania
  • 150th Pennsylvania
  • 187th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col Edgar M. Gregory
  • 32nd Massachusetts
  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 91st Pennsylvania
  • 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....

3rd Brigade


Col James Gwyn
  • 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:...

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

  • 1st Michigan
    1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
    The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 16, 1861...

  • 16th Michigan
    16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 16th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 16th Michigan Infantry was organized at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan between July and September, 1861. Among the soldiers in the 16th was future Michigan...

  • 44th New York
  • 83rd Pennsylvania
  • 118th Pennsylvania

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


BG Joseph Hayes (c) Aug 19


Col Frederick Winthrop
  • 5th New York
    5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Regiment was known as the "Duryea's Zouaves."-Service:...

    : Col Frederick Winthrop
  • 140th New York
    140th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 140th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a Federal Regiment that was mustered on September 13, 1862 and was mustered out on June 3, 1865. Citizens of Monroe County comprising the majority of its members...

  • 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...

  • 10th U.S. Infantry (3 companies)
  • 11th U.S. Infantry
  • 12th U.S. Infantry
  • 14th U.S. Infantry
  • 17th U.S. Infantry
2nd Brigade


Col Nathan T. Dushane (k) Aug 21


Col Samuel A. Graham
  • 1st Maryland
  • 4th Maryland
  • 7th Maryland
  • 8th Maryland
  • Purnell (Maryland) Legion: Col Samuel A. Graham
3rd Brigade


Ltc Michael Wiedrich
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery

Third Division


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 Peter Lyle
  • 16th Maine
  • 39th Massachusetts
  • 104th New York
  • 90th Pennsylvania
  • 107th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


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...

 


Col Charles Wheelock
  • 94th New York
  • 97th New York
  • 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:...

  • 88th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


Col William R. Hartshorne
  • 190th Pennsylvania
  • 191st Pennsylvania

Fourth Division


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...

 (w) Aug 21
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 Edward S. Bragg
Edward S. Bragg
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg was a Democratic politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887 and subsequently served as a foreign diplomat.-Early life and career:Born in Unadilla, New York, Bragg attended...

  • 7th Indiana
    7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 years)
    The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 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:...

  • 24th Michigan
  • 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters
  • 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:...

  • 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:...

2nd Brigade


Col J. William Hofmann
  • 3rd Delaware
  • 4th Delaware
  • 76th New York
  • 95th New York
  • 147th New York
  • 56th Pennsylvania
  • 157th Pennsylvania (battalion)
Provost Guard
  • Independet (Wisconsin) Battalion
  • 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...

    • Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery (C)
    • Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery (E)
    • Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
    • 1st New York Light, Battery B
    • 1st New York Light, Battery C
    • 1st New York Light, Battery D
    • 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L
    • 1st New York Light, Battery H
    • New York Light, 5th Battery
    • New York Light, 15th Battery
    • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
    • 4th United States, Battery B
    • 5th United States, Battery D

    IX Corps
    IX Corps (ACW)
    IX Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War that distinguished itself in combat in multiple theaters: the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.-Formation, Second Bull Run, and Antietam:...

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division


    BG Julius White
    Julius White
    Julius White was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum diplomat.-Civil War:...

    1st Brigade


    Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
    • 21st Massachusetts
      21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
      The 21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized in Worcester, Massachusetts and mustered into service on August 23, 1861....

       (3 companies)
    • 29th Massachusetts
    • 35th Massachusetts
    • 56th Massachusetts
    • 57th Massachusetts
    • 59th Massachusetts
    • 100th Pennsylvania
    2nd Brigade


    Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
    • 3rd Maryland
    • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
    • 179th New York
    • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
    Artillery
  • Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery

  • Second Division


    BG Robert B. Potter
    1st Brigade


    Col Zenas R. Bliss


    Col John I. Curtin
    John I. Curtin
    John Irvin Curtin was a cousin of Pennsylvania governor Andrew Gregg Curtin. He led a regiment and then a brigade in the American Civil War.-Early life:Curtin was born at Eagle Forge, Pennsylvania...

     
    • 36th Massachusetts
    • 58th Massachusetts
    • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
    • 51st New York
    • 45th Pennsylvania
    • 48th Pennsylvania
    • 4th Rhode Island
    2nd Brigade


    BG Simon G. Griffin
    Simon Goodell Griffin
    Simon Goodell Griffin was an American soldier, legislator, farmer and teacher.-Pre-War:Simon G. Griffin was born at Nelson, New Hampshire in 1824. Griffin was a farmer and a teacher at first...

    • 31st Maine
      31st Maine Infantry Regiment
      -Service:The 31st Maine Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine in March and April 1864 and mustered into service on April 17, 1864 for a three year enlistment. The regiment left Maine for Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1864 and was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the...

    • 32nd Maine
      32nd Maine Regiment
      -Service:The 32nd Maine Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine between March 3 and May 6, 1864. Six companies left Maine for Washington, D.C., April 20, 1864. The remaining four companies left Maine for Washington on May 11, 1864 and Joined the rest of the regiment at North Anna River, Va, on May...

    • 2nd Maryland
    • 6th New Hampshire
      6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
      The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Keene, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 27, 1861.The regiment was attached to...

    • 9th New Hampshire
    • 11th New Hampshire
      11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment
      The 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment was a Union army infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War. It was raised in the New England state of New Hampshire, serving from October 4, 1862, to June 4, 1865....

    • 17th Vermont
    Acting Engineers
  • 7th Rhode Island
  • Artillery
  • Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery
  • New York Light, 19th Battery

  • Third Division


    BG Orlando B. Willcox
    Orlando B. Willcox
    Orlando Bolivar Willcox was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

    1st Brigade


    BG John F. Hartranft
    John F. Hartranft
    John Frederick Hartranft was the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1879 and a Union Major General who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

    • 8th Michigan
      8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 8th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Michigan Infantry was organized at Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan and mustered into Federal service for a three year enlistment on September 23,...

    • 27th Michigan
      27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 27th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 27th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Port Huron, Ovid, and Ypsilanti, Michigan on April 10, 1863.The regiment was mustered out of...

    • 109th New York
    • 13th Ohio Cavalry
      13th Ohio Cavalry
      The 13th Ohio Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 13th Ohio Cavalry was organized by consolidation of the 4th Ohio Independent Battalion Cavalry and 5th Ohio Independent Battalion Cavalry at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio on May 5,...

       (dismounted)
    • 51st Pennsylvania
    • 37th Wisconsin
    • 38th Wisconsin (5 companies)
    2nd Brigade


    Col William Humphrey
    • 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
      1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters
      The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Sharpshooters was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    • 2nd Michigan
    • 20th Michigan
      20th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 20th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 20th Michigan Infantry was organized at Jackson, Michigan between August 15 and August 19, 1862....

    • 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted)
    • 46th New York
    • 60th Ohio
    • 50th Pennsylvania
    Acting Engineers
  • 17th Michigan
    17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 17th Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit, Michigan, between August 8 and August 22, 1862...


  • Cavalry

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Second Division, Cavalry Corps,


    Army of the Potomac
    1st Brigade


    Col William Stedman
    • 1st Massachusetts
    • 1st New Jersey
    • 10th New York
    • 6th Ohio
    • 1st Pennsylvania

    Cavalry Division,


    Army of the James
    2nd Brigade


    Col Samuel P. Spear
    Samuel P. Spear
    -External links:...

    • 1st District of Columbia
    • 11th Pennsylvania
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