Kernstown I Union order of battle
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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 First Battle of Kernstown
Battle of Kernstown I
The First Battle of Kernstown was fought on March 23, 1862, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, the opening battle of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War....

 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...

. The Confederate order of battle
Kernstown I Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Kernstown of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.-Military rank:* Gen = General* LTG = Lieutenant General...

 is shown separately.

Military rank

  • Gen = General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

  • LTG = Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

  • 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...

  • Sgt = Sergeant
    Sergeant
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Union Forces Around Kernstown

BG James Shields
James Shields
James Shields was an American politician and United States Army officer who was born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland. Shields, a Democrat, is the only person in United States history to serve as a U.S. Senator for three different states...


Division Brigade Regiment or Other

First Division

    
BG James Shields
James Shields
James Shields was an American politician and United States Army officer who was born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland. Shields, a Democrat, is the only person in United States history to serve as a U.S. Senator for three different states...

 (wounded previous day)

    
Col Nathan Kimball
Nathan Kimball
Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War...

First Brigade

    
Col Nathan Kimball
Nathan Kimball
Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War...

  • 14th Indiana Infantry
    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...

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

  • 8th Ohio Infantry
    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...

     - 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...

  • 67th Ohio Infantry
    67th Ohio Infantry
    The 67th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 67th Ohio Infantry was organized by consolidation of recruits for the 67th Ohio Infantry and 45th Ohio Infantry and mustered in for three years service under the command of...

     - Ltc Alvin C. Voris
  • 84th Pennsylvania Infantry - Col William G. Murrey (k)
Second Brigade

    
Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan was an Indiana lawyer, antebellum United States Navy officer, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was among a handful of former Navy officers who later served as infantry generals during the war.-Early life and career:Jeremiah C....

  • 5th Ohio Infantry
    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....

     - Ltc John H. Patrick
  • 39th Illinois Infantry (not engaged) - Col Thomas O. Osborn
    Thomas O. Osborn
    Thomas Ogden Osborn was an American lawyer, soldier, and diplomat who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also the U.S. Minister to Argentina from 1874–85.-Early life and career:...

  • 13th Indiana Infantry
    13th Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during theAmerican Civil War.- Service :The 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was originally accepted for state service for one year and was organized at Indianapolis for the U. S. service by volunteers from the...

     - Ltc Robert S. Foster
    Robert Sanford Foster
    Robert Sanford Foster was a Union general during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign.-Biography:...

  • 62nd Ohio Infantry
    62nd Ohio Infantry
    The 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 62nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Zanesville, McConnellsville, and Somerset, Ohio beginning September 17, 1861 and mustered in for three years service on December 24, 1861 under...

     - Col Francis B. Pond
Third Brigade

    
Col Erastus B. Tyler
Erastus B. Tyler
Erastus Bernard Tyler was an American businessman, merchant, and soldier. He was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and fought in many of the early battles in the Eastern Theater before being assigned command of the defenses of Baltimore, Maryland. He briefly commanded the...

  • 7th Indiana Infantry - Ltc John F. Creek
  • 7th Ohio Infantry
    7th Ohio Infantry
    The 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment formed in northeastern Ohio for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

     - Ltc William R. Creighton
  • 29th Ohio Infantry
    29th Ohio Infantry
    The 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Raised in the northeastern part of the state of Ohio, the 29th served with distinction in several battles of the Atlanta Campaign....

     - Col Lewis P. Buckley
  • 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Col William D. Lewis, Jr.
  • 1st West Virginia Infantry Col Thomas Thoburn
Cavalry Brigade

    
Col Thornton F. Brodhead
  • 1st Michigan Cavalry (battalion) - Ltc Joseph T. Copeland
    Joseph T. Copeland
    Joseph Tarr Copeland was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1852 until 1857, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

  • 1st Ohio Cavalry
    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...

     (companies A and C) - Cpt Nathan D. Menken
  • 1st Squadron Pennsylvania Cavalry - Cpt John Keys
  • 1st West Virginia (battalion)
    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...

     - Maj B.F. Chamberlain
  • Independent companies, Maryland cavalry - Cpt Henry A. Cole, Cpt William Firey, and Cpt John Horner
Artillery

    
Ltc Philip Daum
  • Battery H, 1st Ohio Artillery
    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:...

     (not engaged) - Cpt James F. Huntington
  • Battery L, 1st Ohio Artillery - Cap Lucius N. Robinson
  • Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery - Cap Joseph C. Clark, Jr.
  • Battery A, West Virginia Artillery - Cap John Jenks
  • Battery B, West Virginia Artillery
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