Winchester II 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 Second Battle of Winchester 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 is listed separately.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

  • 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

Second Division, VIII Corps
VIII Corps (ACW)
The VIII Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.- Creation and early service :The corps was initially created out of various Union commands as part of the Middle Department in the Shenandoah Valley on July 12, 1862, and was placed under the command of Major General John...

MG Robert H. Milroy
Robert H. Milroy
Robert Huston Milroy was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.-Early life:...


Brigades Regiments and batteries
1st Brigade


BG Washington Lafayette Elliott
Washington Lafayette Elliott
Washington Lafayette Elliott was a Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He led a division of IV Corps at the Battle of Nashville in 1864. In 1866, he was awarded the honorary grade of brevet major general, U.S. Army.-Early life and career:Elliott was born on March...

  • 110th Ohio
    110th Ohio Infantry
    The 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 110th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Piqua in Piqua, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on October 3, 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph Warren Keifer.The...

    : Col J. Warren Keifer
    J. Warren Keifer
    Joseph Warren Keifer was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911...

    , Ltc William N. Foster
  • 116th Ohio
    116th Ohio Infantry
    The 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 116th Ohio Infantry was organized Marietta and Gallipolis, Ohio and mustered in September 18, 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel James Washburn...

    : Ltc Thomas F. Wildes
  • 122nd Ohio
    122nd Ohio Infantry
    The 122nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 122nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Zanesville, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 30, 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Ball...

    : Ltc Moses M. Granger
  • 87th Pennsylvania
    87th Pennsylvania Infantry
    The 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 87th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at York, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three year enlistment in September 1861 under the command of Colonel George...

    : Col John W. Schall
  • 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Lewis B. Pierce
  • 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col James A. Gallagher
  • 1st West Virginia Artillery, Battery D: Cpt John Carlin
2nd Brigade


Col William G. Ely
  • 18th Connecticut: Col William G. Ely
  • 5th Maryland
  • 123rd Ohio
    123rd Ohio Infantry
    The 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 123rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Monroeville in Huron County, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 24, 1862 under the command of Colonel William T...

    : Col William T. Wilson
  • 12th West Virginia
    12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was particularly distinguished for its successful attack on Fort Gregg during the 1864 Siege of Petersburg, receiving a golden eagle for its...

    : Col John B. Klunk
  • 1st West Virginia Cavalry
    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...

    , Company K: Cpt Weston Rowand
  • 3rd West Virginia Cavalry
    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 D and E: Cpt James R. Utt
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery L: Lt Wallace F. Randolph
  • 1st Massachusetts Artillery, Company I
3rd Brigade


Col Andrew T. McReynolds
  • 6th Maryland: Col John W. Horn
  • 67th Pennsylvania: Ltc H. B. Burnham
  • 106th New York Infantry:
  • 1st New York Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn
  • Baltimore Battery, Maryland Light Artillery: Cpt F. W. Alexander
Heavy Artillery


Cpt William F. Martins
  • 14th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
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