Appomattox campaign order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Appomattox campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1] [2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union forces

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

Staff:

Escort:

Headquarters Guard:

Army of the Potomac

See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George G.Meade

II Corps

See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Andrew A. Humphreys

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    Bvt MG Nelson A. Miles

1st Brigade
  Col George W. Scott
  Col George N. Macy
2nd Brigade
  Col Robert Nugent
3rd Brigade
  Bvt BG Henry J. Madill (w, April 2)
  Bvt BG Clinton D. MacDougall
4th Brigade
  Bvt BG John Ramsey
Second Division


    BG William Hays[9]
    BG Thomas A. Smyth
    Bvt MG Francis C. Barlow[10]

1st Brigade
  Col William A. Olmsted
2nd Brigade
  Col James Patrick McIvor
3rd Brigade
  BG Thomas A. Smyth[11] (mw, April 7)
  Col Daniel Woodall
Unattached
Third Division


    Bvt MG Gershom Mott (w, April 6)
    BG Régis de Trobriand

1st Brigade
  BG Régis de Trobriand
  Col Russell B. Shepherd
2nd Brigade
  BG Byron R. Pierce
3rd Brigade
  Bvt BG Robert McAllister
Artillery Brigade
  Ltc John G. Hazzard

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Gouverneur K. Warren[12]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin[13] Escort

Provost Guard

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    Bvt MG Charles Griffin
    Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett

1st Brigade
  BG Joshua L. Chamberlain
2nd Brigade
  Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory
3rd Brigade
  Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett
  Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson

Ltc Henry O'Neill

Second Division


    Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade
  Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (mw, April 1)
  Col James G. Grindlay
  BG Joseph Hayes[15]
  • 5th New York: Cpt Henry Schickhardt, Ltc William F. Drum
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Michael Wiedrich (w, April 1), Maj Louis Eiche
  • 140th New York: Ltc William S. Grantsynn
  • 146th New York: Col James G. Grindlay, Lt Henry Loomis
2nd Brigade
  Bvt BG Andrew W. Denison (w, March 31)
  Col Richard N. Bowerman (w, April 1)
  Col David L. Stanton
3rd Brigade
  Bvt BG James Gwyn
Third Division


    Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade
  Col John A. Kellogg
2nd Brigade
  BG Henry Baxter
3rd Brigade
  Bvt BG Richard Coulter
Unattached
Artillery Brigade
  Bvt BG Charles S. Wainwright
  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Robert E. Rogers
  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery D: Lt Deloss M. Johnson
  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery H: Maj Charles E. Mink
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery, Company M: Cpt William D. Dickey
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt John Mitchell (w, March 29), Lt William P. Vose
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery D and G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles

VI Corps

See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG Horatio G. Wright Escort

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    Bvt MG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade
  Bvt BG William H. Penrose
2nd Brigade
  Bvt BG Joseph E. Hamblin
3rd Brigade
  Col Oliver Edwards
Second Division


    Bvt MG George W. Getty

1st Brigade
  Col James M. Warner
2nd Brigade
  Bvt MG Lewis A. Grant (w, April 2)
  Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
  Col Charles Mundee
  Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
  Bvt MG Lewis A. Grant
3rd Brigade
  Col Thomas W. Hyde
Third Division


    BG Truman Seymour

1st Brigade
  Col William S. Truex
2nd Brigade
  Bvt BG J. Warren Keifer
Artillery Brigade
  Maj Andrew Cowan

IX Corps

See main article: IX Corps (Union Army). MG John G. Parke Provost Guard

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    Bvt MG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade
  Col Samuel Harriman
2nd Brigade
  Col Ralph Ely
3rd Brigade
  Col James Bintliff[22]
  Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
Acting Engineers
Second Division


    Bvt MG Robert B. Potter (w, April 2)
    BG Simon G. Griffin

1st Brigade
  Bvt BG John I. Curtin
2nd Brigade
  BG Simon Goodell Griffin
  Col Walter Harriman

Col Walter Harriman, Cpt Hollis O. Dudley

Third Division


    BG John F. Hartranft

1st Brigade
  Ltc William H. H. McCall
  Col Alfred B. McCalmont
  • 200th Pennsylvania: Maj Jacob Rehrer, Ltc William H. H. McCall
  • 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
  • 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
2nd Brigade
  Col Joseph A. Mathews

Col Robert C. Cox[23]

Artillery Brigade
  Bvt BG John C. Tidball
Cavalry

Col William W. Sanders

Cavalry

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
2nd Division[24]


    MG George Crook

1st Brigade
  Bvt MG Henry E. Davies, Jr.
2nd Brigade
  Bvt BG John Irvin Gregg (c, April 7)
  Col Samuel B. M. Young
3rd Brigade
  Bvt BG Charles H. Smith

Army of the James

See main article: Army of the James. MG Edward O. C. Ord

Chief of Staff: Bvt BG Theodore Read (mw, April 6)

Defenses of Bermuda Hundred

MG George L. Hartsuff

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
Infantry Division


    Bvt MG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade
  Bvt BG Gilbert H. McKibbin

Cpt William Redlick

2nd Brigade
  Col George C. Kibbe
Artillery
  • New York Light Artillery, 33rd Battery: Cpt Alger M. Wheeler
Separate Brigade


    BG Joseph B. Carr

Fort Pocahontas, Virginia
  Ltc Ashbel W. Angel
  • 38th New Jersey (4 companies): Maj William H. Tantum
  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company D: Cpt Wayland F. Ford
  • 16th New York Heavy Artillery, Companies E and H: Cpt Henry C. Thompson
  • 184th New York, Company I: Cpt George Wetmore
Harrison's Landing, Virginia
  Col Wardwell G. Robinson
  • 184th New York: Ltc William P. McKinley
  • 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company I: Lt Horace Hudson
Fort Powhatan, Virginia
  Col William J. Sewell
  • 38th New Jersey (6 companies): Col William J. Sewell
  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company F: Lt John E. Pollard
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (detachment): Lt Frederick Grill
  • 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company E: Cpt Charles W. Emerson
Artillery
  Bvt BG Henry L. Abbot

XXIV Corps

See main article: XXIV Corps (Union Army). MG John Gibbon Headquarters Guard
Cpt Charles E. Thomas

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    BG Robert S. Foster

1st Brigade
  Col Thomas O. Osborn
3rd Brigade
  Col George B. Dandy
4th Brigade
  Col Harrison S. Fairchild
Third Division


    BG Charles Devens

1st Brigade
  Col Edward H. Ripley
2nd Brigade
  Col Michael T. Donohoe
3rd Brigade
  Col Samuel H. Roberts
Independent Division


    Bvt MG John W. Turner

1st Brigade
  Ltc Andrew Potter
2nd Brigade
  Col William B. Curtis
3rd Brigade
  BG Thomas M. Harris
Artillery
  Maj Charles C. Abell
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery E: Cpt George E. Ashby
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Enoch Jones
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery K: Cpt James R. Angel
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery M: Cpt John H. Howell
  • New York Light Artillery, 17th Battery: Cpt George T. Anthony
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A: Cpt William Stitt
  • 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F: Lt Charles E. Guild
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Samuel S. Elder
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L: Lt Henry C. Hasbrouck
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A: Lt Charles P. Muhlenberg
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F: Lt Henry B. Beecher

XXV Corps

See main article: XXV Corps (Union Army). MG Godfrey Weitzel Provost Guard

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    Bvt MG August V. Kautz

1st Brigade
  Bvt BG Alonzo G. Draper

Ltc Ira C. Terry

2nd Brigade
  BG Edward A. Wild
3rd Brigade
  BG Henry G. Thomas
Attached Brigade[30]
  Bvt BG Charles S. Russell

Ltc Edward H. Powell

Cavalry
  • 2nd U.S. Colored Troops Cavalry: Col George W. Cole
Second Division


    BG William Birney

1st Brigade
  Col James Shaw, Jr.
2nd Brigade
  Col Ulysses Doubleday

Col Llewellyn F. Haskell

Maj Theodore C. Glazier

3rd Brigade
  Col William W. Woodward

Col Henry C. Ward

Artillery Brigade
  Cpt Loomis L. Langdon
  • Connecticut Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt James B. Clinton
  • New Jersey Light Artillery, 4th Battery: Cpt Charles R. Doane
  • New Jersey Light Artillery, 5th Battery: Cpt Zenas C. Warren
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E: Cpt Henry Y. Wildey
  • 3rd Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C: Cpt Martin S. James
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery D: Lt Redmond Tully
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery M: Lt Egbert W. Olcott
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D: Cpt Frederick M. Follett

Cavalry

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
Cavalry Division


    BG Ranald S. Mackenzie

1st Brigade
  Col Robert M. West
  • 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Chistopher Kleinz
  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler[31]
  • 20th New York Cavalry (8 companies): Ltc David M. Evans[32]
2nd Brigade
  Col Samuel P. Spear (w, April 1)
  Col Andrew W. Evans[33]
Artillery

Army of the Shenandoah

See main article: Union Army of the Shenandoah. MG Philip H. Sheridan

Chief of staff: Col James Forsyth[34]

Cavalry Corps

MG Wesley Merritt

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others
First Division


    BG Thomas C. Devin

1st Brigade
  Col Peter Stagg
2nd Brigade
  Col Charles L. Fitzhugh

Ltc Gabriel Middleton

3rd (Reserve) Brigade
  BG Alfred Gibbs
Artillery
Third Division


    Bvt MG George A. Custer

1st Brigade
  Col Alexander C. M. Pennington Jr.
2nd Brigade
  Col William Wells
3rd Brigade
  Col Henry Capehart

References

Notes and References

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 564-580
  2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the campaign.
  3. Disabled, April 2.
  4. Commanding detachment at Washington, D. C., the remainder of regiment serving in the field under Bvt. Colonel Ira Spaulding and other subordinate officers.
  5. In command from April 6.
  6. Attached from VI Corps.
  7. Attached from II Corps.
  8. Temporarily disabled April 2.
  9. Assigned to command of Artillery Reserve April 6.
  10. Assigned April 6.
  11. Succeeded General Hays in command of division April 6; was relieved the same day by assignment of General Barlow, and resumed command of Third Brigade. Mortally wounded April 7. During the time Smyth commanded the division, Colonel Woodall commanded the Third Brigade, which he resumed April 7, when Smyth was wounded.
  12. Relieved of command, April 1.
  13. In command from April 1.
  14. Brady's and Jardine's companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached.
  15. In command from April 3.
  16. Consolidated April 1 and commanded by Major Funk.
  17. In command part of April 2.
  18. Commanded 3rd and 4th Vermont on March 31.
  19. In command from April 4.
  20. Sick from April 2.
  21. In command April 2.
  22. In command from April 2.
  23. In command of brigade parts of April 2 and 3.
  24. Temporarily assigned April 1 to Sheridan's cavalry command.
  25. Detached with Artillery Brigade, IX Army Corps.
  26. On expedition into North Carolina.
  27. Provost guard at division headquarters.
  28. Detached at Bermuda Hundred.
  29. Detached from First Brigade, Second Division.
  30. Detached from Third Brigade, Second Division.
  31. Detached from its regiment.
  32. Left behind in camp; advanced into Richmond April 3 under orders of Gen. Godfrey Weitzel.
  33. Calkins, p. 89.
  34. Marvel, p. 177.