Battle of Ball's Bluff order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Ball's Bluff of the American Civil War, fought from October 20 to October 24, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, also known as the Battle of Leesburg or the Battle of Harrison's Island. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union Forces Around Ball's Bluff and Edwards' Ferry

Army of the Potomac

See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George B. McClellan (not present)

Corps of Observation

BG Charles Pomeroy Stone

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Stones' Division[1]
(Corps of Observation)
    BG Charles Pomeroy Stone
First Brigade
  BG Frederick W. Lander

Col Ira Grosvenor

Col Edward Hinks

Col William Raymond Lee (c)

Second Brigade
  BG Willis A. Gorman

Col Napoleon J.T. Dana

Col George W.B. Tompkins

Col William LeDew

Third Brigade

  Col Edward D. Baker (k)

Ltc Isaac J. Wistar (w)

Col Joshua T. Owen

Col DeWitt C. Baxter

Col Turner G. Morehead

Unassigned Regiments

Col Charles Devens (w)

Cavalry

Cpt George Thistleton

Artillery

Lt George A. Woodruff

Cpt Thomas F. Vaughn

  • 2nd New York State Militia Artillery Detachment
  • 6th New York Independent Battery: Cpt Thomas B. Bunting

References

Notes

  1. The "Official Records" and most secondary sources like Dyer's Compendium reverse the listing of Lander's and Gorman's brigades, assign the 15th Massachusetts and 42nd New York to Gorman's brigade, and do not include the Putnam Rangers as part of General Stone's attached cavalry. The information above, however, was taken from Record Group 393 (Corps of Observation Records, National Archives, Washington, DC) which contains the actual orders and correspondence of Stone's division.
  2. Book: Ellis, Alden C.. The Massachusetts Andrew Sharpshooters. 2012. McFarland. US. 978-0-7864-6489-0. 96. 2012-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509023546/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-6489-0. 2012-05-09.