Battle of Chaffin's Farm order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

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Military rank

Other

Army of the James

See main article: Army of the James. MG Benjamin F. Butler

X Corps

See main article: X Corps (Union Army). MG David B. Birney

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First Division
    BG Alfred H. Terry
1st Brigade  Col Francis B. Pond (w)
   Col Thomas Mulcahy
   Ltc Alvin C. Voris
2nd Brigade  Col Joseph C. Abbott
3rd Brigade  Col Harris M. Plaisted
Second Division
    BG Robert Sanford Foster
1st Brigade  Col Rufus Daggett (w)
   Ltc Albert M. Barney
2nd Brigade  Col Galusha Pennypacker
3rd Brigade  Col Louis Bell
Third Division
    (incomplete)
1st Brigade  BG William Birney
ArtilleryArtillery Brigade  Col Richard H. Jackson
  • 1st Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery
  • 4th Battery, New Jersey Light Artillery
  • 5th Battery, New Jersey Light Artillery
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E
  • 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Batteries C and D
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery M
  • 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D

XVIII Corps

See main article: XVIII Corps (Union Army). MG Edward O. C. Ord (w) September 29
BG Charles A. Heckman
BG Godfrey Weitzel[2]

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First Division
    BG George J. Stannard (w)
    Colonel James Jourdan[3]
    BG Gilman Marston
1st Brigade  Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens (w)
   Ltc Thomas Mulcahy temp Sept 29
   Ltc John B. Raulston
2nd Brigade  BG Hiram Burnham (k)
   Col Michael Donohoe (w)
   Ltc Stephen Moffitt temp 29 Sept
   Col Edgar M. Cullen
3rd Brigade  Col Samuel H. Roberts (w)
   Ltc Stephen H. Moffitt
Second Division
    BG Charles A. Heckman
     Col Harrison S. Fairchild[4]
     BG Charles A. Heckman
1st Brigade  Col James Jourdan
   Col George M. Guion
2nd Brigade  Col Edward H. Ripley
3rd Brigade  Col Harrison S. Fairchild
Third Division[5]
    BG Charles J. Paine
1st Brigade  Col John Henry Holman
2nd Brigade  Col Alonzo G. Draper
3rd Brigade  Col Samuel A. Duncan (w)
   Col John W. Ames
Unattached
  • U.S. Sharpshooters
ArtilleryArtillery Brigade  Maj George B. Cook
  • 2nd New York Light Artillery, Battery H
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery E
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery K
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery M
  • 7th Battery, New York Light Artillery
  • 16th Battery, New York Light Artillery
  • 17th Battery, New York Light Artillery
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A
  • 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F

Cavalry

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Cavalry Division
    BG August V. Kautz
1st Brigade  Col Robert M. West
2nd Brigade  Col Samuel P. Spear
Artillery

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps
  2. http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0088&node=waro0088%3A2&view=image&seq=1148&size=100 Official Records Volume XLII, part II, page 1146
  3. Sommers p.575
  4. Fairchild temporarily commanded the 2nd Division in conjunction with his own 3rd Brigade when Heckman commanded the corps (Eicher p.230) though Colonel James Anderson may have assumed brigade command until his death (Sommers p. 575). Some reports say Colonel James Jourdan was in temporary command of the division by order of General Heckman (Sommers p.575)
  5. Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.