Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union explained
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864,[1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4] [5]
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
Other
Forces operating against Richmond May 31-June 5, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. Grant
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:[6]
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
Unattached:
II Corps
See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
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First Division
BG Francis C. Barlow | 1st Brigade Col Nelson A. Miles |
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2nd Brigade Col Richard Byrnes (mw) Col Patrick Kelly |
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3rd Brigade Col Clinton D. MacDougall |
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4th Brigade Col John R. Brooke (w) Col Orlando H. Morris (k) Col Lewis O. Morris (k) Col James A. Beaver |
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Second Division
BG John Gibbon | 1st Brigade Col H. Boyd McKeen (k) Col Frank A. Haskell (k) BG Byron R. Pierce[11] |
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2nd Brigade BG Joshua T. Owen |
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3rd Brigade Col Thomas A. Smyth |
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4th Brigade BG Robert O. Tyler (w) Col James P. McIvor |
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Provost Guard | - 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
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Third Division
MG David B. Birney | 1st Brigade Col Thomas W. Egan |
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2nd Brigade Col Thomas R. Tannatt |
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3rd Brigade BG Gershom Mott |
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4th Brigade Col William R. Brewster |
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| Artillery Brigade
Col John C. Tidball | - Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
- Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery
- New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
- 1st New York Light, Battery G
- 4th New York Heavy[14]
- New York Light, 11th Battery
- New York Light, 12th Battery
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
- 4th United States, Battery K
- 5th United States, Batteries C and I
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V Corps
See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
- 12th New York Battalion[15]
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First Division
BG Charles Griffin | 1st Brigade BG Romeyn B. Ayres | - 5th New York
- 140th New York
- 146th New York
- 91st Pennsylvania
- 155th Pennsylvania
- 2nd United States, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
- 11th United States, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
- 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
- 14th United States, 1st Battalion
- 17th United States, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
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2nd Brigade Col Jacob B. Sweitzer |
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3rd Brigade BG Joseph J. Bartlett |
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Second Division
BG Henry H. Lockwood[20] BG Samuel W. Crawford[21] | 1st Brigade Col Peter Lyle |
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2nd Brigade Col James L. Bates |
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3rd Brigade Col Nathan D. Dushane |
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Third Division
BG Samuel W. Crawford | 1st Brigade Col Martin Davis Hardin |
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3rd Brigade Col Joseph W. Fisher |
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Heavy Artillery Brigade[24] Col J. Howard Kitching |
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Fourth Division BG Lysander Cutler | 1st Brigade Col William W. Robinson |
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2nd Brigade Col J. William Hofmann |
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3rd Brigade Col Edward S. Bragg |
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Provost Guard |
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| Artillery Brigade Col Charles S. Wainwright | - Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery
- Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery
- Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
- 1st New York Light, Battery B
- 1st New York Light, Battery C
- 1st New York Light, Battery D
- 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L
- 1st New York Light, Battery H
- New York Light, 15th Battery
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
- 4th United States, Battery B
- 5th United States, Battery D
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VI Corps
See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
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First Division
BG David A. Russell | 1st Brigade Col William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade BG Emory Upton |
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3rd Brigade BG Henry L. Eustis |
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4th Brigade Col Nelson Cross |
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Second Division
BG Thomas H. Neill | 1st Brigade BG Frank Wheaton |
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2nd Brigade BG Lewis A. Grant |
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3rd Brigade Col Daniel D. Bidwell |
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4th Brigade Col Oliver Edwards |
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Third Division
BG James B. Ricketts | 1st Brigade Col William S. Truex (w) Ltc Caldwell K. Hall Col John W. Schall[27] (w) Ltc Caldwell K. Hall |
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2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Smith |
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| Artillery Brigade Col Charles H. Tompkins | - Maine Light, 4th Battery (D)
- Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
- Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
- New York Light, 1st Battery
- New York Light, 3rd Battery
- 9th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
- 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
- 5th United States, Battery E
- 5th United States, Battery M
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IX Corps
See main article: IX Corps (Union Army). MG Ambrose E. Burnside
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
- Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe
Provost Guard:
Cavalry Corps
See main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army). MG Philip H. Sheridan
Escort:
Artillery
Army of the James
See main article: Army of the James.
XVIII Corps
See main article: XVIII Corps (Union Army). MG William F. Smith[34]
Forces operating against Richmond June 6-12, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. Grant
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:[6]
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
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First Division
BG Francis C. Barlow | 1st Brigade Col Nelson A. Miles[40] |
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2nd Brigade Col Patrick Kelly |
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3rd Brigade Col Clinton D. MacDougall |
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4th Brigade Col James A. Beaver |
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Second Division
BG John Gibbon | 1st Brigade BG Byron R. Pierce |
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2nd Brigade BG Joshua T. Owen Col John Fraser[41] |
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3rd Brigade Col Thomas A. Smyth |
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4th Brigade Col James P. MacIvor Col John Ramsey[42] |
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Provost Guard | - 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
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Third Division
MG David B. Birney | 1st Brigade Col Thomas W. Egan |
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2nd Brigade Col Thomas R. Tannatt |
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3rd Brigade BG Gershom Mott |
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4th Brigade Col William R. Brewster |
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| Artillery Brigade Col John C. Tidball | - Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
- Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery
- New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
- 1st New York Light, Battery G
- 4th New York Heavy
- New York Light, 11th Battery
- New York Light, 12th Battery
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
- 4th United States, Battery K
- 5th United States, Batteries C and I
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V Corps
See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Gouverneur K. Warren[44]
Provost Guard:
- 5th New York, Companies F and E[45]
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First Division
BG Charles Griffin | 1st Brigade[46] Col Edward S. Bragg Col Joshua L. Chamberlain[47] |
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2nd Brigade Col Jacob B. Sweitzer |
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3rd Brigade BG Joseph J. Bartlett |
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Second Division
BG Romeyn B. Ayres | 1st Brigade[50] Col Edgar M. Gregory | - 5th New York
- 140th New York
- 146th New York
- 91st Pennsylvania
- 155th Pennsylvania
- 2nd United States, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
- 11th United States, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
- 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
- 14th United States, 1st Battalion
- 17th United States, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
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2nd Brigade[51] Col Nathan D. Dushane |
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3rd Brigade Col J. Howard Kitching |
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Third Division
BG Samuel W. Crawford | 1st Brigade[52] Col Peter Lyle |
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2nd Brigade[54] Col James L. Bates |
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3rd Brigade Maj William R. Hartshorne Col James Carle[56] |
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Fourth Division BG Lysander Cutler | 1st Brigade Col William W. Robinson Col Edward S. Bragg |
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2nd Brigade Col J. William Hofmann |
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Provost Guard |
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| Artillery Brigade Col Charles S. Wainwright | - Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery
- Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery
- Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
- 1st New York Light, Battery B
- 1st New York Light, Battery C
- 1st New York Light, Battery D
- 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L
- 1st New York Light, Battery H
- New York Light, 15th Battery
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
- 4th United States, Battery B
- 5th United States, Battery D
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VI Corps
See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
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First Division
BG David A. Russell | 1st Brigade Col William H. Penrose |
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2nd Brigade BG Emory Upton |
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3rd Brigade BG Henry L. Eustis[59] Ltc Gideon Clark |
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4th Brigade Col Nelson Cross |
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Second Division
BG Thomas H. Neill | 1st Brigade BG Frank Wheaton |
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2nd Brigade BG Lewis A. Grant |
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3rd Brigade Col Daniel D. Bidwell |
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4th Brigade Col Oliver Edwards |
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Third Division
BG James B. Ricketts | 1st Brigade Ltc Caldwell K. Hall |
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2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Smith |
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| Artillery Brigade Col Charles H. Tompkins | - Maine Light, 4th Battery (D)
- Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
- Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)
- 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
- New York Light, 1st Battery
- New York Light, 3rd Battery
- 9th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
- 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
- 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
- 5th United States, Battery E
- 5th United States, Battery M
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IX Corps
See main article: IX Corps (Union Army). MG Ambrose E. Burnside
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
- Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe
Provost Guard:
Cavalry Corps
See main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army). MG Philip H. Sheridan[69]
Escort:
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First Division BG Alfred T. A. Torbert | 1st Brigade BG George A. Custer |
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2nd Brigade Col Thomas C. Devin |
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Reserve Brigade BG Wesley Merritt |
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Second Division BG David McM. Gregg | 1st Brigade BG Henry E. Davies, Jr. |
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2nd Brigade Col J. Irvin Gregg |
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Third Division BG James H. Wilson | 1st Brigade Col John B. McIntosh |
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2nd Brigade Col George H. Chapman |
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Escort |
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| Horse Artillery Brigade Cpt James M. Robertson | - 1st United States, Batteries H and I
- 1st United States, Battery K
- 2nd United States, Battery A
- 2nd United States, Batteries B and L
- 2nd United States, Battery D
- 2nd United States, Battery M
- 3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K
- 4th United States, Batteries C and E
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Artillery
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Artillery BG Henry J. Hunt | Artillery Park Ltc Freeman McGilvery | - 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
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Army of the James
See main article: Army of the James.
XVIII Corps
See main article: XVIII Corps (Union Army). MG William F. Smith[71]
See also
References
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .
- Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.
- Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc, 2001.
Notes and References
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 198-209
- Gordon C. Rhea, Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 153-165; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 166-183
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 1162-1168
- Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- [15th New York Engineer Regiment|15th New York Engineers]
- At Port Royal, Virginia; joined Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps on June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
- Arrived June 1, 1864
- Detachment 7th New York attached
- Detached at Port Royal, Virginia; rejoined brigade June 5, 1864 (see: Wilder's report)
- Assigned June 4, 1864
- Transferred to First Brigade June 5, 1864
- Attached to the 120th New York
- The First Battalion joined from the VI Corps May 31, 1864, and the Second Battalion from the V Corps May 29, 1864, thus uniting the three battalions
- Transferred to the 5th New York on June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 453; New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment; New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 12th Infantry Regiment)
- 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached
- Gordon C. Rhea in Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle lists the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry in the 1st Brigade (see also: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry)
- Transferred to Ninth Corps on June 3, 1864 (see: Deane's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 543)
- Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached
- Relieved June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 494 and 495)
- Assigned June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 495)
- Left front June 1, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves and 13th Pennsylvania Reserves)
- Left front May 31, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves)
- Transferred to Second Division June 2, 1864
- Transferred to IX Corps on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report)
- Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
- Assumed command June 2, 1864 and wounded June 3, 1864
- Assumed command May 31, 1864
- 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
- 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
- The two Horse Artillery brigades were consolidated under Captain Robertson on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 377)
- Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report)
- Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
- On June 1, 1864 the XVIII Corps was placed under Meade's command (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 466)
- Temporarily attached from X Corps
- Organized temporarily May 30, 1864, and consisted of troops previously known as the Second and Third Divisions of the Tenth Corps
- Assigned June 4, 1864, Brigadier General Devens being relieved on account of ill-health
- Assigned June 5, 1864
- Joined June 5, 1864 (see: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 10th Artillery Regiment)
- Appointed Brigadier General June 9, 1864 with date of rank 12 May 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 389 and 725)
- Assigned June 12, 1864
- Assumed command June 7, 1864
- Veterans and recruits transferred to 5th Michigan June 9, 1864
- The Fifth Corps was reorganized on June 5, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 613-614)
- For Companies F and E, 5th New York as Provost Guard see: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment
- Was the Third brigade, Fourth Division, up to June 6, 1864
- Assigned June 6, 1864
- Joined June 6, 1864
- Ordered home for muster out June 9, 1864
- Was First Brigade, First Division, up to June 6, 1864
- Was Third Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
- Was First Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
- Transferred to Second Brigade June 11, 1864
- Was Second Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
- Ordered home June 7, 1864
- Assumed command June 6, 1864
- Organized from veterans and recruits from the 1st, 7th, 9th, two companies of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 190th Regiment)
- Organized from veterans and recruits from the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 191st Regiment)
- Relieved June 12, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 758)
- Relieved at his own request June 9, 1864 (see: Burnside's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 191)
- Assigned June 9, 1864
- Transferred to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, June 10, 1864
- Joined June 11, 1864
- Designated Third Brigade June 11, 1864
- Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, June 9, 1864(see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
- Transferred to Second Brigade, Third Division, June 9, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
- Joined June 6, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
- Joined June 10, 1864
- Major General Sheridan with the 6th United States, the First and Second Division, and Batteries H and I (consolidated), 1st United States, Batteries B and L (consolidated), Battery D and Battery M, 2nd United States under Captain Robertson from the Horse Artillery Brigade detached on a Raid on June 7, 1864 which culminated in the Battle of Trevilian Station (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 37 and 331-332)
- Joined June 9, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
- Temporarily attached to the Army of the Potomac
- Relieved June 9, 1864
- In command until June 9, 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 271)