Battle of Cross Keys order of battle: Union explained

The following United States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cross Keys of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain

Union Forces Near Cross Keys

MG John C. Frémont

Mountain Department

MG John C. Frémont

Division	Brigade	Regiment or Other
Blenker's Division     BG Louis Blenker	First (Stahel's) Brigade  BG Julius Stahel	8th New York: Col Francis Wutschel 39th New York: 41st New York: Col Leopold von Gilsa 45th New York: Col George von Amsberg 27th Pennsylvania: Col Adolphus Buschbeck 2nd Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt Louis Schirmer Battery C, West Virginia Light Artillery: Cpt Frank Buel Howitzer battery:
	Second (Steinwehr's) Brigade  Col John A. Koltes	29th New York Infantry: Ltc Clemens Soest 68th New York Infantry: 73rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Gustavus A. Muhleck 13th Battery, New York Light Artillery: Cpt Julius Dieckmann
	Third (Bohlen's) Brigade  BG Henry Bohlen	54th New York: Col Eugene A. Kozlay 58th New York: Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski 74th Pennsylvania: Ltc John Hamm 75th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis Mahler Battery I, 1st New York Light Artillery: Cpt Michael Wiedrich
	Cavalry Attachment  Col Christian F. Dickel	4th New York Cavalry: Col Christian F. Dickel
Attached Independent Units	Cluseret's Brigade  Col Gustave Paul Cluseret	8th West Virginia: Ltc Lucien Loeser 60th Ohio: Col William H. Trimble
	Milroy's Brigade  BG Robert H. Milroy	2nd West Virginia: Maj James D. Owens 3rd West Virginia: Ltc F. W. Thompson 5th West Virginia: Col John L. Ziegler 25th Ohio: Ltc William P. Richardson 1st West Virginia Cavalry (detachment): Maj John A. Krepps Battery G, West Virginia Light Artillery: Cpt Chatham T. Ewing Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Henry F. Hayman 12th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Aaron C. Johnson
	Schenck's Brigade  BG Robert C. Schenck	32nd Ohio: Ltc Ebenezer H. Swinney 55th Ohio: Col John C. Lee 73rd Ohio: Col Orland Smith 75th Ohio: Col Nathaniel McLean 82nd Ohio: Col James Cantwell 1st Battalion, Connecticut Cavalry: Cpt Erastus Blakeslee Battery K, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt William L. De Beck Rigby's Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Cpt Silas F. Rigby
	Attached Cavalry	3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Cpt Everton J. Conger 6th Ohio Cavalry: Col William P. Lloyd

Department of the Rappahannock (formerly I Corps, Army of the Potomac)

MG Irvin McDowell (not present)

References

• June 8, 1862 - Battle of Cross Keys, Va. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. United States War Department. Volume XII, Chapter XXIV, pp. 664–682. (1885)