The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac (multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)). Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]
See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George G. Meade, Commanding
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Command of the Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick[4]
Guards and Orderlies:
Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham[6]
See main article: I Corps (Union Army). MG John F. Reynolds (k) [7]
MG Abner Doubleday[8]
MG John Newton
General Headquarters:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division BG James S. Wadsworth | 1st Brigade BG Solomon Meredith (w) Col William W. Robinson |
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2nd Brigade BG Lysander Cutler |
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Second Division BG John C. Robinson | 1st Brigade BG Gabriel R. Paul (w) Col Samuel H. Leonard (w) Col Adrian R. Root (w&c) Col Richard Coulter (w) Col Peter Lyle Col Richard Coulter |
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2nd Brigade BG Henry Baxter |
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Third Division MG Abner Doubleday BG Thomas A. Rowley | 1st Brigade Col Chapman Biddle (w) BG Thomas A. Rowley (w) |
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2nd Brigade Col Roy Stone (w) Col Langhorne Wister (w) Col Edmund L. Dana |
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3rd Brigade[11] BG George J. Stannard (w) Col Francis V. Randall |
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Artillery Brigade Col Charles S. Wainwright |
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See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Winfield S. Hancock[12] (w)
BG John Gibbon
BG William Hays
General Headquarters:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division BG John C. Caldwell | 1st Brigade Col Edward E. Cross (mw) Col H. Boyd McKeen |
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2nd Brigade Col Patrick Kelly |
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3rd Brigade BG Samuel K. Zook (mw July 2) Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg (w July 2) Col Richard P. Roberts (k) Ltc John Fraser |
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4th Brigade Col John R. Brooke (w) |
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Second Division BG John Gibbon (w) BG William Harrow | 1st Brigade BG William Harrow Col Francis E. Heath (w) |
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2nd Brigade BG Alexander S. Webb (w) |
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3rd Brigade Col Norman J. Hall |
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unattached |
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Third Division | 1st Brigade Col Samuel S. Carroll |
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2nd Brigade Col Thomas A. Smyth (w) Ltc Francis E. Pierce |
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3rd Brigade Col George L. Willard (k) Col Eliakim Sherrill [18] Ltc James M. Bull Col Clinton D. MacDougall (w) Col Eliakim Sherrill (mw, July 3) |
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Artillery Brigade Cpt John G. Hazard |
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See main article: III Corps (Union Army). MG Daniel E. Sickles (w)
MG David B. Birney (w)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division MG David B. Birney BG J. H. Hobart Ward (w) | 1st Brigade BG Charles K. Graham (w&c) Col Andrew H. Tippin [20] Col Henry J. Madill |
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2nd Brigade BG J. H. Hobart Ward Col Hiram Berdan |
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3rd Brigade Col P. Régis de Trobriand |
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Second Division | 1st Brigade [23] BG Joseph B. Carr (w) |
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2nd Brigade Col William R. Brewster |
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3rd Brigade Col George C. Burling |
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Artillery Brigade Cpt George E. Randolph (w) Cpt A. Judson Clark |
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See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG George Sykes
General Headquarters:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division
| 1st Brigade Col William S. Tilton |
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2nd Brigade Col Jacob B. Sweitzer |
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3rd Brigade Col Strong Vincent (mw) Col James C. Rice |
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Second Division BG Romeyn B. Ayres | 1st Brigade Col Hannibal Day |
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2nd Brigade Col Sidney Burbank |
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3rd Brigade BG Stephen H. Weed (k) Col Kenner Garrard |
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Third Division[26] BG Samuel W. Crawford | 1st Brigade Col William McCandless |
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3rd Brigade Col Joseph W. Fisher |
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Artillery Brigade Cpt Augustus P. Martin |
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See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG John Sedgwick
General Headquarters:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division BG Horatio G. Wright | 1st Brigade BG Alfred T. A. Torbert |
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2nd Brigade BG Joseph J. Bartlett[27] Col Emory Upton[28] |
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3rd Brigade BG David A. Russell |
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Provost Guard |
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Second Division [29] BG Albion P. Howe | 2nd Brigade Col Lewis A. Grant |
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3rd Brigade BG Thomas H. Neill |
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Third Division MG John Newton BG Frank Wheaton | 1st Brigade BG Alexander Shaler |
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2nd Brigade Col Henry L. Eustis |
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3rd Brigade [30] BG Frank Wheaton Col David J. Nevin |
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Artillery Brigade Col Charles H. Tompkins |
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See main article: XI Corps (Union Army). MG Oliver O. Howard[31]
MG Carl Schurz
General Headquarters:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division BG Francis C. Barlow (w&c) BG Adelbert Ames | 1st Brigade Col Leopold von Gilsa |
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2nd Brigade BG Adelbert Ames Col Andrew L. Harris |
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Second Division BG Adolph von Steinwehr | 1st Brigade Col Charles R. Coster |
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2nd Brigade Col Orland Smith |
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Third Division MG Carl Schurz BG Alexander Schimmelfennig MG Carl Schurz | 1st Brigade BG Alexander Schimmelfennig Col George von Amsberg |
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2nd Brigade Col Wladimir Krzyzanowski |
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Artillery Brigade Maj Thomas W. Osborn |
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See main article: XII Corps (Union Army). MG Henry W. Slocum[32]
BG Alpheus S. Williams
Provost Guard:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others | |
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First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams BG Thomas H. Ruger | 1st Brigade Col Archibald L. McDougall |
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3rd Brigade BG Thomas H. Ruger Col Silas Colgrove |
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Second Division BG John W. Geary | 1st Brigade Col Charles Candy |
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2nd Brigade Col George A. Cobham, Jr. BG Thomas L. Kane[33] |
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3rd Brigade BG George S. Greene (w) |
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Reporting directly | Lockwood's Brigade [34] BG Henry H. Lockwood |
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Artillery Brigade Lt Edward D. Muhlenberg |
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See main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army). MG Alfred Pleasonton
Headquarter Guards:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
| 1st Brigade Col William Gamble |
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2nd Brigade Col Thomas Devin |
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Reserve Brigade BG Wesley Merritt |
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Second Division [35] | 1st Brigade Col John B. McIntosh |
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3rd Brigade Col John Irvin Gregg |
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Third Division | 1st Brigade BG Elon J. Farnsworth (k) Col Nathaniel P. Richmond |
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2nd Brigade BG George A. Custer |
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Horse Artillery | 1st Brigade Cpt James M. Robertson |
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2nd Brigade [38] Cpt John C. Tidball |
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BG Robert O. Tyler
Cpt James M. Robertson
Headquarter Guard:
Brigade | Batteries | |
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1st Regular Brigade Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom (w) |
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1st Volunteer Brigade Ltc Freeman McGilvery |
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2nd Volunteer Brigade Cpt Elijah D. Taft |
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3rd Volunteer Brigade Cpt James F. Huntington |
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4th Volunteer Brigade Cpt Robert H. Fitzhugh |
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Train Guard |
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