Battle of Hanover Court House order of battle explained

The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Hanover Court House of the American Civil War.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Cpt = Captain

Confederate

BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch

width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Branch's Brigade	7th North Carolina 18th North Carolina 28th North Carolina 33rd North Carolina 37th North Carolina
Attached Units	45th Georgia 12th North Carolina 4th Virginia Cavalry (detachment) Latham's North Carolina Battery

Union

V Corps

BG Fitz John Porter

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG George W. Morell	1st Brigade  BG John H. Martindale	2nd Maine 18th Massachusetts 22nd Massachusetts 13th New York 25th New York 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
	2nd Brigade  Col James McQuade	9th Massachusetts 4th Michigan 14th New York 62nd Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade  BG Daniel Butterfield	16th Michigan 12th New York 17th New York 44th New York 83rd Pennsylvania Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters
	Artillery  Cpt Charles Griffin	Battery C, Massachusetts Light Battery E, Massachusetts Light Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Battery D, 5th United States
	Sharpshooters  Col Hiram Berdan	1st United States Sharpshooters
Second Division     BG George Sykes	1st Brigade  Ltc Robert C. Buchanan	3rd United States 4th United States 12th United States 14th United States
	2nd Brigade  Ltc William Chapman	2nd United States 6th United States 10th United States 11th United States 17th United States
	3rd Brigade  Col Gouverneur K. Warren	1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery [as infantry] 5th New York
	Artillery  Cpt Stephen H. Weed	Battery L, 3rd United States Battery M, 3rd United States Battery I, 5th United States
	Cavalry  BG William H. Emory	6th Pennsylvania Cavalry 5th United States Cavalry 6th United States Cavalry

See also

• Virginia in the American Civil War

References

• Hardy, Michael C. The Battle of Hanover Court House: Turning Point of the Peninsula Campaign, May 27, 1862 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.), 2006.