First Battle of Kernstown order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Kernstown of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed

Army of the Potomac

See main article: Army of the Potomac.

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Nathaniel P. Banks commanding (not present)

Division	Brigade	Regiment or Other
First Division     BG James Shields (w March 22, 1862)     Col Nathan Kimball	First BrigadeCol Nathan Kimball	14th Indiana: Ltc William Harrow 4th Ohio: Col John S. Mason 8th Ohio: Col Samuel S. Carroll 67th Ohio: Ltc Alvin C. Voris 84th Pennsylvania: Col William Gray Murray (k)
	Second BrigadeCol Jeremiah C. Sullivan	5th Ohio: Ltc John H. Patrick 39th Illinois (not engaged): Col Thomas O. Osborn 13th Indiana: Ltc Robert Sanford Foster 62nd Ohio: Col Francis Bates Pond
	Third BrigadeCol Erastus B. Tyler	7th Indiana: Ltc John F. Creek 7th Ohio: Ltc William R. Creighton 29th Ohio: Col Lewis P. Buckley 110th Pennsylvania: Col William D. Lewis Jr. 1st West Virginia: Col Thomas Thoburn
	Cavalry BrigadeCol Thornton F. Brodhead	1st Michigan Cavalry (battalion): Ltc Joseph T. Copeland 1st Ohio Cavalry (Cos A & C): Cpt Nathan D. Menken 1st Squadron Pennsylvania Cavalry: Cpt John Keys 1st West Virginia Cavalry (battalion): Maj Benjamin F. Chamberlain Independent companies, Maryland cavalry: Cpt Henry A. Cole, Cpt William Firey, and Cpt John Horner
	ArtilleryLtc Philip Daum	Battery H, 1st Ohio Artillery: Cpt James F. Huntington Battery L, 1st Ohio Artillery: Cpt Lucius N. Robinson Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery: Cpt Joseph C. Clark Jr. Battery A, West Virginia Artillery: Cpt John Jenks Battery B, West Virginia Artillery: Lt John V. Keeper

See also

• Battle of Kernstown I

References

• Kernstown Battlefield Association