Second Battle of Deep Bottom order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom (Aug 13-20, 1864) during the Petersburg campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties and includes only units which sustained casualties.[1]

Abbreviations

Rank

Army of the Potomac

II Corps

See main article: II Corps (Union Army). MG Winfield S. Hancock

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First Division
    BG Francis C. Barlow[2]
    BG Nelson A. Miles
First Brigade  BG Nelson A. Miles
  Col James C. Lynch
Consolidated Brigade  Col Levin Crandell
Fourth Brigade  Ltc K. Oscar Broady
Second Division
    Col Thomas A. Smyth
First Brigade  Col George N. Macy
  Ltc Horace P. Rugg
Second Brigade  Col Mathew Murphy
Third Brigade  Ltc Francis E. Pierce
Artillery Brigade
Third Division
    BG Gershom Mott
First Brigade  BG Régis de Trobriand
Second Brigade  Col Calvin A. Craig
  Col John Pulford
Third Brigade  Col Robert McAllister
Artillery Brigade

Army of the James

X Corps

See main article: X Corps (Union Army). MG David B. Birney

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First Division
    BG Alfred H. Terry
First Brigade  Col Francis B. Pond
  Col Alvin C. Voris
  Col Joshua B. Howell
Second Brigade  Col Joseph R. Hawley
Third Brigade  BG Robert S. Foster
Second Division
    BG John Wesley Turner
First Brigade [not engaged]
Second Brigade  Ltc William B. Coan
Third Brigade  Col Francis A. Osborn
  Maj Ezra L Walrath
  Cpt Frank W. Parker
  Cpt Robert J. Gray
Colored Brigade  BG William Birney
Artillery Brigade  Ltc Freeman McGilvery
Unassigned
  • 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, 1st & 3rd Battalions
Cavalry Division
    BG David McM. Gregg
First Brigade  Col William Stedman
Second Brigade  Col J. Irvin Gregg
  Col Michael Kerwin
Artillery Brigade

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces. Official Reports Part 1 (Serial Number 87) – Reports. 17 July 2010 . The Siege of Petersburg Online. 26 October 2012.
  2. Barlow was in command of 1st and 2nd Divisions August 13-17)