Second Battle of Winchester order of battle: Union explained
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Winchester of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
(8219 officers & men) (103 KIA, 3 MW, 349 WIA, 4210 MIA = 4657 total casualties)
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1st Brigade (2989 officers & men) (24 KIA, 121 WIA, 1214 MIA = 1359 total casualties)
BG Washington Lafayette Elliott | - 110th Ohio (569 officers & men) (4 KIA, 51 WIA, 210 MIA = 265 total casualties): Col J. Warren Keifer, Ltc William N. Foster
- 116th Ohio (619 officers & men) (8 KIA, 29 WIA, 141 MIA = 178 total casualties): Col James Washburn, Ltc Thomas F. Wildes
- 122nd Ohio (810 officers & men) (KIA, MW, WIA, MIA = 413 total casualties): Col William H. Ball, Ltc Moses M. Granger
- 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry (620 officers & men) (4 KIA, 12 WIA, 156 MIA = 172 total casualties): Col Lewis B. Pierce
- 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry (655 officers & men) (1 WIA, 247 MIA = 248 total casualties): Col James A. Gallagher
- 1st West Virginia Artillery, Battery D (95 officers & men; 6x 3-inch Ordnance Rifles) (3 WIA, 80 MIA = 83 total casualties): Cpt John Carlin
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2nd Brigade (3305 officers & men) (52 KIA, 173 WIA, 1752 MIA = 1977 total casualties)
Col William G. Ely (c) | - 18th Connecticut (820 officers & men) (18 KIA, 46 WIA, 534 MIA = 598 total casualties): Ltc Monroe Nichols (c); Maj Henry Peale
- 5th Maryland (est. 645 officers & men) (5 WIA, 315 MIA = 320 total casualties): Col William Louis Schley, Maj Salome Marsh
- 123rd Ohio (est. 720 officers & men) (21 KIA, 62 WIA, 466 MIA = 549 total casualties): Col William T. Wilson (c); Ltc Henry B. Hunter (w&c); Maj Horace Kellogg (w); Capt. Frederick K. Shawhan
- 87th Pennsylvania (est. 750 officers & men) (11 KIA, 21 WIA, 293 MIA = 325 total casualties): Col John W. Schall
- 12th West Virginia (est. 440 officers & men) (6 KIA, 36 WIA, 191 MIA = 233 total casualties): Col John B. Klunk
- 1st West Virginia Cavalry, Company K (65 officers & men) (1 WIA, 11 MIA = 12 total casualties): Cpt Weston Rowand
- 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Companies D and E (125 officers & men) (1 WIA, 71 MIA = 72 total casualties): Cpt James R. Utt
- 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery L (90 officers & men; 6x 3-inch Ordnance Rifles) (3 KIA, 1 WIA, 77 MIA = 81 total casualties): Lt Wallace F. Randolph (w&c); Lt Edmund Dana Spooner
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3rd Brigade (1925 officers & men) (20 KIA, 3 MW, 52 WIA, 993 MIA = 1068 total casualties)
Col Andrew T. McReynolds | - 6th Maryland (580 officers & men) (1 KIA, 6 WIA, 167 MIA = 174 total casualties): Col John W. Horn
- 67th Pennsylvania (830 officers & men) (17 KIA, 38 WIA, 736 MIA = 791 total casualties): Col John F. Staunton, Ltc Horace B. Burnham
- 106th New York Infantry (detached at Martinsburg)
- 1st New York Cavalry (420 officers & men) (3 KIA, 3 MW, 3 WIA, 56 MIA = 64 total casualties): Maj Alonzo W. Adams
- Baltimore Battery, Maryland Light Artillery (123 officers & men; 6x 3-inch Ordnance Rifles) (5 WIA, 34 MIA = 39 total casualties): Cpt F. W. Alexander
- 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company I (105 officers & men; 4x 20-pounder Parrott Rifles; 2x 24-pounder Howitzers) (3 WIA, 45 MIA = 48 total casualties): Capt William F. Martins (c); Lt. Jonathan B. Hanson
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References
- Grunder, Charles S. and Beck, Brandon H. The Second Battle of Winchester (2nd Edition). Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1989.
- Maier, Larry B. Gateway to Gettysburg: The Second Battle of Winchester. Burd Street Press: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 2002.
- Wittenberg, Eric J. and Mingus Sr., Scott L. The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Richmond (1st Edition). El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2016. ISBN 97811212891
