Seven Days Battles order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization-return of casualties during the battle[1] and the reports.[2] [3] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Potomac

See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George B. McClellan, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff

General Headquarters

II Corps

See main article: II Corps (Union Army). BG Edwin V. Sumner

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First Division


    BG Israel B. Richardson

1st Brigade
    BG John C. Caldwell
2nd Brigade[4]
    BG Thomas F. Meagher
    Col Robert Nugent
    BG Thomas F. Meagher
3rd Brigade
    BG William H. French
Artillery
    Cpt George W. Hazzard (mw - White Oak Swamp)
Second Division


    BG John Sedgwick (w - Glendale)

1st Brigade
    Col Alfred Sully
2nd Brigade
    BG William W. Burns
3rd Brigade
    BG Napoleon J.T. Dana
Artillery
    Col Charles H. Tompkins
Artillery Reserve
Cavalry

III Corps

See main article: III Corps (Union Army). BG Samuel P. Heintzelman (w - Glendale)

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Second Division


    BG Joseph Hooker

1st Brigade
    BG Cuvier Grover
2nd Brigade
    BG Daniel Sickles
3rd Brigade
    Col Joseph B. Carr
Artillery
  • Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery: Cpt Thomas W. Osborn
  • 4th New York Light Artillery: Lt Joseph E. Nairn
  • Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Webber
Third Division


    BG Philip Kearny

1st Brigade
    BG John C. Robinson
2nd Brigade
    BG David B. Birney
3rd Brigade
    BG Hiram G. Berry
Artillery
Artillery Reserve
    Cpt Gustavus A. De Russy
Cavalry
    Col William W. Averell

IV Corps

See main article: IV Corps (Union Army). BG Erasmus D. Keyes

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First Division


    BG Darius N. Couch

1st Brigade
    BG Albion P. Howe
2nd Brigade
    BG John J. Abercrombie
3rd Brigade
    BG Innis N. Palmer
Artillery
Second Division


    BG John J. Peck

1st Brigade
    BG Henry M. Naglee
2nd Brigade
    BG Henry W. Wessells
Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st New York Light Artillery: Lt Charles E. Mink
  • 7th New York Artillery: Cpt Peter C. Regan
Artillery Reserve
    Maj Robert M. West
  • 8th New York Light Artillery: Cpt Butler Fitch
  • Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery: Cpt Theodore Miller
  • Battery H, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery: Cpt James Brady
  • Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight
Cavalry
    Col David M. Gregg

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army). BG Fitz J. Porter

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First Division


    BG George W. Morell

1st Brigade
    BG John H. Martindale
2nd Brigade
    BG Charles Griffin
3rd Brigade
    BG Daniel Butterfield
Artillery
    Cpt William B. Weeden
Second Division


    BG George Sykes

1st Brigade
    Ltc Robert C. Buchanan
2nd Brigade
    Ltc William Chapman
    Maj Charles S. Lovell
3rd Brigade
    Col Gouverneur K. Warren (w - Gaines' Mill)
Artillery
    Cpt Stephen H. Weed
Third Division (Pennsylvania Reserves)


    BG George A. McCall (c - Frayser's Farm)
    BG Truman Seymour

1st Brigade
    BG John F. Reynolds (c - Gaines' Mill)
    Col Seneca G. Simmons (k - Glendale)[10]
    Col Richard Biddle Roberts
2nd Brigade
    BG George G. Meade (w - Glendale)
    Col Albert L. Magilton
3rd Brigade
    BG Truman Seymour
    Col Conrad Feger Jackson
Artillery
    Cpt Henry V. De Hart (mw - Gaines' Mill)
Cavalry
    Col James H. Childs
Cavalry
    Col John F. Farnsworth

VI Corps

See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). BG William B. Franklin

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First Division


    BG Henry W. Slocum

1st Brigade
    BG George W. Taylor
2nd Brigade
    Col Joseph J. Bartlett
3rd Brigade
    BG John Newton
Artillery
    Cpt Edward R. Platt
Second Division


    BG William F. Smith

1st Brigade
    BG Winfield S. Hancock
2nd Brigade
    BG William T. H. Brooks (w - Savage's Station)
3rd Brigade
    BG John W. Davidson
Artillery
    Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres
Cavalry
Cavalry

Artillery Reserve

Col Henry J. Hunt

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First Brigade (Horse Artillery)
    Ltc William Hays
Second Brigade
    Ltc George W. Getty
Third Brigade
    Maj Albert Arndt
  • Battery A, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Otto Diederichs
  • Battery B, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
  • Battery C, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt John Knieriem
  • Battery D, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Edward Grimm[12]
Fourth Brigade
    Maj Edward R. Petherbridge
Fifth Brigade
    Cpt J. Howard Carlisle
Unattached Sixth Brigade
Siege Train
    Col Robert O. Tyler

Cavalry Reserve

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Cavalry Reserve


    BG Philip St. George Cooke

First Brigade
    Col Richard H. Rush
Second Brigade
    Col George A. H. Blake (w - Gaines' Mill)

Casey's Command

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Casey's Command (at White House Landing)


    BG Silas Casey (w)

  • 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Companies B, D, F, I, & K): Col Josiah Harlan
  • Battery F, 1st New York Light Artillery: Cpt William R. Wilson
  • 93rd New York (Companies B, C, D, E, G, & L): Col Thomas F. Morris

References

Notes and References

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 21-37
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 4-12
  3. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  4. Meagher was arrested on the evening June 29 and released on June 30 at 8 o'clock. Nugent commanded the Brigade at Savage's Station and the march through White Oak Swamp.
  5. Attached to the 15th Massachusetts.
  6. Attached to the 1st Minnesota.
  7. See Artillery Reserve.
  8. Detached with Stoneman's Command.
  9. Attached to the 16th Michigan.
  10. Killed in action at the Battle of Glendale
  11. Detached with Casey's Command.
  12. Book: Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865. J.B. Lyon Company. 1912. Albany. 160. en.
  13. Temporarily assigned July 1 from Second Corps.
  14. Not mounted, officers an men served with other batteries.