Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] May 5, 1864,^[2] the casualty returns^[3] and the reports.^[4]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Forces operating against Richmond

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union Armies

Escort:

• 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K: Cpt Julius W. Mason

IX Corps

See main article: IX Corps (Union Army). MG Ambrose Burnside^[5]

• Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Thomas G. Stevenson	1st Brigade   Col Sumner Carruth^[6]   Col Jacob P. Gould	35th Massachusetts:^[7] Maj Nathaniel Wales 56th Massachusetts: Col Charles E. Griswold (k) 57th Massachusetts: Col William F. Bartlett (w) 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould 4th United States: Cpt Charles H. Brightly (mw) 10th United States: Maj Samuel B. Hayman (w)
	2nd Brigade   Col Daniel Leasure	3rd Maryland: Col Joseph M. Sudsburg 21st Massachusetts: Ltc George P. Hawkes 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson
	Artillery	Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B): Cpt Albert F. Thomas Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright
Second Division     BG Robert B. Potter	1st Brigade   Col Zenas Bliss   Col John I. Curtin	36th Massachusetts: Maj William F. Draper 58th Massachusetts: Ltc John C. Whiton 51st New York: Col Charles Le Gendre (w) 45th Pennsylvania: Col John I. Curtin 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry Pleasants 7th Rhode Island:^[8] Cpt Theodore Winn
	2nd Brigade   Col Simon G. Griffin	31st Maine: Ltc Thomas Hight 32nd Maine: Maj Arthur Deering 6th New Hampshire: Ltc Henry H. Pearson 9th New Hampshire: Ltc John W. Babbitt 11th New Hampshire: Col Walter Harriman (c) Ltc Moses Collins (k) 17th Vermont: Ltc Charles Cummings (w), Maj William B. Reynolds
	Artillery	Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery: Cpt Edward J. Jones New York Light, 19th Battery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers
Third Division     BG Orlando B. Willcox	1st Brigade   Col John F. Hartranft	2nd Michigan: Col William Humphrey 8th Michigan: Col Frank Graves (k) 17th Michigan: Col Constant Luce 27th Michigan:^[9] Maj Samuel Moody (w) 109th New York: Col Benjamin F. Tracy 51st Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Schall
	2nd Brigade   Col Benjamin C. Christ	1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. De Land 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon 79th New York:^[10] Col David Morrison 60th Ohio:^[11] Ltc James N. McElroy 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Overton, Jr.
	Artillery	Maine Light, 7th Battery (G): Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell New York Light, 34th Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer
Fourth Division^[12]     BG Edward Ferrero	1st Brigade   Col Joshua K. Sigfried	27th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright 30th United States Colored Troops: Col Delavan Bates 39th United States Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns 43rd United States Colored Troops: Ltc H. Seymour Hall
	2nd Brigade   Col Henry G. Thomas	30th Connecticut Colored (detachment): Cpt Charles Robinson 19th United States Colored Troops: Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd United States Colored Troops: Ltc Cleaveland J. Campbell
	Artillery	Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt George W. Durell Vermont Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt Romeo H. Start
Reporting directly	Provost Guard	8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell
	Cavalry	3rd New Jersey: Col Andrew J. Morrison 22nd New York: Col Samuel J. Crooks 2nd Ohio: Ltc George A. Purington 13th Pennsylvania: Maj Michael Kerwin
	Reserve Artillery   Cpt John Edwards, Jr.	New York Light, 27th Battery: Cpt John B. Eaton 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery D: Cpt William W. Buckley 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery H: Cpt Crawford Allen, Jr. 2nd United States, Battery E: Lt James S. Dudley 3rd United States, Battery G: Lt Edmund Pendleton 3rd United States, Batteries L and M: Lt Erskine Gittings
	Provisional Brigade   Col Elisha Marshall	24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Col William C. Raulston 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Clarence H. Corning 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Col Thomas Wilhelm

Army of the Potomac

See main article: Army of the Potomac. MG George Meade

General Staff:

• Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
• Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
• Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

• 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D: Cpt Edward A. Flint
• 80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
• 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj James W. Walsh
• 68th Pennsylvania: Ltc Robert E. Winslow
• 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Troops:

• 50th New York Engineers (11 Companies): Ltc Ira Spaulding
• Battalion United States Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Guards and Orderlies:

• Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann

II Corps

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

Escort:

• 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M: Cpt John H. Hazelton

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Francis C. Barlow	1st Brigade   Col Nelson A. Miles	26th Michigan: Maj Lemuel Saviers 61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady 81st Pennsylvania: Col H. Boyd McKeen 140th Pennsylvania: Col John Fraser 183rd Pennsylvania: Col George P. McLean
	2nd Brigade   Col Thomas A. Smyth	28th Massachusetts: Ltc George W. Cartwright 63rd New York: Maj Thomas Touhy (mw) 69th New York: Cpt Richard Moroney 88th New York: Cpt Denis F. Burke 116th Pennsylvania: Ltc Richard C. Dale
	3rd Brigade   Col Paul Frank	39th New York: Col Augustus Funk (w) Ltc James Hughes (w) 52nd New York:^[13] Maj Henry M. Karples 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman (k) 111th New York: Cpt Aaron P. Seeley (w) 125th New York: Ltc Aaron B. Myer (mw) 126th New York: Cpt Winfield Scott
	4th Brigade   Col John R. Brooke	2nd Delaware: Col William P. Bailey 64th New York: Maj Leman W. Bradley 66th New York: Ltc John S. Hammell 53rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Richards McMichael 145th Pennsylvania: Col Hiram L. Brown 148th Pennsylvania: Col James A. Beaver
Second Division     BG John Gibbon	1st Brigade   BG Alexander S. Webb	19th Maine: Col Selden Connor 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters: Lt Samuel G. Gilbreth 15th Massachusetts: Maj I. Harris Hooper 19th Massachusetts: Maj Edmund Rice 20th Massachusetts: Col George N. Macy (w), Maj Henry L. Abbott (mw) 7th Michigan: Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis 42nd New York: Maj Patrick J. Downing 59th New York: Cpt William McFadden 82nd New York: Col Henry W. Hudson
	2nd Brigade   BG Joshua T. Owen	152nd New York: Ltc George W. Thompson 69th Pennsylvania: Maj William Davis 71st Pennsylvania: Ltc Charles Kochersperger 72nd Pennsylvania: Col De Witt C. Baxter 106th Pennsylvania: Cpt Robert H. Ford
	3rd Brigade   Col Samuel S. Carroll (w)^[14]	14th Connecticut: Col Theodore G. Ellis 1st Delaware: Ltc Daniel Woodall 14th Indiana: Col John Coons 12th New Jersey: Ltc Thomas H. Davis 10th New York Battalion: Cpt George M. Dewey (w) 108th New York: Col Charles J. Powers (w) 4th Ohio: Ltc Leonard W. Carpenter 8th Ohio: Ltc Franklin Sawyer 7th West Virginia: Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood
	Provost Guard	2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters: Cpt Mahlon Black
Third Division     MG David B. Birney	1st Brigade   BG J. H. Hobart Ward	20th Indiana: Col William C. L. Taylor 3rd Maine: Col Moses B. Lakeman 40th New York: Col Thomas W. Egan 86th New York: Ltc Jacob H. Lansing 124th New York: Col Francis M. Cummins (w) 99th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin R. Biles 110th Pennsylvania: Ltc Isaac Rodgers 141st Pennsylvania: Ltc Guy H. Watkins 2nd United States Sharpshooters: Ltc Homer R. Stoughton
	2nd Brigade   BG Alexander Hays (k)   Col John S. Crocker	4th Maine: Col Elijah Walker 17th Maine: Col George W. West 3rd Michigan: Col Byron R. Pierce 5th Michigan: Ltc John Pulford 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker, Maj Samuel McConihe 57th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Sides 63rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John A. Danks, Maj George B. McCullough (k) 105th Pennsylvania: Col Calvin A. Craig (w) Ltc J. W. Greenawalt (mw) 1st United States Sharpshooters: Maj Charles P. Mattocks
Fourth Division     BG Gershom Mott	1st Brigade   Col Robert McAllister	1st Massachusetts: Col Napoleon B. McLaughlen 16th Massachusetts: Ltc Waldo Merriam 5th New Jersey: Col William J. Sewell 6th New Jersey: Ltc Stephen R. Gilkyson 7th New Jersey: Maj Frederick Cooper 8th New Jersey: Col John Ramsey 11th New Jersey: Ltc John Schoonover 26th Pennsylvania: Maj Samuel G. Moffett 115th Pennsylvania: Maj William A. Reilly
	2nd Brigade   Col William R. Brewster	11th Massachusetts: Col William E. Blaisdell 70th New York: Cpt William H. Hugo 71st New York: Ltc Thomas Rafferty 72nd New York: Ltc John Leonard 73rd New York: Ltc Michael W. Burns 74th New York: Col Thomas Holt 120th New York: Cpt Abram L. Lockwood 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc Milton Opp (mw)
	Artillery Brigade   Col John C. Tidball	Maine Light, 6th Battery (F): Cpt Edwin B. Dow Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery: Cpt J. Henry Sleeper New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell 1st New York Light, Battery G: Cpt Nelson Ames 4th New York Heavy, 3rd Battalion: Ltc Thomas Allcock 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A: Cpt William A. Arnold 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B: Cpt Thomas F. Brown 4th United States, Battery K: Lt John W. Roder 5th United States, Battery C and I: Lt James Gilliss

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army). MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard:

• 12th New York Battalion: Maj Henry W. Ryder

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Charles Griffin	1st Brigade   BG Romeyn B. Ayres	140th New York: Col George Ryan 146th New York: Col David T. Jenkins (k), Maj Henry H. Curran (k) 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Sinex 155th Pennsylvania: Ltc Alfred L. Pearson 2nd United States, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K: Cpt James W. Long 11th United States, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, First Battalion: Cpt Francis M. Cooley 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion: Maj Luther B. Bruen 14th United States, 1st Battalion: Cpt Edward McK. Hudson (w) 17th United States, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion: Cpt James F. Grimes
	2nd Brigade   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer	9th Massachusetts: Col Patrick R. Guiney 22nd Massachusetts:^[15] Col William S. Tilton 32nd Massachusetts: Col George L. Prescott 4th Michigan: Ltc George W. Lumbard (mw) 62nd Pennsylvania: Ltc James C. Hull
	3rd Brigade   BG Joseph J. Bartlett	20th Maine: Maj Ellis Spear 18th Massachusetts: Col Joseph Hayes 1st Michigan: Ltc William A. Throop 16th Michigan:^[16] Maj Robert T. Elliott 44th New York: Ltc Freeman Conner 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Orpheus S. Woodward (w) 118th Pennsylvania: Col James Gwyn (w)
Second Division     BG John C. Robinson	1st Brigade   Col Samuel H. Leonard   Col Peter Lyle^[17]	16th Maine:^[18] Col Charles W. Tilden 13th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles H. Hovey 39th Massachusetts: Col Phineas S. Davis 104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
	2nd Brigade   BG Henry Baxter (w)   Col Richard Coulter	12th Massachusetts: Col James L. Bates 83rd New York (9th Militia): Col Joseph A. Moesch (k) 97th New York: Col Charles Wheelock (w), Maj Charles B. Northrup (w) 11th Pennsylvania: Col Richard Coulter 88th Pennsylvania: Cpt George B. Rhoads 90th Pennsylvania:^[19] Col Peter Lyle
	3rd Brigade   Col Andrew W. Denison	1st Maryland: Maj Benjamin H. Schley 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman 7th Maryland: Col Charles E. Phelps 8th Maryland: Ltc John G. Johannes
Third Division     BG Samuel W. Crawford	1st Brigade   Col William McCandless (w)	1st Pennsylvania Reserves: Col William C. Talley 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Patrick McDonough 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Wellington H. Ent 7th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj LeGrand B. Speece 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Samuel M. Jackson 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles): Maj William R. Hartshorne
	3rd Brigade   Col Joseph W. Fisher	5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George Dare (k) 8th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Silas M. Baily 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Ira Ayer, Jr. (w) 12th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Richard Gustin
Fourth Division     BG James S. Wadsworth (mw)     BG Lysander Cutler	1st Brigade^[20]   BG Lysander Cutler   Col William W. Robinson	7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover (c) 19th Indiana: Col Samuel J. Williams (k) 24th Michigan: Col Henry A. Morrow 1st New York Battalion Sharpshooters: Cpt Volney J. Shipman 2nd Wisconsin: Ltc John Mansfield (c) 6th Wisconsin: Col Edward S. Bragg 7th Wisconsin: Col William W. Robinson
	2nd Brigade   BG James C. Rice	76th New York: Ltc John E. Cook (w) 84th New York (14th Militia): Col Edward B. Fowler 95th New York: Col Edward Pye 147th New York: Col Francis C. Miller (w&c) 56th Pennsylvania: Col J. William Hofmann
	3rd Brigade   Col Roy Stone^[21]   Col Edward S. Bragg	121st Pennsylvania: Cpt Samuel T. Lloyd 142nd Pennsylvania: Maj Horatio N. Warren 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc John Irvin 150th Pennsylvania: Cpt George W. Jones
	Artillery Brigade   Col Charles S. Wainwright	Massachusetts Light, Battery C: Cpt Augustus P. Martin Massachusetts Light, Battery E: Cpt Charles A. Phillips 1st New York Light, Battery D: Cpt George B. Winslow (w) 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L: Lt George Breck 1st New York Light, Battery H: Cpt Charles E. Mink 4th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion: Maj William Arthur 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Cpt James H. Cooper 4th United States, Battery B: Lt James Stewart 5th United States, Battery D: Lt Benjamin F. Rittenhouse

VI Corps

See main article: VI Corps (Union Army). MG John Sedgwick

Escort:

• 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A: Cpt Charles E. Fellows

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Horatio Wright	1st Brigade   Col Henry W. Brown	1st New Jersey: Ltc William Henry, Jr. 2nd New Jersey: Ltc Charles Wiebecke 3rd New Jersey: Cpt Samuel T. DuBois 4th New Jersey: Ltc Charles Ewing 10th New Jersey: Col Henry O. Ryerson (k) 15th New Jersey: Col William H. Penrose
	2nd Brigade   Col Emory Upton	5th Maine: Col Clark S. Edwards 121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott (w) 95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll (k) 96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
	3rd Brigade   BG David A. Russell	6th Maine: Maj George Fuller 49th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas M. Hulings 119th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry P. Truefitt, Jr. 5th Wisconsin: Ltc Theodore B. Catlin
	4th Brigade   BG Alexander Shaler (c)   Col Nelson Cross	65th New York: Col Joseph E. Hamblin 67th New York: Col Nelson Cross 122nd New York: Ltc Augustus W. Dwight 82nd Pennsylvania (detachment)
Second Division^[22]     BG George W. Getty (w)     BG Frank Wheaton     BG Thomas H. Neill	1st Brigade   BG Frank Wheaton	62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John S. Long, Maj John I. Nevin (w) 98th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Ballier 102nd Pennsylvania: Col John W. Patterson (k) 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Moody, Maj Abraham H. Snyder (k)
	2nd Brigade   Col Lewis A. Grant	2nd Vermont: Col Newton Stone (k), Ltc John S. Tyler (mw) 3rd Vermont: Col Thomas O. Seaver 4th Vermont: Col George P. Foster (w) 5th Vermont: Ltc John R. Lewis (w) 6th Vermont: Col Elisha L. Barney (mw)
	3rd Brigade   BG Thomas H. Neill   Col Daniel D. Bidwell	7th Maine: Col Edwin C. Mason 43rd New York: Ltc John Wilson (k), Maj John Fryer (k) 49th New York: Col Daniel D. Bidwell 77th New York: Maj Nathan S. Babcock 61st Pennsylvania: Col George F. Smith
	4th Brigade   BG Henry L. Eustis	7th Massachusetts: Col Thomas D. Johns 10th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph B. Parsons 37th Massachusetts: Col Oliver Edwards 2nd Rhode Island: Ltc Samuel B. M. Read
Third Division     BG James B. Ricketts	1st Brigade   BG William H. Morris	14th New Jersey: Ltc Caldwell K. Hall 106th New York: Ltc Charles Townsend 151st New York: Ltc Thomas M. Fay 87th Pennsylvania: Col John W. Schall 10th Vermont: Ltc William W. Henry
	2nd Brigade   BG Truman Seymour (c)   Col Benjamin F. Smith	6th Maryland: Col John W. Horn 110th Ohio: Col J. Warren Keifer (w), Maj William S. McElwain (k) 122nd Ohio: Col William H. Ball 126th Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Smith 67th Pennsylvania (detachment): Cpt George W. Guss 138th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew R. McClennan
	Artillery Brigade   Col Charles H. Tompkins	Maine Light, 4th Battery: Lt Melville C. Kimball Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A): Cpt William H. McCartney New York Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Andrew Cowan New York Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt William A. Harn 4th New York Heavy, 1st Battalion: Maj Thomas D. Sears 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C: Cpt Richard Waterman 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E: Cpt William B. Rhodes 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G: Cpt George W. Adams 5th United States, Battery M: Cpt James McKnight

Cavalry Corps

See main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army). MG Philip H. Sheridan

Escort:

• 6th United States: Cpt Ira W. Claflin (Headquarter)
• 8th Illinois (detachment): Lt William W. Long (Third Division)

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG Alfred T. A. Torbert^[23]     BG Wesley Merritt	1st Brigade   BG George A. Custer	1st Michigan: Ltc Peter Stagg 5th Michigan: Col Russell A. Alger 6th Michigan: Maj James H. Kidd 7th Michigan: Maj Henry W. Granger
	2nd Brigade   Col Thomas Devin	4th New York:^[24] Ltc William R. Parnell 6th New York: Ltc William H. Crocker 9th New York: Col William Sackett 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Q. Anderson (w&c)
	Reserve Brigade   BG Wesley Merritt   Col Alfred Gibbs	19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs 6th Pennsylvania: Maj James Starr 1st United States: Cpt Nelson B. Sweitzer 2nd United States: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough 5th United States: Cpt Abraham K. Arnold
Second Division   BG David McM. Gregg	1st Brigade   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.	1st Massachusetts: Maj Lucius M. Sargent 1st New Jersey: Ltc John W. Kester 6th Ohio: Col William Stedman 1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor
	2nd Brigade   Col J. Irvin Gregg	1st Maine: Col Charles H. Smith 10th New York: Maj M. Henry Avery 2nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph P. Brinton 4th Pennsylvania: Ltc George H. Covode 8th Pennsylvania: Ltc Samuel Wilson 16th Pennsylvania: Ltc John K. Robison
Third Division     BG James H. Wilson	1st Brigade   Col Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.   Col John B. McIntosh^[25]	1st Connecticut: Maj Erastus Blakeslee 2nd New York: Col Otto Harhaus 5th New York: Ltc John Hammond 18th Pennsylvania: Ltc William P. Brinton, Col Timothy M. Bryan, Jr.
	2nd Brigade   Col George H. Chapman	3rd Indiana: Maj William Patton 8th New York: Ltc William H. Benjamin 1st Vermont: Ltc Addison W. Preston
	1st Brigade Horse Artillery   Cpt James M. Robertson	New York Light, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward Heaton 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston 2nd United States, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr. 4th United States, Battery A: Lt Rufus King, Jr. 4th United States, Batteries C and E: Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh

Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt^{[26] [27]}

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Artillery Reserve     Col Henry S. Burton	1st Brigade   Col J. Howard Kitching	6th New York Heavy: Ltc Edmund R. Travis 15th New York Heavy: Col Louis Schirmer
	2nd Brigade   Maj John A. Tompkins	Maine Light, 5th Battery (E): Cpt Greenlief T. Stevens 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A: Cpt William Hexamer 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B: Cpt A. Judson Clark New York Light, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. Taft New York Light, 12th Battery: Cpt George F. McKnight 1st New York Light, Battery B: Cpt Albert S. Sheldon
	3rd Brigade   Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh	Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery: Cpt John Bigelow New York Light, 15th Battery: Cpt Patrick Hart 1st New York Light, Battery C: Lt William H. Phillips New York Light, 11th Battery: Cpt John E. Burton 1st Ohio Light, Battery H: Lt William A. Ewing 5th United States, Battery E: Lt John R. Brincklé
	2nd Brigade Horse Artillery   Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom	1st United States, Batteries E and G: Lt Frank S. French 1st United States, Batteries H and I: Cpt Alanson M. Randol 1st United States, Battery K: Lt John Egan 2nd United States, Battery A: Lt Robert Clarke 2nd United States, Battery G: Lt William N. Dennison 3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K: Lt James R. Kelly

See also

• Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle
• Cold Harbor Union order of battle

References

• Rhea, Gordon C. The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Volume XXXVI Part I

Notes and References

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 106-116
3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 119-136
4. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 1162-1168
5. The IX Corps was under the direct orders of Lieutenant General Grant until May 24, 1864, when it was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 169)
6. Sun-struck May 6, 1864
7. Train guard; not engaged
8. Train guard
9. 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
10. Detached at Warrenton Junction; rejoined Brigade on May 7, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's report)
11. 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
12. Not engaged
13. Detachment 7th New York attached
14. Wounded, but did not relinquish command (see: Gordon C. Rhea, The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864, page 395)
15. 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached
16. Brady's Company Sharpshooters attached
17. Assigned May 6, 1864
18. Small detachment of the 107th Pennsylvania attached
19. Assigned to First Brigade May 7, 1864
20. Gordon C. Rhea, The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864, page 138
21. Accidentally disabled May 6, 1864
22. Brigadier General Getty was wounded May 6, 1864, and was succeeded in command of the First, Second, and Fourth Brigades by Brigadier General Wheaton, who was relieved by Brigadier General Neill early on the morning of May 7, 1864, when the Division was reunited
23. Relinquished command, on account of sickness May 7, 1864
24. Detached guarding trains and prisoners
25. Assigned May 5, 1864
26. Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
27. 1st Brigade Horse Artillery detached with Cavalry Corps; 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery attached to the Artillery Reserve (see: Hunt's report)