Appomattox Campaign Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union forces

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

Staff:

Escort:

Headquarters Guard:

Army of the Potomac

MG George G.Meade

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Headquarters units

Provost Guard


   BG George N. Macy

  • 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K
  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Edward A. Flint
  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Company D: Cpt James J. Higginson
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc James W. Walsh
  • 11th U.S. Infantry, 1st Battalion: Cpt Alfred E. Latimer
  • 14th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Battalion: Cpt William H. Brown
Independent Brigade


   BG Charles H. T. Collis

Headquarters Guard
Quartermaster's Guard
  • Independent Company, Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt James E. Jenkins

Engineers

Engineer Brigade


   BG Henry W. Benham

  • 15th New York Engineers (9 companies): Col Wesley Brainerd
  • 50th New York Engineers: Col William H. Pettes[4]
Other engineers
  • Battalion, U.S. engineers: Maj Franklin Harwood

Artillery


     BG Henry J. Hunt

Siege Train


   BG Henry L. Abbot

Artillery Reserve


   BG William Hays[5]

II Corps

MG Andrew A. Humphreys

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Nelson A. Miles

1st Brigade


   Col George W. Scott

2nd Brigade


   Col Robert Nugent

3rd Brigade


   BG Henry J. Madill (w, April 2)
   BG Clinton D. MacDougall

4th Brigade


   BG John Ramsey

Second Division


     BG William Hays[9]
     BG Thomas A. Smyth
     BG Francis C. Barlow[10]

1st Brigade


   Col William A. Olmsted

2nd Brigade


   Col James Patrick McIvor

3rd Brigade


   BG Thomas A. Smyth[11] (mw, April 7)
   Col Daniel Woodall

Unattached

Third Division


     MG Gershom Mott (w, April 6)
     BG Régis de Trobriand

1st Brigade


   BG Régis de Trobriand
   Col Russell B. Sheperd

2nd Brigade


   BG Byron R. Pierce

3rd Brigade


   BG Robert McAllister

Artillery Brigade


   Ltc John G. Hazzard

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren[12]
MG Charles Griffin[13]

Escort

Provost Guard

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     MG Charles Griffin
     BG Joseph J. Bartlett[13]

1st Brigade


   BG Joshua L. Chamberlain

2nd Brigade


   BG Edgar M. Gregory

3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett
   BG Alfred L. Pearson[13]

Second Division


     MG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade


   BG Frederick Winthrop (mw, April 1)
   Col James G. Grindlay
   BG Joseph Hayes[15]

  • 5th New York: Cpt Henry Schickhardt, Ltc William F. Drum[13]
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Michael Wiedrich (w, April 1), Maj Louis Eiche
  • 140th New York: Ltc William S. Grantsynn
  • 146th New York: Col James G. Grindlay, Lt Henry Loomis
2nd Brigade


   BG Andrew W. Denison (w, March 31)
   Col Richard N. Bowerman (w, April 1)
   Col David L. Stanton

3rd Brigade


   BG James Gwyn

Third Division


     MG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col John A. Kellogg

2nd Brigade


   BG Henry Baxter

3rd Brigade


   BG Richard Coulter

Unattached
Artillery Brigade


   BG Charles S. Wainwright

  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Robert E. Rogers
  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery D: Lt Deloss M. Johnson
  • 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery H: Maj Charles E. Mink
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery, Company M: Cpt William D. Dickey
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Lt John Mitchell (w, March 29), Lt William P. Vose
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery D and G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     MG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade


   BG William H. Penrose

2nd Brigade


   BG Joseph E. Hamblin

3rd Brigade


   Col Oliver Edwards

Second Division


     MG George W. Getty

1st Brigade


   Col James M. Warner

2nd Brigade


   BG Lewis A. Grant (w, April 2)
   Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
   Col Charles Mundee
   Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
   MG Lewis A. Grant

3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Hyde

Third Division


     BG Truman Seymour

1st Brigade


   Col William S. Truex

2nd Brigade


   BG J. Warren Keifer

Artillery Brigade


   Maj Andrew Cowan

IX Corps

MG John G. Parke

Provost Guard

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     MG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade


   Col Samuel Harriman

2nd Brigade


   Col Ralph Ely

3rd Brigade


   Col James Bintliff[22]
   Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson

Acting Engineers

Second Division


     MG Robert B. Potter (w, April 2)
     BG Simon G. Griffin

1st Brigade


   BG John I. Curtin

2nd Brigade


   BG Simon Goodell Griffin
   Col Walter Harriman

Third Division


     MG John F. Hartranft

1st Brigade


   Ltc William H. H. McCall
   Col Alfred B. McCalmont[15]

  • 200th Pennsylvania: Maj Jacob Rehrer, Ltc William H. H. McCall
  • 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
  • 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
2nd Brigade


   Col Joseph A. Mathews

  • 205th Pennsylvania: Maj B. Mortimer Morrow (w, April 2), Cpt Joseph G. Holmes
  • 207th Pennsylvania: Col Robert C. Cox[23]
  • 211th Pennsylvania: Col Levi A. Dodd
Artillery Brigade


   BG John C. Tidball

Cavalry
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col William W. Sanders

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

2nd Division[24]


     MG George Crook

1st Brigade


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

2nd Brigade


   Col John Irvin Gregg (c, April 7)
   Col Samuel B. M. Young

3rd Brigade


   BG Charles H. Smith

Army of the James

MG Edward O. C. Ord

Chief of Staff: BG Theodore Read (mw, April 6)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Headquarters units

Headquarters guards
Engineers
Pontoniers
Unattached Cavalry

Defenses of Bermuda Hundred

MG George L. Hartsuff

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Infantry Division


     MG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade


   BG Gilbert H. McKibbin

2nd Brigade


   Col George C. Kibbe

Artillery
  • New York Light Artillery, 33rd Battery: Cpt Alger M. Wheeler

Separate Brigade


     BG Joseph B. Carr

Fort Pocahontas, Virginia


   Ltc Ashbel W. Angel

  • 38th New Jersey (4 companies): Maj William H. Tantum
  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company D: Cpt Wayland F. Ford
  • 16th New York Heavy Artillery, Companies E and H: Cpt Henry C. Thompson
  • 184th New York, Company I: Cpt George Wetmore
Harrison's Landing, Virginia


   Col Wardwell G. Robinson

  • 184th New York: Ltc William P. McKinley
  • 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company I: Lt Horace Hudson
Fort Powhatan, Virginia


   Col William J. Sewell

  • 38th New Jersey (6 companies): Col William J. Sewell
  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company F: Lt John E. Pollard
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (detachment): Lt Frederick Grill
  • 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company E: Cpt Charles W. Emerson
Artillery


   BG Henry L. Abbot

XXIV Corps

MG John Gibbon

Headquarters Guard
Cpt Charles E. Thomas

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Robert S. Foster

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas O. Osborn

3rd Brigade


   Col George B. Dandy

  • 10th Connecticut: Ltc Ellsworth D. S. Goodyear (w, April 2), Cpt Francis G. Hickerson
  • 11th Maine: Ltc Jonathan A. Hill, Maj Charles P. Baldwin (w, April 1), Ltc Jonathan A. Hill (w, April 9), Cpt Henry C. Adams
  • 24th Massachusetts:[28] Cpt Thomas F. Edmands
  • 100th New York: Maj James H. Dandy (k, April 2), Cpt Edwin Nichols
  • 206th Pennsylvania: Col Hugh J. Brady
4th Brigade


   Col Harrison S. Fairchild

Third Division


     BG Charles Devens

1st Brigade


   Col Edward H. Ripley

2nd Brigade


   Col Michael T. Donohoe

3rd Brigade


   Col Samuel H. Roberts

Independent Division


     MG John W. Turner

1st Brigade


   Ltc Andrew Potter

  • 34th Massachusetts: Cpt Frank T. Leach
  • 116th Ohio: Ltc Wilbert B. Teters
  • 123rd Ohio: Ltc Horace Kellogg
2nd Brigade


   Col William B. Curtis

3rd Brigade


   BG Thomas M. Harris

Artillery


   Maj Charles C. Abell

  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery E: Cpt George E. Ashby
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Enoch Jones
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery K: Cpt James R. Angel
  • 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery M: Cpt John H. Howell
  • New York Light Artillery, 17th Battery: Cpt George T. Anthony
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A: Cpt William Stitt
  • 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F: Lt Charles E. Guild
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Samuel S. Elder
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L: Lt Henry C. Hasbrouck
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A: Lt Charles P. Muhlenberg
  • 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F: Lt Henry B. Beecher

XXV Corps

MG Godfrey Weitzel

Provost Guard

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     MG August V. Kautz

1st Brigade


   BG Alonzo G. Draper

  • 22nd U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Ira C. Terry
  • 36th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Benjamin F. Pratt
  • 38th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Robert M. Hall
  • 118th U.S. Colored Troops: Col John C. Moon
2nd Brigade


   BG Edward A. Wild

3rd Brigade


   BG Henry G. Thomas

  • 19th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Joseph G. Perkins
  • 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Marshall L. Dempcy
  • 43rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Stephen B. Yeoman
  • 114th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Thomas D. Sedgwick
Attached Brigade[30]


   BG Charles S. Russell

Cavalry
  • 2nd U.S. Colored Troops Cavalry: Col George W. Cole

Second Division


     BG William Birney

1st Brigade


   Col James Shaw, Jr.

2nd Brigade


   Col Ulysses Doubleday

3rd Brigade


   Col William W. Woodward

Artillery Brigade


   Cpt Loomis L. Langdon

  • Connecticut Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt James B. Clinton
  • New Jersey Light Artillery, 4th Battery: Cpt Charles R. Doane
  • New Jersey Light Artillery, 5th Battery: Cpt Zenas C. Warren
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E: Cpt Henry Y. Wildey
  • 3rd Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C: Cpt Martin S. James
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery D: Lt Redmond Tully
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery M: Lt Egbert W. Olcott
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D: Cpt Frederick M. Follett

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry Division[24]


     BG Ranald S. Mackenzie

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. West

2nd Brigade


   Col Samuel P. Spear (w, April 1)
   Col Andrew W. Evans[31]

Artillery

Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Chief of staff: Col James Forsyth[32]

Cavalry Corps

MG Wesley Merritt

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Thomas C. Devin

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Stagg

2nd Brigade


   Col Charles L. Fitzhugh

3rd (Reserve) Brigade


   BG Alfred Gibbs

Artillery

Third Division


     MG George A. Custer

1st Brigade


   Col Alexander C. M. Pennington Jr.

2nd Brigade


   Col William Wells

3rd Brigade


   Col Henry Capehart

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 564-580
  2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the campaign.
  3. Disabled, April 2.
  4. Commanding detachment at Washington, D. C., the remainder of regiment serving in the field under Bvt. Colonel Ira Spaulding and other subordinate officers.
  5. 1 2 3 In command from April 6.
  6. Attached from VI Corps.
  7. Attached from II Corps.
  8. Temporarily disabled April 2.
  9. Assigned to command of Artillery Reserve April 6.
  10. Assigned April 6.
  11. Succeeded General Hays in command of division April 6; was relieved the same day by assignment of General Barlow, and resumed command of Third Brigade. Mortally wounded April 7. During the time Smyth commanded the division, Colonel Woodall commanded the Third Brigade, which he resumed April 7, when Smyth was wounded.
  12. Relieved of command, April 1.
  13. 1 2 3 4 In command from April 1.
  14. Brady's and Jardine's companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached.
  15. 1 2 3 4 In command from April 3.
  16. 1 2 Consolidated April 1 and commanded by Major Funk.
  17. In command part of April 2.
  18. Commanded 3rd and 4th Vermont on March 31.
  19. 1 2 In command from April 4.
  20. Sick from April 2.
  21. In command April 2.
  22. In command from April 2.
  23. In command of brigade parts of April 2 and 3.
  24. 1 2 Temporarily assigned April 1 to Sheridan's cavalry command.
  25. Detached with Artillery Brigade, IX Army Corps.
  26. On expedition into North Carolina.
  27. Provost guard at division headquarters.
  28. Detached at Bermuda Hundred.
  29. Detached from First Brigade, Second Division.
  30. Detached from Third Brigade, Second Division.
  31. Calkins, p. 89.
  32. Marvel, p. 177.

References

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