Union Forces
Department of Virginia
31 January 18651
Commanding Officer: Major General O.C.Ord
General Headquarters:
Staff: (33/0)
Signal Corps: Cpt. L.Norton (l2/97)
Naval Brigade: Brigadier General C.K.Graham (29/637)
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company I
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company K
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company L
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company M
3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (4 cos)
Engineers:
lst New York Engineers (9/322)
Cavalry:
Det/4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (l2/205)
24th Corps: Major General J.Gibson (577/15,963)
HQ Guard: 9th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
Provost: F/, K/4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
lst Division: Bvt. Major General A.H.Terry
(Brigadier General J.R.Hawley acting while Terry
on expedition to Fort Fisher, NC)
lst Brigade: Colonel T.O.Osborn
39th Illinois Infantry Regiment
62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
67th Ohio Infantry Regiment
l99th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General J.C.Abbott
(on expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C.)
6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
l6th New York Heavy Artillery (6 cos)
3rd Brigade: Colonel H.M.Plaisted
l0th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
llth Maine Infantry Regiment
24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
(detached to Bermuda Landing)
l00th New York Infantry Regiment
206th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
4th Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General J. Jourdan
8th Maine Infantry Regiment
89th New York Infantry Regiment
l48th New York Infantry Regiment
l58th New York Infantry Regiment
55th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
2nd Division: Bvt. Major General A.Ames
(on expedition to Fort Fisher, NC)
lst Brigade: Colonel R.Daggett
3rd New York Infantry Regiment
ll2th New York Infantry Regiment
ll7th New York Infantry Regiment
l42nd New York Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Major O.P.Harding
47th New York Infantry Regiment
48th New York Infantry Regiment
76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
203rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Lt. Colonel N.J.Johnson
l3th Indiana Infantry Regiment (5 cos)
9th Maine Infantry Regiment
(detached to Chaffin's Farm, VA)
4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
ll5th New York Infantry Regiment
l69th New York Infantry Regiment
3rd Division: Brigadier General C. Devens
lst Brigade: Colonel E.M.Cullens
llth Connecticut Infantry Regiment
l3th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
8lst New York Infantry Regiment
98th New York Infantry Regiment
l39th New York Infantry Regiment
l9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Lt. Colonel V.G.Barney
5th Maryland Infantry Regiment
l0th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
l2th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
96th New York Infantry Regiment
ll8th New York Infantry Regiment
9th Vermont Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General G.V.Henry
2lst Connecticut Infantry Regiment
40th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
l58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Independent Division: Bvt. Brigadier General T.M.Harris
lst Brigade: Lt. Colonel T.F.Wildes
34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
ll6th Ohio Infantry Regiment
l22nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel W.B.Curtis
23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (5 cos)
(attached to provisional brigde, defenses
of Bermuda Hundred)
54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
l2th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Lt. Colonel M.S.Hall
l0th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
llth West Virginia Infantry Regiment
l5th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
Artillery: Major C.C.Abell
3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery F
3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery H
3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery K
3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery M
New York Light Artillery, 7th Battery
New York Light Artillery, l6th Battery
(on Fort Fisher, NC. expedition)
New York Light Artillery, l7th Battery
lst Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A
lst Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F
lst U.S. Light Artillery, Battery B
4th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery L
5th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery A
5th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery F
25th Corps: Major General G. Weitzel (444/l2,963)
lst Division: Brigadier General E.A.Wild
lst Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General A.G.Draper
22nd U.S. Colored Troops
36th U.S. Colored Troops
38th U.S. Colored Troops
ll8th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General C.S.Russell
29th Connecticut Colored Troops
9th U.S. Colored Troops
ll7th U.S. Colored Troops
3rd Brigade: Brigadier General H.G.Thomas
l9th U.S. Colored Troops
23rd U.S. Colored Troops
43rd U.S. Colored Troops
Not Brigaded:
2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry (dismounted)
2nd Division: Brigadier General W.Birney
lst Brigade: Colonel J.Shaw, Jr.
7th U.S. Colored Troops
l09th U.S. Colored Troops
ll5th U.S. Colored Troops
ll6th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Colonel U.Doubleday
8th U.S. Colored Troops
4lst U.S. Colored Troops
45th U.S. Colored Troops
l27th U.S. Colored Troops
3rd Brigade: Colonel E.Martindale
28th U.S. Colored Troops
29th U.S. Colored Troops
3lst U.S. Colored Troops
3rd Division: Brigadier General C.J.Paine
(on expedition to Fort Fisher)
lst Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General D.Bates
lst U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Fisher Expedition)
30th U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Fisher Expedition)
l07th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Colonel J.W.Ames
4th U.S. Colored Troops
6th U.S. Colored Troops
39th U.S. Colored Troops
3rd Brigade: Colonel E.Wright
5th U.S. Colored Troops
l0th U.S. Colored Troops
27th U.S. Colored Troops
37th U.S. Colored Troops
Artillery Brigade: Lt.Colonel R.H.Jackson
Connecticut Light Artillery, lst Battery
New Jersey Light Artillery, 4th Battery
New Jersey Light Artillery, 5th Battery
lst Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E
3rd Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C
lst U.S. Artillery, Battery D
lst U.S. Artillery, Battery M
3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E
4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D
Cavalry Division: Bvt.Major General A.V.Kautz (ll7/2,925)
lst Brigade: Colonel R.M.West
Det/20th New York Cavalry Regiment
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel S.P.Spear
lst District of Columbia Cavalry Regiment (4 cos)
Det/llth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Colonel A.W.Evans
lst Maryland Cavalry Regiment
lst New York Mounted Rifles
Artillery:
Wisconsin Light Artillery, 4th Battery
Defenses of the Bermuda Hundred: Bvt. Maj. Gen. E.Ferrero
(l08/3,623)
lst Brigade: Colonel W.Heine
4lst New York Infantry Regiment
l03rd New York Infantry Regiment
l04th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (5 cos)
2nd Brigade: Major J.B.Campbell
6th New York Heavy Artillery, Maj. Kibbe
l0th New York Heavy Artillery, Maj. Cowles
Provisional Brigade: Colonel W.M.McClure
2nd New York Heavy Artillery, Maj. Winger
Siege Artillery: Bvt. Brig. Gen. H.L.Abbott
lst Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Maj. Booker
Connecticut Light Artillery, 3rd Battery
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company A
l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Company H
Acting Pontoniers:
3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company I
Seperate Brigade: Brigadier General J.B.Carr (53/l,35l)
Fort Pocahontas: Major W.T.Tantum
38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment (4 cos)
l6th New York Heavy Artillery (2 cos)
20th New York Cavalry Regiment (l co)
New York Light Artillery, 33rd Battery
Harrison's Landing: Colonel W.G.Robinson
l84th New York Infantry Regiment
lst U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment (l co)
Fort Powhatan: Colonel W.J.Sewell
Det/38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
lst U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment (l co)
Det/3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Lt. Grill
District of Eastern Virginia: Brigadier General G.F.Shepley
(l09/3,340)
Defenses of Norfolk & Portsmouth: Brig. Gen. I.Vogdes
3rd U.S. Volunteers (5 cos)
3rd New York Cavalry Regiment
Det/lst U.S. Colored Cavalry
2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 3rd Battalion
New York Light Artillery, 8th Battery
Det/l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Co. Howard
2nd U.S. Colored Artillery, Battery B
Fort Monroe: Colonel J.Roberts
3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (l bn)
Eastern Shore: Lt. Colonel F.J.White
A/lst Virginia Loyal Regiment
A/Purenell Legion (Maryland) Cavalry
E/20th New York Cavalry Regiment
L/llth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Det/3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Lt. Bowman
Newport News: Lt.Colonel L.Burritt
Det/lst U.S. Colored Cavalry
Fort Magruder: Colonel J.J.Morrison
4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
H/20th New York Cavalry Regiment
G/lst New York Mounted Rifles
A/, H/lst U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment
l6th New York Heavy Artillery (4 cos)
Unattached:
2nd Battalion, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (5 cos)
(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2
Source:
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government
Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1880-1901 ↩ - George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection ↩