Union Forces
Department of Virginia
28 February 18651
Commanding Officer: Major General E.O.C.Ord
General Headquarters:
Staff: (28/-)
Signal Corps: Cpt. L.B.Norton (l3/94)
Naval Brigde: Brigadier General C.K.Graham (3l/506)
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 (9/397)
Cavalry:
Det/4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (l2/258)
24th Corps: Major General J.Gibbon (593/l5,3l7)
Provost: F/, K/4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
lst Division: Brigadier General R.S.Foster
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
(Detached in North Carolina)
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 G.B.Dandy
l0th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
llth Maine Infantry Regiment
24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
(detached at Bermuda Landing, VA)
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
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: Lt. Colonel J.A.Colvin
47th New York Infantry Regiment
48th New York Infantry Regiment
76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
203rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Colonel G.F.Granger
l3th Indiana Infantry Regiment (7 cos)
9th Maine Infantry Regiment
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.Cullen
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: Colonel J.E.Ward
8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
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: Colonel S.H.Roberts (acting)
(Bvt. Brigadier General G.V.Henry)
2lst Connecticut Infantry Regiment
40th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
l88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Independent Division: Brigadier General T.M.Harris
lst Brigade: Lt. Colonel A.Potter
34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
ll6th Ohio Infantry Regiment
l23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel W.B.Curtis
23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (5 cos)
(attached to provisional brigade, 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 E
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
(detached in North Carolina)
New York Light Artillery, l7th Battery
lst Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A
lst Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F
lst U.S. Artillery, Battery B
4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L
5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A
5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F
25th Corps: Major General G.Weitzel (398/l2,572)
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: Colonel T.Bayley (acting)
(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
ll4th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Division: Colonel J.Shaw (acting)
(Brigadier General J.G.Thomas)
lst Brigade: Colonel O.A.Bartholomew
7th U.S. Colored Troops
l09th U.S. Colored Troops
l05th 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
(Detached in North Carolina)
lst Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General D.Bates
30th U.S. Colored Troops
l07th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Bvt. Brigadier General S.A.Duncan
4th U.S. Colored Troops
6th U.S. Colored Troops
39th U.S. Colored Troops
3rd Brigade: Colonel J.H.Holman
lst U.S. Colored Troops
5th U.S. Colored Troops
l0th U.S. Colored Troops
27th U.S. Colored Troops
37th U.S. Colored Troops
Artillery: Cpt. L.L.Langdon
Connecticut Light Artillery, lst Battery
New Jersey Light Artillery, 4th Battery
New Jersey Light Artillery, 5th Battery
lst Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery F
3rd Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C
lst U.S. Light Artillery, Battery D
lst U.S. Light Artillery, Battery M
4th U.S. Light Artillery, Battery D
Cavalry Division: Bvt Major General A.V.Kautz (l08/2,975)
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 E.V.Summer (acting) (Col. A.W.Evans)
lst Maryland Cavalry Regiment
lst New York Mounted Rifle Regiment
Artillery:
Wisconsin Light Artillery, 4th Battery
Defenses of Bermuda Hundred: Brigadier C.K.Graham (acting)
(l20/3,662) (Bvt. Major General E.Ferrero)
lst Brigade: Colonel W.Heine
4lst New York Infantry Regiment (6 cvos)
l03rd New York Infantry Regiment
l04th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (4 cos)
2nd Brigade: Lt. Colonel G.DePeyster Arden
6th New York Heavy Artillery, Lt. Col. Kibbe
l0th New York Heavy Artillery, Major Cowles
Provisional Brigade: Colonel W.M.McClure
2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Maj. Winger
Siege ARtillery: Bvt. Brigadier General H.L.Abbot
lst Connecticut Heavy Artillery (4 cos)
lst Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company C
l3th New York Heavy Artillery (2 cos)
3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company M
Acting Pontoniers:
3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company I
Seperate Brigade: Brigadier General J.B.Carr (53/l,352)
38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment (4 cos)
20th New York Infantry Regiment (l co)
l6th New York Heavy Artillery (2 cos)
New York Light Artillery, 33rd Battery
Harrison's Landing: Colonel W.G.Robinson
l84th New York Infantry Regiment
lst U.S. Colored Cavalry (l co)
Fort Powhatan: Colonel W.J.Sewell
Det/38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
20th New York Cavalry Regiment (l co)
lst U.S. Colored Cavalry (l co)
Det/3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Lt. Grill
District of Eastern Virginia: Brigadier General G.H.Gordon
(l43/2,7l4)
Defenses of Norfolk & Portsmouth:
Brigadier General I. Vogdes
l22nd U.S. Colored Troops
2nd U.S. Volunteers (5 cos)
3rd New York Cavalry Regiment
Det/lst U.S. Colored Cavalry
Det/2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry
2nd Bn, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
New York Light Artillery, 8th Battery
Det/l3th New York Heavy Artillery, Col. Howard
2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery, Battery B
Fort Monroe: Colonel J.Roberts
3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (1 bn)
Eastern Shore: Lt. Colonel F.J.White
lst Virginia Loyal, Company A
Purnell Legion Cavalry, Company A
E/20th New York Cavalry Regiment
L/llth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Det/3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Lt. Bowman
Newport News: Lt. Colonel L.Burritt
lst U.S. Colored Cavalry (l co)
Fort Magruder: Bvt. Brigadier General B.C.Ludlow
G/4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
H/20th New York Cavalry Regiment
G/lst New York Mounted Rifle Regiment
A/, H/lst U.S. Colored Cavalry
H/2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry
l6th New York Heavy Artillery (4 cos)
Unattached:
2nd Battalion, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps (4 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 ↩
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