Union Forces
Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Rd, Virginia
27-28 October 18641
X Corps: Bvt. Major General A.H.Terry
1st Division: Brigadier General A.Ames
1st Brigade: Colonel A.C.Voris
39th Illinois Infantry Regiment
62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
67th Ohio Infantry Regiment
85th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel J.C.Abbott
6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
16th New York Heavy Artillery (7 cos)
3rd Brigade: Colonel H.M.Plaisted
10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
11th Maine Infantry Regiment
24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
100th New York Infantry Regiment
2nd Division: Brigadier General R.S.Foster
1st Brigade: Colonel N.M.Curtis
3rd New York Infantry Regiment
112th New York Infantry Regiment
117th New York Infantry Regiment
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel G.Pennypacker
47th New York Infantry Regiment
76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
203rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Colonel L. Bell
13th Indiana Infantry Regiment (3 cos)
9th Maine Infantry Regiment
115th New York Infantry Regiment
3rd Division: Brigadier General J.R.Hawley
1st Brigade: Colonel J.Shaw, Jr.
7th U.S.Colored Troops
9th U.S.Colored Troops
41st U.S.Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Colonel U. Doubleday
29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
8th U.S.Colored Troops
45th U.S.Colored Troops
Artillery Brigade: Lt. Col. R.H.Jackson
1st U.S. Artilley, Battery C
1st U.S. Artilley, Battery D
Cavalry:
1st & 3rd Bn/4th Massachusetts Cavalry
XVIII Corps: Bvt. Major General G.Weitzel
HQ: 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
1st Division: Brigadier General G.Marston
HQ: Sharpshooters
Pioneers
1st Brigade: Lt. Colonel J.B.Raulston
13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
81st New York Infantry Regiment
98th New York Infantry Regiment
139th New York Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel E.M.Cullen
5th Maryland Infantry Regiment
Det/92nd New York Infantry Regiment
96th New York Infantry Regiment
118th New York Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Lt. Colonel J.N.Patterson
21st Connecticut Infantry Regiment
40th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
2nd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
188th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
2nd Division: Brigadier General C. A. Heckman
2nd Brigade: Colonel E.H.Ripley
8th Maine Infantry Regiment
9th Vermont Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Colonel H.S.Fairchild
89th New York Infantry Regiment
148th New York Infantry Regiment
G/2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
3rd Division: Brigadier General
1st Brigade: Colonel J.H.Holman
(Lt Col. A.G.Chamberlain)
1st U.S. Colored Troops
22nd U.S. Colored Troops
37th U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade: Colonel A.G.Draper
5th U.S. Colored Troops
36th U.S. Colored Troops
38th U.S. Colored Troops
Unattached:
2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment (dismounted)
Artillery:
New York Light Artillery, 16th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A
Cavalry Division: Colonel R.M.West
1st Brigade: Colonel G.W.Lewis
3rd New York Cavalry Regiment
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
2nd Brigade: Colonel S.P.Spear
1st District of Columbia Cavalry Regiment (l bn)
11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
3rd Brigade: Colonel A.W.Evans
1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment
1st New York Mounted Rifle Regiment
Artillery: Lt. D.L.Noggel
Wisconsin Light Artillery, 4th Battery (l section)
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B
(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 ↩
I was checking out the order of battle for the sixth offensive battle of Darbytown Road. My ancestors served in the 142nd NYIV. Their unit was in the X corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade under Col. N. M. Curtis. Their unit is mistakenly labeled as the 142nd Pennsylvania on the list.
My 3rd great grandfather, First Sgt. David Hutchinson of Co. K, was killed in the assault on the defenses at Darbytown Road on October 27th or 28th.
His cousin, Johnston Hutchinson, who served in the same company, suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh in the assault on the Petersburg defenses, battle of Harrison’s Creek, on June 18th, 1864. He was taken to General Hospital Chesapeake at Fortress Monroe, and lingered there until he died on the 18th of August, 1864. He’s buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA.
Any new information regarding the 6th offensive?
Brent,
Check out the new book Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864. It covers this battle in detail.
Brett