Ball's Bluff order of battle

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The following lists the order of battle for the small unit actions which occurred at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry from October 20 through October 24, 1861.

[edit] Union Army

Stone's Division (Corps of Observation), Army of the Potomac (US) - Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone

Headquarters: Poolesville, Maryland

• First Brigade - Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Lander
  • 1st Massachusetts Sharpshooters (Andrew Sharpshooters) - Capt. John Saunders
  • 7th Michigan - Col. Ira Grosvenor
  • 19th Massachusetts - Col. Edward Hinks
  • 20th Massachusetts (Harvard Regiment) - Col. William Raymond Lee

• Second Brigade - Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman
  • 1st Minnesota - Col. Napoleon J.T. Dana
  • 2nd New York State Militia (82nd New York) - Col. George W.B. Tompkins
  • 34th New York - Col. William LeDew

• Third Brigade (California Brigade, later Philadelphia Brigade)- Col. Edward D. Baker
  • 1st California (later 71st Pennsylvania) - Lt. Col. Isaac J. Wistar
  • 2nd California (later 69th Pennsylvania) - Col. Joshua Owen
  • 3rd California (later 72nd Pennsylvania) - Col. DeWitt C. Baxter
  • 5th California (later 106th Pennsylvania) - Col. Turner G. Morehead

• Unassigned regiments
  • 15th Massachusetts - Col. Charles Devens
  • 42nd New York (Tammany Regiment) - Col. Milton Cogswell

• Cavalry
  • 3rd New York Cavalry (B, D, E, and I companies) - Col. James H. Van Alen
  • Putnam Rangers, D.C. Volunteers (later 1st Maryland Cavalry, Co. L) - Capt. George Thistleton

• Artillery
  • 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery I - Lt. George A. Woodruff
  • 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B - Capt. Thomas Vaughn
  • 2nd New York State Militia Artillery Detachment
  • 9th New York State Militia, Co. K (later 6th New York Independent Battery) - Capt. Thomas B. Bunting

[edit] Confederate Army

Seventh Brigade, Army of the Potomac (CS) - Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans

Headquarters: Leesburg, Virginia

• Infantry
  • 8th Virginia - Col. Eppa Hunton
  • 13th Mississippi - Col. William Barksdale
  • 17th Mississippi - Col. Winfield Scott Featherston
  • 18th Mississippi - Col. Erasmus Burt

• Cavalry - Lt. Col. Walter Jenifer
  • Chesterfield Light Dragoons (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. B) - Capt. William B. Ball
  • Loudoun Cavalry (later 6th Virgina Cavalry, Co. K) - Capt. William W. Mead
  • Madison Invincibles (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. C) - Capt. William Thomas
  • Powhattan Troop (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. E) - Capt. John F. Lay
  • Wise Dragoons (later 6th Virginia Cavalry, Co. H) - Lt. James Morehead

• Artillery
  • Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company - Capt. John C. Shields

[edit] References

• Morgan, James A., III (2004). A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21–22, 1862; a history and tour guide, Discovering Civil War America 2. Fort Mitchell, Kentucky: Ironclad Publishing, 225–228. ISBN 0-9673770-4-8.