Cold Harbor Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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[edit] Abbreviations used

[edit] Military Rank

[edit] Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

[edit] Union forces

LTG U. S. Grant, commanding general, U.S. armies

[edit] Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

[edit] Headquarter units

Provost Guard
BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
  • 80th New York
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 68th Pennsylvania
  • 114th Pennsylvania

Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt

Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG Henry W. Benham

  • 50th New York Engineers
  • Battalion U.S. Engineers

[edit] II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Francis C. Barlow

 1st Brigade


Col Nelson A. Miles
  • 26th Michigan
  • 5th New Hampshire
  • 2nd New York Heavy Artillery
  • 61st New York
  • 140th Pennsylvania
  • 183rd Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade
(Irish Brigade)


Col Richard Byrnes (k)
Col Patrick Kelly
3rd Brigade


Col Clinton D. MacDougall
  • 39th New York
  • 52nd New York
  • 57th New York
  • 111th New York
  • 125th New York
  • 126th New York
4th Brigade


Col John R. Brooke (w)
Col Orlando H. Morris (k)
Col Lewis O. Morris
  • 2nd Delaware
  • 7th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 64th New York
  • 53rd Pennsylvania
  • 145th Pennsylvania
  • 148th Pennsylvania

Second Division
BG John Gibbon

 1st Brigade


Col H. Boyd McKeen (k)
Col Frank A. Haskell (k)
  • 19th Maine
  • 1st Company Sharpshooters
  • 15th Massachusetts
  • 19th Massachusetts
  • 20th Massachusetts
  • 7th Michigan
  • 42nd New York
  • 59th New York
  • 82nd New York
  • 184th Pennsylvania
  • 36th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
(Philadelphia Brigade)


BG Joshua T. Owen
3rd Brigade


Col Thomas A. Smyth
4th Brigade


BG Robert O. Tyler
  • 8th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 155th New York
  • 164th New York
  • 170th New York
  • 182nd New York

Third Division
MG David B. Birney

 1st Brigade


Col Thomas W. Egan
  • 20th Indiana
  • 3rd Maine
  • 40th New York
  • 86th New York
  • 124th New York
  • 99th Pennsylvania
  • 110th Pennsylvania
  • 141st Pennsylvania
  • 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters
2nd Brigade


Col Thomas R. Tannatt
3rd Brigade


BG Gershom Mott
  • 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
  • 16th Massachusetts
  • 5th New Jersey
  • 6th New Jersey
  • 7th New Jersey
  • 8th New Jersey
  • 11th New Jersey
  • 26th Pennsylvania
  • 115th Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


Col William R. Brewster
  • 11th Massachusetts
  • 70th New York
  • 71st New York
  • 72nd New York
  • 73rd New York
  • 74th New York
  • 120th New York
  • 84th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


Col John C. Tidball
  • 6th Battery, Maine Light
  • 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light
  • 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light
  • Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light
  • Battery G, 1st New York Light
  • 3rd Battalion, 4th New York Heavy
  • 11th Battery, New York Light
  • 12th Battery, New York Light
  • Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light
  • Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery K, 4th United States
  • Batteries C and I, 5th United States

[edit] V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

  • 12th New York Battalion
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Charles Griffin

 1st Brigade


BG Romeyn B. Ayres
  • 5th New York
  • 140th New York
  • 146th New York
  • 21st Pennsylvania Dismounted Cavalry
  • 91st Pennsylvania
  • 155th Pennsylvania
  • 2nd U.S., Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
  • 11th U.S., Companies B, C, D, F, and G, 1st Battalion
  • 12th U.S., Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion
  • 12th U.S., Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
  • 14th U.S., 1st Battalion
  • 17th U.S., Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion
  • 17th U.S., Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
2nd Brigade


Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
  • 9th Massachusetts
  • 22nd Massachusetts
  • 32nd Massachusetts
  • 4th Michigan
  • 62nd Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


BG Joseph J. Bartlett

Second Division
BG Henry H. Lockwood
BG Samuel W. Crawford

 1st Brigade


Col Peter Lyle
  • 16th Maine
  • 13th Massachusetts
  • 39th Massachusetts
  • 104th New York
  • 90th Pennsylvania
  • 107th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col James L. Bates
3rd Brigade


Col Nathan D. Dushane
  • 1st Maryland
  • 4th Maryland
  • 7th Maryland
  • 8th Maryland
  • Purnell (Maryland) Legion

Third Division
(Pennsylvania Reserves)
BG Samuel W. Crawford

 1st Brigade


Col Martin D. Hardin
  • 1st Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 6th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 7th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 11th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 13th Pennsylvania Reserves
3rd Brigade


Col Joseph W. Fisher
  • 5th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 12th Pennsylvania Reserves
Independent Brigade


Col G. Howard Kitching
  • 6th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery

Fourth Division
BG Lysander Cutler

 1st Brigade
(Iron Brigade)


Col William W. Robinson
2nd Brigade


Col J. William Hofmann
  • 3rd Delaware
  • 4th Delaware
  • 46th New York
  • 76th New York
  • 95th New York
  • 147th New York
  • 56th Pennsylvania
  • 157th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


Col Edward S. Bragg
  • 121st Pennsylvania
  • 142nd Pennsylvania
  • 143rd Pennsylvania
  • 149th Pennsylvania
  • 150th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


Col Charles S. Wainwright
  • 3rd Battery, Massachusetts Light
  • 5th Battery, Massachusetts Light
  • 9th Battery, Massachusetts Light
  • Battery B, 1st New York Light
  • Battery C, 1st New York Light
  • Battery D, 1st New York Light
  • Batteries E and L, 1st New York Light
  • Battery H, 1st New York Light
  • 5th Battery, New York Light
  • 15th Battery, New York Light
  • Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light
  • Battery B, 4th United States
  • Battery D, 5th United States

[edit] VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG David A. Russell

 1st Brigade


Col William H. Penrose
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 2nd New Jersey
  • 3rd New Jersey
  • 4th New Jersey
  • 10th New Jersey
  • 15th New Jersey
2nd Brigade


BG Emory Upton
  • 5th Maine
  • 121st New York
  • 95th Pennsylvania
  • 96th Pennsylvania
  • 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
3rd Brigade


BG Henry L. Eustis
  • 6th Maine
  • 49th Pennsylvania
  • 119th Pennsylvania
  • 5th Wisconsin
4th Brigade


Col Nelson Cross

Second Division
BG Thomas H. Neill

 1st Brigade


BG Frank Wheaton
2nd Brigade
(1st Vermont Brigade)


BG Lewis A. Grant
3rd Brigade


Col David D. Bidwell
  • 7th Maine
  • 43rd New York
  • 49th New York
  • 77th New York
  • 61st Pennsylvania
4th Brigade


Col Oliver Edwards
  • 7th Massachusetts
  • 10th Massachusetts
  • 47th Massachusetts
  • 2nd Rhode Island

Third Division
BG James B. Ricketts

 1st Brigade


Col William S. Truex (w, June 1)
Col John W. Schall (w, June 1 and 3)
  • 14th New Jersey
  • 106th New York
  • 151st New York
  • 87th Pennsylvania
  • 10th Vermont
2nd Brigade


Col Benjamin F. Smith
  • 6th Maryland
  • 9th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 110th Ohio
  • 122nd Ohio
  • 126th Ohio
  • 67th Pennsylvania
  • 138th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


Col Charles H. Tompkins
  • 4th Battery, Maine Light
  • 5th Battery, Maine Light
  • 1st Battery, Massachusetts Light
  • Battery A, 1st New Jersey Light
  • 1st Battery, New York Light
  • 3rd Battery, New York Light
  • 1st Battalion, 4th New York Heavy
  • Battery H, 1st Ohio Light
  • Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery E, 5th United States
  • Battery M, 5th United States

[edit] IX Corps

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
MG Thomas L. Crittenden

 1st Brigade


BG James H. Ledlie
2nd Brigade


Col Joseph M. Sudsburg
  • 3rd Maryland
  • 21st Massachusetts
  • 100th Pennsylvania
Independent Brigade


Col Elisha G. Marshall
  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (Dismounted)
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry (Dismounted)
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Artillery
  • 2nd Maine Light Battery
  • 14th Massachusetts Battery

Second Division
BG Robert B. Potter

 1st Brigade


Col John I. Curtin
  • 36th Massachusetts
  • 58th Massachusetts
  • 51st New York
  • 45th Pennsylvania
  • 48th Pennsylvania
  • 7th Rhode Island
2nd Brigade


Col Simon G. Griffin
Artillery
  • 11th Massachusetts Battery
  • 19th New York Battery

Third Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox

 1st Brigade


Col John F. Hartranft
2nd Brigade


Col William Humphrey
Artillery
  • Battery G, 7th Maine
  • 34th New York Battery

Fourth Division
BG Edward Ferrero

 1st Brigade


Col Joshua K. Sigfried
  • 27th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 30th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 39th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 43rd U.S. Colored Troops
2nd Brigade


Col Henry G. Thomas
  • 19th U.S. Colored Troops
  • 23rd U.S. Colored Troops
  • 31st U.S. Colored Troops
  • Battery D, Pennsylvania Independent Light
  • 3rd Vermont Battery

[edit] Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

 1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade)


BG George A. Custer
2nd Brigade


Col Thomas C. Devin
  • 4th New York
  • 6th New York
  • 9th New York
  • 17th Pennsylvania
Reserve Brigade


BG Wesley Merritt
  • 19th New York (1st Dragoon)
  • 6th Pennsylvania
  • 1st United States
  • 2nd United States
  • 5th United States

Second Division
BG David McM. Gregg

 1st Brigade


BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.
  • 1st Massachusetts
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 10th New York
  • 6th Ohio
  • 1st Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col J. Irvin Gregg
  • 1st Maine
  • 2nd Pennsylvania
  • 4th Pennsylvania
  • 8th Pennsylvania
  • 13th Pennsylvania
  • 16th Pennsylvania

Third Division
BG James H. Wilson

 1st Brigade


Col John Baillie McIntosh
  • 1st Connecticut
  • 3rd New Jersey
  • 2nd New York
  • 5th New York
  • 2nd Ohio
  • 18th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col George H. Chapman
  • 3rd Indiana
  • 8th New York
  • 1st Vermont

Horse Artillery

 1st Brigade


Cpt James M. Robertson
  • 6th New York Battery
  • Batteries B and L, 2nd United States
  • Battery D, 2nd United States
  • Battery M, 2nd United States
  • Battery A, 4th United States
  • Batteries C and E, 4th United States
2nd Brigade


Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
  • Batteries E and G, 1st United States
  • Batteries H and I, 1st United States
  • Battery K, 1st United States
  • Battery A, 2nd United States

[edit] XVIII Corps

MG William F. Smith

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG William H. T. Brooks

 1st Brigade


BG Gilman Marston
  • 81st New York
  • 96th New York
  • 98th New York
  • 139th New York
2nd Brigade


BG Hiram Burnham
  • 8th Connecticut
  • 10th New Hampshire
  • 13th New Hampshire
  • 18th New Hampshire
3rd Brigade


Col Guy V. Henry
  • 21st Connecticut
  • 40th Massachusetts
  • 92nd New York
  • 58th Pennsylvania
  • 188th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade


Cpt Samuel S. Elder
  • Battery B, 1st United States
  • Battery L, 4th United States
  • Battery A, 5th United States

Second Division
BG John H. Martindale

 1st Brigade


BG George J. Stannard
  • 23rd Massachusetts
  • 25th Massachusetts
  • 27th Massachusetts
  • 9th New Jersey
  • 55th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.

Third Division
BG Charles Devens, Jr.

 1st Brigade


Col William B. Barton
  • 47th New York
  • 48th New York
  • 115th New York
  • 76th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


Col Jeremiah C. Drake (k)
Col Zina H. Robinson
  • 13th Indiana
  • 9th Maine
  • 112th New York
  • 169th New York
3rd Brigade


BG Adelbert Ames
  • 4th New Hampshire
  • 3rd New York
  • 117th New York
  • 142nd New York
  • 97th Pennsylvania

[edit] References

  • Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8071-2803-1