Second Bull Run Union order of battle

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

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Army of Virginia

MG John Pope

Headquarters Escort
1st Ohio Cavalry, Company A & C
5th New York Cavalry (7 companies)
36th Ohio: Col George Crook

I Corps

MG Franz Sigel

Headquarters Escort
1st Indiana Cavalry, Company I & K
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Robert C. Schenck (w)
     BG Julius Stahel

 1st Brigade

   BG Julius Stahel
   Col Adolphus Buschbeck
  • 8th New York: Ltc Carl B. Hedterich
  • 41st New York: Ltc Ernest W. Holmstedt
  • 45th New York: Ltc Edward W. Wratislaw
  • 27th Pennsylvania: Col Buschbeck, Ltc Lorenz Cantador
2nd Brigade

   Col Nathaniel C. McLean
Artillery

2nd Division
     BG Adolph von Steinwehr

 1st Brigade

   Col John A. Koltes (k)
   Ltc Gustavus A. Muhleck
  • 29th New York: Col Clemens Soest (w), Maj Louis Hartman
  • 68th New York: Ltc John H. Kleefisch
  • 73rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Muhleck

3rd Division
     BG Carl Schurz

 1st Brigade

   Col Alexander Schimmelfennig
  • 61st Ohio: Ltc Stephen J. McGroarty
  • 74th Pennsylvania: Maj Franz Blessing
  • 8th West Virginia: Cpt Hedgman Slack
  • Battery F, Pennsylvania Artillery: Cpt Robert B. Hampton
2nd Brigade

   Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
  • 54th New York: Ltc Charles Ashby
  • 58th New York: Maj William Henkel (w), Cpt Frederick Braun
  • 75th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis Mahler
  • Battery L, 2nd New York Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer
Unattached
Independent Brigade

   BG Robert H. Milroy
Cavalry Brigade

   BG John Beardsley
  • 1st Connecticut Battalion
  • 1st Maryland Cavalry: Ltc Charles Wetschky
  • 4th New York Cavalry: Ltc Ferris Nazer
  • 9th New York Cavalry: Maj Charles Knox
  • 6th Ohio Cavalry: Col William R. Lloyd
Reserve Artillery

   Cpt Frank Buell
   Cpt Louis Schirmer
  • Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Michael Wiedrich
  • 13th New York: Cpt Julius Dieckmann
  • Battery C, West Virginia Artillery: Lt Wallace Hill

III Corps

MG Irvin McDowell

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     BG Rufus King (Ill)
     BG John P. Hatch (wounded)
     BG Abner Doubleday

 1st Brigade

   BG John P. Hatch (w)
   Col Timothy Sullivan
  • 22nd New York: Col Walter Phelps, Jr.
  • 24th New York: Col Timothy Sullivan, Ltc Samuel Beardsley (w), Maj Andrew Barney (w)
  • 30th New York: Col Edward Frisby
  • 84th New York: Ltc Edward B. Fowler (w), Maj W.H. de Bevois
  • 2nd United States Sharpshooters: Col Henry A. V. Post
2nd Brigade

   BG Abner Doubleday
   Col William P. Wainwright
  • 56th Pennsylvania: Col Sullivan A. Meredith (w), Ltc J. W. Hoffmann
  • 76th New York: Col William P. Wainwright, Maj Charles E. Livingstone
  • 95th New York: Ltc James B. Post
3rd Brigade

   BG Marsena R. Patrick
  • 21st New York: Col William F. Rogers
  • 23rd New York: Ltc Nirom M. Crane
  • 35th New York: Col Newton B. Lord
  • 80th New York: Col G. W. Pratt (mw), Ltc Theodore B. Gates
4th Brigade

BG John Gibbon
Artillery

2nd Division
     BG James B. Ricketts

 1st Brigade

   BG Abram Duryée
  • 97th New York: Ltc John P. Spofford
  • 104th New York: Maj Lewis C. Skinner
  • 105th New York: Col Howard Carroll
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy
2nd Brigade

   BG Zealous B. Tower (w)
   Col William H. Christian
  • 26th New York: Col William H. Christian, Ltc Richard H. Richardson
  • 94th New York: Col Adrian R. Root
  • 88th Pennsylvania: Ltc J. A. McLean (k), Maj George W. Gile
  • 90th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Lyle
3rd Brigade

   Col John W. Stiles
4th Brigade

   Col Joseph Thoburn
  • 7th Indiana: Lieutenant Colonel John F. Cheek
  • 84th Pennsylvania: Col Samuel M. Bowman
  • 110th Pennsylvania: Col William D. Lewis, Jr.
  • 1st West Virginia: Ltc Henry B. Hubbard
Artillery
  • 2nd Maine Light: Cpt James A. Hall
  • 5th Maine Light: Cpt George F. Leppien
  • Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania: Cpt Ezra W. Matthews
  • Battery C, Pennsylvania: Cpt James Thompson

3rd Division (Pennsylvania Reserves)
     BG John F. Reynolds

 1st Brigade

   BG George G. Meade
  • 1st Pennsylvania Rifles
  • 3rd Pennsylvania
  • 4th Pennsylvania
  • 7th Pennsylvania
  • 8th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade

   BG Truman Seymour
  • 1st Pennsylvania
  • 2nd Pennsylvania
  • 5th Pennsylvania
  • 6th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade

   BG Conrad F. Jackson
  • 9th Pennsylvania
  • 10th Pennsylvania
  • 11th Pennsylvania
  • 12th Pennsylvania
Artillery
  • Battery A, 1st Pennsylvania: Lt John G. Simpson
  • Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania: Cpt James H. Cooper
  • Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania: Cpt Mark Kern
  • Battery C, 5th United States: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
Cavalry Brigade (temporarily attached)

   BG George Dashiell Bayard
  • 1st Maine: Col Samuel H. Allen
  • 2nd New York: Col J. Mansfield Davies
  • 1st New Jersey: Ltc Joseph Karge, Maj Ivins D. Jones
  • 1st Pennsylvania: Col Owen Jones
  • 1st Rhode Island: Col Alfred N. Duffié

Reserve Corps

BG Samuel D. Sturgis

Piatt's Brigade
BG Abram S. Piatt
63rd Indiana (4 companies): Ltc John S. Williams
86th New York: Col Benajah P. Bailey

Detachments from the Army of the Potomac, attached to the Army of Virginia

III Corps

MG Samuel P. Heintzelman

Headquarters Escort
5th New Cavalry (3 companies)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     MG Philip Kearny

 1st Brigade

   BG John C. Robinson
  • 20th Indiana: Col William L. Brown (k), Maj John Wheeler
  • 30th Ohio (6 companies): Ltc Theodore Jones
  • 63rd Pennsylvania: Col Alexander Hays (w), Cpt James F. Ryan (w)
  • 105th Pennsylvania: Ltc C. A. Craig (w), Maj J. W. Greenwalt
2nd Brigade

  
3rd Brigade

   Col Orlando Poe
  • 37th New York: Col Samuel B. Hayman
  • 99th Pennsylvania: Col Asher S. Leidy
  • 2nd Michigan: Ltc Louis Dillman
  • 3rd Michigan: Col S. G. Champlin (w), Maj Byron R. Pierce
  • 5th Michigan: Cpt William Wakenshaw
Artillery

3rd Division
     MG Joseph Hooker

 1st Brigade

   BG Cuvier Grover
2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade")

   Col Nelson Taylor
3rd Brigade

   Col Joseph Bradford Carr
  • 2nd New York: Cpt Sidney W. Park
  • 5th New Jersey: Ltc William J. Sewell
  • 6th New Jersey: Col Gershom Mott (w), Ltc George C. Burling
  • 7th New Jersey: Col Joseph W. Revere
  • 8th New Jersey: Ltc William Ward (w), Cpt John Tuite (k), Cpt George Hoffman (w), Cpt O.S. Johnson, Cpt Daniel Blauvelt, Jr.
  • 115th Pennsylvania: Ltc Robert Thompson
Artillery

V Corps

MG Fitz John Porter

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     MG George W. Morell

 1st Brigade

   Col Charles W. Roberts
  • 2nd Maine: Maj Daniel F. Sargent
  • 18th Massachusetts: Maj Joseph Hayes
  • 22nd Massachusetts: Cpt Mason W. Burt
  • 1st Michigan: Col H. S. Roberts (k), Cpt E. W. Belton
  • 13th New York: Col Elisha G. Marshall
  • 25th New York: Col Charles A. Johnson
2nd Brigade

   BG Charles Griffin
3rd Brigade

   BG Daniel Butterfield
   Col H. A. Weeks (w)
   Col James C. Rice
  • 16th Michigan: Cpt Thomas J. Barry, Cpt Henry H. Sibley
  • 12th New York: Col H. A. Weeks (w), Cpt Adrian I. Root (w), Cpt William Huson
  • 17th New York: Col Henry A. Lansing, Maj W. T. C. Grower (w), Cpt John Vickers
  • 44th New York: Col James Rice, Maj Freeman Conner
  • 83rd Pennsylvania: Ltc H. S. Campbell (w), Maj William R. Lamont (w), Cpt John Graham, Cpt O. S. N. Woodward
  • 1st U.S. Sharpshooters: Col Hiram Berdan
Artillery

2nd Division
     BG George W. Sykes

 1st Brigade

   Ltc Robert C. Buchanan
2nd Brigade

   Ltc William Chapman
  • Company G, 1st United States: Cpt Matthew R. Marston
  • 2nd United States: Maj Charles S. Lovell
  • 6th United States: Cpt Levi C. Bootes
  • 10th United States: Maj Charles S. Lovell
  • 11th United States: Maj Delancey Floyd-Jones
  • 17th United States: Maj George L. Andrews
3rd Brigade

   Col Gouverneur K. Warren
Artillery

   Cpt Stephen H. Weed
  • Batteries E and G, 1st United States: Lt Alanson M. Randol
  • Battery I, 5th United States: Cpt Stephen H. Weed
  • Battery K, 5th United States: Cpt John R. Smead (k), Lt W. E. Van Reed

IX Corps

MG Jesse L. Reno

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     MG Isaac I. Stevens

 1st Brigade

   Col Benjamin C. Christ
  • 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc T. S. Brenholtz, Maj Edward Overton, Jr.
  • 8th Michigan: Ltc Frank Graves
2nd Brigade

   Col Daniel Leasure (w)
   Ltc David A. Leckey
  • 46th New York (5 companies): Col Rudolph Rosa (w), Maj Julius Parcus
  • 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc David A. Leckey, Cpt J.E. Cornelius
3rd Brigade

   Col Addison Farnsworth
Artillery
  • Battery E, 2nd United States: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin

2nd Division
MG Jesse L. Reno

 1st Brigade

Col James Nagle
2nd Brigade

Col Edward Ferrero
Artillery
  • Battery D, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt George W. Durell
Kanawha Division

   BG Jacob D. Cox

 1st Brigade

Col Eliakim P. Scammon

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