Five Forks Union order of battle

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

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Union Army


MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
BG Charles Griffin

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Charles Griffin
     BG Joseph J. Bartlett
Escort:


1st Brigade


   BG Joshua Chamberlain

  • 185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper
  • 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton
2nd Brigade


   Col Edgar M. Gregory

3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett
   Col Alfred L. Pearson

Second Division


     BG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop
   Col James Grindley

2nd Brigade


   Col Richard N. Bowerman

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG James Gwyn

  • 3rd Delaware: Cpt John H. Cade
  • 4th Delaware: Cpt William H. Maclary (k), Ltc Moses B. Gist
  • 8th Delaware (3 companies): Cpt John N. Richards
  • 190th Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee
  • 191st Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee
  • 210th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward L. Whitman

Third Division


     BG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col John Azor Kellogg

2nd Brigade


   BG Henry Baxter

  • 16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden
  • 39th Massachusetts: Ltc Henry M. Tremlett
  • 97th New York: Rouse Eglston
  • 11th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Overmyer
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy
3rd Brigade


   Col Richard Coulter

Cavalry Corps

Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Thomas Devin

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Stagg

2nd Brigade


   BG Charles Lane Fitzhugh

  • 6th New York Cavalry: Maj Harrison White
  • 9th New York Cavalry: Maj James R. Dinnin
  • 19th New York Cavalry: Maj Howard M. Smith
  • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Coe Durland
  • 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Gabriel Middleton
3rd Brigade


   BG Alfred Gibbs

  • 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Casper Crowninshield
  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Charles L. Leiper
  • 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord
  • 5th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Thomas Drummond (k), Lt Gustuvus Urban
  • 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Robert N. Morris

Second Division


     MG George Crook

1st Brigade


   BG Henry Eugene Davies

  • 1st New Jersey Cavalry: Col Hugh H. Janeway
  • 10th New York Cavalry: Col M. Henry Avery
  • 24th New York Cavalry: Col Walter C. Newberry, Ltc Melze Richards
  • 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Hampton S. Thompson
2nd Brigade


   Col M. Kirwin

  • 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan
  • 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson
  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles
3rd Brigade


   Col Charles H. Smith

Horse Artillery


  

  • 1st US, Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
  • 1st US, Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
  • 2nd US, Battery A: Lt James H. Lord

Third Division


     BG George Armstrong Custer

1st Brigade


   Col Alexander C. M. Pennington

2nd Brigade


   Col William Wells

3rd Brigade


   Col Henry Capehart

Mackenzie's Cavalry Division[2]


     BG Ranald S. Mackenzie

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. West

  • 20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler
  • 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz
2nd Brigade


   Col Samuel P. Spear (w)
   Col Andrew W. Evans

Artillery

See also

Notes

  1. Equipped and serving as infantry.
  2. Temporarily attached from the Army of the James.

References