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
MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
BG Charles Griffin
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Charles Griffin
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
Escort:
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1st Brigade
BG Joshua Chamberlain
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- 185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper
- 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton
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2nd Brigade
Col Edgar M. Gregory
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3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
Col Alfred L. Pearson
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Second Division
BG Romeyn B. Ayres
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1st Brigade
Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop
Col James Grindley
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2nd Brigade
Col Richard N. Bowerman
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3rd Brigade
Bvt BG James Gwyn
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- 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
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Third Division
BG Samuel W. Crawford
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1st Brigade
Col John Azor Kellogg
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2nd Brigade
BG Henry Baxter
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- 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
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3rd Brigade
Col Richard Coulter
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Cavalry Corps
Bvt MG Wesley Merritt
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Thomas Devin
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1st Brigade
Col Peter Stagg
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2nd Brigade
BG Charles Lane Fitzhugh
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- 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
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3rd Brigade
BG Alfred Gibbs
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- 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
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Second Division
MG George Crook
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1st Brigade
BG Henry Eugene Davies
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- 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
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2nd Brigade
Col M. Kirwin
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- 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan
- 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson
- 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles
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3rd Brigade
Col Charles H. Smith
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Horse Artillery
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- 1st US, Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
- 1st US, Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin
- 2nd US, Battery A: Lt James H. Lord
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Third Division
BG George Armstrong Custer
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1st Brigade
Col Alexander C. M. Pennington
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2nd Brigade
Col William Wells
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3rd Brigade
Col Henry Capehart
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Mackenzie's Cavalry Division[2]
BG Ranald S. Mackenzie
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1st Brigade
Col Robert M. West
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- 20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler
- 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel P. Spear (w)
Col Andrew W. Evans
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Artillery
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See also
Notes
References
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.