Fort Stedman Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced casualties in these Corps on the day of battle. Order of battle is compiled from the official reports which observed casualties.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Military Rank Abbreviations Used
Other
Army of the Potomac
MG Andrew A. Humphreys[2][3]
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Nelson A. Miles |
1st Brigade
Col George W. Scott
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- 26th Michigan: Lt Hickock (w)
- 5th New Hampshire: Maj James E. Larkin
- 61st New York: Maj George W. Scott
- 111th New York: Ltc Husk
- 81st Pennsylvania: Ltc William Wilson
- 140th Pennsylvania: Cpt Kerr
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2nd Brigade
Col Robert Nugent
Cpt Patrick H. Bird
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- 28th Massachusetts: Ltc James Flemming (w)
- 63rd New York: Cpt William. H. Terwilliger
- 69th New York: Col James J. Smith
- 88th New York: Cpt John Smith
- 126th New York: Cpt I. Hart Wilder
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3rd Brigade
Col Augustus Funk |
- 39th New York: Maj John McE. Hyde
- 53rd New York: Ltc Henry M. Karples
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4th Brigade
Col Mintzer |
- 53rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Col George C. Anderson
- 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart
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Second Division [not engaged] |
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Third Division
Bvt MG Gershom Mott |
1st Brigade
BG P. Regis De Trobriand
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2nd Brigade
BG Byron R. Pierce
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- 17th Maine: Ltc William Hobson
- 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Maj Nathaniel Shatswell
- 5th Michigan: Col John Pulford
- 93rd New York: Ltc Haviland Gifford
- 57th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Horton
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3rd Brigade
BG Robert McAllister
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- 7th New Jersey: Col Francis Price
- 8th New Jersey: Maj Henry Hartford
- 11th New Jersey: Cpt Charles F. Gage
- 120th New York: Maj Walter F. Scott
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MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
BG Charles Griffin |
1st Brigade
BG Joshua L. Chamberlain
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2nd Brigade [not engaged] |
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3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. Bartlett
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- 20th Maine Infantry: Ltc Walter G. Morrill
- 15th Michigan: Maj William O. Colt
- 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry: Col Chauncey P. Rogers
- 118th Pennsylvania Infantry: Ltc Henry O'Neill
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Second Division [not engaged] |
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Third Division [not engaged] |
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MG Horatio G. Wright
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
MG Frank Wheaton |
1st Brigade [not engaged] |
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2nd Brigade
BG Joseph E. Hamblin
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3rd Brigade
Colonel Oliver Edwards
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- 37th Massachusetts
- 82nd Pennsylvania
- 119th Pennsylvania
- 2nd Rhode Island
- 5th Wisconsin
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Second Division
BG Romeyn B. Ayres |
1st Brigade
Col James M. Warner
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- 93rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Ltc D. C. Keller (w)
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2nd Brigade
MG Lewis A. Grant
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3rd Brigade [not engaged] |
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Third Division
BG Samuel W. Crawford |
1st Brigade [not engaged] |
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2nd Brigade
BG J. Warren Keifer
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- 110th Ohio: Col Otho H. Binkley
- 122nd Ohio: Ltc Charles M. Cornyn
- 126th Ohio: Ltc Thomas W. McKinnie
- 67th Pennsylvania: Maj William G. Williams
- 6th Maryland: Ltc Joseph C. Hill
- 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc James W. Snyder
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MG John G. Parke
Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
First Division
MG Orlando B. Willcox
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1st Brigade [not engaged] |
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2nd Brigade
Col Ralph Ely
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3rd Brigade
BG Napoleon B. McLaughlen (c)
Col Gilbert P. Robinson
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- 3rd Maryland: Cpt John F. Burch
- 3rd Maryland Veterans: Cpt Joseph F. Carter
- 29th Massachusetts: Cpt John M. Deane
- 57th Massachusetts: Cpt James Doherty (mw)
Ltc Julius M. Tucker
- 59th Massachusetts: Maj Ezra P. Gould
- 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Pentecost (mw))
Maj Norman J. Maxwell
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Artillery |
- 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George M. Rall
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Acting Engineers |
- 17th Michigan: Maj Thomas Mathews
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Second Division [not engaged] |
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Third Division
BG John F. Hartranft
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1st Brigade
Col Charles W. Diven (w)
Ltc William H.H. McCall
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- 200th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H.H. McCall
- 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
- 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
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2nd Brigade
Col Joseph A. Mathews
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- 205th Pennsylvania: Maj B. Mortimer Morrow
- 207th Pennsylvania: Col Robert C. Cox
- 211th Pennsylvania: Cpt William A. Coulter
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Artillery
BG John C. Tidball
Maj Theodore Miller, Inspector of Artillery |
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- 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery I
- 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery K
- 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery L: Lt Robert Lewis (r18)
- Maine Light, 7th Battery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell
- Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
- Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery: Cpt Edward J Jones
- Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery
- New Jersey Light, 3rd Battery
- 1st New York Light, Battery G
- 8th New York Heavy, Battery 15: Cpt John R. Cooper
- 8th New York Light, Battery G
- New York Light, 19th Battery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers
- New York Light, 27th Battery: Cpt John B. Eaton
- New York Light, 34th Battery: Maj Jacob Roemer
- 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
- Pennsylvania Light, Battery D: Cpt Samuel H. Rhoads
- 5th United States, Batteries C and I: Valentine H. Stone
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Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
- ↑ Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
- ↑ The First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report)
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