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

II Corps

MG Andrew A. Humphreys[2][3]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Nelson A. Miles

1st Brigade

   Col George W. Scott
  

  • 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
2nd Brigade

  Col Robert Nugent
  Cpt Patrick H. Bird

  • 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
3rd Brigade

   Col Augustus Funk

  • 39th New York: Maj John McE. Hyde
  • 53rd New York: Ltc Henry M. Karples
4th Brigade

   Col Mintzer

  • 53rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Col George C. Anderson
  • 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart

Second Division [not engaged]

Third Division
     Bvt MG Gershom Mott

1st Brigade


   BG P. Regis De Trobriand

2nd Brigade


   BG Byron R. Pierce

  • 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
3rd Brigade


   BG Robert McAllister

  • 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

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade


   BG Joshua L. Chamberlain

  • 198th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade [not engaged]
3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

  • 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

Second Division [not engaged]

Third Division [not engaged]

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       BG Joseph E. Hamblin

    3rd Brigade


       Colonel Oliver Edwards

    • 37th Massachusetts
    • 82nd Pennsylvania
    • 119th Pennsylvania
    • 2nd Rhode Island
    • 5th Wisconsin

    Second Division
         BG Romeyn B. Ayres

    1st Brigade


       Col James M. Warner

    • 93rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Ltc D. C. Keller (w)
    2nd Brigade


       MG Lewis A. Grant

    3rd Brigade [not engaged]

    Third Division
         BG Samuel W. Crawford

    1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       BG J. Warren Keifer

    • 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

    IX Corps

    MG John G. Parke

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division


         MG Orlando B. Willcox

    1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       Col Ralph Ely

    3rd Brigade


       BG Napoleon B. McLaughlen (c)
       Col Gilbert P. Robinson

    • 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
    Artillery
    • 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George M. Rall
    Acting Engineers
    • 17th Michigan: Maj Thomas Mathews

    Second Division [not engaged]

    Third Division


         BG John F. Hartranft

    1st Brigade


       Col Charles W. Diven (w)
       Ltc William H.H. McCall

    • 200th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H.H. McCall
    • 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
    • 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
    2nd Brigade


       Col Joseph A. Mathews

    • 205th Pennsylvania: Maj B. Mortimer Morrow
    • 207th Pennsylvania: Col Robert C. Cox
    • 211th Pennsylvania: Cpt William A. Coulter
    Artillery


       BG John C. Tidball

       Maj Theodore Miller,
       Inspector of Artillery

    • 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

    Notes

    1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
    2. Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
    3. 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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