Boydton Plank Road Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road (October 27-28, 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns.[1]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Bvt = Brevet
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed in action
- c = captured
Army of the Potomac
II Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery | ||
| Provost Guard
|
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
V Corps
Escort: Cpt Napoleon J. Horrell
- 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)
Provost Guard: Cpt Paul A. Oliver
- 5th New York (battalion)
Ambulance Train: Cpt William F. Drum
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Provost Guard
|
| |
|
Third Division[5]
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 3rd Brigade
|
||
| Artillery Brigade |
|
IX Corps
Escort: Lt William W. Neiterfield
- 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies C and H
Provost Guard: Cpt Andrew D. Baird
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Acting Engineers
|
||
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 1st Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery Brigade
|
|
Cavalry Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division[2]
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLII, Part 1, pages 153-160
- 1 2 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)
- ↑ Brady's and Jardine's Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
- ↑ The Second Brigade remained in the trenches
- ↑ 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
- ↑ 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
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