Kernstown II Union order of battle


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Kernstown of the American Civil War, on July 24, 1864 in Kernstown, now part of the City of Winchester, Virginia. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

BG George Crook
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

Col Joseph Thoburn
First Brigade

Col George D. Wells

First Division

Col Joseph Thoburn
Second Brigade

Col William G. Ely

  • 18th Connecticut Infantry
  • 2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Infantry
  • 1st West Virginia Infantry
  • 4th West Virginia Infantry
  • 12th West Virginia Infantry
Second Division

Col Isaac H. Duval
First Brigade

Col Rutherford B. Hayes

  • 23rd Ohio Infantry
  • 36th Ohio Infantry
  • 5th West Virginia Infantry
  • 13th West Virginia Infantry
Second Division

Col Isaac H. Duval
Second Brigade

Col Daniel D. Johnson

  • 34th Ohio Infantry
  • 91st Ohio Infantry
  • 9th West Virginia Infantry
  • 14th West Virginia Infantry
Third Division

Col James A. Mulligan
First Brigade

Col Thomas M. Harris

  • 23rd Illinois Infantry
  • 10th West Virginia Infantry
Third Division

Col James A. Mulligan
Second Brigade

Ltc John P. Linton

  • 54th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • 11th West Virginia Infantry
  • 5th West Virginia Infantry
Artillery
  • 30th Battery, New York Light Artillery
  • 1st Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
  • Battery L, 5th United States Artillery
  • Battery E, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery
  • Cavalry

    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division

    BG Alfred N. Duffié
    First Brigade

    Col William B. Tibbits

    • 1st Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade
    • 15th New York Cavalry
    • 21st New York Cavalry
    • 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry
    First Division

    BG Alfred N. Duffié
    Second Brigade

    Col Jacob Higgins

    • 1st New York Cavalry
    • 1st New York Cavalry
    • 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry
    • 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
    Second Division

    BG William W. Averell
    First Brigade

    Col James M. Schoonmaker

    • 8th Ohio Cavalry
    • 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
    Second Division

    BG William W. Averell
    Second Brigade

    Col William H. Powell

    Artillery
  • Battery F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery