Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies
Escort:
MG Ambrose E. Burnside
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Thomas G. Stevenson

Col Daniel Leasure

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		1st Brigade

Col Jacob P. Gould

Ltc Stephen M. Weld, Jr.

BG James Ledlie
First Division

BG Thomas G. Stevenson

Col Daniel Leasure

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		2nd Brigade

Col Daniel Leasure

Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
First Division

BG Thomas G. Stevenson

Col Daniel Leasure

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		Artillery
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		1st Brigade

Col Zenas Bliss

Col John I. Curtin
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		2nd Brigade

Col Simon G. Griffin
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		Artillery
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		1st Brigade

Col John F. Hartranft
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		2nd Brigade

Col Benjamin C. Christ

Col William Humphrey
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		Artillery
  • Maine Light, 7th Battery
  • New York Light, 34th Battery
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		1st Brigade

Col Joshua K. Sigfried
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		2nd Brigade

Col Henry G. Thomas
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		Artillery
  • Pennsylvania Light, Battery D
  • Vermont Light, 3rd Battery
Reporting directlyProvost Guard
Reporting directlyCavalry
Reporting directlyArtillery Reserve

Cpt John Edwards, Jr.
Reporting directlyProvisional Brigade

Col Elisha G. Marshall

[Army of the Potomac]

MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		1st Brigade

Col Nelson A. Miles
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		2nd Brigade

Col Thomas A. Smyth
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		3rd Brigade

Col Paul Frank

Col Hiram L. Brown

Col Clinton D. MacDougall
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		4th Brigade

Col John R. Brooke
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		1st Brigade

BG Alexander S. Webb

Col H. Boyd McKeen
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		2nd Brigade

BG Joshua T. Owen
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		3rd Brigade

Col Samuel S. Carroll

Col Theodore G. Ellis
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		Provost Guard
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		1st Brigade

BG J. H. Hobart Ward

Col Thomas W. Egan
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		2nd Brigade

Col John S. Crocker
Fourth Division

BG Gershom Mott		1st Brigade

Col Robert McAllister
Fourth Division

BG Gershom Mott		2nd Brigade

Col William R. Brewster
Artillery Brigade
Col John C. Tidball

V Corps">V Corps (Union Army)">V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Charles Griffin		1st Brigade

BG Romeyn B. Ayres
First Division

BG Charles Griffin		2nd Brigade

Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
First Division

BG Charles Griffin		3rd Brigade

BG Joseph J. Bartlett
Second Division

BG John C. Robinson

Col Richard Coulter		1st Brigade

Col Peter Lyle
Second Division

BG John C. Robinson

Col Richard Coulter		2nd Brigade

Col Richard Coulter

Col James L. Bates
Second Division

BG John C. Robinson

Col Richard Coulter		3rd Brigade

Col Andrew W. Denison

Col Charles E. Phelps

Col Richard N. Bowerman
  • 1st Maryland
  • 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman
  • 7th Maryland: Col Charles E. Phelps
  • 8th Maryland
Third Division

BG Samuel W. Crawford		1st Brigade

Col William McCandless

Col William C. Talley

Col Wellington H. Ent

Col Samuel M. Jackson
Third Division

BG Samuel W. Crawford		3rd Brigade

Col Joseph W. Fisher
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		1st Brigade

Col William W. Robinson
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		2nd Brigade

BG James C. Rice

Col Edward B. Fowler
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		3rd Brigade

Col Edward S. Bragg
Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. Wainwright

VI Corps">VI Corps (Union Army)">VI Corps

MG John Sedgwick
BG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Horatio G. Wright

BG David A. Russell		1st Brigade

Col Henry W. Brown

Col William H. Penrose
First Division

BG Horatio G. Wright

BG David A. Russell		2nd Brigade

Col Emory Upton
First Division

BG Horatio G. Wright

BG David A. Russell		3rd Brigade

BG David A. Russell

BG Henry L. Eustis
First Division

BG Horatio G. Wright

BG David A. Russell		4th Brigade

Col Nelson Cross
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		1st Brigade

BG Frank Wheaton
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		2nd Brigade

Col Lewis A. Grant
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		3rd Brigade

Col Daniel D. Bidwell
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		4th Brigade

BG Henry L. Eustis

Col Oliver Edwards
Third Division

BG James B. Ricketts		1st Brigade

BG William H. Morris

Col John W. Schall

Col William S. Truex
Third Division

BG James B. Ricketts		2nd Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Smith
Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins

Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps (Union Army)">Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan
Escort:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Wesley Merritt		1st Brigade

BG George A. Custer
First Division

BG Wesley Merritt		2nd Brigade

Col Thomas C. Devin
First Division

BG Wesley Merritt		Reserve Brigade

Col Alfred Gibbs
  • 19th New York
  • 6th Pennsylvania
  • 1st United States
  • 2nd United States
  • 5th United States
Second Division

BG David M. Gregg		1st Brigade

BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.
  • 1st Massachusetts
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 6th Ohio
  • 1st Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG David M. Gregg		2nd Brigade

Col J. Irvin Gregg
Third Division

BG James H. Wilson		1st Brigade

Col John B. McIntosh
Third Division

BG James H. Wilson		2nd Brigade

Col George H. Chapman
1st Brigade Horse Artillery
Cpt James M. Robertson
  • New York Light, 6th Battery
  • 2nd United States, Batteries B and L
  • 2nd United States, Battery D
  • 2nd United States, Battery M
  • 4th United States, Battery A
  • 4th United States, Batteries C and E

Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Artillery Reserve

Col Henry S. Burton		1st Brigade

Col J. Howard Kitching
Artillery Reserve

Col Henry S. Burton		2nd Brigade

Maj John A. Tompkins
Artillery Reserve

Col Henry S. Burton		3rd Brigade

Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh
Artillery Reserve

Col Henry S. Burton		2nd Brigade Horse Artillery

Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
Artillery Reserve

Col Henry S. Burton		Artillery Park

Ltc Freeman McGilvery
  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion

Forces operating against Richmond May 17–21, 1864

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies
Escort:
MG Ambrose E. Burnside
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		1st Brigade

BG James Ledlie
  • 35th Massachusetts
  • 56th Massachusetts: Ltc Stephen M. Weld, Jr.
  • 57th Massachusetts
  • 59th Massachusetts
  • 4th United States
  • 10th United States
First Division

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		2nd Brigade

Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
First Division

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		Provisional Brigade

Col Elisha G. Marshall
  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
First Division

MG Thomas L. Crittenden		Artillery
  • Maine Light, 2nd Battery
  • Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		1st Brigade

Col John I. Curtin
  • 36th Massachusetts
  • 58th Massachusetts
  • 51st New York
  • 45th Pennsylvania
  • 48th Pennsylvania
  • 7th Rhode Island
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		2nd Brigade

Col Simon G. Griffin
  • 2nd Maryland
  • 31st Maine
  • 32nd Maine
  • 6th New Hampshire
  • 9th New Hampshire
  • 11th New Hampshire
  • 17th Vermont
Second Division

BG Robert B. Potter		Artillery
  • Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery
  • New York Light, 19th Battery
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		1st Brigade

Col John F. Hartranft
  • 2nd Michigan
  • 8th Michigan
  • 17th Michigan
  • 27th Michigan
  • 109th New York
  • 51st Pennsylvania
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		2nd Brigade

Col William Humphrey
  • 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
  • 20th Michigan
  • 60th Ohio
  • 50th Pennsylvania
Third Division

BG Orlando B. Wilcox		Artillery
  • Maine Light, 7th Battery
  • New York Light, 34th Battery
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		1st Brigade

Col Joshua K. Sigfried
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		2nd Brigade

Col Henry G. Thomas
  • 30th Connecticut Colored
  • 19th United States Colored Troops
  • 23rd United States Colored Troops
Fourth Division

BG Edward Ferrero		Artillery
  • Pennsylvania Light, Battery D
  • Vermont Light, 3rd Battery
Reporting directlyProvost Guard
  • 8th United States
Reporting directlyCavalry
  • 3rd New Jersey
  • 22nd New York
  • 2nd Ohio
Reporting directly--

Reporting directly		--

[Army of the Potomac]

MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		1st Brigade

Col Nelson A. Miles
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		2nd Brigade

Col Thomas A. Smyth

Col Richard Byrnes
  • 28th Massachusetts: Col Richard Byrnes
  • 63rd New York
  • 69th New York
  • 88th New York
  • 116th Pennsylvania
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		3rd Brigade

Col Clinton D. MacDougall
  • 39th New York
  • 52nd New York
  • 111th New York
  • 125th New York
  • 126th New York
First Division

BG Francis C. Barlow		4th Brigade

Col John R. Brooke
  • 2nd Delaware
  • 64th New York
  • 66th New York
  • 53rd Pennsylvania
  • 145th Pennsylvania
  • 148th Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		1st Brigade

Col H. Boyd McKeen
  • 19th Maine
  • 15th Massachusetts
  • 19th Massachusetts
  • 20th Massachusetts
  • 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
  • 7th Michigan
  • 42nd New York
  • 59th New York
  • 82nd New York
  • 36th Wisconsin
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		2nd Brigade

BG Joshua T. Owen
  • 152nd New York
  • 69th Pennsylvania
  • 71st Pennsylvania
  • 72nd Pennsylvania
  • 106th Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		3rd Brigade

Col Theodore G. Ellis

Col Thomas A. Smyth
  • 14th Connecticut: Col Theodore G. Ellis
  • 1st Delaware
  • 14th Indiana
  • 12th New Jersey
  • 10th New York Battalion
  • 108th New York
  • 4th Ohio
  • 8th Ohio
  • 7th West Virginia
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		4th Brigade

Col Mathew Murphy

Col James P. McIvor
Second Division

BG John Gibbon		Provost Guard
  • 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		1st Brigade

Col Thomas W. Egan
  • 20th Indiana
  • 3rd Maine
  • 40th New York
  • 86th New York
  • 124th New York
  • 99th Pennsylvania
  • 110th Pennsylvania
  • 141st Pennsylvania
  • 2nd United States Sharpshooters
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		2nd Brigade

Col John S. Crocker

Col Elijah Walker
  • 4th Maine: Col Elijah Walker
  • 17th Maine
  • 3rd Michigan
  • 5th Michigan
  • 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker
  • 57th Pennsylvania
  • 63rd Pennsylvania
  • 105th Pennsylvania
  • 1st United States Sharpshooters
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		3rd Brigade

BG Gershom Mott
  • 1st Massachusetts
  • 16th Massachusetts
  • 5th New Jersey
  • 6th New Jersey
  • 7th New Jersey
  • 8th New Jersey
  • 11th New Jersey
  • 26th Pennsylvania
  • 115th Pennsylvania
Third Division

MG David B. Birney		4th Brigade

Col William R. Brewster
  • 11th Massachusetts
  • 70th New York
  • 71st New York
  • 72nd New York
  • 73rd New York
  • 74th New York
  • 120th New York
  • 84th Pennsylvania
Fourth Division

BG Robert O. Tyler		no brigade organization
Artillery Brigade
Col John C. Tidball
  • Maine Light, 6th Battery
  • Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery
  • New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
  • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
  • 1st New York Light, Battery G
  • 4th New York Heavy, 3rd Battalion
  • New York Light, 11th Battery
  • New York Light, 12th Battery
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
  • 4th United States, Battery K
  • 5th United States, Batteries C and I

V Corps">V Corps (Union Army)">V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG Charles Griffin		1st Brigade

BG Romeyn B. Ayres
  • 140th New York
  • 146th New York
  • 91st Pennsylvania
  • 155th Pennsylvania
  • 2nd United States, Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
  • 11th United States, Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
  • 12th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
  • 14th United States, 1st Battalion
  • 17th United States, Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
First Division

BG Charles Griffin		2nd Brigade

Col Jacob B. Sweitzer
First Division

BG Charles Griffin		3rd Brigade

BG Joseph J. Bartlett
  • 20th Maine
  • 18th Massachusetts
  • 1st Michigan
  • 16th Michigan
  • 44th New York
  • 83rd Pennsylvania
  • 118th Pennsylvania
Third Division

BG Samuel W. Crawford		1st Brigade

Col Samuel M. Jackson

Col Martin D. Hardin
Third Division

BG Samuel W. Crawford		2nd Brigade

Col Richard Coulter

Col James L. Bates
  • 12th Massachusetts: Col James L. Bates
  • 83rd New York
  • 97th New York
  • 11th Pennsylvania
  • 88th Pennsylvania
Third Division

BG Samuel W. Crawford		3rd Brigade

Col Joseph W. Fisher
  • 5th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 10th Pennsylvania Reserves
  • 12th Pennsylvania Reserves
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		1st Brigade

Col William W. Robinson
  • 7th Indiana
  • 19th Indiana
  • 24th Michigan
  • 1st New York Battalion Sharpshooters
  • 6th Wisconsin
  • 7th Wisconsin
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		2nd Brigade

Col Edward B. Fowler

Col J. William Hofmann
  • 76th New York
  • 84th New York
  • 95th New York
  • 147th New York
  • 56th Pennsylvania: Col J. William Hofmann
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		3rd Brigade

Col Edward S. Bragg
  • 121st Pennsylvania
  • 142nd Pennsylvania
  • 143rd Pennsylvania
  • 149th Pennsylvania
  • 150th Pennsylvania
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		4th Brigade

Col Peter Lyle
  • 16th Maine
  • 13th Massachusetts
  • 39th Massachusetts
  • 104th New York
  • 90th Pennsylvania
  • 107th Pennsylvania
Fourth Division

BG Lysander Cutler		Provost Guard
  • 2nd Wisconsin
Reporting directlyHeavy Artillery Brigade

Col J. Howard Kitching
  • 6th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 15th New York Heavy Artillery, 1st and 3rd Battalions
Reporting directlyMaryland Brigade

Col Richard N. Bowerman
Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. Wainwright
  • Massachusetts Light, Battery C
  • Massachusetts Light, Battery E
  • Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
  • 1st New York Light, Battery B
  • 1st New York Light, Battery C
  • 1st New York Light, Battery D
  • 1st New York Light, Batteries E and L
  • 1st New York Light, Battery H
  • New York Light, 5th Battery
  • New York Light, 15th Battery
  • 4th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
  • 4th United States, Battery B
  • 5th United States, Battery D

VI Corps">VI Corps (Union Army)">VI Corps

BG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division

BG David A. Russell		1st Brigade

Col William H. Penrose
  • 1st New Jersey
  • 2nd New Jersey
  • 3rd New Jersey
  • 4th New Jersey
  • 10th New Jersey
  • 15th New Jersey
First Division

BG David A. Russell		2nd Brigade

Col Emory Upton
First Division

BG David A. Russell		3rd Brigade

BG Henry L. Eustis
  • 6th Maine
  • 49th Pennsylvania
  • 119th Pennsylvania
  • 5th Wisconsin
First Division

BG David A. Russell		4th Brigade

Col Nelson Cross
  • 65th New York
  • 67th New York
  • 122nd New York
  • 82nd Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		1st Brigade

BG Frank Wheaton
  • 62nd New York
  • 93rd Pennsylvania
  • 98th Pennsylvania
  • 102nd Pennsylvania
  • 139th Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		2nd Brigade

Col Lewis A. Grant
  • 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
  • 2nd Vermont
  • 3rd Vermont
  • 4th Vermont
  • 5th Vermont
  • 6th Vermont
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		3rd Brigade

Col Daniel D. Bidwell
  • 7th Maine
  • 43rd New York
  • 49th New York
  • 77th New York
  • 61st Pennsylvania
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Neill		4th Brigade

Col Oliver Edwards
Third Division

BG James B. Ricketts		1st Brigade

Col William S. Truex
Third Division

BG James B. Ricketts		2nd Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Smith
  • 6th Maryland
  • 110th Ohio
  • 122nd Ohio
  • 126th Ohio
  • 67th Pennsylvania
  • 138th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins
  • Maine Light, 4th Battery
  • Maine Light, 5th Battery
  • Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery
  • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
  • New York Light, 1st Battery
  • New York Light, 3rd Battery
  • 4th New York Heavy, 1st Battalion
  • 1st Ohio Light, Battery H
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
  • 5th United States, Battery E
  • 5th United States, Battery M

Cavalry

BrigadeRegiments and Others
Torbert's Command

BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
  • 5th New York
  • 1st Pennsylvania
  • 13th Pennsylvania
  • 16th Pennsylvania
  • 1st Massachusetts

Artillery

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt		2nd Brigade Horse Artillery

Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
  • 1st United States, Batteries E and G
  • 1st United States, Batteries H and I
  • 1st United States, Battery K
  • 2nd United States, Battery A
  • 2nd United States, Battery G
  • 3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K
Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt		Artillery Park

Ltc Freeman McGilvery
  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion