Second Petersburg Union order of battle
Introduction The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Petersburg (June 15–18, 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used ===Military Rank===* '''LTG''' = Lieutenant General* '''MG''' = Major General* '''BG''' = Brigadier General* '''Col''' = Colonel* '''Ltc''' = Lieutenant Colonel* '''Maj''' = Major* '''Cpt''' = Captain===Other===* '''w''' = wounded* '''k''' = killed
General in Chief LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general, U.S. armies===Army of the James===MG Benjamin F. Butler====Headquarters units====Naval BrigadeBG Charles K. GrahamSiege ArtilleryCol Henry L. Abbot* 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery* 13th New York Heavy Artillery, Companies A and H* 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company M====X Corps====BG Alfred H. Terry Division Brigade Regiments and Others2nd DivisionBG Adelbert Ames 1st BrigadeCol Newton Martin Curtis* 3rd New York* 112th New York* 117th New York* 142nd New York 2nd BrigadeCol William B. Barton* 47th New York* 48th New York* 115th New York* 76th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol Louis Bell* 13th Indiana* 9th Maine* 4th New Hampshire* 169th New York* 97th Pennsylvania Artillery Brigade* 5th Battery, New Jersey Artillery* Battery D, 1st U.S. Artillery* Battery E, 3rd U.S. Artillery* Battery D, 4th U.S. Artillery====XVIII Corps====MG William F. Smith Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG William T. H. Brooks ''until June 18''BG Gilman Marston 1st BrigadeBG Gilman MarstonCol Edgar M. Cullen* 81st New York* 96th New York* 98th New York* 139th New York 2nd BrigadeBG Hiram Burnham* 8th Connecticut* 10th New Hampshire* 13th New Hampshire* 118th New York 3rd BrigadeCol Guy V. Henry* 21st Connecticut* 40th Massachusetts* 92nd New York* 58th Pennsylvania* 188th Pennsylvania Artillery BrigadeCpt Samuel S. Elder* Battery B, 1st United States* Battery L, 4th United States* Battery A, 5th United StatesSecond Division BG John H. Martindale 1st BrigadeBG George J. Stannard* 23rd Massachusetts* 25th Massachusetts* 27th Massachusetts* 9th New Jersey* 10th New York Heavy Artillery* 55th Pennsylvania 2nd BrigadeCol Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.* 11th Connecticut* 8th Maine* 12th New Hampshire* 148th New York* 19th Wisconsin 3rd BrigadeCol Augustus A. Gibson* 5th Maryland* 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Artillery* Battery F, 1st Rhode Island LightThird DivisionBG Edward W. Hincks 1st BrigadeBG Edward A. Wild * 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry* 1st U.S.C.T. Cavalry (dismounted)* 1st U.S.C.T. * 10th U.S.C.T. 2nd BrigadeCol Samuel A. Duncan* 2nd U.S.C.T. Cavalry (dismounted)* 4th U.S.C.T. * 5th U.S.C.T. * 6th U.S.C.T. * 22nd U.S.C.T. 3rd BrigadeCol John Henry Holman* 1st U.S.C.T. * 5th Massachusetts Cavalry====Cavalry==== Division Brigade Regiments and OthersCavalry DivisionBG August V. Kautz 1st BrigadeCol Simon H. Mix ('''k''') ''June 15''Col Robert M. West* 3rd New York Cavalry* 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry 2nd BrigadeCol Samuel P. Spear* 1st District of Columbia Cavalry* 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Unassigned* Companies F & G, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry* 1st New York Mounted Rifles Artillery Brigade* 1st Section, 4th Wisconsin Battery* 2nd Section, 4th Wisconsin Battery===Army of the Potomac===MG George Meade====Headquarters units====Provost GuardBG Marsena R. Patrick* 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D* 80th New York* 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry* 68th Pennsylvania* 114th PennsylvaniaArtilleryBG Henry J. HuntVolunteer Engineer BrigadeBG Henry W. Benham* 15th New York Engineers* 50th New York Engineers* Battalion U.S. Engineers====II Corps====MG Winfield S. Hancock '''relinquished command June 18'''MG David B. Birney* 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG Francis C. Barlow 1st BrigadeCol Nelson A. Miles* 28th Massachusetts* 26th Michigan* 5th New Hampshire* 2nd New York Heavy Artillery: Col Joseph Whistler* 61st New York* 81st Pennsylvania* 140th Pennsylvania* 183rd Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade(Irish Brigade)Col Patrick Kelly ('''k''') ''June 16''Cpt Richard Moroney* 63rd New York* 69th New York* 88th New York* 116th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol Clinton D. MacDougall* 39th New York* 52nd New York* 57th New York* 111th New York* 125th New York* 126th New York 4th BrigadeCol James A. Beaver ('''w''') ''June 16''Ltc John Hastings* 2nd Delaware* 7th New York Heavy Artillery* 64th New York* 66th New York* 53rd Pennsylvania* 145th Pennsylvania* 148th PennsylvaniaSecond DivisionBG John Gibbon 1st BrigadeBG Byron R. Pierce ('''w''') ''June 18''* 19th Maine* 1st Company Sharpshooters* 15th Massachusetts* 19th Massachusetts* 20th Massachusetts* 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters* 7th Michigan* 1st Minnesota Battalion* 42nd New York* 59th New York* 82nd New York* 184th Pennsylvania* 36th Wisconsin: Col John A. Savage ('''k'''); Maj Clement Warner 2nd Brigade(Philadelphia Brigade)Col John Fraser* 152nd New York* 69th Pennsylvania* 72nd Pennsylvania* 106th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol Thomas A. Smyth* 14th Connecticut* 1st Delaware* 12th New Jersey* 10th New York Battalion* 108th New York* 4th Ohio* 8th Ohio* 7th West Virginia 4th BrigadeCol John Ramsey ('''w''') ''June 16''Col James Patrick McIvor* 8th New York Heavy Artillery* 155th New York* 164th New York* 170th New York* 182nd New YorkThird DivisionMG David B. BirneyBG Gershom Mott 1st BrigadeCol Thomas W. Egan ('''w''') ''June 16''Col Henry J. Madill* 20th Indiana* 17th Maine* 40th New York* 86th New York* 124th New York* 99th Pennsylvania* 110th Pennsylvania* 141st Pennsylvania* 2nd United States Sharpshooters 2nd BrigadeCol Thomas R. Tannatt ''June 16''Maj Levi P. Duff ''June 16''Maj John Willian ''June 16''Col Robert McAllister* 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery* 5th Michigan* 93rd New York* 57th Pennsylvania* 63rd Pennsylvania* 105th Pennsylvania* 1st United States Sharpshooters 3rd BrigadeBG Gershom Mott '''June 18'''Col Daniel Chaplin* 1st Maine Heavy Artillery* 16th Massachusetts* 5th New Jersey* 6th New Jersey* 7th New Jersey* 8th New Jersey* 11th New Jersey* 115th Pennsylvania 4th BrigadeCol William R. Brewster* 11th Massachusetts* 71st New York* 72nd New York* 73rd New York* 74th New York* 120th New York* 84th Pennsylvania Artillery BrigadeCol John C. Tidball* 6th Battery, Maine Light* 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light* 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light* Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light* Battery G, 1st New York Light* 3rd Battalion, 4th New York Heavy* 11th Battery, New York Light* 12th Battery, New York Light* Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light* Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light* Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light* Battery K, 4th United States* Battery C & Battery I, 5th United States====V Corps====MG Gouverneur K. Warren* 12th New York Battalion Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG Charles Griffin 1st BrigadeCol Joshua L. Chamberlain ('''w''') '''June 18'''Col William S. Tilton* 121st Pennsylvania* 142nd Pennsylvania* 143rd Pennsylvania* 149th Pennsylvania* 150th Pennsylvania* 187th Pennsylvania 2nd BrigadeCol Jacob B. Sweitzer* 22nd Massachusetts* 32nd Massachusetts: Col George L. Prescott ('''mw''')* 4th Michigan* 62nd Pennsylvania* 91st Pennsylvania* 155th Pennsylvania* 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry 3rd BrigadeBG Joseph J. Bartlett* 20th Maine* 18th Massachusetts* 1st Michigan* 16th Michigan* 44th New York* 83rd Pennsylvania* 118th PennsylvaniaSecond DivisionBG Romeyn B. Ayres 1st BrigadeCol Edgar M. Gregory* 5th New York* 140th New York* 146th New York* 4th U.S. Infantry* Detachment, 10th U.S. Infantry* Detachment, 11th U.S. Infantry* 12th U.S. Infantry* 14th U.S. Infantry* 17th U.S. Infantry 2nd BrigadeCol Nathan T. Dushane* 1st Maryland* 4th Maryland* 7th Maryland* 8th Maryland* Purnell (Maryland) Legion 3rd BrigadeCol J. Howard Kitching* 6th New York Heavy Artillery* Battery M, 15th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt William D. Dickey ('''w''')Third DivisionBG Samuel W. Crawford 1st BrigadeCol Peter Lyle* 16th Maine* 13th Massachusetts* 39th Massachusetts* 104th New York* 90th Pennsylvania* 107th Pennsylvania 2nd BrigadeCol James L. Bates* 12th Massachusetts* 94th New York* 97th New York* 11th Pennsylvania* 88th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol James Carle* 190th Pennsylvania* 191st PennsylvaniaFourth DivisionBG Lysander Cutler 1st Brigade(Iron Brigade)BG Edward S. Bragg* 7th Indiana* 19th Indiana* 24th Michigan* 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters* 6th Wisconsin* 7th Wisconsin 2nd BrigadeCol J. William Hofmann* 3rd Delaware* 4th Delaware* 76th New York* 95th New York* 147th New York* 56th Pennsylvania* 157th Pennsylvania Artillery BrigadeCol Charles S. Wainwright* 3rd Massachusetts Light* 5th Battery, Massachusetts Light* 9th Battery, Massachusetts Light* Battery B, 1st New York Light* Battery C, 1st New York Light* Battery D, 1st New York Light* Battery E & Battery L, 1st New York Light* Battery H, 1st New York Light* 5th Battery, New York Light* 15th Battery, New York Light* Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light* Battery B, 4th United States* Battery D, 5th United States====VI Corps====MG Horatio G. Wright* 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG David A. Russell 1st BrigadeCol William H. Penrose* 1st Delaware Dismounted Cavalry* 4th New Jersey* 10th New Jersey* 15th New Jersey 2nd BrigadeBG Emory Upton* 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery* 5th Maine* 121st New York* 95th Pennsylvania* 96th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol Gideon Clark* 6th Maine* 49th Pennsylvania* 119th Pennsylvania* 5th Wisconsin 4th BrigadeCol Nelson Cross* 65th New York* 67th New York* 122nd New York* 23rd Pennsylvania* 82nd PennsylvaniaSecond DivisionBG Thomas H. Neill(attached to 2nd Division, XVIII Corps on June 18) 1st BrigadeBG Frank Wheaton* 62nd New York* 93rd Pennsylvania* 98th Pennsylvania* 102nd Pennsylvania* 139th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade(1st Vermont Brigade)BG Lewis A. Grant* 2nd Vermont* 3rd Vermont* 4th Vermont* 5th Vermont* 6th Vermont* 11th Vermont Heavy Artillery 3rd BrigadeCol Daniel D. Bidwell* 7th Maine* 43rd New York* 49th New York* 77th New York* 61st Pennsylvania 4th BrigadeCol Oliver Edwards* 7th Massachusetts* 10th Massachusetts* 37th Massachusetts* 2nd Rhode IslandThird DivisionBG James B. Ricketts 1st BrigadeCol William S. Truex * 14th New Jersey* 106th New York* 151st New York* 87th Pennsylvania* 10th Vermont 2nd BrigadeCol Benjamin F. Smith* 6th Maryland* 9th New York Heavy Artillery* 110th Ohio* 122nd Ohio* 126th Ohio* 67th Pennsylvania* 138th Pennsylvania Artillery BrigadeCol Charles H. Tompkins* 4th Battery, Maine Light* 5th Battery, Maine Light* 1st Battery, Massachusetts Light* Battery A, 1st New Jersey Light* 1st Battery, New York Light* 3rd Battery, New York Light* 1st Battalion, 4th New York Heavy* Battery H, 1st Ohio Light* Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light* Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light* Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light* Battery E, 5th United States* Battery M, 5th United States====IX Corps====MG Ambrose E. Burnside* 8th United States Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG James Ledlie 1st BrigadeCol Jacob P. Gould* 56th Massachusetts* 57th Massachusetts* 59th Massachusetts 2nd BrigadeCol Ebenezer Peirce '''until 17 June'''Ltc Joseph H. Barnes* 3rd Maryland* 21st Massachusetts* 29th Massachusetts* 179th New York* 100th Pennsylvania 3rd BrigadeCol Elisha G. Marshall ('''w''') '''June 17'''Col Benjamin G. Barney* 14th New York Heavy Artillery* 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery ArtilleryCpt John B. Eaton* 2nd Maine Light Battery* 14th Massachusetts Battery* 27th Battery, New York ArtillerySecond DivisionBG Robert B. Potter 1st BrigadeCol John I. Curtin ('''w''') '''June 18'''Ltc Henry Pleasants* 36th Massachusetts* 58th Massachusetts* 2nd New York Mounted Rifles* 45th Pennsylvania* 48th Pennsylvania* 7th Rhode Island 2nd BrigadeCol Simon Goodell Griffin* 2nd Maryland* 31st Maine* 32nd Maine* 6th New Hampshire* 9th New Hampshire* 11th New Hampshire* 17th Vermont Artillery* 11th Massachusetts Battery* 19th New York BatteryThird DivisionBG Orlando B. Willcox 1st BrigadeCol John F. Hartranft* 8th Michigan* 27th Michigan* 109th New York* 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted)* 51st Pennsylvania* 37th Wisconsin* 38th Wisconsin 2nd BrigadeCol Benjamin C. Christ ('''w''') ''June 17''Col William Raultson ('''w''') ''June 18''Ltc George Travers ('''w''') ''June 18''Col Walter C. Newberry* 1st Michigan Sharpshooters* 2nd Michigan* 20th Michigan* 24th New York Dismounted Cavalry* 60th Ohio* 50th Pennsylvania Artillery* 7th Maine Battery* 34th New York BatteryFourth DivisionBG Edward Ferrero 1st BrigadeCol Joshua K. Sigfried* 27th U.S. Colored Troops* 30th U.S. Colored Troops* 39th U.S. Colored Troops* 43rd U.S. Colored Troops 2nd BrigadeCol Henry Goddard Thomas* 19th U.S. Colored Troops* 23rd U.S. Colored Troops* 31st U.S. Colored Troops Artillery * Battery D, Pennsylvania Independent Light* 3rd Vermont Battery====Cavalry Corps====MG Philip H. Sheridan Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionBG Alfred T. A. Torbert 1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade)BG George A. Custer* 1st Michigan* 5th Michigan* 6th Michigan* 7th Michigan 2nd BrigadeCol Thomas C. Devin* 4th New York* 6th New York* 9th New York* 17th Pennsylvania Reserve BrigadeBG Wesley Merritt* 19th New York (1st Dragoon)* 6th Pennsylvania* 1st United States* 2nd United States* 5th United StatesSecond DivisionBG David McMurtrie Gregg 1st BrigadeBG Henry E. Davies, Jr.* 1st Massachusetts* 1st New Jersey* 10th New York* 6th Ohio* 1st Pennsylvania 2nd BrigadeCol John Irvin Gregg* 1st Maine* 2nd Pennsylvania* 4th Pennsylvania* 8th Pennsylvania* 13th Pennsylvania* 16th PennsylvaniaThird DivisionBG James H. Wilson 1st BrigadeCol John Baillie McIntosh* 1st Connecticut* 3rd New Jersey* 2nd New York* 5th New York* 2nd Ohio* 18th Pennsylvania 2nd BrigadeCol George H. Chapman* 3rd Indiana* 8th New York* 1st VermontHorse Artillery 1st BrigadeCpt James M. Robertson* 6th New York Battery* Batteries B & L, 2nd United States* Battery D, 2nd United States* Battery M, 2nd United States* Battery A, 4th United States* Battery C & Battery E, 4th United States 2nd BrigadeCpt Dunbar R. Ransom* Batteries E and G, 1st United States* Batteries H and I, 1st United States* Battery K, 1st United States* Battery A, 2nd United States
Notes
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. * Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, .