Trevilian Station Union order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Trevilian Station of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the corps organization during the battle^[1] and from the casualty returns.^[2]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
c = captured

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan^[3]

Escort:

6th United States: Cpt Ira W. Claflin

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alfred T. A. Torbert	1st Brigade BG George A. Custer	1st Michigan: Ltc Peter Stagg 5th Michigan: Col Russell A. Alger 6th Michigan: Maj James H. Kidd 7th Michigan: Ltc Melvin Brewer (w), Maj Alexander Walker
	2nd Brigade Col Thomas Devin	4th New York: Col Luigi P. DiCessnola 6th New York: Ltc William H. Crocker 9th New York: Col William Sackett (mw), Ltc George S. Nichols 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Q. Anderson
	Reserve Brigade (3rd Brigade) BG Wesley Merritt	1st United States: Cpt Nelson B. Sweitzer 2nd United States: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough (w), Cpt Charles McJ. Loeser (c), Cpt Daniel S. Gordon 5th United States: Cpt William K. Arnold 6th Pennsylvania: Cpt J. Hinckley Clark 19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs
Second Division BG David McM. Gregg	1st Brigade BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.	1st Massachusetts: Ltc Samuel E. Chamberlain 1st New Jersey: Ltc John W. Kester 10th New York: Maj Mathew H. Avery 6th Ohio: Col William Stedman 1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor
Second Division BG David McM. Gregg	2nd Brigade Col John Irvin Gregg	1st Maine: Col Charles H. Smith 2nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph P. Brinton 4th Pennsylvania: Ltc George H. Covode 8th Pennsylvania: Col Pennock Huey 13th Pennsylvania: Maj Michael Kerwin 16th Pennsylvania: Ltc John K. Robison
	Horse Artillery Brigade Cpt James M. Robertson	1st United States, Batteries H and I: Cpt Alanson M. Randol 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward Heaton 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston 2nd United States, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.

Notes

↑ Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 331-333
↑ Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 337-342
↑ Brigadier General James H. Wilson's Third Division, along with a horse artillery battalion, remained with the Army of the Potomac during most of the Raid (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 334-335)

References

Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2001. ISBN 978-0-8032-5967-6.

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[1] Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 331-333

[2] Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 337-342

[3] Brigadier General James H. Wilson's Third Division, along with a horse artillery battalion, remained with the Army of the Potomac during most of the Raid (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 334-335)