Fort Stedman Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced casualties in these Corps on the day of battle. Order of battle is compiled from the official reports which observed casualties.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

Other

Army of the Potomac

II Corps

MG Andrew A. Humphreys[2][3]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Nelson A. Miles

1st Brigade

   Col George W. Scott[4]

  • 26th Michigan: Lt Harris H. Hickock (w)
  • 5th New Hampshire: Maj James E. Larkin
  • 61st New York: Col George W. Scott
  • 111th New York: Ltc Lewis W. Husk
  • 81st Pennsylvania: Ltc William Wilson
  • 140th Pennsylvania: Cpt Samuel S. Kerr
2nd Brigade

  Col Robert Nugent
  Cpt Patrick H. Bird

3rd Brigade

   Col Augustus Funk

  • 39th New York: Maj John McE. Hyde
  • 53rd New York: Ltc Henry M. Karples
4th Brigade

   Col William M. Mintzer

  • 53rd Pennsylvania Veterans: Col George C. Anderson
  • 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart

Second Division [not engaged]

Third Division
     Bvt MG Gershom Mott

1st Brigade


   BG P. Regis De Trobriand

2nd Brigade


   BG Byron R. Pierce

  • 17th Maine: Ltc William Hobson
  • 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Maj Nathaniel Shatswell
  • 5th Michigan: Col John Pulford
  • 93rd New York: Ltc Haviland Gifford
  • 57th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Horton
3rd Brigade


   BG Robert McAllister

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade


   BG Joshua L. Chamberlain

  • 198th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade [not engaged]
3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

Second Division [not engaged]

Third Division [not engaged]

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       BG Joseph E. Hamblin

    • 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col James Hubbard
    • 65th New York Infantry: Ltc Henry C. Fisk
    • 121st New York Infantry: Col Egbert Olcott
    • 95th Pennsylvania Infantry: Ltc John Harper
    3rd Brigade


       Col Oliver Edwards

    • 37th Massachusetts
    • 82nd Pennsylvania
    • 119th Pennsylvania
    • 2nd Rhode Island
    • 5th Wisconsin

    Second Division
         BG George W. Getty

    1st Brigade


       Col James M. Warner

    • 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc David C. Keller (w)
    2nd Brigade


       MG Lewis A. Grant

    • 2nd Vermont Infantry: Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
    • 3rd Vermont Infantry: Col Horace W. Floyd
    • 4th Vermont Infantry: Col Horace W. Floyd
    • 6th Vermont Infantry: Ltc Sumner H. Lincoln
    • 10th Vermont Infantry: Ltc George B. Damon
    3rd Brigade [not engaged]

    Third Division
         BG Truman Seymour

    1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       BG J. Warren Keifer

    • 110th Ohio: Col Otho H. Binkley
    • 122nd Ohio: Ltc Charles M. Cornyn
    • 126th Ohio: Ltc Thomas W. McKinnie
    • 67th Pennsylvania: Maj William G. Williams
    • 6th Maryland: Ltc Joseph C. Hill
    • 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc James W. Snyder

    IX Corps

    MG John G. Parke

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    First Division


         Bvt MG Orlando B. Willcox

    1st Brigade [not engaged]
    2nd Brigade


       Col Ralph Ely

    • 1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Cpt Ira L. Evans
    • 2nd Michigan: Cpt John C. Boughton
    • 20th Michigan: Cpt Albert A. Day
    • 46th New York: Ltc Adolph Becker
    • 60th Ohio: Ltc Martin P. Avery
    • 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Samuel K. Schwenk
    3rd Brigade


       Bvt BG Napoleon B. McLaughlen (c)
       Bvt Col Gilbert P. Robinson

    • 3rd Maryland: Cpt John F. Burch
    • 3rd Maryland Veterans: Cpt Joseph F. Carter
    • 29th Massachusetts: Cpt John M. Deane
    • 57th Massachusetts: Cpt James Doherty (mw), Ltc Julius M. Tucker
    • 59th Massachusetts: Maj Ezra P. Gould
    • 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph H. Pentecost (mw), Maj Norman J. Maxwell
    Artillery
    • 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George M. Rall
    Acting Engineers

    Second Division [not engaged]

    Third Division


         BG John F. Hartranft

    1st Brigade


       Col Charles W. Diven (w)
       Ltc William H. H. McCall

    • 200th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. H. McCall
    • 208th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mish T. Heintzelman
    • 209th Pennsylvania: Ltc George W. Frederick
    2nd Brigade


       Col Joseph A. Mathews

    • 205th Pennsylvania: Maj B. Mortimer Morrow
    • 207th Pennsylvania: Col Robert C. Cox
    • 211th Pennsylvania: Cpt William A. Coulter
    Artillery


       Bvt BG John C. Tidball
      

    Maj Theodore Miller,
       Inspector of Artillery

    Notes

    1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
    2. Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
    3. 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)
    4. Commanding Officer of the 61st New York Infantry

    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, 18801901.
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