Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864,[1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4][5]

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Forces operating against Richmond May 31-June 5, 1864

Summarize
Perspective

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

Engineer Troops:[6]

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

Unattached:

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG Francis C. Barlow

1st Brigade


   Col Nelson A. Miles

2nd Brigade


   Col Richard Byrnes (mw)
   Col Patrick Kelly

3rd Brigade


   Col Clinton D. MacDougall

4th Brigade


   Col John R. Brooke (w)
   Col Orlando H. Morris (k)
   Col Lewis O. Morris (k)
   Col James A. Beaver

Second Division

     BG John Gibbon

1st Brigade


   Col H. Boyd McKeen (k)
   Col Frank A. Haskell (k)
   BG Byron R. Pierce[11]

2nd Brigade


   BG Joshua T. Owen

3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

4th Brigade


   BG Robert O. Tyler (w)
   Col James P. McIvor

Provost Guard
  • 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters

Third Division

     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Egan

2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas R. Tannatt

3rd Brigade


   BG Gershom Mott

4th Brigade


   Col William R. Brewster

Artillery Brigade


   Col John C. Tidball

Close

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard:

  • 12th New York Battalion[15]
More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade


   BG Romeyn B. Ayres

2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

Second Division

     BG Henry H. Lockwood[20]
     BG Samuel W. Crawford[21]

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Lyle

2nd Brigade


   Col James L. Bates

3rd Brigade


   Col Nathan D. Dushane

Third Division

     BG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col Martin Davis Hardin

3rd Brigade


   Col Joseph W. Fisher

Heavy Artillery Brigade[24]


   Col J. Howard Kitching

Fourth Division
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade


   Col William W. Robinson

2nd Brigade


   Col J. William Hofmann

3rd Brigade


   Col Edward S. Bragg

Provost Guard
Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

Close

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG David A. Russell

1st Brigade


   Col William H. Penrose

2nd Brigade


   BG Emory Upton

3rd Brigade


   BG Henry L. Eustis

4th Brigade


   Col Nelson Cross

Second Division

     BG Thomas H. Neill

1st Brigade


   BG Frank Wheaton

2nd Brigade


   BG Lewis A. Grant

3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel D. Bidwell

4th Brigade


   Col Oliver Edwards

Third Division

     BG James B. Ricketts

1st Brigade


   Col William S. Truex (w)
   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
   Col John W. Schall[27] (w)
   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall

2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin F. Smith

Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

Close

IX Corps

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     MG Thomas L. Crittenden

1st Brigade


   BG James H. Ledlie

2nd Brigade


   Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
   Col Joseph M. Sudsburg[28]
   Col Ebenezer W. Peirce[11]

Provisional Brigade


   Col Elisha G. Marshall

  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted)
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Acting Engineers
Artillery

Second Division

     BG Robert B. Potter

1st Brigade


   Col John I. Curtin

2nd Brigade


   Col Simon G. Griffin

Acting Engineers
Artillery

Third Division

     BG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade


   Col John F. Hartranft

2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin C. Christ

Acting Engineers
Artillery

Fourth Division

     BG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade


   Col Joshua K. Sigfried

  • 27th United States Colored Troops
  • 30th United States Colored Troops
  • 39th United States Colored Troops
  • 43rd United States Colored Troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Henry G. Thomas

Artillery
Close

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

1st Brigade


   BG George A. Custer

2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas C. Devin

Reserve Brigade


   BG Wesley Merritt

Second Division
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

2nd Brigade


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

Third Division
     BG James H. Wilson

1st Brigade


   Col John B. McIntosh

2nd Brigade


   Col George H. Chapman

Escort
1st Brigade Horse Artillery[31]


   Cpt James M. Robertson

  • New York Light, 6th Battery[32]
  • 2nd United States, Batteries B and L
  • 2nd United States, Battery D
  • 2nd United States, Battery M
  • 4th United States, Battery A[32]
  • 4th United States, Batteries C and E
Close

Artillery

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Artillery
     BG Henry J. Hunt[33]

2nd Brigade Horse Artillery[31]


   Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom

Artillery Park


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
Close

Army of the James

XVIII Corps

MG William F. Smith[34]

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG William T. H. Brooks

1st Brigade


   BG Gilman Marston

2nd Brigade


   BG Hiram Burnham

3rd Brigade


   Col Guy V. Henry

Second Division

     BG John H. Martindale

1st Brigade


   BG George J. Stannard

2nd Brigade


   Col Griffin Alexander Stedman

Third Division[36]

     BG Charles Devens, Jr.
     BG Adelbert Ames[37]

1st Brigade


   Col William B. Barton

2nd Brigade


   Col Jeremiah C. Drake (mw)
   Ltc Zina H. Robinson
   Col Alexander Piper[38]

3rd Brigade


   BG Adelbert Ames
   Col Henry R. Guss

Artillery Brigade


   Cpt Samuel S. Elder

Close

Forces operating against Richmond June 6-12, 1864

Summarize
Perspective

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

Engineer Troops:[6]

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG Francis C. Barlow

1st Brigade


   Col Nelson A. Miles[40]

2nd Brigade


   Col Patrick Kelly

3rd Brigade


   Col Clinton D. MacDougall

4th Brigade


   Col James A. Beaver

Second Division

     BG John Gibbon

1st Brigade


   BG Byron R. Pierce

2nd Brigade


   BG Joshua T. Owen
   Col John Fraser[41]

3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

4th Brigade


   Col James P. MacIvor
   Col John Ramsey[42]

Provost Guard
  • 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters

Third Division

     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Egan

2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas R. Tannatt

3rd Brigade


   BG Gershom Mott

4th Brigade


   Col William R. Brewster

Artillery Brigade


   Col John C. Tidball

Close

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren[44]

Provost Guard:

  • 5th New York, Companies F and E[45]
More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade[46]


   Col Edward S. Bragg
   Col Joshua L. Chamberlain[47]

2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

3rd Brigade


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

Second Division

     BG Romeyn B. Ayres[47]

1st Brigade[50]


   Col Edgar M. Gregory

2nd Brigade[51]


   Col Nathan D. Dushane

3rd Brigade


   Col J. Howard Kitching

Third Division

     BG Samuel W. Crawford[47]

1st Brigade[52]


   Col Peter Lyle

2nd Brigade[54]


   Col James L. Bates

3rd Brigade


   Maj William R. Hartshorne
   Col James Carle[56]

Fourth Division
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade


   Col William W. Robinson
   Col Edward S. Bragg[42]

2nd Brigade


   Col J. William Hofmann

Provost Guard
Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

Close

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG David A. Russell

1st Brigade


   Col William H. Penrose

2nd Brigade


   BG Emory Upton

3rd Brigade


   BG Henry L. Eustis[59]
   Ltc Gideon Clark[41]

4th Brigade


   Col Nelson Cross

Second Division

     BG Thomas H. Neill

1st Brigade


   BG Frank Wheaton

2nd Brigade


   BG Lewis A. Grant

3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel D. Bidwell

4th Brigade


   Col Oliver Edwards

Third Division

     BG James B. Ricketts

1st Brigade


   Ltc Caldwell K. Hall

2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin F. Smith

Artillery Brigade


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

Close

IX Corps

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     MG Thomas L. Crittenden[60]
     BG James H. Ledlie[61]

1st Brigade


   BG James H. Ledlie
   Col Jacob P. Gould[61]

2nd Brigade


   Col Ebenezer W. Peirce

Provisional Brigade[64]


   Col Elisha G. Marshall

  • 2nd New York Mounted Rifles[65] (dismounted)
  • 14th New York Heavy Artillery
  • 24th New York Cavalry[66] (dismounted)
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
Acting Engineers
Artillery

Second Division

     BG Robert B. Potter

1st Brigade


   Col John I. Curtin

2nd Brigade


   BG Simon G. Griffin

Acting Engineers
Artillery
  • Massachusetts Light, 11th Battery
  • New York Light, 19th Battery

Third Division

     BG Orlando B. Willcox

1st Brigade


   Col John F. Hartranft

2nd Brigade


   Col Benjamin C. Christ

Acting Engineers
Artillery

Fourth Division

     BG Edward Ferrero

1st Brigade


   Col Joshua K. Sigfried

  • 27th United States Colored Troops
  • 30th United States Colored Troops
  • 39th United States Colored Troops
  • 43rd United States Colored Troops
2nd Brigade


   Col Henry G. Thomas

Artillery
Close

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan[69]

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

1st Brigade


   BG George A. Custer

2nd Brigade


   Col Thomas C. Devin

Reserve Brigade


   BG Wesley Merritt

Second Division
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

2nd Brigade


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

Third Division
     BG James H. Wilson

1st Brigade


   Col John B. McIntosh

2nd Brigade


   Col George H. Chapman

Escort
Horse Artillery Brigade


   Cpt James M. Robertson

Close

Artillery

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Artillery
     BG Henry J. Hunt[33]

Artillery Park


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

  • 15th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
Close

Army of the James

XVIII Corps

MG William F. Smith[71]

More information Division, Brigade ...
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

     BG William T. H. Brooks

1st Brigade


   BG Gilman Marston

2nd Brigade


   BG Hiram Burnham

3rd Brigade


   Col Guy V. Henry

Second Division

     BG John H. Martindale

1st Brigade


   BG George J. Stannard

2nd Brigade


   Col Griffin A. Stedman, Jr.

Third Division[36]

     BG Adelbert Ames

1st Brigade


   Col William B. Barton

2nd Brigade


   Col Alexander Piper[72]
   Col N. Martin Curtis

3rd Brigade


   Col Henry R. Guss[73]
   Col Louis Bell

Artillery Brigade


   Cpt Samuel S. Elder

Close

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