Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[i] during the battle,[1] [2] the casualty returns,[3] and the reports.[4]
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
- k = killed
- c = captured
Army of the Potomac
General Staff and Headquarters
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Daniel Butterfield
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
- Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
- Chief of Engineers: BG Gouverneur K. Warren
- Bureau of Military Information: Col George H. Sharpe
- Medical Director: Maj Jonathan Letterman
General Headquarters:
Command of the Provost-Marshal-General: BG Marsena R. Patrick
- 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker
- 8th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, F, and G: Cpt Edwin W. H. Read
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies E and I: Cpt James Starr
- Detachment Regular Cavalry: Lt Tattnall Paulding
Patrick's Brigade: Col William F. Rogers
- 21st New York: Ltc Chester W. Steinberg
- 23rd New York: Col Henry C. Hoffman
- 35th New York: Col John G. Todd
- 80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
- Maryland Light Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Alonzo Snow
- Ohio Light Artillery, 12th Battery: Cpt Aaron C. Johnson
Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham
- 15th New York Engineers: Col Clinton G. Colgate
- 50th New York Engineers: Col Charles B. Stuart
- United States Engineer Battalion: Cpt Chauncey B. Reese
Signal Corps: Cpt Samuel T. Cushing
Ordnance Detachment: Lt John R. Edie, Jr.
Guards and Orderlies:
- Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
I Corps
Chief of Artillery: Col Charles S. Wainwright
Escort:
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| 4th Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
II Corps
Chief of Artillery and Assistant Inspector-General: Ltc Charles H. Morgan[iii][5]
Escort:
- 6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| 4th Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Sharpshooters |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Provost Guard |
| |
Reserve Artillery
|
III Corps
Chief of Artillery: Cpt George E. Randolph
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery[xix]
|
|
V Corps
MG George Meade
Chief of Artillery: Cpt Stephen H. Weed
Escort:
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (2 companies): Cpt William Thompson
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
|
VI Corps
Chief of Artillery: Col Charles H. Tompkins
Escort: Maj Hugh H. Janeway
- 1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L: Lt Voorhees Dye
- 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H: Cpt William S. Craft
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Provost Guard |
| |
|
Second Division |
2nd Brigade
|
|
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Light Division
|
Infantry |
|
| Artillery |
XI Corps
Chief of Artillery: Ltc Louis Schirmer
Escort:
- 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Provost Guard |
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| Unattached | ||
| Artillery | ||
| Reserve Artillery
|
|
XII Corps
Chief of Artillery: Cpt Clermont L. Best
Provost Guard:
- 10th Maine Battalion (3 companies): Cpt John D. Beardsley
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Cavalry Corps
BG George Stoneman[13][xxxv][14]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery | ||
|
Third Division[xxxviii][15]
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Reporting directly | Reserve Brigade
|
|
| Horse Artillery |
|
Artillery
| Brigade | Regiments and Batteries |
|---|---|
| Artillery Reserve |
|
| Train Guard |
|
Footnotes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Assigned to the 5th Battery, Maine Light on May 3, 1863 by Major General Couch (see: Couch's and Morgan's report)
- ^ For Assistant Inspector-General see Couch's and Morgan's report.
- ^ During the principal operations south of the Rappahannock, Colonel Edward E. Cross had temporary command of a force consisting of the 5th New Hampshire, 88th New York, and 81st Pennsylvania. The Sixty-sixth New York, of the 3rd Brigade, served temporarily with the 1st Brigade.
- ^ Relieved May 1, 1863
- ^ Relieved May 3, 1863
- ^ Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood on account of sickness on May 4, 1863.
- ^ Turned over command to Colonel Albright on account of sickness on May 2, 1863.
- ^ Not engaged, assigned to special duty as guard to the corps hospital.
- ^ Assigned to the 5th Battery, Maine Light on May 3, 1863 by Major General Couch
- ^ Mentioned in Morgan's report, but omitted in the order of battle by Sears and the Official Records.
- ^ Assigned to command of Third Division May 4, 1863
- ^ Left regiment on May 3, 1863 on account of exhaustion (see: Birney's and Collis' report)
- ^ assumed command on May 5, 1863 (see: Merrill's report)
- ^ Relieved of command May 3, 1863 (see: Sickles', Revere's and Farnum's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Price on account of sickness on May 3, 1863 (see: Francine's and Price's report)
- ^ Sears and the Official Records lists Lieutenant George F. Barstow in command, but he is not mentioned in the reports. Barstow appears in Cushing's report with the rank of Major and as Assistant Adjutant General (see: Cushing's and Osborn's report)
- ^ Assigned to command of Third Division May 4, 1863
- ^ Captain Albert A. Von Puttkammer was absent (see: Huntington's report)
- ^ Attached to the 22nd Massachusetts
- ^ Injured on May 4, 1863 and turned over the command to Colonel Sweitzer (see: McQuade's report)
- ^ Attached to the 16th Michigan
- ^ Assumed command May 3, 1863 (see: Hager's report)
- ^ Slightly wounded, but remained in command (see: Tyler's report)
- ^ Assumed command May 3, 1863. After Colonel Buck was accidentally injured on May 4, 1863 the command devolved again on Colonel Penrose (see: Penrose's report)
- ^ Arrested for intoxication
- ^ Commanded the regiment while Colonel Seaver acted as General officer of the day during the retreat over the Rappahannock (see: Grant's and Seaver's report)
- ^ Assumed command April 30, 1863 after the resignation of Brigadier General Pratt; according to Eicher and Eicher the date of resignation was April 25, 1863)
- ^ Assumed also command of the Second Brigade on May 3, 1863 after Colonel Ross was wounded (see: Williams' and Knipe's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Major Lane on account of sickness on May 2, 1863 (see: Lane's report)
- ^ Assumed also command of the Second Brigade on May 3, 1863 after Colonel Ross was wounded (see: Williams' and Knipe's report)
- ^ Injured on May 1, 1863 (see: Beardsley's report)
- ^ Assigned to command on May 1, 1863 (see: Randall's report)
- ^ Lieutenant Colonel 137th New York; assigned after Major Cook was wounded (see also: Voorhis' report)
- ^ The Second and Third Divisions, First Brigade, First Division and the Reserve Brigade, with Battery A, 2nd United States and Batteries B and L, 2nd United States on the Stoneman Raid, April 29-May 7, 1863. Hooker had hoped that the raid would "enable Stoneman to do a land-office business in the interior."
- ^ Assumed command of First and Second Divisions, May 4, 1863.
- ^ Relieved of command May 4, 1863.
- ^ Relieved of command May 4, 1863.
- ^ Chief of Artillery to the whole Army.
- ^ Assigned May 2, 1863.
Citations
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 156–170.
- ^ Sears (1996), pp. 453–467, Appendix I.
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 475–492.
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1161–1169, 1332.
- ^ a b c U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 306–310 - Reports of MGEN Couch, II Corps coomander, 9 & 20 May 1863, pp. 306-308; LTC Morgan,Assistant Inspector General and Chief of Artillery, 14 May 1863, pp. 309-310
- ^ a b U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 350–351 - Report of BGEN Gibbon, 2nd Division commander, 7 May 1863, pp. 350-351
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 373–374 - Report of LTC Jonathan H. Lockwood, 7th West Virginia Infantry commander, 10 May 1863, pp. 373-374
- ^ a b U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 381–383 - Report of LTC Charles Albright, 132ndth Pennsylvania Infantry commander,commanding Third Brigade, 10 May 1863, pp. 381-383
- ^ Eicher, Eicher & Simon (2001), p. 438.
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 166 - Organization of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph; Hooker;, May 1–6, 1863, pp. 156-170
- ^ a b Cleutz (2010), p. 113.
- ^ Cleutz (2010), pp. 113–114.
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/2, pp. 330- Dispatch of MGEN Joseph Hooker to MGEN Butterfield, May 1, 1863
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1080–1083 - BGEN Gregg, commanding 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, 15 May 1863, pp. 1080-1083
- ^ a b U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1076–1083 - Reports of BGEN Averell, commanding 2nd Division, 7 May 1863 and BGEN Gregg, commanding 3rd Division,, 15 May 1863, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, pp. 076-1083
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1083–1084 - Report of COL Kilpatrick, commanding 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13 May 1863, pp. 1083-1084
- ^ U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 157 - Organization of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph; Hooker, May 1–6, 1863, pp. 156-170
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