Second Petersburg Union order of battle
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.[1] 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
General in Chief
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general, U.S. armies
Headquarters units
Naval Brigade
BG Charles K. Graham
Siege Artillery
Col Henry L. Abbot
- 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery
- 13th New York Heavy Artillery, Companies A and H
- 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Company M
X Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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2nd Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery Brigade
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XVIII Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery Brigade
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery | ||
Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Cavalry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Cavalry Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Unassigned |
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Artillery Brigade
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Headquarters units
Provost Guard
BG Marsena R. Patrick
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D
- 80th New York
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
- 68th Pennsylvania
- 114th Pennsylvania
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
Volunteer Engineer Brigade
BG 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
V Corps
- 12th New York Battalion
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Fourth Division
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1st Brigade (Iron Brigade) |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery Brigade |
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VI Corps
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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4th Brigade
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Second Division
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1st Brigade | |
2nd Brigade (1st Vermont Brigade) |
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3rd Brigade |
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4th Brigade
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery Brigade |
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IX Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Fourth Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade) | |
2nd Brigade
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Reserve Brigade |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Notes
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XL, Part 1, pages 218-238.
- Eicher p.120.
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, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.