Chaffin's Farm Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed

Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

• Chief of Engineers: MG Godfrey Weitzel^[1]

X Corps

MG David B. Birney

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Alfred H. Terry	1st Brigade    Col Francis B. Pond (w)    Col Thomas Mulcahy    Col Alvin C. Voris	39th Illinois 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 85th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade    Col Joseph C. Abbott	6th Connecticut 7th Connecticut 3rd New Hampshire 7th New Hampshire 16th New York Heavy Artillery
	3rd Brigade    Col Harris M. Plaisted	10th Connecticutt 11th Maine 1st Maryland Cavalry 27th Massachusetts 100th New York
Second Division      BG Robert Sanford Foster	1st Brigade    Col Rufus Daggett (w)    Col Albert M. Barney	3rd New York 112th New York 117th New York 142nd New York
	2nd Brigade    Col Galusha Pennypacker	47th New York 48th New York 76th Pennsylvania 97th Pennsylvania 203rd Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade    Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana 9th Maine 4th New Hampshire 115th New York 169th New York
Third Division      (incomplete)	1st Brigade    BG William Birney	29th Connecticut 7th U.S.C.T. 8th U.S.C.T. 9th U.S.C.T. 45th U.S.C.T.
Artillery	Artillery Brigade    Col Richard H. Jackson	Connecticut Light 1st Battery New Jersey Light 4th Battery New Jersey Light 5th Battery 1st Pennsylvania Light Battery E Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy 1st U.S. Batteries C and D 1st U.S. Battery M 3rd U.S. Battery E 4th U.S. Battery D

XVIII Corps

MG Edward O. C. Ord (w, September 29)
BG Charles A. Heckman
MG Godfrey Weitzel

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG George J. Stannard (w)      BG Gilman Marston	1st Brigade    Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens (w)    Ltc John B. Raultson	13th New Hampshire 81st New York 98th New York 139th New York
	2nd Brigade    BG Hiram Burnham (k)    Col Michael Donohoe (w)    Col Stephen Moffitt	8th Connecticut 10th New Hampshire 96th New York 118th New York
	3rd Brigade    Col Samuel H. Roberts (w)    Col Edgar M. Cullen	21st Connecticut 92nd New York 58th Pennsylvania 188th Pennsylvania
Second Division      BG Charles A. Heckman      Col Harrison S. Fairchild      BG Charles A. Heckman	1st Brigade    Col James Stewart, Jr. (w)    Col George M. Guton	148th New York 158th New York 55th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade    Col Edward H. Ripley	8th Maine 9th Vermont
	3rd Brigade    Col Harrison S. Fairchild	89th New York 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery
Third Division[2]      BG Charles J. Paine	1st Brigade    Col John Henry Holman	1st U.S.C.T. 22nd U.S.C.T. 37th U.S.C.T.
	2nd Brigade    Col Alonzo G. Draper	5th U.S.C.T. 36th U.S.C.T. 89th U.S.C.T.
	3rd Brigade    Col Samuel A. Duncan (w)    Col John W. Ames	4th U.S.C.T. 6th U.S.C.T.
Artillery	Artillery Brigade    Maj George B. Cook	3rd New York Light, Battery E 2nd New York Light, Battery H 3rd New York Light, Battery K 3rd New York Light, Battery M New York Light, 7th Battery New York Light, 16th Battery New York Light, 17th Battery 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery A 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery F 1st U.S., Battery B 4th U.S., Battery L 5th U.S., Battery A 5th U.S., Battery F

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division      BG August V. Kautz	1st Brigade    Col Robert M. West	2nd New York 5th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade    Col Samuel P. Spear	1st District of Columbia 11th Pennsylvania
	Artillery	Wisconsin Light, 4th Battery

Notes

1. ^ Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps
2. ^ Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.

Sources

Composition is taken from the Official Records