- Crater Union order of battle
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Contents
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Union Forces
General in Chief
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief
Army of the Potomac
MG George Meade
Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick- 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles F. Adams, Jr.
- 80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
- 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
- 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis
Engineer Brigade:
BG Henry Washington Benham- 15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
- 50th New York Engineers:
- Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell
Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann
IX Corps
Provost Guard:
- 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell
Division Brigade Regiments and Others First Division
BG James H. Ledlie1st Brigade - 21st Massachusetts: Cpt William H. Clark
- 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
- 35th Massachusetts: Cpt J. Wilson Ingell
- 56th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles D. Lamb
- 57th Massachusetts: Lt Albert Doty
- 59th Massachusetts: Cpt Ezra P. Gould
- 100th Pennsylvania: Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost
2nd Brigade Col Elisha G. Marshall
- 3rd Maryland Battalion: Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson
- 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman
- 179th New York (7 companies): Cpt Albert A. Terrill
- 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Cpt James W. Haig
Acting Engineers - 35th Massachusetts: Cpt Clifton Aurelius Blanchard
Second Division
BG Robert Brown Potter1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss
- 36th Massachusetts: Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker
- 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill
- 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk
- 45th Pennsylvania: Cpt Theodore Gregg
- 48th Pennsylvania: Col Henry Pleasants
- 4th Rhode Island: Maj James T. P. Bucklin
2nd Brigade - 31st Maine: Cpt James Dean
- 32nd Maine: Cpt Joseph B. Hammond
- 2nd Maryland: Cpt James H. Wilson
- 6th New Hampshire: Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin
- 9th New Hampshire: Cpt John B. Cooper
- 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Arthur C. Locke
- 17th Vermont: Cpt Lyman E. Knapp
Acting Engineers - 7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy Daniels
Third Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox1st Brigade - 8th Michigan: Maj Horatio Belcher
- 27th Michigan (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater
- 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin, Cpt Edwin Evans
- 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon
- 51st Pennsylvania: Maj Lane S. Hart
- 37th Wisconsin: Col Samuel Harriman
- 38th Wisconsin (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler
2nd Brigade Col William Humphrey
- 1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. DeLand
- 2nd Michigan: Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch
- 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon
- 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry
- 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serviere
- 60th Ohio (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery
- 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Overton, Jr.
Acting Engineers - 17th Michigan: Col Constant Luce
Fourth Division
BG Edward Ferrero1st Brigade Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried
- 27th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright
- 30th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Hiram A. Oakman
- 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns
- 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Cpt Jesse Wilkinson
2nd Brigade Col Henry Goddard Thomas
- 19th U.S. Colored Troops (28th U.S. Colored Troops attached): Ltc Joseph G. Perkins
- 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Cleveland J. Campbell
- 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Maj T. Jefferson Brown
- 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Cpt Thomas Wright
Artillery Brigade Ltc J. Albert Monroe
- 2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt James A. Hall
- 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo
- 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell
- 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones
- 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright
- 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers
- 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton
- 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer
- Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell
- 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start
- Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley
Army of the James
Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot
- 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot
- Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
- Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
- Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
XVIII Corps
MG Edward Ord
X Corps
(attached to XVIII Corps)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Second Division
BG John W. Turner1st Brigade - 3rd New York: Cpt George W. Warren
- 112th New York: Ltc John F. Smith
- 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett
- 142nd New York: Ltc Albert M. Barney
2nd Brigade Ltc William B. Coan
- 47th New York: Cpt Charles A. Moore
- 48th New York: Cpt William H. Dunbar
- 76th Pennsylvania: Maj William S. Diller
- 97th Pennsylvania: Cpt Isiah Price
3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell
- 13th Indiana (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent
- 9th Maine: Cpt Robert J. Gray
- 4th New Hampshire: Cpt Frank W. Parker
- 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson
- 169th New York: Maj James A. Colvin
See also
References
- Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-8866-6106-5
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