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Appomattox Campaign Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Contents

Military rank

  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • 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 in action

    • Union forces

    LTG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

    Staff:

  • Assistant adjutant general: BG Seth Williams

    • Escort:

  • 5th U.S. Cavalry, Companies B, F, and K: Cpt Julius W. Mason

    • Headquarters Guard:

  • 4th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Joseph B. Collins

    • Army of the Potomac

    MG George G.Meade

    II Corps

    MG Andrew A. Humphreys

    V Corps

    MG Gouverneur K. Warren
    Bvt MG Charles Griffin

    Escort

  • 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Napoleon J. Horrell

    • Provost Guard

  • 104th New York: Cpt William W. Graham

    • VI Corps

    MG Horatio G. Wright

    Escort

  • 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E: Cpt William H. Royd, jr.

    • IX Corps

    MG John G. Parke

    Provost Guard

  • 79th New York: Maj Andrew D. Baird

    • Army of the James

    MG Edward O. C. Ord

    Chief of Staff: Bvt BG Theodore Read (mw, April 6)

    Defenses of Bermuda Hundred

    MG George L. Hartsuff

    XXIV Corps

    MG John Gibbon

    Headquarters Guard
    Cpt Charles E. Thomas

  • 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company F: Cpt Joseph J. Baker
  • 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Charles E. Thomas

    • XXV Corps

    MG Godfrey Weitzel

    Provost Guard

  • 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies E & H: Maj Atherton H. Stevens, Jr.

    • Army of the Shenandoah

    MG Philip H. Sheridan

    Chief of staff: Col James Forsyth

    Cavalry Corps

    MG Wesley Merritt

    References

    Appomattox Campaign Union order of battle Wikipedia
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