The following units and commanders fought in the Bristoe Campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the Campaign.
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
MG George G. Meade, Commanding
General Staff and Headquarters
General Staff and Headquarters
Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
Chief of Artillery: BG Henry J. Hunt
Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick
80th New York (20th Militia): Ltc Jacob B. Hardenbergh
93rd New York: Ltc Benjamin C. Butler
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Joseph B. Printon
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)
Detachments Regular Cavalry and Volunteer Cavalry
Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham
15th New York (battalion): Capt Joseph Wood, jr.
50th New York: Col William H. Pettes
U.S. Battalion: Capt George H. Mendell
Guards and Orderlies
Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Capt Daniel P. Mann
Signal Corps: Capt Lemuel B. Norton
MG John Newton
Escort: 4th and 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachments)
MG Gouverneur K. Warren (temporarily absent; returned October 12)
BG John C. Caldwell
Escort:
10th New York Cavalry, Company M: Lt James Matthews
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G: Lt Robert Brown
MG William H. French
MG George Sykes
Escort: 5th Michigan Cavalry (squadron): Lt Samuel Harris
Provost Guard: 12th New York (Companies D and E): Cpt Henry W. Ryder
MG John Sedgwick
Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry (detachment): Capt Andrew J. Grover
MG Alfred Pleasonton
Headquarters Guard: 6th US: Maj Robert M. Morris
BG Robert O. Tyler
