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Fredericksburg Union order of battle

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

Contents

Military ranks

  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant

    • Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

    • Army of the Potomac

    MG Ambrose Burnside, Commanding

    General Headquarters units


    Escort:

  • Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
  • 1st U.S. Cavalry, Companies. BCH&I: Cpt Marcus A. Reno
  • 4th U.S. Cavalry, Companies A and E: Cpt James B. McIntyre


    • Provost Guard:

    BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • Sturgis (Illinois) Rifles: Cpt James Steel
  • 22nd New Jersey
  • 29th New Jersey
  • 30th New Jersey
  • 31st New Jersey
  • 9th New York Infantry, Company G: Cpt Charles Child
  • 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker
  • 147th New York
  • 137th Pennsylvania
  • 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Whiting
  • 8th U.S. Infantry (5 companies): Cpt Royal T. Frank


    • Inspector General:

    BG Delos B. Sackett


    Volunteer Engineer Brigade:

    BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury

  • 15th New York: Col John M. Murphy
  • 50th New York: Ltc William H. Pettes
  • Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt James C. Duane


    • Artillery:

    BG Henry Jackson Hunt


    Artillery Reserve:

    Ltc William Hays

  • 5th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
  • Battery A, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Otto Diederichs
  • Battery B, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
  • Battery C, 1st Battalion New York Light: Lt Bernhard Wever
  • Battery D, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Charles Kusserow
  • Battery K, 1st United States: Cpt William M. Graham
  • Battery A, 2nd United States: Cpt John C. Tidball
  • Battery G, 4th United States: Lt Marcus P. Miller
  • Battery K, 5th United States: Lt David H. Kinzie
  • 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller


    • Unattached Artillery:

    Maj Thomas S. Trumbull

  • Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
  • Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt

    • Right Grand Division

    MG Edwin Vose Sumner

    II Corps

    MG Darius N. Couch

    IX Corps

    BG Orlando B. Willcox

    Escort

  • 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall
  • 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance

    • Cavalry Division

    BG Alfred Pleasonton

    Center Grand Division

    MG Joseph Hooker

    III Corps

    BG George Stoneman

    V Corps

    BG Daniel Butterfield

    Left Grand Division

    MG William B. Franklin

    Escort

  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Richard H. Rush

    • I Corps

    MG John F. Reynolds

    Escort

  • 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor

    • VI Corps

    MG William F. Smith

    Escort

  • 10th New York Cavalry, Company L: Lt George Vanderbilt
  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I: Cpt James Starr
  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Frederick C. Newhall

    • Reserve Grand Division

    Further information:

  • National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredricksburg Union order of battle: Reserve Grand Division).
  • Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 935-938.

    • XI Corps

    BG Julius Stahel

    XII Corps

    MG Henry Warner Slocum

    Escort

  • 12th Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Cpt P. E. Fisher

    • References

    Fredericksburg Union order of battle Wikipedia
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