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Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.

Contents

Military rank

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

    • Other

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed
  • c = captured

    • Forces operating against Richmond May 8–16, 1864

    LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies

    Escort:

  • 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K

    • IX Corps

    MG Ambrose E. Burnside

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke

    • Army of the Potomac

    MG George G. Meade

    General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
  • Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
  • Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls

    • General Headquarters:

    Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
  • 80th New York (20th Militia)
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 68th Pennsylvania
  • 114th Pennsylvania

    • Engineer Troops:

  • 50th New York Engineers
  • Battalion United States Engineers

    • Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

    • II Corps

    MG Winfield S. Hancock

    Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M

    • V Corps

    MG Gouverneur K. Warren

    Provost Guard:

  • 12th New York Battalion

    • VI Corps

    MG John Sedgwick (k)
    BG Horatio G. Wright
    Escort:

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A

    • Cavalry Corps

    MG Philip H. Sheridan

    Escort:

  • 6th United States

    • Artillery

    BG Henry J. Hunt

    Forces operating against Richmond May 17–21, 1864

    LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies

    Escort:

  • 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K

    • IX Corps

    MG Ambrose E. Burnside

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke

    • Army of the Potomac

    MG George G. Meade

    General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
  • Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
  • Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls

    • General Headquarters:

    Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

  • 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
  • 80th New York (20th Militia)
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 68th Pennsylvania
  • 114th Pennsylvania

    • Engineer Troops:

  • 50th New York Engineers
  • Battalion United States Engineers

    • Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

    • II Corps

    MG Winfield S. Hancock

    Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M

    • V Corps

    MG Gouverneur K. Warren

    Provost Guard:

  • 12th New York Battalion

    • VI Corps

    BG Horatio G. Wright
    Escort:

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A

    • References

    Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle Wikipedia
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