Chaffin's_Farm_Union_order_of_battle

Battle of Chaffin's Farm order of battle: Union

Battle of Chaffin's Farm order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

X Corps

MG David B. Birney

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XVIII Corps

MG Edward O. C. Ord (w) September 29
BG Charles A. Heckman
BG Godfrey Weitzel[2]

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Cavalry

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Notes

  1. Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps
  2. Official Records Volume XLII, part II, page 1146 Weitzel was assigned to command on 30 Sept 1864 by Butler's field order No. 116.
  3. Sommers p.575
  4. Fairchild temporarily commanded the 2nd Division in conjunction with his own 3rd Brigade when Heckman commanded the corps (Eicher p. 230) though Colonel James Anderson may have assumed brigade command until his death (Sommers p. 575). Some reports say Colonel James Jourdan was in temporary command of the division by order of General Heckman (Sommers p.575)
  5. Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.

Sources

  • Composition is taken from the Official Records
  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.

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