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Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Union

Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[lower-roman 1] during the battle,[1] [2] the casualty returns,[3] and the reports.[4]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Potomac

MG Joseph Hooker

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Command of the Provost-Marshal-General: BG Marsena R. Patrick

Patrick's Brigade: Col William F. Rogers

Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham

Signal Corps: Cpt Samuel T. Cushing

Ordnance Detachment: Lt John R. Edie, Jr.

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann

I Corps

MG John F. Reynolds

Chief of Artillery: Col Charles S. Wainwright

Escort:

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II Corps

MG Darius N. Couch

Chief of Artillery and Assistant Inspector-General: Ltc Charles H. Morgan[lower-roman 3][5]

Escort:

  • 6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson
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III Corps

MG Daniel Sickles

Chief of Artillery: Cpt George E. Randolph

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V Corps

MG George Meade

Chief of Artillery: Cpt Stephen H. Weed

Escort:

  • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (2 companies): Cpt William Thompson
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VI Corps

MG John Sedgwick

Chief of Artillery: Col Charles H. Tompkins

Escort: Maj Hugh H. Janeway

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XI Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard

Chief of Artillery: Ltc Louis Schirmer

Escort:

  • 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
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XII Corps

MG Henry W. Slocum

Chief of Artillery: Cpt Clermont L. Best

Provost Guard:

More information Division, Brigade ...

Cavalry Corps

BG George Stoneman[13][lower-roman 35][14]

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Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt[lower-roman 39]

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Footnotes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Assigned to the 5th Battery, Maine Light on May 3, 1863 by Major General Couch (see: Couch's and Morgan's report)
  3. For Assistant Inspector-General see Couch's and Morgan's report.
  4. During the principal operations south of the Rappahannock, Colonel Edward E. Cross had temporary command of a force consisting of the 5th New Hampshire, 88th New York, and 81st Pennsylvania. The Sixty-sixth New York, of the 3rd Brigade, served temporarily with the 1st Brigade.
  5. Relieved May 1, 1863
  6. Relieved May 3, 1863
  7. Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood on account of sickness on May 4, 1863.
  8. Turned over command to Colonel Albright on account of sickness on May 2, 1863.
  9. Not engaged, assigned to special duty as guard to the corps hospital.
  10. Assigned to the 5th Battery, Maine Light on May 3, 1863 by Major General Couch
  11. Mentioned in Morgan's report, but omitted in the order of battle by Sears and the Official Records.
  12. Assigned to command of Third Division May 4, 1863
  13. Left regiment on May 3, 1863 on account of exhaustion (see: Birney's and Collis' report)
  14. assumed command on May 5, 1863 (see: Merrill's report)
  15. Relieved of command May 3, 1863 (see: Sickles', Revere's and Farnum's report)
  16. Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Price on account of sickness on May 3, 1863 (see: Francine's and Price's report)
  17. Sears and the Official Records lists Lieutenant George F. Barstow in command, but he is not mentioned in the reports. Barstow appears in Cushing's report with the rank of Major and as Assistant Adjutant General (see: Cushing's and Osborn's report)
  18. Assigned to command of Third Division May 4, 1863
  19. Captain Albert A. Von Puttkammer was absent (see: Huntington's report)
  20. Attached to the 22nd Massachusetts
  21. Injured on May 4, 1863 and turned over the command to Colonel Sweitzer (see: McQuade's report)
  22. Attached to the 16th Michigan
  23. Assumed command May 3, 1863 (see: Hager's report)
  24. Slightly wounded, but remained in command (see: Tyler's report)
  25. Assumed command May 3, 1863. After Colonel Buck was accidentally injured on May 4, 1863 the command devolved again on Colonel Penrose (see: Penrose's report)
  26. Commanded the regiment while Colonel Seaver acted as General officer of the day during the retreat over the Rappahannock (see: Grant's and Seaver's report)
  27. Assumed command April 30, 1863 after the resignation of Brigadier General Pratt; according to Eicher and Eicher the date of resignation was April 25, 1863)
  28. Assumed also command of the Second Brigade on May 3, 1863 after Colonel Ross was wounded (see: Williams' and Knipe's report)
  29. Turned over command to Major Lane on account of sickness on May 2, 1863 (see: Lane's report)
  30. Assumed also command of the Second Brigade on May 3, 1863 after Colonel Ross was wounded (see: Williams' and Knipe's report)
  31. Injured on May 1, 1863 (see: Beardsley's report)
  32. Assigned to command on May 1, 1863 (see: Randall's report)
  33. Lieutenant Colonel 137th New York; assigned after Major Cook was wounded (see also: Voorhis' report)
  34. The Second and Third Divisions, First Brigade, First Division and the Reserve Brigade, with Battery A, 2nd United States and Batteries B and L, 2nd United States on the Stoneman Raid, April 29-May 7, 1863. Hooker had hoped that the raid would "enable Stoneman to do a land-office business in the interior."
  35. Assumed command of First and Second Divisions, May 4, 1863.
  36. Relieved of command May 4, 1863.
  37. Relieved of command May 4, 1863.
  38. Chief of Artillery to the whole Army.
  39. Assigned May 2, 1863.

Citations

  1. Sears (1996), pp. 453–467, Appendix I.
  2. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 306–310 - Reports of MGEN Couch, II Corps coomander, 9 & 20 May 1863, pp. 306-308; LTC Morgan,Assistant Inspector General and Chief of Artillery, 14 May 1863, pp. 309-310
  3. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 350–351 - Report of BGEN Gibbon, 2nd Division commander, 7 May 1863, pp. 350-351
  4. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 373–374 - Report of LTC Jonathan H. Lockwood, 7th West Virginia Infantry commander, 10 May 1863, pp. 373-374
  5. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 381–383 - Report of LTC Charles Albright, 132ndth Pennsylvania Infantry commander,commanding Third Brigade, 10 May 1863, pp. 381-383
  6. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 166 - Organization of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph; Hooker;, May 1–6, 1863, pp. 156-170
  7. Cleutz (2010), pp. 113–114.
  8. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/2, pp. 330- Dispatch of MGEN Joseph Hooker to MGEN Butterfield, May 1, 1863
  9. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1080–1083 - BGEN Gregg, commanding 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, 15 May 1863, pp. 1080-1083
  10. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1076–1083 - Reports of BGEN Averell, commanding 2nd Division, 7 May 1863 and BGEN Gregg, commanding 3rd Division,, 15 May 1863, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, pp. 076-1083
  11. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 1083–1084 - Report of COL Kilpatrick, commanding 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 13 May 1863, pp. 1083-1084
  12. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 25/1, pp. 157 - Organization of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph; Hooker, May 1–6, 1863, pp. 156-170

References

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  • Eicher, John H.; Eicher, David J.; Simon, John Y. (2001). Civil War High Commands (PDF) (1st ed.). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 438. ISBN 9780804780353. LCCN 2001020194. OCLC 923699788. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  • Sears, Stephen W. (1996), Chancellorsville (PDF) (1st ed.), Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Co., pp. 91–92, 109–10, ISBN 978-0-395-63417-2, LCCN 96031220, OCLC 1023003565, retrieved 2008-08-15
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