Cold_Harbor_Union_order_of_battle

Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union

Battle of Cold Harbor order of battle: Union

Add article description


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864,[1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4][5]

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Forces operating against Richmond May 31-June 5, 1864

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

Engineer Troops:[6]

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

Unattached:

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
More information Division, Brigade ...

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard:

  • 12th New York Battalion[15]
More information Division, Brigade ...

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...

IX Corps

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

More information Division, Brigade ...

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...

Artillery

More information Division, Brigade ...

Army of the James

XVIII Corps

MG William F. Smith[34]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Forces operating against Richmond June 6-12, 1864

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Escort:

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

Engineer Troops:[6]

Guards and Orderlies:

  • Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

  • 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
More information Division, Brigade ...

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren[44]

Provost Guard:

  • 5th New York, Companies F and E[45]
More information Division, Brigade ...

VI Corps

MG Horatio G. Wright

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...

IX Corps

MG Ambrose E. Burnside

General Staff:

  • Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
  • Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe

Provost Guard:

More information Division, Brigade ...

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan[69]

Escort:

More information Division, Brigade ...

Artillery

More information Division, Brigade ...

Army of the James

XVIII Corps

MG William F. Smith[71]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 198-209
  2. Gordon C. Rhea, Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 153-165; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 166-183
  4. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages 1162-1168
  5. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  6. 15th New York Engineers at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Brigadier General Henry W. Benham was not present (see: Benham's report)
  7. At Port Royal, Virginia; joined Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps on June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
  8. Arrived June 1, 1864
  9. Detachment 7th New York attached
  10. Detached at Port Royal, Virginia; rejoined brigade June 5, 1864 (see: Wilder's report)
  11. Assigned June 4, 1864
  12. Transferred to First Brigade June 5, 1864
  13. Attached to the 120th New York
  14. The First Battalion joined from the VI Corps May 31, 1864, and the Second Battalion from the V Corps May 29, 1864, thus uniting the three battalions
  15. 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached
  16. Gordon C. Rhea in Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle lists the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry in the 1st Brigade (see also: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry)
  17. Transferred to Ninth Corps on June 3, 1864 (see: Deane's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 543)
  18. Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached
  19. Relieved June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 494 and 495)
  20. Assigned June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 495)
  21. Left front June 1, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves, 6th Pennsylvania Reserves and 13th Pennsylvania Reserves)
  22. Left front May 31, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, 5th Pennsylvania Reserves, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves)
  23. Transferred to Second Division June 2, 1864
  24. Transferred to IX Corps on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report)
  25. Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
  26. Assumed command June 2, 1864 and wounded June 3, 1864
  27. Assumed command May 31, 1864
  28. 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
  29. 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
  30. The two Horse Artillery brigades were consolidated under Captain Robertson on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 377)
  31. Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report)
  32. Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
  33. On June 1, 1864 the XVIII Corps was placed under Meade's command (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 466)
  34. Temporarily attached from X Corps
  35. Organized temporarily May 30, 1864, and consisted of troops previously known as the Second and Third Divisions of the Tenth Corps
  36. Assigned June 4, 1864, Brigadier General Devens being relieved on account of ill-health
  37. Assigned June 5, 1864
  38. Appointed Brigadier General June 9, 1864 with date of rank 12 May 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 389 and 725)
  39. Assigned June 12, 1864
  40. Assumed command June 7, 1864
  41. Veterans and recruits transferred to 5th Michigan June 9, 1864
  42. The Fifth Corps was reorganized on June 5, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages 613-614)
  43. Was the Third brigade, Fourth Division, up to June 6, 1864
  44. Assigned June 6, 1864
  45. Joined June 6, 1864
  46. Ordered home for muster out June 9, 1864
  47. Was First Brigade, First Division, up to June 6, 1864
  48. Was Third Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  49. Was First Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  50. Transferred to Second Brigade June 11, 1864
  51. Was Second Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
  52. Ordered home June 7, 1864
  53. Assumed command June 6, 1864
  54. Organized from veterans and recruits from the 1st, 7th, 9th, two companies of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 190th Regiment)
  55. Organized from veterans and recruits from the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th Reserve regiments (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 191st Regiment)
  56. Relieved June 12, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 758)
  57. Relieved at his own request June 9, 1864 (see: Burnside's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 191)
  58. Assigned June 9, 1864
  59. Transferred to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, June 10, 1864
  60. Joined June 11, 1864
  61. Designated Third Brigade June 11, 1864
  62. Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, June 9, 1864(see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  63. Transferred to Second Brigade, Third Division, June 9, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  64. Joined June 6, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
  65. Joined June 10, 1864
  66. Major General Sheridan with the 6th United States, the First and Second Division, and Batteries H and I (consolidated), 1st United States, Batteries B and L (consolidated), Battery D and Battery M, 2nd United States under Captain Robertson from the Horse Artillery Brigade detached on a Raid on June 7, 1864 which culminated in the Battle of Trevilian Station (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 37 and 331-332)
  67. Joined June 9, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
  68. Temporarily attached to the Army of the Potomac
  69. Relieved June 9, 1864
  70. In command until June 9, 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 271)

See also

References

  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8071-2803-1
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 18801901.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8032-5967-6

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cold_Harbor_Union_order_of_battle, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.