Fort_Stedman_Union_order_of_battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced casualties in these Corps on the day of battle. Order of battle is compiled from the official reports which observed casualties.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
II Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
Col George W. Scott[4] |
|
| 2nd Brigade
Col Robert Nugent |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
Col Augustus Funk |
| |
| 4th Brigade
Col William M. Mintzer |
| |
|
Second Division [not engaged] |
||
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
|
V Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade [not engaged] | ||
| 3rd Brigade | 155th Pennsylvania Infantry (Detached)
| |
|
Second Division [not engaged] |
||
|
Third Division [not engaged] |
VI Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade [not engaged] |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade [not engaged] | ||
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade [not engaged] | |
| 2nd Brigade |
|
IX Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade [not engaged] | |
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Acting Engineers |
| |
|
Second Division [not engaged] |
||
|
Third Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
Maj Theodore Miller, |
| |
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVI, Part 1, pages 70-71
- Second Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's orders
- The First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report)
- Commanding Officer of the 61st New York Infantry
- 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, 1880–1901.