Battle of the Crater order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- 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 in action
- c = captured
Union Forces
General in Chief
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief
Army of the Potomac
MG George Meade
Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick
- 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
- 80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates
- 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
- 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
- 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis
Engineer Brigade:
BG Henry W. Benham
- 15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
- 50th New York Engineers:
- Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell
Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann
IX Corps
Provost Guard:
- 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division | 1st Brigade BG William F. Bartlett (c) |
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2nd Brigade Col Elisha Marshall (c) |
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Acting Engineers |
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Second Division | 1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss |
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2nd Brigade |
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Acting Engineers | ||
Third Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade Col William Humphrey |
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Acting Engineers |
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Fourth Division | 1st Brigade Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery Brigade Ltc J. Albert Monroe |
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Army of the James
MG Benjamin F. Butler
Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot
- 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry Larcom Abbot
- Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
- Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
- Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
XVIII Corps
MG Edward Ord
X Corps
(attached to XVIII Corps)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade Ltc William B. Coan |
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3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell |
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 563.
References
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
- Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5