The following
Union Army units and commanders fought in the
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21, 1864) of the
American Civil War. The
Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
* LTG =
Lieutenant General
* MG =
Major General
* BG =
Brigadier General
* Col =
Colonel
* Ltc =
Lieutenant Colonel
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* Maj =
Major
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* Cpt =
Captain
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Other
* w =
wounded
* k =
killed
* c =
captured
Forces operating against Richmond May 8–16, 1864
LTG
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
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General-in-Chief, Union armies
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5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K
IX Corps
MG
Ambrose E. Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three times Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor ...
[The IX Corps was under the direct orders of Lieutenant General Grant until May 24, 1864, when it was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. (''see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pag]
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* Chief of Staff: MG
John G. Parke
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Army of the Potomac
MG
George G. Meade
General Staff:
* Chief of Staff: MG
Andrew A. Humphreys
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810December 27, 1883), was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division c ...
* Assistant Adjutant General: BG
Seth Williams
Seth Williams (March 22, 1822 – March 23, 1866) was an American military officer who served as assistant adjutant general of the Union's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
Early life
Williams was born in Augusta, Maine. He gradu ...
* Chief Quartermaster: BG
Rufus Ingalls
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG
Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena Rudolph Patrick (March 15, 1811 – July 27, 1888) was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union Army, Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal fo ...
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1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
*
80th New York (20th Militia)
* 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
*
68th Pennsylvania
* 114th Pennsylvania
Engineer Troops:
*
50th New York Engineers
*
Battalion United States Engineers
Guards and Orderlies:
* Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
MG
Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
* 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
V Corps
MG
Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
*
12th New York Battalion
VI Corps
MG
John Sedgwick (k)
BG Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
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8th Pennsylvania Cavalry
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Service
The 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in August 1861 as the ...
, Company A
Cavalry Corps
MG
Philip H. Sheridan
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6th United States
Artillery
BG
Henry J. Hunt
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[Chief of Artillery to the whole Army][1st Brigade Horse Artillery detached with Cavalry Corps; 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery attached to the Artillery Reserve (''see: Hunt's report)]
Forces operating against Richmond May 17–21, 1864
LTG
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
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General-in-Chief, Union armies
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5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K
IX Corps
MG
Ambrose E. Burnside
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* Chief of Staff: MG ]John G. Parke
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Army of the Potomac
MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
* Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810December 27, 1883), was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division c ...
* Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
Seth Williams (March 22, 1822 – March 23, 1866) was an American military officer who served as assistant adjutant general of the Union's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.
Early life
Williams was born in Augusta, Maine. He gradu ...
* Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Marsena Rudolph Patrick (March 15, 1811 – July 27, 1888) was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union Army, Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal fo ...
* 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D
* 80th New York (20th Militia)
* 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
* 68th Pennsylvania
* 114th Pennsylvania
Engineer Troops:
* 50th New York Engineers
* Battalion United States Engineers
Guards and Orderlies:
* Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
* 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
V Corps
MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
* 12th New York Battalion
VI Corps
BG Horatio G. Wright
Horatio Gouverneur Wright (March 6, 1820 – July 2, 1899) was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He took command of the VI Corps in May 1864 following the death of General John Sedgwick. In this capacity, he ...
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* 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Cavalry
Artillery
See also
* Wilderness Union order of battle The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5, 1864, ...
* Cold Harbor Union order of battle
Notes
References
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''To The North Anna River: Grant and Lee May 13–25, 1864.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
* 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.
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American Civil War orders of battle