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Gettysburg Union Order of Battle



         


The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Gettysburg Confederate Order of Battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the three-day battle, (July 1-3, 1863).

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Army of the Potomac

MG* George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

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I Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG James S. Wadsworth

1st Brigade ("Iron Brigade"):


   BG Solomon Meredith
   Col William Robinson

19th Indiana: Col Samuel J. Williams
24th Michigan: Col Henry A. Morrow, Capt Albert M. Edwards
2nd Wisconsin: Col Lucius Fairchild, Maj John Mansfield, Capt George H. Otis
6th Wisconsin: Ltc Rufus R. Dawes
7th Wisconsin: Col William W. Robinson, Maj Mark Finnicum

2nd Brigade:


   BG Lysander Cutler

7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover
76th New York: Maj Andrew J. Grover, Capt John E. Cook
84th New York ("14th Brooklyn"): Col Edward B. Fowler
95th New York: Col George H. Biddle, Maj Edward Pye
147th New York: Ltc Francis C. Miller, Maj George Harney
56th Pennsylvania (9 companies): Col J. William Hofmann

Second Division:
     BG John C. Robinson

1st Brigade:


   BG Gabriel R. Paul
   Col Samuel H. Leonard
   Col Adrian R. Root
   Col Richard Coulter
   Col Peter Lyle
   Col Richard Coulter

16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden, Maj Archibald D. Leavitt
13th Massachusetts: Col Samuel H. Leonard, Ltc N. Walter Batchelder
94th New York: Col Adrian R. Root, Maj Samuel A. Moffett
104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
107th Pennsylvania: Ltc James MacThomson, Capt Emanuel D. Roath

2nd Brigade:


   BG Henry Baxter

12th Massachusetts: Col James L. Bates, Ltc David Allen, Jr
83rd New York (9th Militia): Ltc Joseph A. Moesch
97th New York: Col Charles Wheelock, Maj Charles Northrup
11th Pennsylvania: Col Richard Coulter, Capt Benjamin F. Haines, Capt John B. Overmyer
88th Pennsylvania: Maj Benezet F. Foust, Capt Henry Whiteside
90th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Lyle, Maj Alfred J. Sellers, Col Peter Lyle

Third Division:
     MG Abner Doubleday
     BG Thomas A. Rowley
     MG Abner Doubleday

1st Brigade:


   Col Chapman Biddle
   BG Thomas A. Rowley
   Col Chapman Biddle

80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
121st Pennsylvania: Maj Alexander Biddle, Col Chapman Biddle, Maj Alexander Biddle
142nd Pennsylvania: Col Robert P. Cummins, Ltc A. B. McCalmont
151st Pennsylvania: Ltc George F. McFarland, Capt Walter L. Owens, Col Harrison Allen

2nd Brigade:


   Col Roy Stone
   Col Langhorne Wister
   Col Edmund L. Dana

143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana, Ltc John D. Musser
149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight, Capt James Glenn
150th Pennsylvania: Col Langhorne Wister, Ltc H. S. Huidekoper, Capt Cornelius C. Widdis

3rd Brigade:


   BG George J. Stannard
   Col Francis V. Randall

12th Vermont: Col Asa P. Blunt
13th Vermont: Col Francis V. Randall, Maj Joseph J. Boynton, Ltc William D. Munson
14th Vermont: Col William T. Nichols
15th Vermont: Col Redfield Proctor
16th Vermont: Col Wheelock G. Veazey

Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles S. Wainright

2nd Maine Light, Battery B: Capt James A. Hall
5th Maine Light, Battery E: Capt Greenleaf T. Stevens, Lt Edward N. Whittier
1st New York Light, Batteries E & L: Capt Gilbert H. Reynolds, Lt George Breck
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Capt James H. Cooper
4th US, Battery B: Lt James Stewart


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II Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG John C. Caldwell

1st Brigade:


   BG Edward E. Cross
   Col H. Boyd McKeen

5th New Hampshire: Ltc Charles E. Hapgood
61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady
81st Pennsylvania: Col H. Boyd McKeen, Ltc Amos Stroh
148th Pennsylvania: Ltc Robert McFarlane

2nd Brigade ("Irish Brigade"):


   Col Patrick Kelly

28th Massachusetts: Col Richard Byrnes
63rd New York (2 companies): Ltc Richard C. Bentley, Capt Thomas Touhy
69th New York (2 companies): Capt Richard Moroney, Lt James J. Smith
88th New York (2 companies): Capt Denis F. Burke
116th Pennsylvania (4 companies): Maj St. Clair A. Mulholland

3rd Brigade:


   BG Samuel K. Zook
   Ltc John Fraser

52nd New York: Ltc C. G. Freudenberg, Capt William Scherrer
57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman
66th New York: Col Orlando H. Morris, Ltc John S. Hammell, Maj Peter Nelson
140th Pennsylvania: Col Richard P. Roberts, Ltc John Fraser

4th Brigade:


   Col John R. Brooke

27th Connecticut (2 companies): Ltc Henry C. Merwin, Maj James H. Coburn
2nd Delaware: Col William P. Baily, Capt Charles H. Christman
64th New York: Col Daniel G. Bingham, Maj Leman W. Bradley
53rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Richards McMichael
145th Pennsylvania (7 companies): Col Hiram L. Brown, Capt John W. Reynolds, Capt Moses W. Oliver

Second Division:
     BG John Gibbon
     BG William Harrow
     BG John Gibbon

1st Brigade:


   BG William Harrow
   Col Francis E. Heath

19th Maine: Col Francis E. Heath, Ltc Henry W. Cunningham
15th Massachusetts: Col George H. Ward, Ltc George C. Joslin
Daniel E. Sickles


   Col James C. Rice

20th Maine: Col Joshua L. Chamberlain
16th Michigan: Ltc Norval E. Welch
44th New York: Col James C. Rice, Ltc Freeman Conner
83rd Pennsylvania: Capt Orpheus S. Woodward

Second Division:
     BG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade:


   Col Hannibal Day

3rd US (6 companies): Capt Henry W. Freedley, Capt Richard G. Lay
4th US (4 companies): Capt Julius W. Adams, Jr
6th US (5 companies): Capt Levi C. Bootes
12th US (8 companies): Capt Thomas S. Dunn
14th US (8 companies): Maj Grotius R. Giddings

2nd Brigade:


   Col Sidney Burbank

2nd US (6 companies): Maj Arthur T. Lee, Capt Samuel A. McKee
7th US (4 companies): Capt David P. Hancock
10th US (3 companies): Capt William Clinton
11th US (6 companies): Maj DeLancey Floyd-Jones
17th US (7 companies): Ltc J. Durell Greene

3rd Brigade:


   BG Stephen H. Weed
   Col Kenner Garrard

John Sedgwick

  • General HQ:
    • 1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L: Capt William S. Craft
    • 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG Horatio G. Wright

1st Brigade:


   BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

1st New Jersey: Ltc William Henry, Jr
2nd New Jersey: Ltc Charles Wiebecke
3rd New Jersey: Ltc Edward L. Campbell
15th New Jersey: Col William H. Penrose

2nd Brigade:


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

5th Maine: Col Clark S. Edwards
121st New York: Col Emory Upton
95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
96th Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lessig

3rd Brigade:


   BG David A. Russell

6th Maine: Col Hiram Burnham
49th Pennsylvania (4 companies): Ltc Thomas M. Hulings
119th Pennsylvania: Col Peter C. Ellmaker
5th Wisconsin: Col Thomas S. Allen

Provost Guard

4th New Jersey (3 companies): Capt William R. Maxwell

Second Division:
     BG Albion P. Howe

2nd Brigade:


   Col Lewis A. Grant

2nd Vermont: Col James H. Walbridge
3rd Vermont: Col Thomas O. Seaver
4th Vermont: Col Charles B. Stoughton
5th Vermont: Ltc John R. Lewis
6th Vermont: Col Elisha L. Barney

3rd Brigade:


   BG Thomas H. Neill

7th Maine (6 companies): Ltc Selden Connor
33rd New York (detachment): Capt Henry J. Gifford
43rd New York: Ltc John Wilson
49th New York: Col Daniel D. Bidwell
77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French
61st Pennsylvania: Ltc George F. Smith

Third Division:
     MG John Newton
     BG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade:


   BG Alexander Shaler

65th New York: Col Joseph E. Hamblin
67th New York: Col Nelson Cross
122nd New York: Col Silas Titus
23rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John F. Glenn
82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett

2nd Brigade:


   Col Henry L. Eustis

7th Massachusetts: Ltc Franklin P. Harlow
10th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph B. Parsons
37th Massachusetts: Col Oliver Edwards
2nd Rhode Island: Col Horatio Rogers, Jr

3rd Brigade:


   BG Frank Wheaton
   Col David J. Nevin

62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin, Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton
93rd Pennsylvania: Maj John I. Nevin
98th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Kohler
102nd Pennsylvania: Col John W. Patterson
139th Pennsylvania: Col Frederick H. Collier, Ltc William H. Moody

Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

1st Massachusetts Light, Battery A: Capt William H. McCartney
1st New York, Independent Battery: Capt Andrew Cowan
3rd New York, Independent Battery: Capt William A. Harn
1st Rhode Island, Battery C: Capt Richard Waterman
1st Rhode Island, Battery G: Capt George W. Adams
2nd US, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
2nd US, Battery G: Lt John H. Butler
5th US, Battery F: Lt Leonard Martin


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XI Corps

  • Commanders:
  • General HQ:
    • 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Capt Abram Sharra
    • 8th New York Infantry (1 company): Lt Hermann Foerster
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG John Buford

1st Brigade:


   Col William Gamble

8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
12th Illinois (4 companies); 3rd Indiana (6 companies): Col George H. Chapman
8th New York: Ltc William L. Markell

2nd Brigade:


   Col Thomas C. Devin

6th New York: Maj William E. Beardsley
9th New York: Col William Sackett
17th Pennsylvania: Col Josiah H. Kellogg
3rd West Virginia (2 companies): Capt Seymour B. Conger

Reserve Brigade:


   BG Wesley Merritt

6th Pennsylvania: Maj James H. Haseltine
1st US: Capt Richard S. C. Lord
2nd US: Capt Theophilus F. Rodenbough
5th US: Capt Julius W. Mason
6th US: Maj Samuel H. Starr, Lt Louis H. Carpenter, Lt Nicholas Nolan, Capt Ira W. Claflin

Second Division:
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade:


   Col John B. McIntosh

1st Maryland (11 companies): Ltc James M. Deems
Purnell (Maryland) Legion, Company A: Capt Robert E. Duvall
1st Massachusetts: Ltc Greely S. Curtis
1st New Jersey: Maj Myron H. Beaumont
1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor
3rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward S. Jones
3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery H: Capt William D. Rank

2nd Brigade:


   Col Pennock Huey

(Not at Gettysburg)

3rd Brigade:


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

1st Maine (10 companies): Ltc Charles H. Smith
10th New York: Maj M. Henry Avery
4th Pennsylvania: Ltc William E. Doster
16th Pennsylvania, Lieut: Col John K. Robison

HQ Guard

1st Ohio, Company A: Capt Noah Jones

Third Division:
     BG Judson Kilpatrick

1st Brigade:


   BG Elon J. Farnsworth
   Col Nathaniel P. Richmond

5th New York: Maj John Hammond
18th Pennsylvania, Lieut: Col William P. Brinton
1st Vermont, Lieut: Col Addison W. Preston
1st West Virginia (10 companies): Col Nathaniel P. Richmond, Maj Charles E. Capehart

2nd Brigade:


   BG George A. Custer

1st Michigan: Col Charles H. Town
5th Michigan: Col Russell A. Alger
6th Michigan: Col George Gray
7th Michigan (10 companies): Col William D. Mann

HQ Guard

1st Ohio, Company C: Capt Samuel N. Stanford

Horse Artillery

1st Brigade:


   Capt James M. Robertson

9th Michigan Battery: Capt Jabez J. Daniels
6th New York Battery: Capt Joseph W. Martin
2nd US, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward Heaton
2nd US, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr
4th US, Battery E: Lt Samuel S. Elder

2nd Brigade:


   Capt John C. Tidball

1st US, Batteries E and G: Capt Alanson M. Randol
1st US, Battery K: Capt William M. Graham
2nd US, Battery A: Lt John H. Calef
3rd US, Battery C: Lt William D. Fuller


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Artillery Reserve

  • Commanders:
    • BG Robert O. Tyler
    • Capt James M. Robertson
  • HQ Guard: 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Capt Josiah C. Fuller
Brigade Batteries
1st Regular Brigade:


   Capt Dunbar R. Ransom

1st US, Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin, Lt Philip D. Mason
3rd US, Batteries F and K: Lt John G. Turnbull
4th US, Battery C: Lt Evan Thomas
5th US, Battery C: Lt Gulian V. Weir

1st Volunteer Brigade:


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

5th Massachusetts Light Battery E: Capt Charles A. Phillips
9th Massachusetts Light Battery: Capt John Bigelow, Lt Richard S. Milton
15th New York Independent Battery: Capt Patrick Hart
Pennsylvania Light, Batteries C and F: Capt James Thompson

2nd Volunteer Brigade:


   Capt Elijah D. Taft

1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B: Capt Albert F. Brooker
1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M: Capt Franklin A. Pratt
2nd Connecticut Light Battery: Capt John W. Sterling
5th New York Independent Battery: Capt Elijah D. Taft

3rd Volunteer Brigade:


   Capt James F. Huntington

1st New Hampshire Independent: Capt Frederick M. Edgell
1st Ohio Light, Battery H: Lt George W. Norton
1st Pennsylvania Light, Batteries F and G: Capt R. Bruce Ricketts
1st West Virginia Light, Battery C: Capt Wallace Hill

4th Volunteer Brigade:


   Capt Robert H. Fitzhugh

6th Maine Light, Battery F: Lt Edwin B. Dow
1st Maryland Light, Battery A: Capt James H. Rigby
1st New Jersey Light, Battery A: Lt Augustin N. Parsons
1st New York Light, Battery G: Capt Nelson Ames
1st New York Light, Battery K: Capt Robert H. Fitzhugh

Train Guard

4th New Jersey Infantry (7 companies): Maj Charles Ewing






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