Battle of Cedar Creek order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on October 19, 1864. Order of battle compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaign.Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 125-130 The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain

Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed

Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding MG Horatio WrightCommanded during General Sheridan's temporary absence is the early part of the battle.

Escort: 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Maj Weidner H. Spera 6th U. S. Cavalry: Cpt Ira W. Claffin

VI Corps

BG James B. Ricketts (w) BG George W. Getty MG Horatio Wright

Escort: 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company G: Lieutenant William H. Wheeler

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Frank Wheaton 1st Brigade

Col William Henry Penrose (w)

Ltc Edward L. Campbell (w)

Cpt Baldwin Hufty 4th New Jersey: Cpt Baldwin Hufty 10th New Jersey: Maj Lambert Boeman (k), Cpt Charles D. Claypool 15th New Jersey: Ltc Edward L. Campbell, Cpt James W. Penrose 2nd Brigade

Col Joseph Eldridge Hamblin (w)

Col Ranald S. Mackenzie (w)

Ltc Egbert Olcott 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Ranald S. Mackenzie, Maj Edward W. Jones 65th New York: Ltc T. H. Higginbotham (k), Cpt Henry C. Fisk 121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott, Cpt Daniel D. Jackson 95th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper 96th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper 3rd BrigadeAt Winchester, Va., and not engaged in the battle.

Col Oliver Edwards 37th Massachusetts: Ltc George L. Montague 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Baynton J. Hickman 82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett 119th Pennsylvania: Ltc Gideon Clark 2nd Rhode Island (battalion): Cpt Elisha Hunt Rhodes 5th Wisconsin (battalion): Maj Charles W. Kempf 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Coe DurlandSecond Division

BG George W. Getty

BG Lewis A. Grant

BG George W. Getty 1st Brigade

Col James M. Warner 62nd New York: Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton 93rd Pennsylvania: Cpt David C. Keller 98th Pennsylvania: Ltc John B. Kohler (k), Cpt Gottfried Bauer. 102nd Pennsylvania: Maj James H. Coleman (k), Cpt James Patchell (w) 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc John G. Parr 2nd Brigade

BG Lewis A. Grant

Ltc Amasa Tracy

BG Lewis A. Grant 2nd Vermont: Ltc Amasa Tracy, Cpt Elijah Wales, Ltc Amasa Tracy 3rd Vermont, (battalion): Maj Horace W. Floyd 4th Vermont: Maj Horace W. Floyd, Col George P. FosterCorps officer of the day at the beginning of the battle; later rejoined brigade and commanded the left of its line. 5th Vermont: Maj Enoch E. Johnson 6th Vermont, (battalion): Cpt Edwin R. Kinney (w), Cpt William J. Sperry. 11th Vermont (1st Heavy Artillery): Ltc Charles Hunsdon 3rd Brigade

BG Daniel D. Bidwell (k)

Ltc Winsor B. French 1st Maine Veterans: Maj Stephen C. Fletcher 43rd New York (battalion): Maj Charles A. Milliken 49th New York (battalion): Ltc Erastus D. Holt 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French 122d New York: Ltc Augustus W. Dwight (w), Maj Jabez M. Brower (w) 61st Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt David J. TaylorThird Division

Col J. Warren Keifer 1st Brigade

Col William Emerson 14th New Jersey: Cpt Jacob J. Janeway 106th New York: Cpt Alvah W. Briggs (w), Cpt Peter Robertson 151st New York: Cpt Browning N. Wiles (w), Cpt Hiram A. Kimball 184th New York (battalion): Maj William D. Ferguson 87th Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt Edgar M. Ruhl (k), Cpt John A. Salsbury 10th Vermont: Col William W. Henry (w), Cpt Henry H. Dewey 2nd Brigade

Col William H. Ball 6th Maryland: Maj Joseph C. Hill 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj James W. Snyder 110th Ohio: Ltc Otho H. Binkley 122nd Ohio: Ltc Moses M. Granger 126th Ohio: Maj George W. Voorhes (w), Cpt George W. Hoge 67th Pennsylvania: Lt John F. Young 138th Pennsylvania: Maj Lewis A. May Artillery Brigade

Col Charles Henry Tompkins 5th Maine Light Artillery (Battery E): Cpt Greenlief T. Stevens New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Lt Orsamus R. Van Etten Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Jacob H. Lamb Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Adams Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight

XIX Corps

BG William H. Emory

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst DivisionWilliam Dwight had been in command until October 15. He was placed under arrest by General William Emory for severely criticizing fellow division commander, Cuvier Grover, in his official report after the battle of Winchester (Emerging Civil War)

BG James W. McMillan 1st Brigade

Col Edwin P. Davis 29th Maine: Maj George H. Nye (w), Cpt Alfred L. Turner 30th Massachusetts: Cpt Samuel D. Shipley 90th New York: Ltc Nelson Shaurman (w), Cpt Honore De La Paturelle 114th New York: Ltc Henry B. Morse 116th New York: Col George M. Love 153rd New York: Ltc Alexander Strain (w), Cpt George H. McLaughlin 2nd Brigade

Col Stephen Thomas 12th Connecticut: Ltc George N. Lewis 160th New York: Cpt Henry P. Underhill 47th Pennsylvania: Maj J. P. Shindel Gobin 8th Vermont: Maj John B. Mead (w), Cpt Moses McFarland 3rd BrigadeGuarding wagon trains, and not engaged in the battle.

Col Leonard D. H. Currie 30th Maine: Col Thomas H. Hubbard 133rd New York: Maj Anthony J. Allaire 162nd New York: Col Justus W. Blanchard 165th New York (six companies): Ltc Gouverneur Carr 173rd New York: Majr George W. Rogers Division Artillery New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. TaftSecond Division

BG Cuvier Grover (w)

BG Henry W. Birge 1st Brigade

BG Henry W. Birge

Col Thomas W. Porter 9th Connecticut (battalion): Cpt John G. Healy 12th Maine: Ltc Edwin Ilsley 14th Maine: Ltc Charles S. Bickmore (k), Cpt John K. Laing 26th Massachusetts (battalion): Lt John S. Cooke 14th New Hampshire: Cpt Theodore A. Ripley (c), Cpt Oliver H. Marston 75th New York: Maj Benjamin F. Thurber 2nd Brigade

Col Edward L. Molineux 13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn 11th Indiana: Ltc William W. Darnall 22nd Iowa: Col Harvey Graham 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted): Col Lorenzo D. Sargent 131st New York: Col Nicholas W. Day 159th New York: Ltc William Waltermire 3rd Brigade

Col Daniel Macauley (w)

Ltc Alfred Neafie 38th Massachusetts: Maj Charles F. Allen 128th New York: Cpt Charles R. Anderson 156th New York: Ltc Alfred Neafie, Cpt Alfred Cooley 175th New York (battalion): Cpt Charles McCarthey 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis 4th Brigade

Col David Shunk 8th Indiana: Ltc Alexander J. Kenny (w), Maj John R. Polk 18th Indiana: Ltc William S. Charles (w) 24th Iowa: Ltc John Q. Wilds (mw), Maj Edward Wright (w), Cpt Leander Clark 28th Iowa: Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson (w), Maj John Meyer Division Artillery 1st Battery (A), Maine Light Artillery: Lt Eben D. Haley (w) Reserve Artillery

Maj Albert W. Bradbury 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Hezekiah Hinkson Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Frederick Chase

Army of West Virginia (VIII Corps) BG George CrookWelcher, The Union Army, 1861–1865 Organization and Operations. Vol. 1, p. 420 notes that Crook's army consisted in part of troops that formerly belonged to the VIII Corps, of the Middle Department, so that name was sometimes used because it was less cumbersome than Army of West Virginia. The official name of the organization, established by order on August 8, 1864, was Army of West Virginia. Lewis, The Guns of Cedar Creek, p. 107, notes that this grand title disguised the fact that the 4,000 men of the so-called army were the approximate size of a Union division, and their two constituent divisions were actually brigade-sized and led by colonels.

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

Col Joseph Thoburn (k)

Col Thomas M. Harris 1st Brigade

Ltc Thomas F. Wildes 34th Massachusetts: Cpt Andrew Potter 2nd Battalion, 5th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt Frederick C. Wilkie 116th Ohio: Cpt Wilbert B. Teters (w), Cpt John Hull 123rd Ohio: Maj Horace Kellog 2nd Brigade

Colonel William B. Curtis 1st West Virginia: Ltc Jacob Weddle 4th West Virginia: Cpt Benjamin D. Boswell 12th West Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Northcott 3rd Brigade

Col Thomas M. Harris

Col Milton Wells (w) 23rd Illinois: Cpt Samuel A. Simison 54th Pennsylvania: Cpt John Suter 10th West Virginia: Ltc Moses S. Hall (w), Maj Henry H. Withers 11th West Virginia: Ltc Van H. Bukey 15th West Virginia: Col Milton Wells, Maj John W. HollidaySecond Division

Col Rutherford B. Hayes 1st Brigade

Col Hiram F. Devol 23rd Ohio: Ltc James M. Comly 36th Ohio: Ltc William H. G. Adney 5th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc William H. Enochs 13th West Virginia: Col William R. Brown,Corps officer of the day. Ltc James R. Hall 2nd Brigade

Ltc Benjamin F. Coates 34th Ohio (battalion): Ltc Luther Furney 91st Ohio: Maj Lemuel Z. Cadot 9th West Virginia: Cpt John S. P. Carroll 14th West Virginia: Maj Shriver MooreArtillery Artillery Brigade

Cpt Henry A. du Pont Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Lt William Munk Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Henry F. Brewerton (w), Lt Charles HolmanProvisional DivisionDyer page 410Only a small detachment from the First Brigade, and the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle

Col J. Howard Kitching (mw)     Col Wilhelm Heine 1st Brigade

Col Wilhelm Heine   Ltc Thompson D. Hart 6th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Edward Jones (mw) 103rd New York Infantry: Maj Joseph Morrison 104th Pennsylvania Infantry: Cpt Theophiles Kephart 2nd Brigade

Ltc G. DePeyster Arden 41st New York Infantry: Ltc Detleo Von Einseidel 10th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc DePeyster Arden

Cavalry Corps BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

Escort:

1st Rhode Island: Maj William H. Turner, jr.

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Wesley Merritt 1st Brigade: Michigan Brigade

Col James H. Kidd 1st Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Andrew W. Duggan 5th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Charles W. Deane 7th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Daniel H. Darling New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin 2nd Brigade

Col Thomas C. Devin 4th New York Cavalry:Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters. Maj Edward Schwartz 6th New York Cavalry: Cpt George E. Farmer 9th New York Cavalry: Col George S. Nichols 19th New York Cavalry (1st New York Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs Batteries K & L, 1st US Artillery: Lt Franck E. Taylor Reserve Brigade

Col Charles Russell Lowell (mw)

Ltc Caspar Crowninshield 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Ltc Caspar Crowninshield, Cpt Archibald McKendry 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene M. Baker 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Robert S. Smith 5th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Gustavus UrbanSecond DivisionFrom Department of West Virginia.

Col William H. Powell 1st Brigade

Col Alpheus S. Moore 8th Ohio Cavalry (detachment): Col Samuel A. Gilbert 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Thomas Gibson 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Andrew J. Greenfield 2nd Brigade

Col Henry Capehart 1st New York Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Harvey Farabee 2nd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John J. Hoffman 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John L. McGee Division Artillery Battery L, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Gulian V. WeirThird Division

BG George Armstrong Custer 1st Brigade

Col Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr. 1st Connecticut Cavalry: Cpt Edwin W. French 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc Charles C. Suydam 2nd New York Cavalry: Cpt Andrew S. Glover