The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 48-61Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used Military ranks MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Army of the Potomac
MG Ambrose Burnside, Commanding
Chief of Staff: MG John Parke Chief of Artillery: BG Henry Jackson Hunt Inspector General: BG Delos B. Sackett
General Headquarters units
Escort: Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann 1st U.S. Cavalry, Companies. BCH&I: Cpt Marcus A. Reno 4th U.S. Cavalry, Companies A and E: Cpt James B. McIntyre
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick Sturgis (Illinois) Rifles: Cpt James Steel 22nd New Jersey 29th New Jersey 30th New Jersey 31st New Jersey 9th New York Infantry, Company G: Cpt Charles Child 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker 147th New York 137th Pennsylvania 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Whiting 8th U.S. Infantry (5 companies): Cpt Royal T. Frank
Volunteer Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury 15th New York Engineer Regiment: Col John M. Murphy 50th New York Engineer Regiment: Ltc William H. Pettes Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt James C. Duane
Artillery Reserve: Ltc William Hays 5th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft Battery A, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Otto Diederichs Battery B, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee Battery C, 1st Battalion New York Light: Lt Bernhard Wever Battery D, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Charles Kusserow Battery K, 1st United States: Cpt William M. Graham Battery A, 2nd United States: Cpt John C. Tidball Battery G, 4th United States: Lt Marcus P. Miller Battery K, 5th United States: Lt David H. Kinzie 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller
Unattached Artillery: Maj Thomas S. Trumbull Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Albert F. Brooker Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
Right Grand Division MG Edwin Vose Sumner
II Corps
MG Darius N. Couch
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
MG Winfield Scott Hancock 1st Brigade
BG John C. Caldwell (w)
Col George W. Von Schack 5th New Hampshire: Col Edward E. Cross (w), Maj Edward E. Sturtevant (k), Cpt James E. Larkin (w), Cpt Horace T. H. Pierce 7th New York: Col John E. Bendix (w), Lt. Col George W. von Schack, Cpt G. A. von Bransen 61st New York: Col Nelson A. Miles (w) 64th New York: Ltc Enos C. Brooks (w) 81st Pennsylvania: Col H. Boyd McKeen (w), Cpt William Wilson 145th Pennsylvania: Col Hiram L. Brown (w), Ltc David B. McCreary 2nd Brigade
BG Thomas F. Meagher 28th Massachusetts: Col Richard Byrnes 63rd New York: Ltc Richard C. Bentley (w), Maj Joseph O'Neill (w), Cpt Patrick J. Condon 69th New York: Col Robert Nugent (w), Cpt James Saunders 88th New York: Col Patrick Kelly 116th Pennsylvania: Col Dennis Heenan (w), Ltc St. Clair Augustine Mulholland (w), Lt Francis T. Quinlan 3rd Brigade
Col Samuel K. Zook 27th Connecticut: Col Richard S. Bostwick 2nd Delaware: Col William P. Bailey (w) 52nd New York: Col Paul Frank 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman (w), Maj N. Garrow Throop (mw), Cpt James W. Britt 66th New York: Ltc James H. Bull (k), Cpt Julius Wehle (k), Cpt John S. Hammell (w), Lt James G. Derrickson 53rd Pennsylvania: Col John R. Brooke Artillery Battery B, 1st New York Light: Cpt Rufus D. Pettit Battery C, 4th United States: Lt Evan ThomasSecond Division
MG Oliver O. Howard 1st Brigade
BG Alfred Sully 19th Maine: Col Frederick D. Sewall, Ltc Francis E. Heath 15th Massachusetts: Maj Chase Philbrick (w), Cpt John Murkland, Cpt Charles H. Watson 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters: Cpt William Plumer 1st Minnesota: Col George N. Morgan Minnesota Sharpshooters, 2nd Company: Cpt William F. Russell 34th New York: Col James A. Sutter 82nd New York: Ltc James Huston 2nd Brigade
Col Joshua T. Owen 69th Pennsylvania: Ltc Dennis O'Kane 71st Pennsylvania: Ltc John Markoe 72nd Pennsylvania: Col DeWitt C. Baxter 106th Pennsylvania: Col Turner G. Morehead 3rd Brigade
Col Norman J. Hall (w)
Col William R. Lee 19th Massachusetts: Cpt H. G. O. Weymouth (w) 20th Massachusetts: Cpt George N. Macy 7th Michigan: Ltc Henry Baxter (w), Maj Thomas J. Hunt 42nd New York: Ltc George N. Bomford 59th New York: Ltc William Northedge 127th Pennsylvania:Temporarily attached to Second Brigade. Col William W. Jennings Artillery Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt William A. Arnold Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt John G. HazardThird Division
MG William H. French 1st Brigade
BG Nathan Kimball (w)
Col John S. Mason 14th Indiana: Maj Elijah H. C. Cavins 24th New Jersey: Col William B. Robertson 28th New Jersey: Col Moses N. Wisewell (w), Ltc E. A. L. Roberts 4th Ohio: Col John S. Mason, Ltc James H. Godman (w), Cpt Gordon A. Stewart 8th Ohio: Ltc Franklin Sawyer 7th West Virginia: Col Joseph Snider (w), Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood 2nd Brigade
Col Oliver H. Palmer 14th Connecticut: Ltc Sanford H. Perkins (w), Cpt Samuel H. Davis 108th New York: Ltc Charles J. Powers 130th Pennsylvania: Col Henry I. Zinn (k), Cpt William M. Porter 3rd Brigade
Col John W. AndrewsDisabled.
Ltc William Jameson
Ltc John W. Marshall 1st Delaware: Maj Thomas A. Smyth 4th New York: Col John D. MacGregor (w), Ltc William Jameson, Maj Charles W. Kruger 10th New York: Col John E. Bendix (w), Cpt Salmon Winchester (mw), Cpt George F. Hopper 132nd Pennsylvania:Transferred from Second Brigade, December 13. Ltc Charles Albright Artillery Battery G, 1st New York Light: Cpt John D. Frank Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt Charles D. Owen Corps Artillery Reserve
Cpt Charles H. MorganChief of the corps artillery. Battery I, 1st United States: Lt Edmund Kirby Battery A, 4th United States: Lt Rufus King, Jr.
IX Corps
BG Orlando B. Willcox
Escort 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG William W. Burns 1st Brigade
Col Orlando Poe 2nd Michigan: Ltc Louis Dillman 17th Michigan: Col William H. Withington 20th Michigan: Col Adolphus W. Williams 79th New York: Ltc David Morrison 2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin C. Christ 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes 8th Michigan: Maj Ralph Ely 27th New Jersey: Col George W. Mindil 46th New York: Ltc Joseph P. Gerhardt 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas S. Brenholtz 3rd Brigade
Col Daniel Leasure 36th Massachusetts: Col Henry Bowman 45th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas Welsh 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc David A. Leckey ArtilleryCaptain John Edwards, Jr., chief of the corps artillery. Battery D, 1st New York Light: Cpt Thomas W. Osborn Batteries L and M, 3rd United States: Lt Horace J. HaydenSecond Division
BG Samuel D. Sturgis 1st Brigade BG James Nagle 2nd Maryland: Col Thomas B. Allard 6th New Hampshire: Col Simon Goodell Griffin 9th New Hampshire: Ltc John W. Babbitt 48th Pennsylvania: Col Joshua K. Sigfried 7th Rhode Island: Col Zenas Bliss 12th Rhode Island: Col George H. Browne 2nd Brigade BG Edward Ferrero 21st Massachusetts: Col William S. Clark 35th Massachusetts: Maj Sidney Willard (mw), Cpt Stephen H. Andrews 11th New Hampshire: Col Walter Harriman 51st New York: Col Robert Brown Potter 51st Pennsylvania: Col John F. Hartranft Artillery Battery L, 2nd New York Light: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt George W. Durell Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt William W. Buckley Battery E, 4th United States: Lt George Dickenson (k), Lt John EganThird Division
BG George W. Getty 1st Brigade
Col Rush C. Hawkins 10th New Hampshire: Col Michael T. Donohoe 13th New Hampshire: Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens 25th New Jersey: Col Andrew Derrom 9th New York: Ltc Edgar A. Kimball 89th New York: Col Harrison S. Fairchild 103rd New York: Col Benjamin Ringold 2nd Brigade
Col Edward Harland 8th Connecticut: Maj John E. Ward, Cpt Henry M. Hoyt 11th Connecticut: Col Griffin Alexander Stedman, Jr. 15th Connecticut: Ltc Samuel Tolles 16th Connecticut: Cpt Charles L. Upham 21st Connecticut: Col Arthur H. Dutton 4th Rhode Island: Ltc Joseph B. Curtis (k), Maj Martin P. Buffum Artillery Battery E, 2nd United States: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin Battery A, 5th United States: Lt James Gilliss
Cavalry Division BG Alfred Pleasonton
Brigade Regiments 1st Brigade
BG John F. Farnsworth 8th Illinois Cavalry: Col William Gamble 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Maj George H. Chapman 8th New York Cavalry: Col Benjamin Franklin Davis 2nd Brigade
Col David M. GreggSucceeded BG Bayard in command of the Cavalry Brigade, Left Grand Division.
Col Thomas Devin 6th New York Cavalry: Col Thomas C. Devin, Ltc Duncan McVicar 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Amos E. Griffiths 6th United States Cavalry: Cpt George C. Cram Horse Artillery Battery M, 2nd United States: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
Center Grand Division MG Joseph Hooker
III Corps
BG George Stoneman
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG David B. Birney 1st Brigade
BG John C. Robinson 20th Indiana: Col John Van Valkenburg 63rd Pennsylvania: Maj John A. Danks 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin 105th Pennsylvania: Col Amor A. McKnight 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis 141st Pennsylvania: Col Henry J. Madill 2nd Brigade
BG J. H. Hobart Ward 3rd Maine: Col Moses B. Lakeman 4th Maine: Col Elijah Walker 38th New York: Ltc William Birney (w) 40th New York: Ltc Nelson A. Gesner (w) 55th New York: Col Régis de Trobriand 57th Pennsylvania: Col Charles T. Campbell (w), Ltc Peter Sides 99th Pennsylvania: Col Asher S. Leidy (w), Ltc Edwin Ruthwin Biles 3rd Brigade
BG Hiram G. Berry 17th Maine: Col Thomas A. Roberts 3rd Michigan: Maj Moses B. Houghton 5th Michigan: Ltc John Gilluly (k), Maj Edward T. Sherlock 1st New York: Col J. Frederick Pierson 37th New York: Col Samuel B. Hayman 101st New York: Col George F. Chester Artillery
Cpt George E. RandolphCaptain La Rhett L. Livingston, chief of the corps artillery. Battery E, 1st Rhode Island Light: Lt Pardon S. Jastram Batteries F and K, 3rd United States: Lt John G. TurnbullSecond Division
BG Daniel Sickles 1st Brigade
BG Joseph B. Carr 1st Massachusetts: Ltc Clark B. Baldwin, Col Napoleon B. McLaughlen 11th Massachusetts: Col William E. Blaisdell 16th Massachusetts: Col Thomas R. Tannatt 2nd New Hampshire: Col Gilman Marston 11th New Jersey: Col Robert McAllister 26th Pennsylvania: Ltc Benjamin C. Tilghman 2nd Brigade
Col George B. Hall 70th New York: Col J. Egbert Farnum 71st New York: Maj Thomas Rafferty 72nd New York: Col William O. Stevens 73rd New York: Col William R. Brewster 74th New York: Ltc William H. Lounsbury 120th New York: Col George H. Sharpe 3rd Brigade
BG Joseph W. Revere 5th New Jersey: Col William J. Sewell 6th New Jersey: Col George C. Burling 7th New Jersey: Col Louis R. Francine 8th New Jersey: Col Adolphus J. Johnson 2nd New York: Col Sidney W. Park 115th Pennsylvania: Ltc William A. Olmsted Artillery
Cpt James E. Smith Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery: Cpt A. Judson Clark 4th Battery, New York Light: Lt Joseph E. Nairn Battery H, 1st United States: Lt Justin E. Dimick Battery K, 4th United States: Lt Francis W. SeeleyThird Division
BG Amiel W. Whipple 1st Brigade
BG Abram S. PiattDisabled December 13.
Col Emlen Franklin 86th New York: Ltc Bena J. Chapin 124th New York: Col Augustus van Horne Ellis