The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. The battle was fought on September 19, 1864 near Winchester, Virginia, and Opequon Creek. The battle is also known as the Battle of Opequon or the Battle of Opequon Creek.
Abbreviations used Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet
Other w = wounded k = killed c = captured
Army of the Shenandoah
MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding Staff: Maj George Alexander Forsyth
VI Corps
MG Horatio Wright
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG David Allen Russell (k) BG Emory Upton (w) Col Oliver Edwards 1st Brigade Ltc Edward L. Campbell 4th New Jersey: Cpt Baldwin Hufty 10th New Jersey: Maj Lambert Boeman 15th New Jersey: Cpt William T. Cornish 2nd Brigade
BG Emory Upton
Col Joseph Hamblin 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Ranald S. Mackenzie 65th New York: Col Joseph Hamblin, Cpt Henry C. Fisk 121st New York: Cpt John D. P. Douw 95th Pennsylvania: Cpt Francis J. Randall 96th Pennsylvania Battalion 3rd Brigade
Col Oliver Edwards
Col Isaac C. Bassett 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. KempfSecond Division
BG George W. Getty 1st Brigade
BG Frank Wheaton 62nd New York: Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton (w) 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John S. Long 98th Pennsylvania: Ltc John B. Kohler 102nd Pennsylvania: Maj James H. Coleman 139th Pennsylvania: Maj Robert Munroe 2nd Brigade (a.k.a. First Vermont Brigade)
Col James M. Warner
Ltc Amasa S. Tracy
(supervised part of line) 2nd Vermont: Maj Enoch E. Johnson 3rd Vermont: Maj Horace W. Floyd 4th Vermont 5th Vermont: Cpt Addison Brown, Jr. (w) 6th Vermont: Cpt Martin W. Davis 11th Vermont/1st Heavy Artillery: Maj Aldace F. Walker 3rd Brigade
BG Daniel D. Bidwell 1st Maine Veterans: Maj Stephen C. Fletcher 43rd New York: Maj Charles A. Milliken 49th New York (battalion) Ltc Erastus D. Holt 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French 122nd New York: Ltc Augustus Wade Dwight(w), Maj Jabez M. Brower 61st Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt Charles S. Greene (w), Cpt David J. TaylorThird Division
BG James Ricketts 1st Brigade
Col William Emerson 14th New Jersey: Maj Peter Vredenburgh (k), Cpt Jacob J. Janeway 106th New York: Cpt Peter Robinson 151st New York: Ltc Thomas M. Fay 87th Pennsylvania: Col John W. Schall 10th Vermont: Maj Edwin Dillingham (k), Cpt Lucius T. Hunt 2nd Brigade
Col J. Warren Keifer 6th Maryland: Col John W. Horn (w), Cpt Clifton K. Printiss 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Burgess 110th Ohio: Ltc Otho H. Binkley 122nd Ohio: Col William H. Ball 126th Ohio: Ltc Aaron W. Ebright (k), Cpt George W. Hoge 67th Pennsylvania: Lt John F. Young 138th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew R. McClennan (w), Maj Lewis A. May Artillery Artillery Brigade
Col Charles H. Tompkins 5th Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Greenlief T. Stevens 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery, Battery A: Cpt William H. McCartney 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery: Lt William H. Johnson (k), Lt Orsamus R. Van Etten 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery C: Lt Jacob H. Lamb 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery G: Cpt George W. Adams 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery M: Cpt James McKnight
Army of West Virginia
BG George Crook
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
Col Joseph Thoburn 1st Brigade
Col George D. Wells 34th Massachusetts: Maj Harrison W. Pratt 5th New York Heavy Artillery, 2nd Battalion: Major Caspar Urban 116th Ohio: Ltc Thomas F. Wildes 123rd Ohio: Cpt John W. Chamberlain 3rd Brigade
Col Thomas M. Harris 23rd Illinois (battalion): Cpt Samuel A. Simison 54th Pennsylvania: Ltc John P. Linton (w) Maj Enoch D. Yutzy 10th West Virginia: Maj Henry H. Withers 11th West Virginia: Ltc Van H. Bukey 15th West Virginia: Maj John W. HollidaySecond Division (Kanawha Division)
Col Isaac H. Duval (w)
Col Rutherford B. Hayes 1st Brigade
Col Rutherford B. Hayes
Col Hiram F. Devol 23rd Ohio: Ltc James M. Comly 36th Ohio: Col Hiram F. Devol, Ltc William H. G. Adrey 5th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc William H. Enochs 13th West Virginia: Col William K. Brown 2nd Brigade
Col Daniel D. Johnson (w)
Ltc Benjamin F. Coates 34th Ohio (battalion): Ltc Luther Furney 91st Ohio: Ltc Benjamin F. Coates, Maj Lemuel Z. Cadet 9th West Virginia: Maj Benjamin F. Skinner 14th West Virginia: Ltc George W. Taggart Artillery Artillery Brigade
Cpt Henry A. du Pont 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery D: Lt William Munk 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Henry A. du Pont Note: Thoburn's 2nd Brigade was detached to guard wagons and field hospitals.
XIX Corps
BG William H. Emory
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG William Dwight 1st Brigade
Col George L. Beal 29th Maine: Maj William Knowlton (mw),Cpt Alfred L. Turner 30th Massachusetts: Cpt Samuel D. Shipley 114th New York: Col Samuel R. Per Lee (w), Maj Oscar H. Curtis 116th New York: Col George M. Love 153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis 2nd Brigade
BG James W. McMillan 12th Connecticut: Ltc Frank H. Peck (mw), Cpt Sidney E. Clark 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania: Col Tilghman H. Good 8th Vermont: Col Stephen Thomas Division Artillery New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery: Lt John V. GrantSecond Division
BG Cuvier Grover 1st Brigade
BG Henry W. Birge 9th Connecticut: Col Thomas W. Cahill 12th Maine: Ltc Edwin Ilsley 14th Maine: Col Thomas W. Porter 26th Massachusetts: Col Alphon B. Farr 14th New Hampshire: Col Alexander Gardiner (k);Cpt Flavel L. Tolman 75th New York: Ltc Willoughby Babcock (k),Maj Benjamin F. Thurber 2nd Brigade
Col Edward L. Molineux 13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent 11th Indiana: Col Daniel Macauley 22nd Iowa: Col Harvey Graham 131st New York: Col Nicholas W. Day 159th New York: Ltc William Waltermire 3rd Brigade
Col Jacob Sharpe (w)
Ltc Alfred Neafie 38th Massachusetts: Ltc James P. Richardson (w),Maj Charles F. Allen 128th New York: Cpt Charles R. Anderson 156th New York: Ltc Alfred Neafie,Cpt James J. Hoyt 175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthy 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis 4th Brigade
Col David Shunk 8th Indiana: Ltc Alexander J. Kenny 18th Indiana: Ltc William S. Charles 24th Iowa: Ltc John Q. Wilds 28th Iowa: Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson Division Artillery Maine Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Cpt Albert W. Bradbury Artillery Reserve
Cpt Elijah D. Taft 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery D: Lt Frederick Chase Indiana Light Artillery, 17th Battery: Cpt Milton L. Milner
Cavalry Corps BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Wesley Merritt 1st Brigade
BG George Armstrong Custer 1st Michigan Cavalry: Col Peter Stagg 5th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Col James H. Kidd 7th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Melvin Brewer (mw) 25th New York Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Seymour 2nd Brigade
BG Thomas C. Devin 4th New York Cavalry: Maj August Haurand (w), Maj Edward Schwartz 6th New York Cavalry: Maj William E. Beardsley 9th New York Cavalry: Ltc George S. Nichols 19th New York Cavalry (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Coe Durland Reserve Brigade
Col Charles Russell Lowell 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Caspar Crowninshield 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Charles L. Leiper 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene M. Baker 1st Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade: Col Henry A. Cole 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough (w), Cpt Robert S. Smith 5th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Gustavus UrbanSecond Division
BG William W. Averell 1st Brigade
Col James M. Schoonmaker 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Andrew J. Greenfield 8th Ohio Cavalry: Col Alpheus S. Moore 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Cpt Ashbell F. Duncan (mw) Cpt William W. Miles 2nd Brigade
Col William H. Powell 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: Maj John S. Witcher Division Artillery 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery L: Lt Gulian V. WeirThird Division
BG James H. Wilson 1st Brigade
BG John B. McIntosh (w)
Ltc George A. Purington 1st Connecticut Cavalry: Maj George O. Marcy 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Maj William P. Robeson, Jr. 2nd New York Cavalry: Cpt Walter C. Hull 5th New York Cavalry: Maj Abram H. Krom 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington, Maj A. Bayard Nettleton 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc William P. Brinton (c), Maj John W. Phillips 2nd Brigade
BG George H. Chapman (w) Col William Wells 3rd Indiana Cavalry (2 companies): Lt Benjamin F. Gilbert 1st New Hampshire Cavalry (battalion): Col John L. Thompson 8th New York Cavalry: Ltc William H. Benjamin 22nd New York Cavalry: Maj Caleb Moore 1st Vermont Cavalry: Col William Wells Horse Artillery Horse Artillery
Cpt La Rhett L. Livingston 1st United States, Batteries K and L: Lt Franck E. Taylor 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Cpt Charles H. Pierce 2nd United States, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston 3rd United States, Batteries C and F: Lt William C. Cuyler 4th United States, Battery C: Lt Terrence Reilly
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