The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used Military Rank LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed in action c = captured
Union Forces
General in Chief
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief
Army of the Potomac
MG George Meade
Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles Francis Adams, Jr. 80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis
Engineer Brigade:
BG Henry W. Benham 15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum 50th New York Engineers: Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell
Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher
Guards and Orderlies:
Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann
IX Corps
MG Ambrose Burnside
Provost Guard: 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG James H. Ledlie 1st Brigade
BG William F. Bartlett (c)
Ltc Joseph H. Barnes 21st Massachusetts: Cpt William H. Clark (mw) 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes, Cpt Willard D. Tripp 56th Massachusetts: Col Stephen M. Weld (c), Cpt Charles D. Lamb 57th Massachusetts: Maj Albert Prescott (k), Cpt Edson A Dresser (k), Lt Albert Doty 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould (mw), Ltc John Hodges (k), Cpt Ezra P Gould 100th Pennsylvania: Maj Thomas J. Hamilton (mw), Cpt Walter Oliver (k), Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost 2nd Brigade
Col Elisha Marshall (c)
Ltc. Gilbert P. Robinson 3rd Maryland (4 companies) : Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson, Cpt David J. Weaver 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman 179th New York (7 companies): Maj John Barton (k), Cpt Albert A. Terrill 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Ltc Benjamin G. Barney (w), Cpt James W. Haig Acting Engineers 35th Massachusetts: Cpt Clifton A. BlanchardSecond Division
BG Robert B. Potter 1st Brigade
Col Zenas Bliss 36th Massachusetts: Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk 45th Pennsylvania: Cpt Theodore Gregg 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry Pleasants 4th Rhode Island: Lt Col Martin Buffum ( c), Maj James T. P. Bucklin 2nd Brigade
BG Simon Goodell Griffin 31st Maine: Lt Col Daniel White (c), Cpt James Dean 32nd Maine: Cpt Joseph B. Hammond 2nd Maryland: Cpt James H. Wilson 6th New Hampshire: Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin 9th New Hampshire: Cpt John B. Cooper 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Arthur C. Locke 17th Vermont: Cpt Lyman E. Knapp Acting Engineers 7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy DanielsThird Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox 1st Brigade
BG John F. Hartranft 8th Michigan: Maj Horatio Belcher 27th Michigan (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin (w), Cpt Edwin Evans 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon 51st Pennsylvania: Maj Lane S. Hart 37th Wisconsin: Col Samuel Harriman 38th Wisconsin (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler 2nd Brigade
Col William Humphrey 1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. DeLand (w), Cpt Elmer Dicey (c), Cpt George Murdoch 2nd Michigan: Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serviere 60th Ohio (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Overton, Jr. Acting Engineers 17th Michigan: Col Constant LuceFourth Division
BG Edward Ferrero 1st Brigade
Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried 27th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright 30th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Delevan Bates 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Ltc H. Seymour Hall 2nd Brigade
Col Henry Goddard Thomas 19th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Cleaveland J. Campbell (w) 28th U.S. Colored Troops (6 companies): Ltc Charles S. Russell 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc John A. Bross 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc W. E. W. Ross Artillery Brigade
Ltc J. Albert Monroe 2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt James A. Hall 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley
Army of the James
MG Benjamin F. Butler
Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry Larcom Abbot Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
XVIII Corps
MG Edward Ord
X Corps
(attached to XVIII Corps)
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG John Wesley Turner 1st Brigade
Col Newton Martin Curtis 3rd New York: Cpt George W. Warren 112th New York: Ltc John F. Smith 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett 142nd New York: Ltc Albert M. Barney 2nd Brigade
Ltc William B. Coan 47th New York: Cpt Charles A. Moore 48th New York: Maj Samuel M Swartwout (k), Cpt Joseph Taylor 76th Pennsylvania: Maj William S. Diller 97th Pennsylvania: Cpt Isaiah Price 3rd Brigade
Col Louis Bell 13th Indiana (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent 9th Maine: Cpt Robert J. Gray 4th New Hampshire: Cpt Joseph M Clough (w), Cpt Frank W. Parker 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson 169th New York: Maj James A. Colvin
See also
Virginia in the American Civil War Petersburg National Battlefield
Notes
References
Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998.