First Battle of Deep Bottom order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Deep Bottom (July 27–29, 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 c = captured

Union Forces General in Chief LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

II Corps

MG Winfield Scott Hancock

Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M: Cpt John H. Hazelton

Engineers: 1st Battalion, New York Infantry: Maj Wesley Brainerd

Chief of Artillery: Col John C. Tidball

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Francis C. Barlow until 29 JulyEicher p.116

BG Nelson A. MilesEicher p.389 1st Brigade

BG Nelson A. Miles until July 29

Col James C. LynchEicher p.357 28th Massachusetts: Maj James Flemming 26th Michigan: Cpt Lucius H. Ives 5th New Hampshire: Maj James E. Larkin 61st New York: Maj George W. Scott 81st Pennsylvania: Ltc William Wilson 140th Pennsylvania: Cpt Thomas HenryOn picket duty; not engaged. 183rd Pennsylvania: Ltc George T. Egbert 2nd New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George Hogg Consolidated Brigade2nd and 3rd Brigades consolidated on June 27 Civil War in the East: Second Army Corps (June 1864)

Col Clinton D. MacDougallEicher p.358 39th New York: Cpt David A. Allen 52nd New York: Cpt George Degener 57th New York: Cpt L. Hart WilderNot engaged. 63rd New York (6 companies): Cpt Alexander Watts 69th New York (6 companies): Cpt Albert Gosse 88th New York: Ltc Denis F. Burke 111th New York: Cpt Marcus W. Murdock 125th New York: Cpt Nelson Penfield 126th New York: Cpt John B. Geddis 4th Brigade

Ltc Knut Oscar Broady 2nd Delaware (5 companies): 64th New York: Ltc William Glenny 66th New York: Cpt Nathaniel P. Lane 53rd Pennsylvania: Cpt Philip H. SchreyerNot engaged. 145th Pennsylvania: Cpt James H. Hamlin 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart 7th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Joseph H. Murphy 116th Pennsylvania: Cpt David W. MegrawSecond Division

MG John Gibbon

Provost guard: 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters: Cpt Mahlon Black 1st Brigade

Ltc Francis E. Pierce 19th Maine: Cpt Joseph W. Spaulding 15th Massachusetts: Maj Isaac Harris Hooper 19th Massachusetts: 20th Massachusetts: 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters: 7th Michigan: 1st Minnesota Battalion (2 companies): Cpt James C. Farwell 42nd New York: 59th New York: 82nd New York: 184th Pennsylvania: 36th Wisconsin: 2nd Brigade

Col Mathew Murphy 8th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Erastus M. SpauldingNot engaged. 155th New York: Maj John Byrne 164th New York: Maj John Beattie 170th New York: Cpt John CoonanNot engaged. 182nd New York Heavy Artillery: Col Mathew Murphy 3rd Brigade

Col Thomas A. Smyth 14th Connecticut: Cpt John C. BroatchNot engaged. 1st Delaware: 12th New Jersey: 10th New York (6 companies): 108th New York: 8th Ohio: 69th Pennsylvania: Cpt Patrick S. Tinen 106th Pennsylvania: Cpt John B. Breitenbach 7th West Virginia:Third Division

BG Gershom Mott 1st Brigade

BG Régis de Trobriand 20th Indiana: 17th Maine: 40th New York: Cpt Madison M. CannonNot engaged. 73rd New York: Ltc Michael W. Burns 86th New York: 124th New York: 99th Pennsylvania: Col Edwin Ruthwin Biles 110th Pennsylvania: 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters: 4th New York Heavy Artillery (5 companies): Maj Frank Williams 2nd Brigade

Col Daniel Chaplin (until July 28)Eicher p.170   Col Henry J. Madill (July 28) 5th Michigan: Col John Pulford 93rd New York: Maj Samuel McConihe 57th Pennsylvania: Ltc William B. Neeper 63rd Pennsylvania: 105th Pennsylvania: Cpt John C. Conser 141st Pennsylvania: Col Henry J. Madill 1st U.S. Sharpshooters: Cpt John Wilson 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Maj Nathaniel Shatswell 1st Maine Heavy Artillery: Ltc Thomas H. Talbot [transferred to 1st Brigade, July 28] 3rd Brigade

Col Robert McAllister 16th Massachusetts: 5th New Jersey: Cpt Thomas C. Godfrey 6th New Jersey: 7th New Jersey: Cpt Thomas C. Thompson 8th New Jersey: Maj Virgil M. Healy 11th New Jersey: Col Robert McAllister, Ltc John Schoonover (from July 30) 4th Brigade

Col William R. Brewster 11th Massachusetts (5 companies): Col William Blaisdell 71st New York: 72nd New York (3 companies): 74th New York: 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc George Zinn Artillery Brigade

Maj John G. Hazard 6th Maine Light: Cpt Edwin B. Dow 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light: Cpt Henry J. Sleeper 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light: Cpt A. Judson Clark 3rd Battery, New Jersey Light: Cpt Christian Woerner 4th New York Heavy: Cpt John B. Vande Wieler Battery G, 1st New York Light: Cpt Nelson Ames 11th Battery, New York Light: Cpt John E. Burton 12th Battery, New York Light: Cpt George F. McKnight Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light: Lt William S. Perrin Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt Thomas Frederick Brown Battery K, 4th U.S.: Cpt John W. Roder Battery C, 5th U.S.: Battery I, 5th U.S.:

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip Sheridan

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Alfred T. A. TorbertOfficial Records Chap LII, p.244 1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade)k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0

BG George A. Custer 1st Michigan 5th Michigan 6th Michigan 7th Michigan 2nd Brigadek-3, w-12, m-0 = 15

Col Thomas C. Devin 4th New York 6th New York 9th New York 17th Pennsylvania 2nd U.S. Artillery, Batteries B and L Reserve Brigadek-7, w-48, m-5 = 60

BG Wesley Merritt 19th New York (1st Dragoon) 6th Pennsylvania 1st Rhode Island, detachment 1st United States 2nd United States 5th United States 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery DSecond Cavalry Division

BG David McMurtrie Gregg 1st Brigade

BG Henry Eugene Davies 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 1st New Jersey Cavalry: 10th New York Cavalry: 6th Ohio Cavalry: Col William Stedman 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry: 2nd Brigade

Col John Irvin Gregg 1st Maine Cavalry: 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry:

Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

X Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division 3rd Brigade

BG Robert Sanford Foster 10th Connecticut: Col John L. Otis 11th Maine: Maj Jonathan A. Hill 1st Maryland Cavalry (dismounted): 24th Massachusetts: Col Francis A. Osborn 100th New York:

XIX Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division 1st Brigade

BG Henry Warner Birge 9th Connecticut: 12th Maine: 14th Maine: 26th Massachusetts: 14th New Hampshire: 75th New York:

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersCavalry Division

BG August Kautz 1st Brigade

Col Robert M. West 3rd New York Cavalry: Cpt John M. Wilson 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Col Robert M. West 2nd Brigade

Col Samuel P. Spear 1st District of Columbia Cavalry: Maj J. Stannard Baker 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Unassigned 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company F: 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company G: 1st New York Mounted Rifles: Artillery 4th Wisconsin Battery (1st section): Cpt George B. Easterly 4th Wisconsin Battery (2nd section): Lt William P. Powers

Naval forces

USS Mendota: Commander Edward T. Nichols

See also

Virginia in the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg

References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .