Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. 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 Lt = 1st Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet

Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed

Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved] Bvt MG Charles Griffin

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

Bvt MG Charles Griffin     Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett

Escort: 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Co. C): 104th New York1st Brigade

BG Joshua Chamberlain 185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton 2nd Brigade

Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory 187th New York: Ltc Daniel Meyers 188th New York: Ltc Isaac Doolittle 189th New York: Ltc Joseph G. Townsend 3rd Brigade

Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett

Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson 20th Maine: Ltc Walter Goodale Morrill 1st Maine Sharpshooters: Cpt George R. Abbott 32nd Massachusetts: Ltc James A. Cunningham 1st Michigan: Ltc George Lockley 16th Michigan: Bvt Col Benjamin F. Partridge 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Chauncey P. Rogers 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Eli G. Sellers 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry O'Neill 155th Pennsylvania: Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson, Maj John A. KlineSecond Division

Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres 1st Brigade

Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (k)

Col James G. Grindlay 61st Massachusetts: Ltc Charles F. Walcott 5th New York: Cpt Henry Schickhardt 15th New York Heavy Artillery:Equipped and serving as infantry. Ltc Michael Wiedrich (w), Maj Louis Eiche 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis 2nd U.S.: 8th U.S.: 11th U.S.: 12th U.S.: 14th U.S.: 17th U.S.: 2nd Brigade

Col Richard N. Bowerman (w)

Col David L. Stanton 1st Maryland: Col David L. Stanton 4th Maryland: Maj Harrison Aderon 7th Maryland: Maj Edward M. Mobley 8th Maryland: Ltc Ernest F. M. Faehtz 3rd Brigade

Bvt BG James Gwyn 3rd Delaware: Cpt John H. Cade 4th Delaware: Cpt William H. Maclary (k), Ltc Moses B. Gist 8th Delaware (3 companies): Cpt John N. Richards 190th Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee 191st Pennsylvania: Col James Carle 210th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward L. WitmanThird Division

Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford 1st Brigade

Col John Azor Kellogg 91st New York: Col Jonathan Tarbell 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion: 91st Pennsylvania: 6th Wisconsin: Cpt Edward A. Whaley (w), Cpt Louis A. Kent 7th Wisconsin: Ltc Hollon Richardson (w) 2nd Brigade

BG Henry Baxter 16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden 39th Massachusetts: Ltc Henry M. Tremlett 97th New York: Ltc Rouse Eglston 11th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Overmyer 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy 3rd Brigade

Bvt BG Richard Coulter 94th New York: Maj Henry H. Fish (k), Cpt Albert T. Morgan 95th New York: Cpt George T. Knight 147th New York: Cpt James A. McKinley 56th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 88th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 121st Pennsylvania: Maj West Funk 142nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Horatio N. Warren

Cavalry Corps

Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Thomas Devin1st Brigade

Col Peter Stagg 1st Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George R. Maxwell (w), Cpt Edward L. Negus 5th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Harvey H. Vinton 7th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George G. Briggs 2nd Brigade

Col Charles Lane Fitzhugh 6th New York Cavalry: Maj Harrison White 9th New York Cavalry: Maj James R. Dinnin 19th New York Cavalry: Maj Howard M. Smith 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Coe Durland 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Gabriel Middleton 3rd Brigade

BG Alfred Gibbs 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Caspar Crowninshield 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Charles L. Leiper 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord 5th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Thomas Drummond (k), Lt Gustuvus Urban 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Robert N. MorrisSecond Division

MG George Crook1st Brigade

Bvt MG Henry Eugene Davies 1st New Jersey Cavalry: Col Hugh H. Janeway 10th New York Cavalry: Col Mathew Henry Avery 24th New York Cavalry: Col Walter C. Newberry, Ltc Melze Richards 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Hampton S. Thomas 2nd Brigade

Bvt BG John I. Gregg 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles 3rd Brigade

Bvt BG Charles H. Smith 1st Maine Cavalry: Ltc John P. Cilley 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Maj Paul Chadbourne 6th Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Matthew H. Cryer 13th Ohio Cavalry: Ltc Stephen R. ClarkArtillery Horse Artillery 1st U.S., Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 1st U.S., Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 2nd U.S., Battery A: Lt James H. LordThird Division

Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer1st Brigade

Col Alexander C. M. Pennington 1st Connecticut Cavalry: Col Brayton Ives 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc William P. Robeson (w) 2nd New York Cavalry: Col Alanson Merwin Randol 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Albert Barnitz 2nd Brigade

Bvt BG William Wells 3rd Indiana Cavalry: 8th New York Cavalry: Maj James Bliss 15th New York Cavalry: Col John J. Coppinger 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc Josiah Hall 3rd Brigade

Col Henry Capehart 1st New York Cavalry: Ltc Jenyns C. Batterysby 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Shesh B. Howe 2nd West Virginia Cavalry (7 companies): Ltc James Allen 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Maj John S. WitcherMackenzie's Cavalry DivisionTemporarily attached from the Army of the James.

BG Ranald S. Mackenzie1st Brigade

Col Robert M. West 20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz2nd Brigade

Col Samuel P. Spear (w)

Col Andrew W. Evans 1st District of Columbia Cavalry: Maj J. Stannard Baker 1st Maryland Cavalry: Col Andrew W. Evans 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Franklin A. StrattonArtillery 4th Wisconsin: Cpt Dorman L. Noggle

See also

Virginia in the American Civil War

Notes

References Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.