Bristoe campaign Union order of battle


The following units and commanders fought in the Bristoe campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the Campaign.

Military rank abbreviations used

MG George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff and Headquarters
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

First Division:

BG Lysander Cutler
1st Brigade :

Col William W. Robinson

  • 19th Indiana: Col Samuel J. Williams
  • 24th Michigan: Col Henry A. Morrow
  • 1st New York Sharpshooters : Cpt Joseph C. Arnold
  • 2nd Wisconsin: Ltc John Mansfield
  • 6th Wisconsin: Col Edward S. Bragg
  • 7th Wisconsin: Maj Mark Finnicum
First Division:

BG Lysander Cutler
2nd Brigade:

BG James C. Rice

  • 7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover
  • 76th New York: Maj John W. Young
  • 84th New York : Col Edward B. Fowler
  • 95th New York: Maj Edward Pye
  • 147th New York: Maj George Harney
  • 56th Pennsylvania: Ltc George B. Osborn
Second Division:

BG John C. Robinson
1st Brigade:

Col Thomas F. McCoy

  • 16th Maine: Ltc Charles W. Tilden
  • 13th Massachusetts: Col Samuel H. Leonard
  • 39th Massachusetts: Col Phineas Stearns Davis
  • 94th New York: Maj Samuel A. Moffett
  • 104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry J. Shaefer
Second Division:

BG John C. Robinson
2nd Brigade:

BG Henry Baxter

  • 12th Massachusetts: Maj Benjamin F. Cook
  • 83rd New York : Col Joseph A. Moesch
  • 97th New York: Maj Charles Northrup
  • 11th Pennsylvania: Col Richard Coulter
  • 88th Pennsylvania: Cpt Edmund Y. Patterson
  • 90th Pennsylvania: Ltc William A. Leech
Third Division:

BG John R. Kenly
1st Brigade:

Col Chapman Biddle

  • 121st Pennsylvania: Ltc Alexander Biddle
  • 142nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Alfred. B. McCalmont
Third Division:

BG John R. Kenly
2nd Brigade:

Col Langhorne Wister

  • 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana
  • 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight
  • 150th Pennsylvania: Cpt Horatio Bell
Third Division:

BG John R. Kenly
3rd Brigade:

Col Nathan T. Dushane

  • 1st Maryland: Ltc John W. Wilson
  • 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman
  • 7th Maryland: Col Edwin H. Webster
  • 8th Maryland: Col Andrew W. Denison
Artillery Brigade:
Col Charles S. Wainwright

  • 2nd Maine Light: Cpt James A. Hall
  • 5th Maine Light: Cpt Greenleaf T. Stevens
  • 1st New York Light, Battery E & Battery L: Cpt Gilbert H. Reynolds
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B: Cpt James H. Cooper
  • 4th US, Battery B: Lt James Stewart

II Corps">II Corps (Union Army)">II Corps

  • MG Gouverneur K. Warren
  • BG John C. Caldwell
  • Escort:
  • * 10th New York Cavalry, Company M: Lt James Matthews
  • * 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G: Lt Robert Brown
  • DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First Division:

    BG John C. Caldwell

    Col Paul A. Frank
    1st Brigade:

    Col Nelson A. Miles

    • 61st New York: Ltc K. Oscar Broady
    • 81st Pennsylvania: Col H. Boyd McKeen
    • 140th Pennsylvania: Col John Fraser
    First Division:

    BG John C. Caldwell

    Col Paul A. Frank
    2nd Brigade :

    Col Patrick Kelly

    • 28th Massachusetts: Col Richard Byrnes
    • 63rd New York: Capt Thomas Touhy
    • 69th New York: Cpt Richard Moroney
    • 88th New York: Cpt Denis F. Burke
    • 116th Pennsylvania: Cpt Seneca G. Willauer
    First Division:

    BG John C. Caldwell

    Col Paul A. Frank
    3rd Brigade:

    Col Paul A. Frank

    Col James A. Beaver

    • 52nd New York: Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg
    • 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman
    • 66th New York: Ltc John S. Hammell
    • 148th Pennsylvania: Col James A. Beaver, Maj George A. Fairlamb
    First Division:

    BG John C. Caldwell

    Col Paul A. Frank
    4th Brigade:

    Col John R. Brooke

    • 2nd Delaware: Ltc David L. Stricker
    • 64th New York: Maj Leman W. Bradley
    • 53rd Pennsylvania: Capt Henry S. Dimm
    • 145th Pennsylvania: Col Hiram L. Brown
    Second Division:

    BG Alexander S. Webb
    1st Brigade:

    Col Francis E. Heath

    • 19th Maine: Ltc Henry W. Cunningham
    • 15th Massachusetts: Ltc George C. Joslin
    • 1st Minnesota: Maj Mark W. Downie
    • 82nd New York : Maj Thomas W. Baird
    Second Division:

    BG Alexander S. Webb
    2nd Brigade "Philadelphia Brigade":

    Col De Witt C. Baxter

    • 69th Pennsylvania: Maj James Duffie
    • 71st Pennsylvania: Col Richard PennSmith
    • 72nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Theodore Hesser
    • 106th Pennsylvania: Ltc William L. Curry
    Second Division:

    BG Alexander S. Webb
    3rd Brigade:

    Col James E. Mallon

    • 19th Massachusetts: Ltc Ansel D. Wass
    • 20th Massachusetts: Maj Henry L. Abbott
    • 7th Michigan: Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis
    • 42nd New York: Cpt Robert C. Wright
    • 59th New York: Cpt Horace P. Rugg
    Third Division:

    BG Alexander Hays
    1st Brigade :

    Col Samuel S. Carroll

    • 14th Indiana: Col John Coons
    • 4th Ohio: Maj Gordon A. Stewart
    • 8th Ohio: Ltc Franklin Sawyer
    • 7th West Virginia : Ltc Jonathan H. Lockwood
    Third Division:

    BG Alexander Hays
    2nd Brigade:

    Col Thomas A. Smyth

    • 14th Connecticut: Col Theodore G. Ellis
    • 1st Delaware: Ltc Edward P. Harris
    • 12th New Jersey: Col J. Howard Willets
    • 10th New York : Maj George F. Hopper
    • 108th New York: Col Charles J. Powers
    Third Division:

    BG Alexander Hays
    3rd Brigade:

    BG Joshua T. Owen

    • 39th New York: Maj Hugo Hildebrandt
    • 111th New York: Col Clinton D. MacDougall
    • 125th New York: Col Levin Crandell
    • 126th New York: Col James M. Bull
    Artillery Brigade:
    Cpt John G. Hazard

    • 1st New York Light, Battery G: Cpt Nelson Ames
    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery H: Cpt James F. Huntington
    • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Batteries F and G: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A: Cpt William A. Arnold
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B: Cpt Thomas Frederick Brown
    • 1st US Light, Battery I: Lt Frank L. French

    III Corps">III Corps (Union Army)">III Corps

  • MG William H. French
  • DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First Division:

    MG David B. Birney
    1st Brigade:

    Col Charles H. T. Collis

    • 57th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Sides
    • 63rd Pennsylvania: Maj John A. Danks
    • 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
    • 105th Pennsylvania: Col Calvin A. Craig
    • 114th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward R. Bowen
    • 141st Pennsylvania: Cpt Edwin A. Spaulding
    First Division:

    MG David B. Birney
    2nd Brigade:

    BG John Henry Hobart Ward

    • 3rd Maine: Col Moses B. Lakeman
    • 4th Maine: Col Elijah Walker,
    • 86th New York: Maj Michael B. Stafford
    • 124th New York: Ltc Francis M. Cummins
    • 99th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Ruthwin Biles
    • 2nd US Sharpshooters: Ltc Homer R. Stoughton
    First Division:

    MG David B. Birney
    3rd Brigade:

    Col P. Régis de Trobriand

    • 17th Maine: Ltc Charles B. Merrill
    • 3rd Michigan: Col Byron R. Pierce,
    • 5th Michigan: Ltc John Pulford
    • 40th New York: Col Thomas W. Egan
    • 110th Pennsylvania: Maj Isaac Rogers
    • 1st US Sharpshooters: Ltc Casper Trepp
    Second Division:

    BG Henry Prince
    1st Brigade:

    Col Robert McAllister

    • 11th Massachusetts: Ltc Porter D. Tripp
    • 16th Massachusetts: Ltc Waldo Merriam
    • 11th New Jersey: Ltc John Schoonover
    • 26th Pennsylvania: Maj Robert L. Bodine
    • 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc Milton Opp
    Second Division:

    BG Henry Prince
    2nd Brigade :

    Col William R. Brewster

    • 70th New York: Col J. Egbert Farnum
    • 71st New York: Maj Thomas Rafferty
    • 72nd New York: Ltc John Leonard
    • 73rd New York: Ltc Michael W. Burns
    • 74th New York: Maj Henry M. Alles
    • 120th New York: Cpt Abram L. Lockwood
    Second Division:

    BG Henry Prince
    3rd Brigade:

    BG Gershom Mott

    • 5th New Jersey: Col William J. Sewell
    • 6th New Jersey: Col George C. Burling
    • 7th New Jersey: Maj Frederick Cooper
    • 8th New Jersey: Col John Ramsey
    • 115th Pennsylvania: Ltc John P. Dunne
    Third Division:

    BG Joseph B. Carr
    1st Brigade:

    BG William H. Morris

    • 14th New Jersey: Col William Snyder Truex
    • 151st New York: Ltc Erwin A. Bowen
    • 10th Vermont: Col Albert B. Jewett
    Third Division:

    BG Joseph B. Carr
    2nd Brigade:

    Col Joseph Warren Keifer

    • 6th Maryland: Col John Watt Horn
    • 110th Ohio: Maj Otho H. Binkley
    • 122d Ohio: Col William H. Ball
    • 138th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew R. McClennan
    Third Division:

    BG Joseph B. Carr
    3rd Brigade:

    Col Benjamin F. Smith

    • 106th New York: Maj Andrew N. McDonald
    • 126th Ohio: Ltc William H. Harlan
    • 67th Pennsylvania: Cpt Samuel Barry
    • 87th Pennsylvania: Col John W. Schall
    Artillery Brigade:
    Cpt George E. Randolph

    • 4th Battery Maine Light: Cpt O'Neil W. Robinson Jr.
    • 10th Massachusetts Light Battery: Cpt J. Henry Sleeper
    • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery B: Cpt A. Judson Clark
    • 1st New York Light, Battery D: Cpt George B. Winslow
    • 12th Battery New York Light: Lt George K. Dauchy
    • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E:
    • 4th US, Battery K: Lt Robert James

    V Corps">V Corps (Union Army)">V Corps

  • MG George Sykes
  • Escort: 5th Michigan Cavalry : Lt Samuel Harris
  • Provost Guard: 12th New York : Cpt Henry W. Ryder
  • DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First Division:

    BG Charles Griffin
    1st Brigade:

    BG James Barnes

    • 18th Massachusetts: Maj William B. White
    • 22nd Massachusetts: Col William S. Tilton
    • 1st Michigan: Ltc William A. Throop
    • 118th Pennsylvania: Maj Charles P. Herring
    First Division:

    BG Charles Griffin
    2nd Brigade:

    Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

    • 9th Massachusetts: Col Patrick R. Guiney
    • 32nd Massachusetts: Col George L. Prescott
    • 4th Michigan: Ltc George W. Lumbard
    • 62nd Pennsylvania: Ltc James C. Hull
    First Division:

    BG Charles Griffin
    3rd Brigade:

    Col Joshua L. Chamberlain

    • 20th Maine: Maj Ellis Spear
    • 16th Michigan: Cpt George H. Swan
    • 44th New York: Ltc Freeman Conner
    • 83rd Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lamont
    Second Division:

    BG Romeyn B. Ayres
    1st Brigade:

    Col Sidney Burbank

    • 2nd U.S. : Cpt James W. Long
    • 3rd U.S. : Maj William E. Prince
    • 11th U.S.: Maj Jonathan W. Gordon
    • 12th U.S.: Maj Luther B. Bruen
    • 14th U.S.: Capt Edward Mck. Hudson
    • 17th U.S.: Ltc James D. Greene
    Second Division:

    BG Romeyn B. Ayres
    3rd Brigade:

    BG Kenner Garrard

    • 140th New York: Col George Ryan
    • 146th New York : Col David T. Jenkins
    • 91st Pennsylvania: Col Edgar M. Gregory
    • 155th Pennsylvania: Maj Alfred L. Pearson
    Third Division:

    Col William McCandless
    1st Brigade:

    Col William C. Talley

    • 1st Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc William W. Stewart
    • 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj Patrick C. Donough
    • 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Wellington H. Ent
    • 13th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj William R. Hartshorne
    Third Division:

    Col William McCandless
    3rd Brigade:

    Col Martin D. Hardin

    • 5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George Dare
    • 9th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc James M. Snodgrass
    • 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc James B. Knox
    • 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Samuel M. Jackson
    • 12th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc Richard Gustin
    Artillery Brigade:
    Cpt Augustus Pearl Martin

    • 3rd Battery Massachusetts Light: Lt Aaron F. Walcott
    • 5th Battery Massachusetts Light: Cpt Charles A. Phillips
    • 1st New York Light, Battery C: Cpt Almont Barnes
    • 1st Ohio Light, Battery L: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs
    • 5th US, Battery D: Lt Benjamin F. Rittenhouse

    VI Corps">VI Corps (Union Army)">VI Corps

  • MG John Sedgwick
  • Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry : Capt Andrew J. Grover
  • DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First Division:

    BG Horatio G. Wright
    1st Brigade
    :

    BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

    • 1st New Jersey: Ltc William Henry Jr.
    • 2nd New Jersey: Col Samuel L. Buck
    • 3rd New Jersey: Col Henry W. Brown
    • 4th New Jersey: Ltc Charles Ewing
    • 15th New Jersey: Col William H. Penrose
    First Division:

    BG Horatio G. Wright
    2nd Brigade:

    BG Joseph J. Bartlett

    • 5th Maine: Col Clark S. Edwards
    • 121st New York: Col Emory Upton
    • 95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
    • 96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
    First Division:

    BG Horatio G. Wright
    3rd Brigade:

    BG David Allen Russell

    • 6th Maine: Col Benjamin F. Harris
    • 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas M. Hulings
    • 119th Pennsylvania: Col Peter C. Ellmaker
    • 5th Wisconsin: Col Thomas S. Allen
    Second Division:

    BG Albion P. Howe
    2nd Brigade :

    Col Lewis A. Grant

    • 2nd Vermont: Col James H. Walbridge
    • 3rd Vermont: Col Thomas O. Seaver
    • 4th Vermont: Ltc George P. Foster
    • 5th Vermont: Maj Charles P. Dudley
    • 6th Vermont: Col Elisha L. Barney
    Second Division:

    BG Albion P. Howe
    3rd Brigade:

    BG Thomas H. Neill

    • 7th Maine: Col Edwin C. Mason
    • 43rd New York: Col Benjamin F. Baker
    • 49th New York: Col Daniel D. Bidwell
    • 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French
    • 61st Pennsylvania: Ltc George F. Smith
    Third Division:

    BG Henry D. Terry
    1st Brigade:

    BG Alexander Shaler

    • 65th New York: Col Joseph E. Hamblin
    • 67th New York: Col Nelson Cross
    • 122nd New York: Ltc Augustus Wade Dwight
    • 23rd Pennsylvania: Col John Ely
    • 82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett
    Third Division:

    BG Henry D. Terry
    2nd Brigade:

    BG Henry L. Eustis

    • 7th Massachusetts: Col Thomas D. Johns
    • 10th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph B. Parsons
    • 2nd Rhode Island: Col Horatio Rogers Jr.
    Third Division:

    BG Henry D. Terry
    3rd Brigade:

    BG Frank Wheaton

    • 62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin
    • 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John S. Long
    • 98th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Ballier
    • 102nd Pennsylvania: Col John W. Patterson
    • 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Moody
    Artillery Brigade:
    Col Charles H. Tompkins

    • 1st Massachusetts Light, Battery A: Cpt William H. McCartney
    • 1st Battery New York Light: Cpt Andrew Cowan
    • 3rd Battery New York Light: Cpt William A. Harn
    • 1st Rhode Island, Battery C: Cpt Richard Waterman
    • 1st Rhode Island, Battery G: Cpt George W. Adams
    • 5th US, Battery F: Lt Leonard Martin
    • 5th US, Battery M: Cpt James McKnight

    Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps (Union Army)">Cavalry Corps

  • MG Alfred Pleasonton
  • Headquarters Guard: 6th US: Maj Robert M. Morris
  • DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First Division:

    BG John Buford
    1st Brigade:

    Col George H. Chapman

    • 8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
    • 12th Illinois: Cpt Henry L. Reans
    • 3rd Indiana: Maj William S. McClure
    • 8th New York: Maj William H. Benjamin
    First Division:

    BG John Buford
    2nd Brigade:

    Col Thomas Devin

    • 4th New York: Ltc Augustus Pruyn
    • 6th New York: Maj William P. Hall
    • 9th New York: Col William Sackett
    • 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc Coe Durland
    • 3rd West Virginia, Companies A & C: Maj Seymour B. Conger
    Second Division:

    BG David McM. Gregg
    1st Brigade:

    Col John P. Taylor

    • 1st Maryland: Maj Charles H. Russell
    • 1st Massachusetts: Col Horace B. Sargent
    • 1st New Jersey: Col Percy Wyndham
    • 6th Ohio: Ltc William Stedman
    • 1st Pennsylvania: Ltc David Gardner
    • 3rd Pennsylvania: Cpt James W. Walsh
    • 1st Rhode Island: Col John L. Thompson
    Second Division:

    BG David McM. Gregg
    2nd Brigade:

    Col John Irvin Gregg

    • District of Columbia, Independent Company: Cpt William H. Orton
    • 1st Maine: Col Charles H. Smith
    • 10th New York: Maj Mathew Henry Avery
    • 4th Pennsylvania: Maj George H. Covode
    • 8th Pennsylvania: Col Pennock Huey
    • 13th Pennsylvania: Ltc Garrick Mallery Jr.
    • 16th Pennsylvania: Ltc John K. Robison
    Third Division:

    BG Judson Kilpatrick
    1st Brigade:

    BG Henry E. Davies Jr.

    • 2nd New York: Ltc Otto Harhaus
    • 5th New York: Maj John Hammond
    • 18th Pennsylvania: Maj Harvey B. VanVorhis
    • 1st West Virginia : Maj Charles E. Capehart
    Third Division:

    BG Judson Kilpatrick
    2nd Brigade :

    BG George A. Custer

    • 1st Michigan: Col Charles H. Town
    • 5th Michigan: Col Russell A. Alger
    • 6th Michigan: Ltc Henry E. Thompson
    • 7th Michigan: Col William D. Mann
    • 1st Vermont: Col Edward B. Sawyer
    Third Division:

    BG Judson Kilpatrick
    Headquarters Guard
    • 1st Ohio, Companies A & C: Cpt Noah Jones
    Reserve Brigade:
    BG Wesley Merritt

    • 6th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry C. Whelam
    • 1st US: Cpt Marcus A. Reno
    • 2nd US: Cpt George A. Gordon
    • 5th US: Cpt Abraham K. Arnold
    unattached
  • 19th New York : Col Alfred Gibbs
  • Horse Artillery1st Brigade:

    Capt James M. Robertson

    • 6th Battery New York Light: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
    • 2nd US, Batteries B and L: Lt Albert O. Vincent
    • 2nd US, Battery D: Lt Edward B. Williston
    • 2nd US, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington Jr.
    • 4th US, Battery A: Lt Horatio B. Reed
    • 4th US, Battery E: Cpt Samuel S. Elder
    Horse Artillery2nd Brigade:

    Cpt William M. Graham

    • 9th Battery Michigan Light: Cpt Jabez J. Daniels
    • 1st US, Batteries E & G: Lt Egbert W. Olcott
    • 1st US, Battery K: Lt John Egan
    • 2nd US, Battery A: Lt Robert Clarke
    • 2nd US, Battery G: Lt John H. Butler
    • 3rd US, Battery C: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom

    Artillery Reserve

  • BG Robert O. Tyler
  • BrigadeBatteries
    1st Regular Brigade:

    Cpt Alanson M. Randol

    • 1st US, Battery H: Lt Philip D. Mason
    • 3rd US, Batteries F & K: Lt George F. Barstow
    • 4th US, Battery C: Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh
    1st Volunteer Brigade:
    Ltc Freeman McGilvery

    2nd Volunteer Brigade:
    Cpt Elijah D. Taft

    • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
    • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
    • 1st New York Light, Battery B: Lt Robert E. Rogers
    • 5th Battery New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
    • 1st West Virginia Light, Battery C: Cpt Wallace Hill
    3rd Volunteer Brigade:
    Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh

    • Maryland Light, Battery A: Lt Thomas Binyon
    • 1st Battery New Hampshire Light: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell
    • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A: Cpt William Hexamer
    • 1st New York Light, Battery K : Lt Edward L. Bailey
    • 15th Battery New York Light: Cpt Patrick Hart
    Ammunition Guard
    • 6th New York Heavy Artillery: Col J. Howard Kitching