Fort Stevens Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stevens of the American Civil War on July 11–12, 1864. 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
Other
- w = wounded
- k = killed
Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington
- Chief of Engineers: Ltc Barton Stone Alexander
- Aide-de-Camp: Col Norton Parker Chipman
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Other |
Emergency Division BG Montgomery C. Meigs | First Brigade BG Daniel H. Rucker |
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Emergency Division BG Montgomery C. Meigs | Second Brigade BG Halbert E. Paine |
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Emergency Division BG Montgomery C. Meigs | 3rd Brigade Col Richard Butler Price Col Addison Farnsworth, July 12 |
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Emergency Division BG Montgomery C. Meigs | Cavalry |
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VI Corps
MG Horatio G. WrightDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
First Division BG David A. Russell | 1st Brigade Col William H. Penrose |
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First Division BG David A. Russell | 2nd Brigade BG Emory Upton |
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First Division BG David A. Russell | 3rd Brigade Col Oliver Edwards |
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Second Division BG George W. Getty | 1st Brigade BG Frank Wheaton |
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Second Division BG George W. Getty | 2nd Brigade BG Lewis A. Grant |
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Second Division BG George W. Getty | 3rd Brigade Col Daniel Bidwell |
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Artillery | Artillery BrigadeCol Charles H. Tompkins |
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XIX Corps (Detachment)
MG Quincy A. GillmoreDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
First Division BG William Dwight | 1st Brigade Col George L. Beal |
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First Division BG William Dwight | 2nd Brigade BG James W. McMillan |
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First Division BG William Dwight | 3rd Brigade Col Leonard D. H. Currie |
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First Division BG William Dwight | Division Artillery |
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Second Division BG Cuvier Grover | 3rd Brigade Col Jacob Sharpe |
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Second Division BG Cuvier Grover | 4th Brigade Col David Shunk |
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XXII Corps">XXII Corps (Union Army)">XXII Corps and [Department of Washington]
MG Christopher C. AugurDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
Defenses North of the Potomac BG Martin D. Hardin | 1st Brigade Col James M. Warner |
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Defenses North of the Potomac BG Martin D. Hardin | 2nd Brigade Ltc Joseph A. Haskin |
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Defenses North of the Potomac BG Martin D. Hardin | 3rd Brigade Ltc John H. Oberteuffer |
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Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy | 1st Brigade Col Joseph N. G. Whistler |
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Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy | 2nd Brigade Col Thomas Wilhelm |
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Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy | 3rd Brigade created 10 July Col William Smith Irwin |
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Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy | 4th Brigade created 2 July Maj. Charles C. Meservey |
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Defenses South of the Potomac BG Gustavus A. DeRussy | Cavalry Col Charles Russell Lowell |
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District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewell | 1st Veteran Reserve Brigade Col George W. Gile |
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District of Washington Col Moses N. Wisewell | Not brigaded |
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Cavalry Division Col William Gamble | 1st Division Cpt Benjamin Rockafellow |
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Cavalry Division Col William Gamble | 2nd Division Cpt James T. Peale |
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Cavalry Division Col William Gamble | 3rd Division Maj Henry W. Sawyer |
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District of Alexandria BG John P. Slough | 2nd Veteran Reserve Brigade Col William H. Browne |
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District of Alexandria BG John P. Slough | Not brigaded |
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Front Line Commanders
In addition to their own commands these officers supervised a section of Washington's fortifications during the battle.Commander | Line |
Alexander M. McCook | Defenses of the Potomac River & Washington |
Quincy A. Gillmore | Fort Lincoln to Fort Totten |
Montgomery C. Meigs | Fort Totten to Fort DeRussy |
Martin D. Hardin | Fort DeRussy to Fort Sumner |
Horatio G. Wright | Front line pickets and skirmishers |