Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia

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Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia - Multiple units engage at Bethesda Church near Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia from June 1-3, 1864.

Sub-Operations

Union Troops

(AoP) 5th Corps
Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
1st Division

Charles Griffin, Brigadier General
1st Brigade

Romeyn B. Ayres, Brigadier General
2nd Brigade

Jacob B. Sweitzer, Colonel
3rd Brigade

Joseph J. Bartlett, Brigadier General
2nd Division

Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brigadier General
1st Brigade

Edgar M. Gregory, Colonel
2nd Brigade

James L. Bates, Colonel
3rd Brigade

Nathan D. Dushane, Colonel
3rd Division

Samuel M. Jackson, Colonel
1st Brigade
3rd Brigade
Heavy Artillery Brigade

J. Howard Kitching, Colonel
4th Division

Lysander Cutler, Brigadier General
1st Brigade

William W. Robinson, Colonel
2nd Brigade

J. William Hofmann, Colonel
3rd Brigade
Provost Guard
Artillery Brigade

Charles S. Wainwright, Colonel
(AoP) 9th Corps

Provost Guard:

  • NOTE: According to unit profiles the 4th Division was guarding the army trains and did not participate in the battle itself
Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units

1st Division

Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General

1st Brigade

James H. Ledlie, Brigadier General
2nd Brigade

Gilbert P. Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel
Provisional Brigade

Elisha G. Marshall, Colonel
Acting Engineers
Artillery

2nd Division

Robert B. Potter, Brigadier General

1st Brigade

John I. Curtin, Colonel
2nd Brigade

Simon Goodell Griffin, Colonel
Acting Engineers
Artillery

3rd Division

Orlando B. Willcox, Brigadier General

1st Brigade

John F. Hartranft, Colonel
2nd Brigade


Benjamin C. Christ, Colonel

Acting Engineers
Artillery

4th Division
(United States Colored Troops)

Edward Ferrero, Brigadier General

1st Brigade

Joshua K. Sigfried, Colonel
2nd Brigade

Henry G. Thomas, Colonel
Artillery

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

  • Union loss: 194 killed, 824 wounded, 348 captured and missing = Total 1,366

Notes

  1. Arrived June 1, 1864
  2. Gordon C. Rhea in Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle lists the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry in the 1st Brigade (see also: Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry)
  3. Arrived June 1, 1864
  4. Arrived June 1, 1864
  5. Wikipedia - no reference to this in Dyer or other Michigan Sharpshooter company pages
  6. Wikipedia - no reference to this in Dyer or other Michigan Sharpshooter company pages
  7. Wikipedia - Not originally referenced on Dyer summary

Sources