Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia

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Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia - Multiple units conduct operations on the line of the Pamunkey River in Hanover County, Virginia from May 26-28, 1864.

Sub-Operations

Union Troops

  • NOTE: Order of battle copied from Spotsylvania - commander data needs verification (last commander names kept, maybe more shifting happened)
(AoP) Overall Command

General Staff:

Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
General Headquarters Provost Guard
Marsena R. Patrick, Brigadier General
Engineer Troops
Guards and Orderlies
(AoP) 2nd Corps

Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
1st Division
Francis C. Barlow, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Nelson A. Miles, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Thomas Alfred Smyth, Colonel
3rd Brigade
Clinton D. MacDougall, Colonel
4th Brigade
John R. Brooke, Colonel
2nd Division
John Gibbon, Brigadier General
1st Brigade<brH. Boyd McKeen, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Joshua T. Owen, Brigadier General
3rd Brigade
Samuel S. Carroll, Colonel
Theodore G. Ellis, Colonel
Provost Guard
3rd Division
David B. Birney, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Thomas W. Egan, Colonel
2nd Brigade
John S. Crocker, Colonel
4th Division[1]
Gershom Mott, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Robert McAllister, Colonel
2nd Brigade
William R. Brewster, Colonel
Artillery Brigade
John C. Tidball, Colonel
(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
3rd Division
Samuel M. Jackson, Colonel
1st Brigade
3rd Brigade
Joseph W. Fisher, Colonel
? Brigade[3]
4th Division
Lysander Cutler, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
William W. Robinson, Colonel
2nd Brigade
James C. Rice, Brigadier General
Edward B. Fowler, Colonel
3rd Brigade
Edward S. Bragg, Colonel
4th(?) Brigade[4]
Peter Lyle, Colonel
Artillery Brigade
Charles S. Wainwright, Colonel
Reporting directly to Corps Commander
(AoP) 6th Corps

Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
1st DivisionDavid A. Russell, Brigadier General 1st Brigade
William H. Penrose, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Emory Upton, Colonel
3rd Brigade
Henry L. Eustis, Brigadier General
4th Brigade
Nelson Cross, Colonel
2nd Division
Thomas H. Neill, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Frank Wheaton, Brigadier General
2nd Brigade
Lewis A. Grant, Colonel
3rd Brigade
Daniel D. Bidwell, Colonel
4th Brigade
Oliver Edwards, Colonel
3rd Division
James B. Ricketts, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
William S. Truex, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Benjamin F. Smith, Colonel
Artillery Brigade
Charles H. Tompkins, Colonel
(AoP) 9th Corps
Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
1st Division
Thomas L. Crittenden, Major General
1st Brigade
James Ledlie, Brigadier General
2nd Brigade
Gilbert P. Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel
Artillery
2nd Division
Robert B. Potter, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Zenas Bliss, Colonel[7]
John I. Curtin, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Simon Goodell Griffin, Colonel
Artillery
3rd Division
Orlando B. Wilcox, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
John F. Hartranft, Colonel
2nd Brigade
William Humphrey, Colonel[11]
Artillery
4th Division[15]
Edward Ferrero, Brigadier General
1st Brigade
Joshua K. Sigfried, Colonel
2nd Brigade
Henry G. Thomas, Colonel
Artillery

Reporting directly

Provost Guard
Cavalry
Artillery Reserve[18]
John Edwards (Jr.), Captain
Provisional Brigade[19]
Elisha G. Marshall, Colonel

Confederate Troops

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Notes

  1. Assigned as the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 3rd Division May 13, Mott taking command of the former and Brewster of the latter brigade (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 2, pages 709 and 711)
  2. Left front May 28
  3. From former 2nd Division
  4. From former 2nd Division
  5. Joined May 14, 1864
  6. Originally referenced in Dyer as 4th United States Artillery / Battery M, likely incorrect
  7. Injured May 11, 1864 (see: Gordon C. Rhea, The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7 and 12, 1864, The Order of Battle)
  8. Wikipedia - No reference to this unit in Dyer
  9. Wikipedia - No reference to this unit in Dyer
  10. Not originally referenced on Dyer summary but referenced on unit homepage
  11. Assumed command May 12, 1864
  12. Left army May 13, 1864
  13. 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached, Wikipedia
  14. Not originally referenced on Dyer summary but referenced on unit homepage
  15. In reserve guarding trains
  16. Originally listed on Wikipedia as 30th Connecticut (Colored) Infantry, not listed in Dyer summary
  17. Not present - Escorted ambulance trains to Fredericksburg May 9, and picket duty there until May 28
  18. Not engaged; ordered to Washington May 16, 1864
  19. Discontinued as an unattached command and assigned to the First Division May 12, 1864
  20. Joined army May 15, 1864
  21. Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
  22. 1st Brigade Horse Artillery detached with Cavalry Corps; 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery attached to the Artillery Reserve (see: Hunt's report)
  23. Disbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864
  24. Transferred to 5th Corps on May 13, 1864
  25. Not originally listed on Dyer summary

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