Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - Multiple units assault the Salient near Spotsylvania Courthouse in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 12, 1864.

• Also referred to as the:
  • Assault on the Mule Shoe, Virginia
  • Assault on the Bloody Angle, Virginia
  • Assault on the Angle, Virginia

Sub-Operations

• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

Union Troops

• NOTE: Table reflects last known AOP configuration from Spotsylvania - may not be complete as some units from that config appeared to not participate, includes all of Dyer summary list

9th Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division	1st Brigade	35th Massachusetts Infantry 56th Massachusetts Infantry 57th Massachusetts Infantry 59th Massachusetts Infantry 4th United States Infantry 10th United States Infantry
	2nd Brigade	3rd Maryland Infantry (U) 21st Massachusetts Infantry 100th Pennsylvania Infantry
	Artillery	2nd Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery B") 14th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
2nd Division	1st Brigade	36th Massachusetts Infantry 58th Massachusetts Infantry 51st New York Infantry 45th Pennsylvania Infantry 48th Pennsylvania Infantry 7th Rhode Island Infantry
	2nd Brigade	2nd Maryland Infantry (U) (Detachment) 31st Maine Infantry 32nd Maine Infantry 6th New Hampshire Infantry 9th New Hampshire Infantry 11th New Hampshire Infantry 17th Vermont Infantry
	Artillery	(II) 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery 19th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
3rd Division	1st Brigade	2nd Michigan Infantry 8th Michigan Infantry 17th Michigan Infantry 27th Michigan Infantry 109th New York Infantry 51st Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	1st Michigan Sharpshooters 20th Michigan Infantry 79th New York Infantry (II) 60th Ohio Infantry 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
	Artillery	7th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery G") 34th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery

(AoP) 2nd Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division
	1st Brigade	26th Michigan Infantry 61st New York Infantry 81st Pennsylvania Infantry 140th Pennsylvania Infantry 183rd Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	28th Massachusetts Infantry 63rd New York Infantry 69th New York Infantry 88th New York Infantry 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	39th New York Infantry 52nd New York Infantry 7th New York Infantry (detachment, attached) 57th New York Infantry 111th New York Infantry 125th New York Infantry 126th New York Infantry
	4th Brigade	2nd Delaware Infantry 64th New York Infantry 66th New York Infantry 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry 145th Pennsylvania Infantry 148th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division
	1st Brigade	19th Maine Infantry 15th Massachusetts Infantry 1st Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company 19th Massachusetts Infantry 20th Massachusetts Infantry 7th Michigan Infantry 42nd New York Infantry 59th New York Infantry 82nd New York Infantry
	2nd Brigade	152nd New York Infantry 69th Pennsylvania Infantry 71st Pennsylvania Infantry 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry 106th Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	14th Connecticut Infantry (II) 1st Delaware Infantry 14th Indiana Infantry 12th New Jersey Infantry 10th New York Infantry 108th New York Infantry (II) 4th Ohio Infantry (II) 8th Ohio Infantry 7th West Virginia Infantry
3rd Division	1st Brigade	20th Indiana Infantry 3rd Maine Infantry 40th New York Infantry 86th New York Infantry 124th New York Infantry 99th Pennsylvania Infantry 110th Pennsylvania Infantry 141st Pennsylvania Infantry 2nd United States Sharpshooters
	2nd Brigade	4th Maine Infantry 17th Maine Infantry (I) 3rd Michigan Infantry 5th Michigan Infantry 93rd New York Infantry 57th Pennsylvania Infantry 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry 105th Pennsylvania Infantry 1st United States Sharpshooters
4th Division	1st Brigade	1st Massachusetts Infantry 16th Massachusetts Infantry 5th New Jersey Infantry 6th New Jersey Infantry 7th New Jersey Infantry 8th New Jersey Infantry 11th New Jersey Infantry 26th Pennsylvania Infantry 115th Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	11th Massachusetts Infantry 70th New York Infantry 71st New York Infantry 72nd New York Infantry 73rd New York Infantry 74th New York Infantry 120th New York Infantry 84th Pennsylvania Infantry
	Artillery Brigade	6th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery F") 10th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery 1st New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery A") 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery G 4th New York Heavy Artillery 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery F 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery A 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery B 4th United States Artillery / Battery K 5th United States Artillery / Battery C 5th United States Artillery / Battery I

(AoP) 5th Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division	1st Brigade	140th New York Infantry 146th New York Infantry 91st Pennsylvania Infantry 155th Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	9th Massachusetts Infantry 22nd Massachusetts Infantry 2nd Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company 32nd Massachusetts Infantry (I) 4th Michigan Infantry 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	20th Maine Infantry 18th Massachusetts Infantry (II) 1st Michigan Infantry 16th Michigan Infantry Brady's (Independent) Sharpshooter Company 44th New York Infantry 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry 118th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Division	1st Brigade	16th Maine Infantry 13th Massachusetts Infantry 39th Massachusetts Infantry 104th New York Infantry 90th Pennsylvania Infantry 107th Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	12th Massachusetts Infantry 83rd New York Infantry 97th New York Infantry (II) 11th Pennsylvania Infantry 88th Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	1st Maryland Infantry (U) 4th Maryland Infantry (U) 7th Maryland Infantry (U) 8th Maryland Infantry (U)
3rd Division	1st Brigade	1st Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 2nd Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 6th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 7th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 11th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 13th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
	3rd Brigade	5th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 8th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 10th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry 12th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
4th Division	1st Brigade	(II) 7th Indiana Infantry 19th Indiana Infantry 24th Michigan Infantry 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion 2nd Wisconsin Infantry 6th Wisconsin Infantry 7th Wisconsin Infantry
	2nd Brigade	76th New York Infantry 84th New York Infantry 95th New York Infantry 147th New York Infantry 56th Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	121st Pennsylvania Infantry 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry 149th Pennsylvania Infantry 150th Pennsylvania Infantry
	Artillery Brigade	3rd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery 5th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery D 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery E 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery H 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery L

(AoP) 6th Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division	1st Brigade	(II) 1st New Jersey Infantry (II) 2nd New Jersey Infantry (II) 3rd New Jersey Infantry (II) 4th New Jersey Infantry 10th New Jersey Infantry 15th New Jersey Infantry
	2nd Brigade	5th Maine Infantry 121st New York Infantry 95th Pennsylvania Infantry 96th Pennsylvania Infantry
	3rd Brigade	6th Maine Infantry 49th Pennsylvania Infantry 119th Pennsylvania Infantry (I) 5th Wisconsin Infantry
	4th Brigade	65th New York Infantry 67th New York Infantry 122nd New York Infantry 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)
2nd Division	1st Brigade	62nd New York Infantry 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry 98th Pennsylvania Infantry 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry 139th Pennsylvania Infantry
	2nd Brigade	1st Vermont Heavy Artillery 2nd Vermont Infantry 3rd Vermont Infantry 4th Vermont Infantry 5th Vermont Infantry 6th Vermont Infantry
	3rd Brigade	7th Maine Infantry 43rd New York Infantry 49th New York Infantry 77th New York Infantry 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
	4th Brigade	7th Massachusetts Infantry 10th Massachusetts Infantry 37th Massachusetts Infantry 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
3rd Division	1st Brigade	14th New Jersey Infantry 106th New York Infantry 151st New York Infantry 87th Pennsylvania Infantry 10th Vermont Infantry
	2nd Brigade	6th Maryland Infantry (U) 110th Ohio Infantry 122nd Ohio Infantry 126th Ohio Infantry 67th Pennsylvania Infantry 138th Pennsylvania Infantry
	Artillery Brigade	1st New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery 3rd New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery E 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery G 5th United States Artillery / Battery M

Other Units

• Other units listed on Dyer summary or other part of order of battle

• 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery
• 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery B")
• (II) 12th New York Infantry
• 46th New York Infantry

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

• Union loss: 8,500 killed, wounded and missing - included in Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 595, 646, 882, 892, 936)
• Wikipedia - Battle of Spotsylvania Court House