Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- Multiple units engage at Cold Harbor near Mechanicsville in Hanover County, Virginia from May 31-June 12, 1864.
- NOTE: According to the battle returns, this operation was "divided" into:
- Forces operating against Richmond from May 31-June 5, 1864
- Forces operating against Richmond from June 6-12, 1864
- Notes have been made when units change - likely many units' military terms expiring around this time/some units break off to participate in smaller actions/operations
- This engagement may also contain smaller skirmishes
- Also referred to as the
- Engagement at Cold Harbor, Virginia
- Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
Sub-Operations
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 31-June 1, 1864 -
Engagement at Cold Harbor, Virginia
- May 31-June 1, 1864 -
Combat at Bethesda Church, Virginia
- June 1, 1864 -
Skirmish near Ashland, Virginia
- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
- June 11, 1864 -
Skirmish at Bethesda Church, Virginia
- May 31-June 1, 1864 -
Union Troops
NOTE: Primarily Army of the Potomac, as the Army of the James was one 1 Corps
- Ulysses S. Grant - Lieutenant General, Commanding
- Escort:
- 5th United States Cavalry / Companies B/F/K
Army of the Potomac
- George Meade, Major General
General Staff
- Chief of Staff: Andrew A. Humphreys, Major General
- Assistant Adjutant General: Seth Williams, Brigadier General
- Chief Quartermaster: Rufus Ingalls, Brigadier General
General Headquarters
- Provost Guard: Marsena R. Patrick, Brigadier General
Engineer Troops
Guards and Orderlies
Unattached
- Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry / Company M
- Gouverneur K. Warren, Major General
- Provost Guard
- (II) 12th New York Infantry (battalion)
- Re-organized on June 5, 1864
- Horatio G. Wright, Major General
Escort:
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry / Company A
- Ambrose E. Burnside, Major General
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: John G. Parke, Major General
- Chief of Artillery: J. Albert Monroe, Lieutenant Colonel
Provost Guard:
- NOTE: 4th Division listed in Wikipedia Order of Battle, but according to unit profiles this division was guarding the army trains and did not participate in the battle itself
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1st Division
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2nd Brigade
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Provisional Brigade
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2nd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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4th Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery |
- Philip H. Sheridan, Major General
Escort:
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
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1st Division Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Brigadier General |
1st Brigade (The "Michigan Brigade") George Armstrong Custer, Brigadier General |
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2nd Brigade Thomas C. Devin, Colonel |
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Reserve Brigade Wesley Merritt, Brigadier General |
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2nd Division David McMurtrie Gregg, Brigadier General |
1st Brigade Henry E. Davies (Jr.), Brigadier General |
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2nd Brigade John Irvin Gregg, Colonel |
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3rd Division James H. Wilson, Brigadier General |
1st Brigade John Baillie McIntosh, Colonel |
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2nd Brigade George H. Chapman, Colonel |
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Escort |
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1st Brigade Horse Artillery (United States Horse Artillery)[52] James M. Robertson, Captain |
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Artillery
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Artillery Park
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- William Farrar Smith, Major General[57]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
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1st Division
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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2nd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Division[59] |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery Brigade
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Confederate Troops
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Casualties
- Union loss: 1,905 killed, 10,570 wounded, 2,466 captured and missing = Total 14,931
Notes
- ↑ At Fort Monroe, Virginia; Brigadier General Henry W. Benham was not present (see: Benham's report)
- ↑ At Port Royal, Virginia; joined Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps on June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
- ↑ Arrived June 1, 1864
- ↑ Detached at Port Royal, Virginia; rejoined brigade June 5, 1864 (see: Wilder's report)
- ↑ Assigned June 4, 1864
- ↑ Until June 6
- ↑ Until June 5
- ↑ Transferred from 2nd Brigade June 5
- ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade June 5
- ↑ Until June 9
- ↑ Attached to the 120th New York Infantry
- ↑ The First Battalion joined from the VI Corps May 31, 1864, and the Second Battalion from the V Corps May 29, 1864, thus uniting the three battalions
- ↑ From former 4th Division / 3rd Brigade
- ↑ Joined June 6, 1864
- ↑ Ordered home for muster out June 9, 1864
- ↑ Arrived June 1, 1864
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Assigned June 6, 1864
- ↑ Assigned June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 495)
- ↑ Was 1st Division / 1st Brigade until June 6, 1864
- ↑ Arrived June 1, 1864
- ↑ Was 2nd Division / 3rd Brigade until June 6, 1864
- ↑ Was 2nd Division / 1st Brigade up to June 6, 1864
- ↑ Left front June 1, 1864
- ↑ Left front June 1, 1864
- ↑ Left front June 1, 1864
- ↑ Left front May 31, 1864
- ↑ Left front June 1, 1864
- ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade on June 11, 1864
- ↑ Was 2nd Division / 2nd Brigade up to June 6, 1864
- ↑ Left front May 31, 1864
- ↑ Left front May 31, 1864
- ↑ Left front May 31, 1864
- ↑ Arrived June 1, 1864
- ↑ Transferred to IX Corps on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report)
- ↑ Arrived June 1, 1864
- ↑ Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
- ↑ Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
- ↑ Assigned June 5
- ↑ Relieved June 12, 1864
- ↑ Assumed command June 2, 1864 and wounded June 3, 1864
- ↑ Assumed command May 31, 1864
- ↑ Assigned June 4, 1864
- ↑ Assigned June 11
- ↑ Joined June 6, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps)
- ↑ Wikipedia - no reference to this in Dyer or other Michigan Sharpshooter company pages
- ↑ Wikipedia - no reference to this in Dyer or other Michigan Sharpshooter company pages
- ↑ Assigned June 10
- ↑ Transferred from 5th Corps / 3rd Division / 1st Brigade on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report)
- ↑ Joined June 9, 1864 (see: Chapman's report) - unit homepage says only part of the regiment
- ↑ At Port Royal, Virginia; joined June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report)
- ↑ The two Horse Artillery brigades were consolidated under Captain Robertson on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 377)
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report)
- ↑ Transferred from Artillery on May 31, 1864
- ↑ Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report)
- ↑ On June 1, 1864 the XVIII Corps was placed under Meade's command (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 466)
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 58.3 Temporarily attached from 10th Corps
- ↑ Organized temporarily May 30, 1864, and consisted of troops previously known as the Second and Third Divisions of the Tenth Corps
- ↑ Assigned June 4, 1864, Brigadier General Devens being relieved on account of ill-health
- ↑ Assigned June 5, 1864
- ↑ Joined June 5, 1864 (see: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 10th Artillery Regiment)
- ↑ Not originally listed on Dyer summary
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 608, 884, 940, 941)
- Engagements in the War of the Rebellion
- Engagements in Virginia
- Engagements in Hanover County, Virginia
- Engagements in 1864
- Combats in Hanover County, Virginia
- Combats in Virginia
- Engagements on May 31, 1864
- Engagements on June 1, 1864
- Engagements on June 2, 1864
- Engagements on June 3, 1864
- Engagements on June 4, 1864
- Engagements on June 5, 1864
- Engagements on June 6, 1864
- Engagements on June 7, 1864
- Engagements on June 8, 1864
- Engagements on June 9, 1864
- Engagements on June 10, 1864
- Engagements on June 11, 1864
- Engagements on June 12, 1864
- Source: ACWR 608
- Source: ACWR 884
- Source: ACWR 940
- Source: ACWR 941