Combat at Laurel Hill, Virginia

Combat at Laurel Hill, Virginia - Multiple units skirmish at Laurel Hill in Fairfax County, Virginia on May 8, 1864.

Sub-Operations

May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
- May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia - Not originally included in this section of engagements - not listed originally on unit profiles, and many participate in Sheridan's Raid (now also included in these actions)

Union Troops

NOTE: Commander information copied from Battle of the Wilderness

(AoP) 2nd Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
2nd Division John Gibbon, Brigadier General	1st Brigade Alexander S. Webb, Brigadier General	19th Maine Infantry Seldon Connor, Colonel 15th Massachusetts Infantry I. Harris Hooper, Lieutenant 1st Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company Samuel G. Gilbreath, Lieutenant 19th Massachusetts Infantry Edmund Rice, Major 20th Massachusetts Infantry George N. Macy, Colonel Henry L. Abbott, Major 7th Michigan Infantry Sylvanus W. Curtis, Major 42nd New York Infantry Patrick J. Downing, Major 59th New York Infantry William McFadden, Captain 82nd New York Infantry Henry W. Hudson, Colonel
	2nd Brigade Joshua T. Owen, Brigadier General	152nd New York Infantry George W. Thompson, Lieutenant Colonel 69th Pennsylvania Infantry William Davis, Major 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Charles Kochersperger, Lieutenant Colonel 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry De Witt C. Baxter, Colonel 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Robert H. Ford, Captain
	3rd Brigade Samuel S. Carroll, Colonel	14th Connecticut Infantry Theodore G. Ellis, Colonel (II) 1st Delaware Infantry Daniel Woodall, Lieutenant Colonel 14th Indiana Infantry John Coons, Colonel 12th New Jersey Infantry Thomas H. Davis, Lieutenant Colonel 10th New York Infantry (battalion) George M. Dewey, Captain 108th New York Infantry Charles J. Powers, Colonel (II) 4th Ohio Infantry Leonard W. Carpenter, Lieutenant Colonel (II) 8th Ohio Infantry Franklin Sawyer, Lieutenant Colonel 7th West Virginia Infantry Jonathan H. Lockwood, Lieutenant Colonel
	Provost Guard	2nd Minnesota Sharpshooter Company Mahlon Black, Captain
3rd Division David B. Birney, Brigadier General	1st Brigade J. H. Hobart Ward, Brigadier General	20th Indiana Infantry William C.L. Taylor, Colonel 3rd Maine Infantry Moses B. Lakeman, Colonel 40th New York Infantry Thomas W. Egan, Colonel 86th New York Infantry Jacob H. Lansing, Lieutenant Colonel 124th New York Infantry Francis M. Cummins, Colonel 99th Pennsylvania Infantry Edwin R. Biles, Lieutenant Colonel 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Isaac Rodgers, Lieutenant Colonel 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Guy H. Watkins, Lieutenant Colonel
3rd Division David B. Birney, Brigadier General	2nd Brigade Alexander Hays, Brigadier General John S. Crocker, Colonel	4th Maine Infantry Elijah Walker, Colonel 17th Maine Infantry George W. West, Colonel (I) 3rd Michigan Infantry Byron R. Pierce, Colonel 5th Michigan Infantry John Pulford, Lieutenant Colonel 93rd New York Infantry Samuel McConihe, Major 57th Pennsylvania Infantry Peter Sides, Colonel 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry George B. McCullough, Major 105th Pennsylvania Infantry J.W. Greenwalt, Lieutenant Colonel

(AoP) 5th Corps

Gouverneur K. Warren, Major General

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division Charles Griffin, Brigadier General	1st Brigade Romeyn B. Ayres, Brigadier General	140th New York Infantry George Ryan, Colonel 146th New York Infantry Henry H. Curran, Colonel 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Joseph H. Sinex, Lieutenant Colonel 155th Pennsylvania Infantry Alfred H. Pearson, Lieutenant Colonel
	2nd Brigade Jacob B. Sweitzer, Colonel	9th Massachusetts Infantry Patrick R. Guiney, Colonel 22nd Massachusetts Infantry William S. Tilton, Colonel 2nd Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company 32nd Massachusetts Infantry George L. Prescott, Colonel (I) 4th Michigan Infantry George C. Lumbard, Lieutenant Colonel 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry James C. Hull, Lieutenant Colonel
	3rd Brigade Joseph J. Bartlett, Brigadier General	20th Maine Infantry Ellis Spear, Major 18th Massachusetts Infantry Joseph Hayes, Colonel (II) 1st Michigan Infantry William A. Throop, Lieutenant Colonel 16th Michigan Infantry Robert T. Elliot, Major Brady's (Independent) Sharpshooter Company 44th New York Infantry Freeman Conner, Lieutenant Colonel 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Orpheus S. Woodward, Colonel 118th Pennsylvania Infantry James Gwyn, Colonel
2nd Division John C. Robinson, Brigadier General	1st Brigade Peter Lyle, Colonel^[1]	16th Maine Infantry Charles W. Tilden, Colonel 13th Massachusetts Infantry Charles H. Hovey, Captain 39th Massachusetts Infantry Phineas S. Davis, Colonel 104th New York Infantry Gilbert G. Prey, Colonel
	2nd Brigade Richard Coulter, Colonel	12th Massachusetts Infantry James L. Bates, Colonel 83rd New York Infantry Joseph A. Moesch, Colonel 97th New York Infantry Charles B. Northrup, Colonel (II) 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Richard Coulter, Colonel 88th Pennsylvania Infantry George B. Roads, Captain 90th Pennsylvania Infantry Peter Lyle, Colonel
	3rd Brigade Richard N. Bowerman, Colonel	1st Maryland Infantry (U) Benjamin H. Schley, Colonel 4th Maryland Infantry (U) Richard N. Bowerman, Colonel 7th Maryland Infantry (U) Charles E. Phelps, Colonel 8th Maryland Infantry (U) John G. Johannes, Colonel
3rd Division Samuel W. Crawford, Brigadier General	1st Brigade William McCandless, Colonel	1st Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry William C. Talley, Colonel 2nd Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Patrick McDonough, Lieutenant Colonel 6th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Wellington H. Ent, Colonel 7th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry LeGrand B. Speece, Colonel 11th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Samuel M. Jackson, Colonel 13th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry William R. Hartshorne, Colonel
3rd Division Samuel W. Crawford, Brigadier General	3rd Brigade Joseph W. Fisher, Colonel	5th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry George Dare, Lieutenant Colonel 8th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Silas M. Baily, Colonel 10th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Ira Ayer (Jr.), Lieutenant Colonel 12th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry Richard Gustin, Lieutenant Colonel
4th Division Lysander Cutler, Brigadier General	1st Brigade William W. Robinson, Colonel	(II) 7th Indiana Infantry Ira G. Glover, Colonel 19th Indiana Infantry Samuel J. Williams, Colonel 24th Michigan Infantry Henry A. Morrow, Colonel 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion Volney J. Shipman, Captain 2nd Wisconsin Infantry John Mansfield, Lieutenant Colonel 6th Wisconsin Infantry Edward S. Bragg, Colonel 7th Wisconsin Infantry William W. Robinson, Colonel
	2nd Brigade James C. Rice, Brigadier General	76th New York Infantry John E. Cook, Colonel 84th New York Infantry Edward B. Fowler, Colonel 95th New York Infantry Edward Pye, Colonel 147th New York Infantry Francis C. Miller, Colonel
	3rd Brigade Edward S. Bragg, Colonel	121st Pennsylvania Infantry Samuel T. Lloyd, Captain 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Horatio N. Warren, Major 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Edmund L. Dana, Colonel 149th Pennsylvania Infantry John Irvin, Colonel 150th Pennsylvania Infantry George W. Jones, Colonel
	Artillery Brigade Charles S. Wainwright, Colonel	3rd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery Augustus P. Martin, Captain 5th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery Charles A. Phillips, Captain 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery D George B. Winslow, Captain 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery E George Breck, Captain 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery H Charles E. Mink, Captain 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery L George Breck, Captain 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery B James H. Cooper, Captain

Other

Other units on Dyer summary but not included in order of battle chart copied from Battle of the Wilderness

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

Union loss: 5,000 killed, wounded and missing - included in Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

Notes

↑ Assigned May 6, 1864
↑ Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary
↑ Originally listed as Battery C, but batteries had been consolidated at this point - not listed on unit homepage
↑ Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary
↑ Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary
↑ Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary

Sources

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 627, 888, 934)

[1] Assigned May 6, 1864

[2] Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary

[3] Originally listed as Battery C, but batteries had been consolidated at this point - not listed on unit homepage

[4] Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary

[5] Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary

[6] Listed on unit homepage but not referenced on Dyer summary

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