Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
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Jump to navigationJump to searchOperations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia - Multiple units conduct operations on the line of the Totopotomoy River in Hanover County, Virginia from May 28-31, 1864.
Sub-Operations
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
Union Troops
- Ulysses S. Grant (Lieutenant General, General-in-Chief of the Union armies
- Escort:
(AoP) Overall Command
- George G. 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
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
|---|---|---|
| General Headquarters | Provost Guard
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| Engineer Troops | ||
| Guards and Orderlies |
(AoP) 2nd Corps
- Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry (Company M)
(AoP) 5th Corps
- Gouverneur K. Warren, Major General
- Provost Guard
- (II) 12th New York Infantry (battalion)
(AoP) 6th Corps
- John Sedgwick, Major General
- Horatio G. Wright, Brigadier General
Escort:
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry / Company A
(AoP) 9th Corps
- Ambrose E. Burnside, Major General
- Chief of Staff: John G. Parke, Major
(AoP) Cavalry Corps
- Philip H. Sheridan, Major General
Escort:
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Division | 1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| Reserve Brigade | ||
| 2nd Division | 1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 3rd Division | 1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 1st Brigade Horse Artillery |
|
(AoP) Artillery
- Henry Jackson Hunt, Brigadier General[18][19]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Smaller Units |
|---|---|---|
| Artillery Reserve[20] Henry S. Burton, Colonel |
1st Brigade[21] J. Howard Kitching, Colonel |
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| 2nd Brigade John A. Tompkins, Major |
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| 3rd Brigade Robert H. Fitzhugh, Major |
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| 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery Dunbar R. Ransom, Captain[22] |
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| Artillery Park Freeman McGilvery, Lieutenant Colonel |
Other Units
- Other units listed on Dyer summary or other part of order of battle
- 1st Connecticut Cavalry
- 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
- 4th Delaware Infantry
- Purnell Legion Infantry (U)
- 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
- 29th Massachusetts Infantry
- 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery
- 2nd New York Heavy Artillery
- 7th New York Heavy Artillery
- 8th New York Heavy Artillery
- 9th New York Heavy Artillery
- 46th New York Infantry
- 94th New York Infantry
- 155th New York Infantry
- 164th New York Infantry
- 170th New York Infantry
- 182nd New York Infantry
- (II) 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry
- 26th Pennsylvania Infantry[23]
- 36th Wisconsin Infantry
- 5th United States Artillery / Battery D
- 5th United States Artillery / Battery E
Confederate Troops
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Casualties
- Union loss: 101 killed, 578 wounded, 52 missing = Total 671
Notes
- ↑ Attached to the 120th New York Infantry
- ↑ From former 2nd Division
- ↑ From former 2nd Division
- ↑ Joined May 14, 1864
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Wikipedia - No reference to this unit in Dyer
- ↑ Wikipedia - No reference to this unit in Dyer
- ↑ Not originally referenced on Dyer summary but referenced on unit homepage
- ↑ Left army May 13, 1864
- ↑ 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached, Wikipedia
- ↑ Not originally referenced on Dyer summary but referenced on unit homepage
- ↑ In reserve guarding trains
- ↑ Originally listed on Wikipedia as 30th Connecticut (Colored) Infantry, not listed in Dyer summary
- ↑ Not present - Escorted ambulance trains to Fredericksburg May 9, and picket duty there until May 28
- ↑ Not engaged; ordered to Washington May 16, 1864
- ↑ Discontinued as an unattached command and assigned to the First Division May 12, 1864
- ↑ Joined army May 15, 1864
- ↑ Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
- ↑ 1st Brigade Horse Artillery detached with Cavalry Corps; 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery attached to the Artillery Reserve (see: Hunt's report)
- ↑ Disbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864
- ↑ Transferred to 5th Corps on May 13, 1864
- ↑ No units in this brigade list this operation on its homepage
- ↑ Left front May 28
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 652, 892, 938)
