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Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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Army of the Shenandoah

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MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps

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MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     Bvt MG Charles Griffin
     Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett

Escort:


1st Brigade


   BG Joshua Chamberlain

2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory

3rd Brigade


   Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett
   Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson

Second Division


     Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (k)
   Col James G. Grindlay

2nd Brigade


   Col Richard N. Bowerman (w)
   Col David L. Stanton

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG James Gwyn

Third Division


     Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford

1st Brigade


   Col John Azor Kellogg

2nd Brigade


   BG Henry Baxter

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Richard Coulter

Cavalry Corps

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Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Thomas Devin

1st Brigade


   Col Peter Stagg

2nd Brigade


   Col Charles Lane Fitzhugh

3rd Brigade


   BG Alfred Gibbs

Second Division


     MG George Crook

1st Brigade


   Bvt MG Henry Eugene Davies

2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG John I. Gregg

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Charles H. Smith

Artillery

Horse Artillery

Third Division


     Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer

1st Brigade


   Col Alexander C. M. Pennington

2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG William Wells

3rd Brigade


   Col Henry Capehart

Mackenzie's Cavalry Division[2]


     BG Ranald S. Mackenzie

1st Brigade


   Col Robert M. West

2nd Brigade


   Col Samuel P. Spear (w)
   Col Andrew W. Evans

Artillery

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Equipped and serving as infantry.
  2. ^ Temporarily attached from the Army of the James.

References

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  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.