First Bull Run Union order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Bull Run on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations Used

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Army of Northeastern Virginia

BG Irvin McDowell
Chief of Artillery: Maj William F. Barry
Chief Engineer: Maj John G. Barnard

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Daniel Tyler	First Brigade    Col Erasmus D. Keyes	2nd Maine: Col Charles D. Jameson 1st Connecticut: Ltc John Speidel 2nd Connecticut: Col Alfred H. Terry 3rd Connecticut: Col John L. Chatfield
	Second Brigade    BG Robert C. Schenck	2nd New York: Col George W. B. Tompkins 1st Ohio: Col Alexander M. McCook 2nd Ohio: Ltc Rodney Mason Co. E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt James Howard Carlisle
	Third Brigade    Col William T. Sherman	13th New York: Col Isaac F. Quinby 69th New York: Col Michael Corcoran (wc), Cpt James Kelly 79th New York: Col James Cameron (k) 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Ltc Henry W. Peck: Col. S. Park Coon Co. E, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres
	Fourth Brigade    Col Israel B. Richardson	1st Massachusetts: Col Robert Cowdin 12th New York: Col Ezra L. Walrath 2nd Michigan: Maj Aldophus W. Williams 3rd Michigan: Col Daniel McConnell, Ltc Ambrose A. Stevens Co. G, 1st U.S. Artillery (2 guns): Lt John Edwards, Jr. Co. M, 2nd U.S. Artillery (4 guns): Cpt Henry J. Hunt
Second Division      BG David Hunter (w)      Col Andrew Porter	First Brigade    Col Andrew Porter	8th New York Militia: Col George Lyons 14th New York Militia (14th Brooklyn): Col Alfred M. Wood (w), Ltc Edward Brush Fowler 27th New York: Col Henry W. Slocum (w), Maj Joseph J. Bartlett U.S. Infantry Battalion (8 companies): Maj George Sykes U.S. Marine Corps Battalion: Maj Joseph G. Reynolds U.S. Cavalry Battalion (7 companies): Maj Innis N. Palmer Co. D, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles Griffin
	Second Brigade    Col Ambrose Burnside	2nd New Hampshire: Col Gilman Marston (w), Ltc Frank S. Fiske 1st Rhode Island: Maj Joseph P. Balch 2nd Rhode Island: Col John S. Slocum (k), Ltc Frank Wheaton, Maj Sullivan Ballou (k) 71st New York: Col Henry P. Martin 2nd Rhode Island Battery: Cpt William H. Reynolds
Third Division      Col Samuel P. Heintzelman (w)	First Brigade    Col William B. Franklin	5th Massachusetts: Col Samuel C. Lawrence (w) 11th Massachusetts: Col George Clark, Jr. 1st Minnesota: Col Willis A. Gorman 4th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Hartranft Co. I, 1st U.S. Artillery: Cpt James B. Ricketts (wounded & captured), Lt Edmund Kirby
	Second Brigade    Col Orlando B. Willcox (wc)    Col J. H. Hobart Ward	11th New York ("First Fire Zouaves"): Ltc Noah L. Farnham (w) 38th New York: Col J. H. Hobart Ward, Ltc Addison Farnsworth 1st Michigan: Maj Alonzo F. Bidwell 4th Michigan: Col Dwight A. Woodbury Co. D, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Richard Arnold
	Third Brigade    Col Oliver O. Howard	3rd Maine: Maj Henry G. Staples 4th Maine: Col Hiram G. Berry 5th Maine: Col Mark H. Dunnell 2nd Vermont: Col Henry Whiting
Fourth Division:      BG Theodore Runyon	no brigade organization	1st New Jersey Militia: Col Aldolphus J. Johnson 2nd New Jersey Militia: Col Henry M. Baker 3rd New Jersey Militia: Col William Napton 4th New Jersey Militia: Col Matthew Miller, Jr. 1st New Jersey: Col William R. Montgomery 2nd New Jersey: Col George W. McLean 3rd New Jersey: Col George W. Taylor 41st New York: Col Leopold von Gilsa
Fifth Division      Col Dixon S. Miles	First Brigade    Col Louis Blenker	8th New York: Ltc Julius Stahel 29th New York: Col Adolph von Steinwehr 39th New York: Col Frederick G. D'Utassy 27th Pennsylvania: Col Max Epstein Co. A, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt John C. Tidball 8th New York Militia Battery: Cpt Charles Brookwood
	Second Brigade    Col Thomas A. Davies	16th New York: Ltc Samuel Marsh 18th New York: Col William A. Jackson 31st New York: Col Calvin E. Pratt 32nd New York: Col Roderick N. Matheson Co. G, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Oliver D. Greene

References

• Detzer, David. Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-15-100889-2.
• Gottfried, Bradley M. The Maps of First Bull Run: An Atlas of the First Bull Run (Manassas) Campaign, including the Battle of Ball's Bluff, June–October 1861. New York: Savas Beatie, 2009. ISBN 978-1-932714-60-9.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
• Union order of battle, First Manassas, at Manassas National Battlefield Park NPS website

External links

• FirstBullRun.co.uk