Battle of Chancellorsville order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the battle,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
General Staff and Headquarters
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Daniel Butterfield
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
- Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls
- Chief of Engineers: BG Gouverneur K. Warren
- Bureau of Military Information: Col George H. Sharpe
- Medical Director: Maj Jonathan Letterman
General Headquarters:
Command of the Provost-Marshal-General: BG Marsena R. Patrick
- 93rd New York: Col John S. Crocker
- 8th United States, Companies A, B, C, D, F, and G: Cpt Edwin W. H. Read
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies E and I: Cpt James Starr
- Detachment Regular Cavalry: Lt Tattnall Paulding
Patrick's Brigade: Col William F. Rogers
- 21st New York: Ltc Chester W. Steinberg
- 23rd New York: Col Henry C. Hoffman
- 35th New York: Col John G. Todd
- 80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
- Maryland Light Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Alonzo Snow
- Ohio Light Artillery, 12th Battery: Cpt Aaron C. Johnson
Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham
- 15th New York Engineer: Col Clinton G. Colgate
- 50th New York Engineer: Col Charles B. Stuart
- Battalion United States Engineer: Cpt Chauncey B. Reese
Signal Corps: Cpt Samuel T. Cushing
Ordnance Detachment: Lt John R. Edie, Jr.
Guards and Orderlies:
- Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
Chief of Artillery: Col Charles S. Wainwright
Escort:
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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4th Brigade |
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Chief of Artillery and Assistant Inspector-General: Ltc Charles H. Morgan[6]
Escort:
- 6th New York Cavalry, Companies D and K: Cpt Riley Johnson
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division[7]
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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4th Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Sharpshooters |
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Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Provost Guard |
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Reserve Artillery |
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Chief of Artillery: Cpt George E. Randolph
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery[20]
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MG George Meade
Chief of Artillery: Cpt Stephen H. Weed
Escort:
- 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (2 companies): Cpt William Thompson
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Chief of Artillery: Col Charles H. Tompkins
Escort: Maj Hugh H. Janeway
- 1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L: Lt Voorhees Dye
- 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H: Cpt William S. Craft
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery
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Provost Guard |
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Second Division
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery
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Light Division
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Infantry |
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Artillery |
Chief of Artillery: Ltc Louis Schirmer
Escort:
- 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K: Cpt Abram Sharra
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Provost Guard |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Unattached | ||
Artillery | ||
Reserve Artillery
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Chief of Artillery: Cpt Clermont L. Best
Provost Guard:
- 10th Maine Battalion (3 companies): Cpt John D. Beardsley
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery
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Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery | ||
Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Reporting directly | Reserve Brigade
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Horse Artillery |
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Artillery
Brigade | Regiments and Batteries |
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Artillery Reserve |
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Train Guard |
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Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 156-170; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 453-467
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 172-192; Stephen W. Sears, Chancellorsville, pages 475-492
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, pages 1161-1169/Official Records, Series I, Volume LI, Part 1, page 1332
- ^ a b Assigned to the 5th Battery, Maine Light on May 3, 1863 by Major General Couch (see: Couch's and Morgan's report)
- ^ For Assistant Inspector-General see Couch's and Morgan's report
- ^ During the principal operations south of the Rappahannock, Colonel Edward E. Cross had temporary command of a force consisting of the Fifth New Hampshire, Eighty-eighth New York, and Eighty-first Pennsylvania. The Sixty-sixth New York, of the Third Brigade, served temporarily with the First Brigade
- ^ Relieved May 1, 1863 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, page 351)
- ^ Relieved May 3, 1863 (see: Laflin's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Lockwood on account of sickness on May 4, 1863 (see: Lockwood's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Colonel Albright on account of sickness on May 2, 1863 (see: Albright's report)
- ^ Not engaged, assigned to special duty as guard to the corps hospital (see: Albright's report)
- ^ Mentioned in Morgan's report, but omitted in the order of battle by Sears and the Official Records
- ^ a b Assigned to command of Third Division May 4, 1863
- ^ Left regiment on May 3, 1863 on account of exhaustion (see: Birney's and Collis' report)
- ^ assumed command on May 5, 1863 (see: Merrill's report)
- ^ Relieved of command May 3, 1863 (see: Sickles', Revere's and Farnum's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Lieutenant Colonel Price on account of sickness on May 3, 1863 (see: Francine's and Price's report)
- ^ Sears and the Official Records lists Lieutenant George F. Barstow in command, but he is not mentioned in the reports. Barstow appears in Cushing's report with the rank of Major and as Assistant Adjutant General (see: Cushing's and Osborn's report)
- ^ Captain Albert A. Von Puttkammer was absent (see: Huntington's report)
- ^ Attached to the 22nd Massachusetts
- ^ Injured on May 4, 1863 and turned over the command to Colonel Sweitzer (see: McQuade's report)
- ^ Attached to the 16th Michigan
- ^ Assumed command May 3, 1863 (see: Hager's report)
- ^ Slightly wounded, but remained in command (see: Tyler's report)
- ^ Assumed command May 3, 1863. After Colonel Buck was accidentally injured on May 4, 1863 the command devolved again on Colonel Penrose (see: Penrose's report)
- ^ Arrested for intoxication
- ^ Commanded the regiment while Colonel Seaver acted as General officer of the day during the retreat over the Rappahannock (see: Grant's and Seaver's report)
- ^ Assumed command April 30, 1863 after the resignation of Brigadier General Pratt (see: Burnham's report); according to Eicher and Eicher the date of resignation was April 25, 1863 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 438)
- ^ a b Assumed also command of the Second Brigade on May 3, 1863 after Colonel Ross was wounded (see: Williams' and Knipe's report)
- ^ Turned over command to Major Lane on account of sickness on May 2, 1863 (see: Lane's report)
- ^ Injured on May 1, 1863 (see: Beardsley's report)
- ^ Assigned to command on May 1, 1863 (see: Randall's report)
- ^ Lieutenant Colonel 137th New York; assigned after Major Cook was wounded (see also: Voorhis' report)
- ^ The Second and Third Divisions, First Brigade, First Division and the Reserve Brigade, with Battery A, 2nd United States and Batteries B and L, 2nd United States on the "Stoneman Raid," April 29-May 7, 1863
- ^ Assumed command of First and Second Divisions, May 4, 1863
- ^ Relieved of command May 4, 1863 (see: Averell's report and Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 1, page 1080)
- ^ Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
- ^ Assigned May 2, 1863 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXV, Part 2, page 360)
References
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Sears, Stephen W. Chancellorsville. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-87744-X.
- 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.