Battle of the Crater order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Crater (July 30, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• 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 in action
• c = captured

Union Forces

General in Chief

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick

• 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
• 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C & D: Cpt Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
• 80th New York: Col Theodore B. Gates
• 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
• 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
• 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Brigade:
BG Henry Washington Benham

• 15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
• 50th New York Engineers:
• Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher

Guards and Orderlies:

• Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann

IX Corps

MG Ambrose Burnside

Provost Guard:

• 8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG James H. Ledlie	1st Brigade    BG William F. Bartlett (c)    Ltc Joseph H. Barnes	21st Massachusetts: Cpt William H. Clark (mw) 29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes, Cpt Willard D. Tripp 56th Massachusetts: Col Stephen M. Weld (c), Cpt Charles D. Lamb 57th Massachusetts: Maj Albert Prescott (k), Cpt Edson A Dresser (k), Lt Albert Doty 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould (mw), Ltc John Hodges (k), Cpt Ezra P Gould 100th Pennsylvania: Maj Thomas J. Hamilton (mw), Cpt Walter Oliver (k), Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost
	2nd Brigade    Col Elisha Marshall (c)    Ltc. Gilbert P. Robinson	3rd Maryland (4 companies) : Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson, Cpt David J. Weaver 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman 179th New York (7 companies): Maj John Barton (k), Cpt Albert A. Terrill 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Ltc Benjamin G Barney (w), Cpt James W. Haig
	Acting Engineers	35th Massachusetts: Cpt Clifton A. Blanchard
Second Division      BG Robert Brown Potter	1st Brigade    Col Zenas Bliss	36th Massachusetts: Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk 45th Pennsylvania: Cpt Theodore Gregg 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry Pleasants 4th Rhode Island: Maj James T. P. Bucklin
	2nd Brigade    BG Simon Goodell Griffin	31st Maine: Cpt James Dean 32nd Maine: Cpt Joseph B. Hammond 2nd Maryland: Cpt James H. Wilson 6th New Hampshire: Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin 9th New Hampshire: Cpt John B. Cooper 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Arthur C. Locke 17th Vermont: Cpt Lyman E. Knapp
	Acting Engineers	7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy Daniels
Third Division      BG Orlando B. Willcox	1st Brigade    BG John F. Hartranft	8th Michigan: Maj Horatio Belcher 27th Michigan (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin (w), Cpt Edwin Evans 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon 51st Pennsylvania: Maj Lane S. Hart 37th Wisconsin: Col Samuel Harriman 38th Wisconsin (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler
	2nd Brigade    Col William Humphrey	1st Michigan Sharpshooters: Col Charles V. DeLand 2nd Michigan: Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serviere 60th Ohio (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Overton, Jr.
	Acting Engineers	17th Michigan: Col Constant Luce
Fourth Division      BG Edward Ferrero	1st Brigade    Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried	27th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Charles J. Wright 30th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Delevan Bates 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Cpt Jesse Wilkinson
	2nd Brigade    Col Henry Goddard Thomas	19th U.S. Colored Troops (28th U.S. Colored Troops attached): Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd U.S. Colored Troops: Col Cleaveland J. Campbell (w) 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Maj T. Jefferson Brown 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Cpt Thomas Wright
	Artillery Brigade    Ltc J. Albert Monroe	2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt James A. Hall 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery: Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley

Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot

• 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry Larcom Abbot
  • Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
  • Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
  • Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt

XVIII Corps

MG Edward Ord

X Corps

(attached to XVIII Corps)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG John W. Turner	1st Brigade    Col Newton Martin Curtis	3rd New York: Cpt George W. Warren 112th New York: Ltc John F. Smith 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett 142nd New York: Ltc Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade    Ltc William B. Coan	47th New York: Cpt Charles A. Moore 48th New York: Maj Samuel M Swartwout (k), Cpt Joseph Taylor 76th Pennsylvania: Maj William S. Diller 97th Pennsylvania: Cpt Isaiah Price
	3rd Brigade    Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent 9th Maine: Cpt Robert J. Gray 4th New Hampshire: Cpt Joseph M Clough (w), Cpt Frank W. Parker 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson 169th New York: Maj James A. Colvin

See also

• Virginia in the American Civil War
• Petersburg National Battlefield

References

• Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998. ISBN 1-886661-06-5