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The following units and commanders fought in the Bristoe Campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. When multiple names of commanders are shown, this indicates the succession of command through the Campaign.

Military rank abbreviations used[]

Army of the Potomac[]

MG George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters[]

General Staff and Headquarters

  • Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick
    • 80th New York (20th Militia): Ltc Jacob B. Hardenbergh
    • 93rd New York: Ltc Benjamin C. Butler
    • 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Joseph B. Printon
    • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Detachment)
    • Detachments Regular Cavalry and Volunteer Cavalry
  • Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham
    • 15th New York (battalion): Capt Joseph Wood, jr.
    • 50th New York: Col William H. Pettes
    • U.S. Battalion: Capt George H. Mendell
  • Guards and Orderlies
    • Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Capt Daniel P. Mann
  • Signal Corps: Capt Lemuel B. Norton

I Corps[]

  • MG John Newton
  • Escort: 4th and 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachments)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG Lysander Cutler

1st Brigade ("Iron Brigade"):


   Col William W. Robinson

2nd Brigade:


   BG James C. Rice

  • 7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover
  • 76th New York: Maj John W. Young
  • 84th New York ("14th Brooklyn Militia"): Col Edward B. Fowler
  • 95th New York: Maj Edward Pye
  • 147th New York: Maj George Harney
  • 56th Pennsylvania: Ltc George B. Osborn

Second Division:
     BG John C. Robinson

1st Brigade:


   Col Thomas F. McCoy

  • 16th Maine: Ltc Charles W. Tilden
  • 13th Massachusetts: Col Samuel H. Leonard
  • 39th Massachusetts: Col Phineas S. Davis
  • 94th New York: Maj Samuel A. Moffett
  • 104th New York: Col Gilbert G. Prey
  • 107th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry J. Shaefer
2nd Brigade:


   BG Henry Baxter

Third Division:
     BG John R. Kenly

1st Brigade:


   Col Chapman Biddle

2nd Brigade:


   Col Langhorne Wister

  • 143rd Pennsylvania: Col Edmund L. Dana
  • 149th Pennsylvania: Ltc Walton Dwight
  • 150th Pennsylvania: Capt Horatio Bell
3rd Brigade:


   Col Nathan T. Dushane

  • 1st Maryland: Ltc John W. Wilson
  • 4th Maryland: Col Richard N. Bowerman
  • 7th Maryland: Col Edwin H. Webster
  • 8th Maryland: Col Andrew W. Denison
Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles S. Wainwright

II Corps[]

  • MG Gouverneur K. Warren (temporarily absent; returned October 12)
  • BG John C. Caldwell
  • Escort:
    • 10th New York Cavalry, Company M: Lt James Matthews
    • 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G: Lt Robert Brown
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG John C. Caldwell
     Col Paul Frank

1st Brigade:


   Col Nelson A. Miles

2nd Brigade ("Irish Brigade"):


   Col Patrick Kelly

3rd Brigade:


   Col Paul Frank
   Col James A. Beaver

  • 52nd New York: Ltc Charles G. Freudenberg
  • 57th New York: Ltc Alford B. Chapman
  • 66th New York: Ltc John S. Hammell
  • 148th Pennsylvania: Col James A. Beaver, Maj George A. Fairlamb
4th Brigade:


   Col John R. Brooke

  • 2nd Delaware: Ltc David L. Stricker
  • 64th New York: Maj Leman W. Bradley
  • 53rd Pennsylvania: Capt Henry S. Dimm
  • 145th Pennsylvania: Col Hiram L. Brown

Second Division:
     BG Alexander S. Webb

1st Brigade:


   Col Francis E. Heath

2nd Brigade "Philadelphia Brigade":


   Col De Witt C. Baxter

3rd Brigade:


   Col James E. Mallon

  • 19th Massachusetts: Ltc Ansel D. Wass
  • 20th Massachusetts: Maj Henry L. Abbott
  • 7th Michigan: Maj Sylvanus W. Curtis
  • 42nd New York: Cpt Robert C. Wright
  • 59th New York: Cpt Horace P. Rugg

Third Division:
     BG Alexander Hays

1st Brigade ("Gibraltar Brigade"):


   Col Samuel S. Carroll

2nd Brigade:


   Col Thomas A. Smyth

  • 14th Connecticut: Col Theodore G. Ellis
  • 1st Delaware: Ltc Edward P. Harris
  • 12th New Jersey: Col J. Howard Willets
  • 10th New York (battalion): Maj George F. Hopper
  • 108th New York: Col Charles J. Powers
3rd Brigade:


   BG Joshua T. Owen

  • 39th New York: Maj Hugo Hildebrandt
  • 111th New York: Col Clinton D. MacDougall
  • 125th New York: Col Levin Crandell
  • 126th New York: Col James M. Bull
Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt John G. Hazard

III Corps[]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     MG David B. Birney

1st Brigade:


   Col Charles H. T. Collis

  • 57th Pennsylvania: Col Peter Sides,
  • 63rd Pennsylvania: Maj John A. Danks,
  • 68th Pennsylvania: Col Andrew H. Tippin
  • 105th Pennsylvania: Col Calvin A. Craig
  • 114th Pennsylvania ("Collis' Zouaves"): Maj Edward R. Bowen
  • 141st Pennsylvania: Cpt Edwin A.Spaulding
2nd Brigade:


   BG John Henry Hobart Ward

  • 3rd Maine: Col Moses B. Lakeman
  • 4th Maine: Col Elijah Walker,
  • 86th New York: Maj Michael B. Stafford
  • 124th New York: Ltc Francis M. Cummins
  • 99th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin R. Biles
  • 2nd US Sharpshooters: Ltc Homer R. Stoughton
3rd Brigade:


   Col P. Régis de Trobriand

  • 17th Maine: Ltc Charles B. Merrill
  • 3rd Michigan: Col Byron R. Pierce,
  • 5th Michigan: Ltc John Pulford
  • 40th New York: Col Thomas W. Egan
  • 110th Pennsylvania: Maj Isaac Rogers
  • 1st US Sharpshooters: Ltc Casper Trepp

Second Division:
   BG Henry Prince

1st Brigade:


   Col Robert McAllister

  • 11th Massachusetts: Ltc Porter D. Tripp
  • 16th Massachusetts: Ltc Waldo Merriam
  • 11th New Jersey: Ltc John Schoonover
  • 26th Pennsylvania: Maj Robert L. Bodine
  • 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc Milton Opp
2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade"):


   Col William R. Brewster

  • 70th New York: Col J. Egbert Farnum
  • 71st New York: Maj Thomas Rafferty
  • 72nd New York: Ltc John Leonard
  • 73rd New York: Ltc Michael W. Burns
  • 74th New York: Maj Henry M. Alles
  • 120th New York: Cpt Abram L. Lockwood
3rd Brigade:


   BG Gershom Mott

Third Division:
     BG Joseph B. Carr

1st Brigade:


   BG William Hopkins Morris

2nd Brigade:


   Col Joseph Warren Keifer

  • 6th Maryland: Col John Watt Horn
  • 110th Ohio: Maj Otho H. Binkley
  • 122d Ohio: Col William H. Ball
  • 138th Pennsylvania: Col Matthew R. McClennan
3rd Brigade:


   Col Benjamin Franklin Smith

Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt George E. Randolph

V Corps[]

  • MG George Sykes
  • Escort: 5th Michigan Cavalry (squadron): Lt Samuel Harris
  • Provost Guard: 12th New York, Companies D and E: Cpt Henry W. Rider
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG Charles Griffin

1st Brigade:


   BG James Barnes

2nd Brigade:


   Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

3rd Brigade:


   Col Joshua L. Chamberlain

  • 20th Maine: Maj Ellis Spear
  • 16th Michigan: Cpt George H. Swan
  • 44th New York: Ltc Freeman Conner
  • 83rd Pennsylvania: Maj William H. Lamont

Second Division:
     BG Romeyn B. Ayres

1st Brigade:


   Col Sidney Burbank

  • 2nd US (6 companies): Cpt James W. Long
  • 3rd US (6 companies): Maj William E. Prince
  • 11th US: Maj Jonathan W. Gordon
  • 12th US: Maj Luther B. Bruen
  • 14th US: Capt Edward Mck. Hudson
  • 17th US: Ltc James D. Greene
3rd Brigade:


   BG Kenner Garrard

  • 140th New York: Col George Ryan
  • 146th New York (Zouaves): Col David T. Jenkins
  • 91st Pennsylvania: Col Edgar M. Gregory
  • 155th Pennsylvania: Maj Alfred L. Pearson

Third Division:
     Col William McCandless

1st Brigade:


   Col William C. Talley

  • 1st Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc William W. Stewart
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj Patrick C. Donough
  • 6th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Wellington H. Ent
  • 13th Pennsylvania Reserves: Maj William R. Hartshorne
3rd Brigade:


   Col Martin D. Hardin

  • 5th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc George Dare
  • 9th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc James McK. Snodgrass
  • 10th Pennsylvania Reserves: Ltc James B. Knox
  • 11th Pennsylvania Reserves: Col Samuel M. Jackson
  • 12th Pennsylvania Reserves : Ltc Richard Gustin
Artillery Brigade:


   Cpt Augustus P. Martin

  • 3rd Battery Massachusetts Light: Lt Aaron F. Walcott
  • 5th Battery Massachusetts Light: Cpt Charles A. Phillips
  • 1st New York Light, Battery C: Cpt Almont Barnes
  • 1st Ohio Light, Battery L: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs
  • 5th US, Battery D: Lt Benjamin F. Rittenhouse

VI Corps[]

  • MG John Sedgwick
  • Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry (detachment): Capt Andrew J. Grover
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG Horatio G. Wright

1st Brigade
(First New Jersey Brigade):


   BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

2nd Brigade:


   BG Joseph J. Bartlett

  • 5th Maine: Col Clark S. Edwards
  • 121st New York: Col Emory Upton
  • 95th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward Carroll
  • 96th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Lessig
3rd Brigade:


   BG David Allen Russell

  • 6th Maine: Col Benjamin F. Harris
  • 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas M. Hulings
  • 119th Pennsylvania: Col Peter C. Ellmaker
  • 5th Wisconsin: Col Thomas S. Allen

Second Division:
     BG Albion P. Howe

2nd Brigade ("Vermont Brigade"):


   Col Lewis A. Grant

3rd Brigade:


   BG Thomas H. Neill

  • 7th Maine: Col Edwin C. Mason
  • 43rd New York: Col Benjamin F. Baker
  • 49th New York: Col Daniel D. Bidwell
  • 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French
  • 61st Pennsylvania: Ltc George F. Smith

Third Division:
     BG Henry D. Terry

1st Brigade:


   BG Alexander Shaler

2nd Brigade:


   BG Henry L. Eustis

3rd Brigade:


   BG Frank Wheaton

  • 62nd New York: Col David J. Nevin
  • 93rd Pennsylvania: Ltc John S. Long
  • 98th Pennsylvania: Col John F. Ballier
  • 102nd Pennsylvania: Col John W. Patterson
  • 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc William H. Moody
Artillery Brigade:


   Col Charles H. Tompkins

Cavalry Corps[]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division:
     BG John Buford

1st Brigade:


   Col George H. Chapman

  • 8th Illinois: Maj John L. Beveridge
  • 12th Illinois: Cpt Henry L. Reans
  • 3rd Indiana: Maj William S. McClure
  • 8th New York: Maj William H. Benjamin
2nd Brigade:


   Col Thomas Devin

  • 4th New York: Ltc Augustus Pruyn
  • 6th New York: Maj William P. Hall
  • 9th New York: Col William Sackett
  • 17th Pennsylvania: Ltc Coe Durland
  • 3rd West Virginia, Companies A & C: Maj Seymour B. Conger

Second Division:
     BG David McM. Gregg

1st Brigade:


   Col John P. Taylor

  • 1st Maryland: Maj Charles H. Russell
  • 1st Massachusetts: Col Horace B. Sargent
  • 1st New Jersey: Col Percy Wyndham
  • 6th Ohio: Ltc William Stedman
  • 1st Pennsylvania: Ltc David Gardner
  • 3rd Pennsylvania: Cpt James W. Walsh
  • 1st Rhode Island: Col John L. Thompson
2nd Brigade:


   Col J. Irvin Gregg

  • District of Columbia, Independent Company: Cpt William H. Orton
  • 1st Maine: Col Charles H. Smith
  • 10th New York: Maj M. Henry Avery
  • 4th Pennsylvania: Maj George H. Covode
  • 8th Pennsylvania: Col Pennock Huey
  • 13th Pennsylvania: Ltc Garrick Mallery, Jr.
  • 16th Pennsylvania: Ltc John K. Robison

Third Division:
     BG Judson Kilpatrick

1st Brigade:


   BG Henry E. Davies, Jr.

2nd Brigade ("Michigan Brigade"):


   BG George A. Custer

Headquarters Guard
  • 1st Ohio, Companies A & C: Cpt Noah Jones
Reserve Brigade:


   BG Wesley Merritt

unattached
  • 19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs

Horse Artillery

1st Brigade:


   Capt James M. Robertson

2nd Brigade:


   Capt William M. Graham

  • 9th Battery Michigan Light: Cpt Jabez J. Daniels
  • 1st US, Batteries E: Lt Egbert W. Olcott
  • 1st US, Battery K: Lt John Egan
  • 2nd US, Battery A: Lt Robert Clarke
  • 2nd US, Battery G: Lt John H. Butler
  • 3rd US, Battery C: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom

Artillery Reserve[]

Brigade Batteries
1st Regular Brigade:


   Cpt Alanson M. Randol

  • 1st US, Battery H: Lt Philip D. Mason
  • 3rd US, Batteries F & K: Lt George F. Barstow
  • 4th US, Battery C: Lt Charles L. Fitzhugh
1st Volunteer Brigade:


   Ltc Freeman McGilvery

  • 6th Maine Light: Lt William H. Rogers
  • 9th Battery Massachusetts Light : Cpt John Bigelow
  • 4th Battery New York Light : Lt Thomas Goodman
  • Pennsylvania Light, Batteries C & F: Cpt James Thompson
2nd Volunteer Brigade:


   Capt Elijah D. Taft

  • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
  • 1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
  • 1st New York Light, Battery B: Cpt Robert E. Rogers
  • 5th Battery New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
  • 1st West Virginia Light, Battery C: Cpt Wallace Hill
3rd Volunteer Brigade:


   Maj Robert H. Fitzhugh

  • 1st Maryland Light, Battery A: Lt Thomas Binyon
  • 1st Battery New Hampshire Light: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell
  • 1st New Jersey Light, Battery A: Cpt William Hexamer
  • 1st New York Light, Battery K (11th Battery New York Light attached): Lt Edward L. Bailey
  • 15th Battery New York Light: Cpt Patrick Hart

Ammunition Guard

References[]

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