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
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
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
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
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
MG John Sedgwick
Escort: 1st Vermont Cavalry (detachment): Capt Andrew J. Grover
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
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