Cedar Creek Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.^[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

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

Other[]

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Army of the Shenandoah[]

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding
MG Horatio Wright^[2]

Escort:

17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Maj Weidner H. Spera
6th U. S. Cavalry: Cpt Ira W. Claffin

VI Corps[]

BG James B. Ricketts
BG George W. Getty
MG Horatio Wright

Escort: 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company G: Lieutenant William H. Wheeler

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Frank Wheaton	1st Brigade Col William Henry Penrose Ltc Edward L. Campbell Cpt Baldwin Hufty	4th New Jersey: Cpt Baldwin Hufty 10th New Jersey: Maj Lambert Boeman, Cpt Charles D. Claypool 15th New Jersey: Ltc Edward L. Campbell, Cpt James W. Penrose
	2nd Brigade Col Joseph Eldridge Hamblin Col Ranald S. Mackenzie Ltc Egbert Olcott	2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Ranald S. Mackenzie, Maj Edward W. Jones 65th New York: Ltc T. H. Higginbotham, Cpt Henry C. Fisk 121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott, Cpt Daniel D. Jackson 95th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper 96th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper
	3rd Brigade^[3] Col Oliver Edwards	37th Massachusetts: Ltc George L. Montague 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Baynton J. Hickman 82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett 119th Pennsylvania: Ltc Gideon Clark 2nd Rhode Island (battalion): Cpt Elisha Hunt Rhodes 5th Wisconsin (battalion): Maj Charles W. Kempf 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Coe Durland
Second Division BG George W. Getty BG Lewis A. Grant BG George W. Getty	1st Brigade Col James M. Warner	62nd New York: Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton 93rd Pennsylvania: Cpt David C. Keller 98th Pennsylvania: Ltc John B. Kohler, Cpt Gottfried Bauer. 102nd Pennsylvania: Maj James H. Coleman, Maj James Patchell 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc John G. Parr
	2nd Brigade BG Lewis A. Grant Ltc Amasa Tracy BG Lewis A. Grant	2nd Vermont: Ltc Amasa Tracy, Cpt Elijah Wales, Ltc Amasa Tracy 3rd Vermont, (battalion): Maj Horace W. Floyd 4th Vermont: Maj Horace W. Floyd, Col George P. Foster^[4] 5th Vermont: Maj Enoch E. Johnson 6th Vermont, (battalion): Cpt Edwin R. Kinney, Cpt William J. Sperry. 11th Vermont (1st Heavy Artillery): Ltc Charles Hunsdon
	3rd Brigade BG Daniel D. Bidwell Ltc Winsor B. French	1st Maine Veterans: Maj Stephen C. Fletcher 43d New York (battalion): Maj Charles A. Milliken 49th New York (battalion): Ltc Erastus D. Holt. 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French 122d New York: Ltc Augustus W. Dwight, Maj Jabez M. Brower 61st Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt David J. Taylor
Third Division Col J. Warren Keifer	1st Brigade Col William Emerson	14th New Jersey: Cpt Jacob J. Janeway 106th New York: Cpt Alvah W. Briggs, Cpt Peter Robertson 151st New York: Cpt Browning N. Wiles, Cpt Hiram A. Kimball 184th New York (battalion): Maj William D. Ferguson 87th Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt Edgar M. Ruhl, Cpt John A. Salsbury 10th Vermont: Col William W. Henry, Cpt Henry H. Dewey
Third Division Col J. Warren Keifer	2nd Brigade Col William H. Ball	6th Maryland: Maj Joseph C. Hill 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj James W. Snyder 110th Ohio: Ltc Otho H. Binkley 122nd Ohio: Ltc Moses M. Granger 126th Ohio: Maj George W. Voorhes, Cpt George W. Hoge 67th Pennsylvania: Lt John F. Young 138th Pennsylvania: Maj Lewis A. May
Artillery Brigade Col Charles H. Tompkins	5th Maine Light Artillery (Batttery E): Cpt Greenleaf T. Stevens New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Lt Orsamus R. Van Etten Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Jacob H. Lamb Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Adams Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight

XIX Corps[]

BG William H. Emory

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG James W. McMillan BG William Dwight	1st Brigade Col Edwin P. Davis	29th Maine: Maj George H. Nye, Cpt Alfred L. Turner 30th Massachusetts: Cpt Samuel D. Shipley 90th New York: Ltc Nelson Shaurman, Cpt Honore De La Paturelle 114th New York: Ltc Henry B. Morse 116th New York: Col George M. Love 153rd New York: Ltc Alexander Strain, Cpt George H. McLaughlin
	2nd Brigade Col Stephen Thomas BG James W. McMillan	12th Connecticut: Ltc George N. Lewis 160th New York: Cpt Henry P. Underhill 47th Pennsylvania: Maj J. P. Shindel Gobin 8th Vermont: Maj John B. Mead, Cpt Moses McFarland, Col Stephen Thomas
	3rd Brigade^[5] Col Leonard D. H. Currie	30th Maine: Col Thomas H. Hubbard 133rd New York: Maj Anthony J. Allaire 162nd New York: Col Justus W. Blanchard 165th New York (six companies): Ltc Gouverneur Carr 173rd New York: Majr George W. Rogers
	Division Artillery	New York Light Artillery, 5th Battery: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
Second Division BG Cuvier Grover BG Henry W. Birge	1st Brigade BG Henry W. Birge Col Thomas W. Porter	9th Connecticut (battalion): Cpt John G. Healy 12th Maine: Ltc Edwin Ilsley 14th Maine: Col Thomas W. Porter, Cpt John K. Laing 26th Massachusetts: (battalion): Lt John S. Cooke 14th New Hampshire: Cpt Theodore A. Ripley, Cpt Oliver H. Marston 75th New York: Maj Benjamin F. Thurber
	2nd Brigade Col Edward L. Molineux	13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn 11th Indiana: Ltc William W. Darnall 22nd Iowa: Col Harvey Graham 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted): Col Lorenzo D. Sargent 131st New York: Col Nicholas W. Day 159th New York: Ltc William Waltermire
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel Macauley Ltc Alfred Neafie	38th Massachusetts: Maj Charles F. Allen 128th New York: Cpt Charles R. Anderson 156th New York: Ltc Alfred Neafie, Cpt Alfred Cooley 175th New York: (battalion), Cpt Charles McCarthey 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis
	4th Brigade Col David Shunk	8th Indiana: Ltc Alexander J. Kenny, Maj John R. Polk 18th Indiana: Ltc William S. Charles 24th Iowa: Ltc John Q. Wilds, Cpt Leander Clark, Maj Edward Wright 28th Iowa: Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson, Maj John Meyer
	Division Artillery	1st Battery (A), Maine Light Artillery: Lt Eben D. Haley
Reserve Artillery Maj Albert W. Bradbury	17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Hezekiah Hinkson Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Frederick Chase

Army of West Virginia[]

BG George Crook

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division Col Joseph Thoburn (K) Col Thomas M. Harris	1st Brigade Ltc Thomas F. Wildes	34th Massachusetts: Cpt Andrew Potter: Cpt Andrew Potter 2nd Battalion, 5th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt Frederick C. Wilkie 116th Ohio: Cpt Wilbert B. Teters, Cpt John Hull 123rd Ohio: Maj Horace Kellog
	2nd Brigade^[3] Colonel William B. Curtis	1st West Virginia: Ltc Jacob Weddle 4th West Virginia: Cpt Benjamin D. Boswell 12th West Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Northcott
	3rd Brigade Col Thomas M. Harris Col Milton Wells	23rd Illinois:^[3] Cpt Samuel A. Simison 54th Pennsylvania: Cpt John Suter 10th West Virginia: Ltc Moses S. Hall, Maj Henry H. Withers 11th West Virginia: Ltc Van H. Bukey 15th West Virginia: Col Milton Wells, Maj John W. Holliday
Second Division Col Rutherford B. Hayes	1st Brigade Col Hiram F. Devol	23rd Ohio: Ltc James M. Comly 36th Ohio: Ltc William H. G. Adney 5th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc William H. Enochs 13th West Virginia: Col William R. Brown,^[6] Ltc James R. Hall
Second Division Col Rutherford B. Hayes	2nd Brigade Ltc Benjamin F. Coates	34th Ohio (battalion): Ltc Luther Furney 91st Ohio: Maj Lemuel Z. Cadot 9th West Virginia: Cpt John S. P. Carroll 14th West Virginia: Maj Shriver Moore
Artillery Brigade Cpt Henry A. du Pont	Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Lt William Munk Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Henry F. Brewerton, Lt Charles Holman
Provisional Division^[7] Col J. Howard Kitching (MW)	6th New York Heavy Artillery: -- Miscellaneous Elements

Cavalry Corps[]

MG Alfred T. A. Torbert

Escort: 1st Rhode Island: Maj William H. Turner, jr.

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Wesley Merritt	1st Brigade Col James H. Kidd	1st Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Andrew W. Duggan 5th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Charles W. Deane 7th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Daniel H. Darling New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
	2nd Brigade BG Thomas C. Devin	4th New York Cavalry:^[8] Maj Edward Schwartz 6th New York Cavalry: Cpt George E. Farmer 9th New York Cavalry: Col George S. Nichols 19th New York Cavalry (1st New York Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs. Batteries K & L, 1st US Artillery: Lt Franck E. Taylor
	Reserve Brigade Col Charles Russell Lowell, jr. Ltc Caspar Crowninshield	2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Ltc Caspar Crowninshield, Cpt Archibald McKendry 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene M. Baker 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Robert S. Smith 5th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Gustavus Urban
Second Division^[9] Col William H. Powell	1st Brigade Col Alpheus S. Moore	8th Ohio Cavalry (detachment): -- 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Thomas Gibson 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Andrew J. Greenfield
	2nd Brigade Col Henry Capehart	1st New York Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Harvey Farabee 2nd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John J. Hoffman 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John L. McGee
	Division Artillery	Battery L, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Gulian V. Weir
Third Division BG George Armstrong Custer	1st Brigade Col Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr.	1st Connecticut Cavalry: Cpt Edwin W. French 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc Charles C. Suydam 2nd New York Cavalry: Cpt Andrew S. Glover 5th New York Cavalry: Maj Theodore A. Boice 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj John W. Phillips
Third Division BG George Armstrong Custer	2nd Brigade Col William Wells	3rd Indiana Cavalry (two companies): Lt Benjamin F. Gilbert 1st New Hampshire Cavalry (battalion): Col John L. Thompson 8th New York Cavalry: Ltc William H. Benjamin 22nd New York Cavalry: Maj Charles C. Brown 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc John W. Bennett
Horse Artillery	Batteries B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Peirce Batteries C, F & K, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom

Notes[]

↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 125-130
↑ Commanded during General Sheridan's temporary absence is the early part of the battle.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 At Winchester, Va., and not engaged in the battle.
↑ Corps officer of the day at the beginning of the battle; later rejoined brigade and commanded the left of its line.
↑ Guarding wagon trains, and not engaged in the battle.
↑ Corps officer of the day.
↑ Only a small detachment from the First Brigade,and the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle
↑ Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters.
↑ From Department of West Virginia.

References[]

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.

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[1] Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIII, Part 1, pages 125-130

[2] Commanded during General Sheridan's temporary absence is the early part of the battle.

[not-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 At Winchester, Va., and not engaged in the battle.

[4] Corps officer of the day at the beginning of the battle; later rejoined brigade and commanded the left of its line.

[5] Guarding wagon trains, and not engaged in the battle.

[6] Corps officer of the day.

[7] Only a small detachment from the First Brigade,and the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle

[8] Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters.

[9] From Department of West Virginia.

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