The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Opequon of the American Civil War. 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
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Bvt = Brevet
Other[]
Army of the Shenandoah[]
MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding
VI Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade (First New Jersey Brigade)
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade (First Vermont Brigade)
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3rd Brigade |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery | Artillery Brigade |
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Army of West Virginia[]
BG George Crook
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Second Division (Kanawha Division)
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery | Artillery Brigade
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XIX Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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Division Artillery |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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4th Brigade
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Division Artillery |
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Artillery | Reserve
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Cavalry Corps[]
BG Alfred T. A. Torbert
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
|
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Reserve Brigade |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Division Artillery |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Horse Artillery | Horse Artillery
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Notes[]
- ↑ Averell’s (later William H. Powell’s) Division was officially the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Department of West Virginia (Eicher, p. 110). The regular 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps was commanded by David M. Gregg on detached duty along the Petersburg Front.
References[]
- Organization of the Union Forces, commanded by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S. Army, at the battle of Winchester (or the Opequon), Va., September 19. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. United States War Department. Volume XLIII, Chapter LV, pp. 107–112. (1893)
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