The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg 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 ranks[]
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other[]
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Potomac[]
MG Ambrose Burnside, Commanding
General Headquarters units[]
Escort:
- Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann
- 1st U.S. Cavalry (detachment): Cpt Marcus A. Reno
- 4th U.S. Cavalry, Companies A and E: Cpt James B. McIntyre
Provost Guard:
- McClellan (Illinois) Dragoons, Company A: Cpt George W. Shears
- McClellan (Illinois) Dragoons, Company B: Cpt David C. Brown
- 9th New York Infantry, Company G: Cpt Charles Child
- 93rd New York Infantry: Col John S. Crocker
- 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Maj Charles J. Whiting
- 8th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Royal T. Frank
Inspector General:
BG Delos B. Sackett
Volunteer Engineer Brigade:
- 15th New York: Maj James A. Magruder
- 50th New York: Maj Ira Spaulding
- Battalion U.S. Engineers: Lt Charles E. Cross
Artillery:
BG Henry Jackson Hunt Artillery Reserve:
Ltc William Hays
- 5th Battery, New York Light: Cpt Elijah D. Taft
- Battery A, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Otto Diederichs
- Battery B, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
- Battery C, 1st Battalion New York Light: Lt Bernhard Wever
- Battery D, 1st Battalion New York Light: Cpt Charles Kusserow
- Battery K, 1st United States: Cpt William M. Graham
- Battery A, 2nd United States: Cpt John C. Tidball
- Battery G, 4th United States: Lt Marcus P. Miller
- Battery K, 5th United States: Lt David H. Kinzie
- 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, Company C: Cpt Josiah C. Fuller
Unattached Artillery:
Maj Thomas S. Trumbull
- Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Albert F. Brooker
- Battery M, 1st Connecticut Heavy: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt
Right Grand Division[]
II Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade (Philadelphia Brigade)
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Corps Artillery Reserve
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IX Corps[]
Escort
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall
- 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery[6] |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade BG James Nagle |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Cavalry Division[]
Brigade | Regiments |
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Horse Artillery |
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Center Grand Division[]
III Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade ("Excelsior Brigade")
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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V Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery[10] |
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Sharpshooters |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Left Grand Division[]
Escort
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Richard H. Rush
I Corps[]
Escort
- 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Constantine Taylor
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade (Eastern Iron Brigade)
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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4th Brigade (Western Iron Brigade)
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Artillery[13]
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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VI Corps[]
Escort
- 10th New York Cavalry, Company L: Lt George Vanderbilt
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company I: Cpt James Starr
- 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Frederick C. Newhall
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery[14] |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery |
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Cavalry Brigade
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Artillery |
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Reserve Grand Division[]
Further information:[15]
- National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredricksburg Union order of battle: Reserve Grand Division).
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 935-938.
Notes[]
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1, pages 48-61
- ↑ Temporarily attached to Second Brigade.
- ↑ Disabled.
- ↑ Transferred from Second Brigade, December 13.
- ↑ Chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Captain John Edwards,jr.,chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Succeeded Brigadier-General Bayard in command of the Cavalry Brigade, Left Grand Division.
- ↑ Captain La Rhett L. Livingston, chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Disabled December 13.
- ↑ Captain Stephen H. Weed,chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Chief of artillery, Second Division.
- ↑ Chief of artillery, Third Division.
- ↑ Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Captain Romeyn B. Ayres, chief of the corps artillery.
- ↑ Reserve Grand Division not engaged.
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.
- 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: Return of casualties in the Union forces commanded by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15, 1862.
- National Park Service: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park (Fredricksburg Union order of battle).
- Civil War Home: Fredericksburg Union order of battle
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