Battle of Chaffin's Farm order of battle: Union

The following

Confederate order of battle

is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

w = wounded
k = killed

Army of the James

MG

Benjamin F. Butler

Chief of Engineers: BG Godfrey Weitzel^[1]

X Corps

MG David B. Birney

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alfred H. Terry	1st Brigade Col Francis B. Pond (w) Col Thomas Mulcahy Ltc Alvin C. Voris	39th Illinois 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio : Ltc Alvin C. Voris 85th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col Joseph C. Abbott	6th Connecticut 7th Connecticut 3rd New Hampshire 7th New Hampshire 16th New York Heavy Artillery
	3rd Brigade Col Harris M. Plaisted	10th Connecticut 11th Maine 1st Maryland Cavalry 27th Massachusetts 100th New York
Second Division BG Robert Sanford Foster	1st Brigade Col Rufus Daggett (w) Ltc Albert M. Barney	3rd New York 112th New York 117th New York 142nd New York : Ltc Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade Col Galusha Pennypacker	47th New York 48th New York 76th Pennsylvania 97th Pennsylvania 203rd Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana 9th Maine 4th New Hampshire 115th New York 169th New York
Third Division (incomplete)	1st Brigade BG William Birney	29th Connecticut (Colored) 7th U.S. Colored Troops 8th U.S. Colored Troops 9th U.S. Colored Troops 45th U.S. Colored Troops
Artillery	Artillery Brigade Col Richard H. Jackson	1st Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery 4th Battery, New Jersey Light Artillery 5th Battery, New Jersey Light Artillery 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Battery C 1st U.S. Artillery, Batteries C and D 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery M 3rd U.S. Artillery, Battery E 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery D

XVIII Corps

MG

Edward O. C. Ord

(w) September 29
BG

Charles A. Heckman

BG Godfrey Weitzel^[2]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG George J. Stannard (w) Colonel James Jourdan^[3] BG Gilman Marston	1st Brigade Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens (w) Ltc Thomas Mulcahy temp Sept 29 Ltc John B. Raulston	13th New Hampshire : Ltc Jacob J. Storer 81st New York : Ltc John B. Raulston 98th New York : Ltc William Kreutzer 139th New York : Ltc Thomas Mulcahy
	2nd Brigade BG Hiram Burnham (k) Col Michael Donohoe (w) Ltc Stephen Moffitt temp 29 Sept Col Edgar M. Cullen	8th Connecticut: Ltc Martin B. Smith 10th New Hampshire : Col Michael Donohoe 96th New York : Col Edgar M. Cullen, Ltc Stephen Moffitt 118th New York : Col George F. Nichols
	3rd Brigade Col Samuel H. Roberts (w) Ltc Stephen H. Moffitt	21st Connecticut: Capt James F. Brown 92nd New York 58th Pennsylvania 188th Pennsylvania: Maj Francis H. Reichard
Second Division BG Charles A. Heckman Col Harrison S. Fairchild^[4] BG Charles A. Heckman	1st Brigade Col James Jourdan Col George M. Guion	148th New York : Col George M. Guion 158th New York : Col James Jourdan 55th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col Edward H. Ripley	8th Maine 9th Vermont
	3rd Brigade Col Harrison S. Fairchild	89th New York : Maj Wellington M. Lewis 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery : Col James L. Anderson (k)
Third Division^[5] BG Charles J. Paine	1st Brigade Col John Henry Holman	1st U.S.C.T. 22nd U.S.C.T. 37th U.S.C.T.
	2nd Brigade Col Alonzo G. Draper	5th U.S.C.T. 36th U.S.C.T. 38th U.S.C.T.
	3rd Brigade Col Samuel A. Duncan (w) Col John W. Ames	4th U.S.C.T. 6th U.S.C.T.
	Unattached	U.S. Sharpshooters
Artillery	Artillery Brigade Maj George B. Cook	2nd New York Light Artillery, Battery H 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery E 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery K 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery M 7th Battery, New York Light Artillery 16th Battery, New York Light Artillery 17th Battery, New York Light Artillery 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery A 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery F 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery B 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery L 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery A 5th U.S. Artillery, Battery F

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division BG August V. Kautz	1st Brigade Col Robert M. West	2nd New York Cavalry 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Samuel P. Spear	1st D.C. Cavalry 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	Artillery	4th Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery

Notes

^ Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps
^ Official Records Volume XLII, part II, page 1146 Weitzel was assigned to command on 30 Sept 1864 by Butler's field order No. 116.
^ Sommers p.575
^ Fairchild temporarily commanded the 2nd Division in conjunction with his own 3rd Brigade when Heckman commanded the corps (Eicher p. 230) though Colonel James Anderson may have assumed brigade command until his death (Sommers p. 575). Some reports say Colonel James Jourdan was in temporary command of the division by order of General Heckman (Sommers p.575)
^ Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.

Sources

Composition is taken from the Official Records
Eicher, John H., and
ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
.

[1] Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps

[2] Official Records Volume XLII, part II, page 1146 Weitzel was assigned to command on 30 Sept 1864 by Butler's field order No. 116.

[3] Sommers p.575

[4] Fairchild temporarily commanded the 2nd Division in conjunction with his own 3rd Brigade when Heckman commanded the corps (Eicher p. 230) though Colonel James Anderson may have assumed brigade command until his death (Sommers p. 575). Some reports say Colonel James Jourdan was in temporary command of the division by order of General Heckman (Sommers p.575)

[5] Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.

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