Battle of the Crater order of battle: Union

The following

Confederate order of battle

is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

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

Other

w = wounded
mw =
mortally wounded
k = killed in action
c = captured

Union Forces

General in Chief

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

Provost Guard:
BG Marsena R. Patrick

1st Indiana Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Theodore Majtheny
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
80th New York
: Col Theodore B. Gates
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies A, B, & M: Maj James W. Walsh
68th Pennsylvania
: Col Andrew H. Tippin
114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Brigade:
BG

Henry W. Benham

15th New York Engineers (5 companies): Maj William A. Ketchum
50th New York Engineers:
Battalion U.S. Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Signal Corps: Cpt Benjamin F. Fisher

Guards and Orderlies:

Independent Company Oneida Cavalry (New York): Cpt Daniel P. Mann

IX Corps

MG Ambrose Burnside

Provost Guard:

8th United States: Cpt Milton Cogswell

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG James H. Ledlie	1st Brigade BG William F. Bartlett (c) Ltc Joseph H. Barnes	21st Massachusetts : Cpt William H. Clark (mw) 29th Massachusetts : Ltc Joseph H. Barnes, Cpt Willard D. Tripp 56th Massachusetts: Col Stephen M. Weld (c), Cpt Charles D. Lamb 57th Massachusetts: Maj Albert Prescott (k), Cpt Edson A Dresser (k), Lt Albert Doty 59th Massachusetts: Col Jacob P. Gould (mw), Ltc John Hodges (k), Cpt Ezra P Gould 100th Pennsylvania : Maj Thomas J. Hamilton (mw), Cpt Walter Oliver (k), Cpt Joseph H. Pentecost
	2nd Brigade Col Elisha Marshall (c) Ltc. Gilbert P. Robinson	3rd Maryland (4 companies) : Ltc Gilbert P. Robinson, Cpt David J. Weaver 14th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Charles Chipman 179th New York (7 companies): Maj John Barton (k), Cpt Albert A. Terrill 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery: Ltc Benjamin G. Barney (w), Cpt James W. Haig
	Acting Engineers	35th Massachusetts : Cpt Clifton A. Blanchard
Second Division BG Robert B. Potter	1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss	36th Massachusetts : Cpt Thaddeus L. Barker 58th Massachusetts: Cpt Charles E. Churchill 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Col John Fisk 45th Pennsylvania : Cpt Theodore Gregg 48th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry Pleasants 4th Rhode Island : Lt Col Martin Buffum ( c), Maj James T. P. Bucklin
	2nd Brigade BG Simon Goodell Griffin	31st Maine: Lt Col Daniel White (c), Cpt James Dean 32nd Maine : Cpt Joseph B. Hammond 2nd Maryland : Cpt James H. Wilson 6th New Hampshire : Cpt Samuel G. Goodwin 9th New Hampshire : Cpt John B. Cooper 11th New Hampshire : Cpt Arthur C. Locke Lyman E. Knapp
	Acting Engineers	7th Rhode Island: Cpt Percy Daniels
Third Division BG Orlando B. Willcox	1st Brigade BG John F. Hartranft	8th Michigan : Maj Horatio Belcher 27th Michigan (1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached): Cpt Edward S. Leadbeater 109th New York: Col Isaac S. Catlin (w), Cpt Edwin Evans 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted): Col Noah H. Nixon 51st Pennsylvania : Maj Lane S. Hart 37th Wisconsin: Col Samuel Harriman 38th Wisconsin (5 companies): Ltc Colwert K. Pler
	2nd Brigade Col William Humphrey	1st Michigan Sharpshooters : Col Charles V. DeLand 2nd Michigan : Cpt Ebenezer C. Tulloch 20th Michigan: Ltc Byron M. Cutcheon 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted): Ltc Walter C. Newberry 46th New York : Cpt Alphons Serviere 60th Ohio (9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached): Maj Martin Avery 50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edwin Overton, Jr.
	Acting Engineers	17th Michigan : Col Constant Luce
Fourth Division BG Edward Ferrero	1st Brigade Ltc Joshua K. Sigfried	27th U.S. Colored Troops : Ltc Charles J. Wright Delevan Bates 39th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Ozora P. Stearns 43rd U.S. Colored Troops (7 companies): Ltc H. Seymour Hall^[1]
	2nd Brigade Col Henry Goddard Thomas	19th U.S. Colored Troops : Ltc Joseph G. Perkins 23rd U.S. Colored Troops : Col Cleaveland J. Campbell (w) 28th U.S. Colored Troops (6 companies): Ltc Charles S. Russell^[1] 29th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc John A. Bross †^[1] 31st U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc W. E. W. Ross^[1]
	Artillery Brigade Ltc J. Albert Monroe	2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery : Cpt James A. Hall 3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery : Cpt Ezekiel R. Mayo 7th Battery Maine Light Artillery : Cpt Adelbert B. Twitchell 11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Edward J. Jones 14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph W. B. Wright 19th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Edward W. Rogers 27th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt John B. Eaton 34th Battery New York Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Durrell 3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery: Cpt Romeo H. Start Mortar Battery: Cpt Benjamin F. Smiley

Army of the James

MG

Benjamin F. Butler

Siege Artillery: Col Henry L. Abbot

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Henry Larcom Abbot
- Company A: Cpt Edward A. Gillet
- Company B: Cpt Albert F. Booker
- Company M: Cpt Franklin A. Pratt

XVIII Corps

MG Edward Ord

X Corps

(attached to XVIII Corps)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG John Wesley Turner	1st Brigade Col Newton Martin Curtis	3rd New York : Cpt George W. Warren 112th New York : Ltc John F. Smith 117th New York: Ltc Rufus Daggett 142nd New York : Ltc Albert M. Barney
	2nd Brigade Ltc William B. Coan	47th New York : Cpt Charles A. Moore 48th New York : Maj Samuel M Swartwout (k), Cpt Joseph Taylor 76th Pennsylvania : Maj William S. Diller 97th Pennsylvania : Cpt Isaiah Price
	3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell	13th Indiana (3 companies): Lt Samuel M. Zent 9th Maine : Cpt Robert J. Gray 4th New Hampshire : Cpt Joseph M Clough (w), Cpt Frank W. Parker 115th New York: Ltc Nathan J. Johnson 169th New York : Maj James A. Colvin

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 563.

References

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883].
ISBN 0-89009-572-8
.

Kinard, Jeff. The Battle of the Crater (Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press), 1998.
ISBN 1-886661-06-5

[FOOTNOTEBattles_&_Leaders1987563-1] Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 563.

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