BATTLE FOR THE WILDERNESS


May 5 - 6, 1864


Union Troops



THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Major General George C. Meade, commanding




 
  Escort
     5th US Calvary (B, F & K)  Capt. Julius W. Mason

  Provost Guard               Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick
     1st MA Calvary (C & D)   Capt. Edward A. Flint
     80th NY Infantry         Col. Theodore B. Gates
     3rd PA Calvary           Maj. James W. Walsh
     68th PA Infantry         Lt. Col. Robert E. Winslow
     114th PA Infantry        Col. Charles H. T. Collis

  Volunteer Engineer Brigade  Brig. Gen. Henry W. Benham
     15th NY Engineers        Maj. William A. Ketchum
     50th NY Engineers        Lt. Col. Ira Spaulding

  Battalion U.S. Engineers    Capt. George H. Mendel

  Guards and Orderlies
     Oneida, NY Calvary       Capt. Daniel P. Mann


Second Army Corps Major Gen. Winfield S. Hancock Escort 1st VT Calvary (M) Capt. John H. Hazelton First Division Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow First Brigade Col. Nelson A. Miles 26th MI Maj. Lemuel Saviers 61st NY Lt. Col. K. O. Broady 81st PA Col. H. Boyd McKeen 140th PA Col. John Fraser 183rd PA Col. George P. McLean Second Brigade Col. Thomas A. Smyth 28th MA Lt. Col. George W. Cartright 63rd NY Maj. Thomas Touhy 69th NY Capt. Richard Moroney 88th NY Capt. Denis F. Burke 116th PA Lt. Col. Richard C. Dale Third Brigade Col. Paul Frank 39th NY Col. Augustus Funk 52nd NY Maj. Henry M. Karples 57th NY Lt. Col. Alford B. Chapman 111th NY Capt. Aaron P. Seeley 125th NY Lt. Col. Aarn B. Myer 126th NY Capt. Winfield Scott Fourth Brigade Col. John R. Brooke 2nd DE Col. William P. Bailey 64th NY Maj. Lemen W. Bradley 66th NY Lt. Col. John S. Hammell 53rd PA Lt. Col. Richards McMichael 145th PA Col. Hiram L. Brown 148th PA Col. James A. Beaver Second Division Brig. Gen. John Gibbon Provost Guard 2nd Co. MN Sharp. Capt. Mahlon Black First Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb 19th ME Col. Selden Connor Andrew, MA Sharp. Lt. Samuel G. Gilbreth 15th MA Maj. I. Harris Hooper 19th MA Maj. Edmund Rice 20th MA Maj. Henry L. Abbott 7th MI Maj. Silvanus W. Curtis 42nd NY Maj. Patrick J. Downing 59th NY Capt. William McFadden 82nd NY Col. Henry W. Hudson Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen 152nd NY Lt. Col. George W. Thompson 69th PA Maj. William Davis 71st PA Lt. Col. Charles Kochersperger 72nd PA Col. De Witt C. Baxter 106th PA Capt. Robert H. Ford Third Brigade Col. Samuel S. Carroll 14th CT Col. Theodore G. Ellis 1st DE Lt. Col. Daniel Woodall 14th IN Col. John Coons 12th NY Lt. Col. Thomas H. Davis 10th NY Capt. George M. Dewey 108th NY Col. Charles J. Powers 4th OH Lt. Col. Leonard W. Carpenter 8th OH Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer 7th WV Lt. Col. H. H. Lockwood Third Division Maj. Gen. David B. Birney First Brigade Brig. Gen. J. H. H. Ward 20th IN Col. W. C. L. Taylor 3rd ME Col. Moses B. Lakeman 40th NY Col. Thomas W. Egan 86th NY Lt. Col. Hacob H. Lansing 124th NY Col. Francis M. Cummins 99th PA Lt. Col. Edwin R. Biles 110th PA Lt. Col. Isaac Rogers 141st PA Lt. Col. Guy H. Watkins 2nd US Sharp. Lt. Col. Homer R. Stoughton Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays 4th ME Col. Elijah Walker 17th ME Col. George W. West 3rd MI Col. Byron R. Pierce 5th MI Lt. Col. John Pulford 93rd NY Maj. Samuel McConihe 57th PA Col. Peter Sides 63rd PA Lt. Col. John A. Danks 105th PA Col. Calvin A. Craig 1st US Sharp. Maj. Charles P. Mattocks Fourth Division Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott First Brigade Col. Robert McAllister 1st MA Col. N. B. McLauglen 16th MA Lt. Col. Waldo Merriam 5th NJ Col. William J. Sewell 6th NJ Lt. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson 7th NJ Maj. Frederick Cooper 8th NJ Col. John Ramsey 11th NJ Lt. Col. John Schoonover 26th PA Maj. Samuel G. Moffett 115th PA Maj. William A. Reilly Second Brigade Col. William R. Brewster 11th MA Col. William Blaisdell 70th NY Maj. William H. Hugo 71st NY Lt. Col. Thomas Rafferty 72nd NY Lt. Col. John Leonard 73rd NY Lt. Col. Michael W. Burns 74th NY Lt. Col. Thomas Holt 120th NY Capt. Abram L. Lockwood 84th PA Lt. Col. Milton Opp Artillery Brigade Col. John C. Tidball 6th ME Capt. Edwin B. Dow 10th MA Capt. J. Henry Sleeper 1st NH Capt. Fred. M. Edgell 1st NY (Co G) Capt. Nelson Ames 4th NY Heavy Lt. Col. Thomas R. Allcock 1st PA (Co F) Capt. R. Bruce Ricketts 1st RI (Co A) Capt. William A. Arnold 1st RI (Co B) Capt. T. Fred Brown 4th US (Co K) Lt. John W. Roder 5th US (Cos C, I) Lt. James Gilliss
Fifth Army Corps Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren Provost Guard 12th NY Maj. Henry W. Rider First Division Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin First Brigade Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres 140th NY Col. George Ryan 146th NY Col. David T. Jenkins 91st PA Lt. Col. Joseph H. Sinex 155th PA Lt. Col. Alfred L. Pearson 2nd US Capt. James W. Long 11th US Capt. Francis M. Cooley 12th US Maj. Luther G. Gruen 14th US Capt. E. McK. Hudson 17th US Capt. James F. Grimes Second Brigade Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer 9th MA Col. Patrick R. Guiney 22nd MA Col. William S. Tilton 32nd MA Col. George L. Prescott 4th MI Lt. Col. George W. Lumbard 62nd PA Lt. Col. James C. Hull Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett 20th ME Maj. Ellis Spear 18th MA Col. Joseph Hayes 1st MI Lt. Col. William A. Throop 16th MI Maj. Robert T. Elliott 44th NY Lt. Col. Freeman Connor 83rd PA Col. O. S. Woodward 118th PA Col. James Gwyn Second Division Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson First Brigade Col. Samuel H. Leonard 16th ME Col. Charles W. Tilden 13th MA Capt. Charles H. Hovey 39th MA Col. Phineas S. Davis 104th NY Col. Gilbert G. Prey Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter 12th MA Col. James L. Bates 83rd NY Col. Joseph A. Moesch 97th NY Col. Charles Wheelock 11th PA Col. Richard Coulter 88th PA Capt. George B. Rhoads 90th PA Col. Peter Lyle Third Brigade Col. Andrew W. Denison 1st MD Maj. Benjamin H. Schley 4th MD Col. Richard N. Bowerman 7th MD Col. Charles E. Phelps 8th MD Lt. Col. Hohn G. Johannes Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford First Brigade Col. William McCandless 1st PA Col. William C. Talley 2nd PA Maj. LeGrand B. Speece 11th PA Col. Samuel M. Jackson 13th PA Maj. W. R. Hartshorn Third Brigade Col. Joseph W. Fisher 5th PA Lt. Col. George Dare 8th PA Col. Silas M. Baily 10th PA Lt. Col. Ira Ayer Jr. 12th PA Lt. Col. Richard Gustin Fourth Division Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth First Brigade Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler 7th IN Col Ira G. Grover 19th IN Col. Samuel J. Williams 24th MI Col. Henry A. Morrow 1st NY Sharp. Capt. Volney J. Shipman 2nd WI Lt. Col. John Mansfield 6th WI Col. Edward S. Bragg 7th WI Col. William W. Robinson Second Brigade Brig. Gen. James C. Rice 76th NY Lt. Col. John E. Cook 84th NY Col. Edward B. Fowler 95th NY Col. Edward Pye 147th NY Col. Francis C. Miller 56th PA Col. J. William Hofmann Third Brigade Col. Roy Stone 121st PA Capt. Samuel T. Lloyd 142nd PA Maj. Horatio N. Warren 143rd PA Col. Edmund L. Dana 149th PA Lt. Col. John Irvin 150th PA Capt. George W. Jones Artillery Brigade Col. Charles S. Wainwright 3rd MA Capt. Augustus P. Martin 5th MA Capt. Charles A. Phillips 1st NY (Co D) Capt George B. Winslow 1st NY (Cos E, L) Lt. George Breck 1st NY Capt. Charles E. Mink 4th NY Heavy Maj. William Arthur 1st PA (Co B) Capt. James H. Cooper 4th US (Co B) Lt. James Stewart 5th US (Co D) Lt. B. F. Rittenhouse
Sixth Corps Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick Escort 8th PA Calvary (Co A) Capt. Charles E. Fellows First Division Brig. Gen. Horatio G. Wright First Brigage Col. Henry W. Brown 1st NJ Lt. Col. William Henry, Jr. 2nd NJ Lt. Col. Charles Wiebecke 3rd NJ Capt. Samuel T. DuBois 4th NJ Lt. Col. Charles Ewing 101st NJ Col. Henry O. Ryerson 15th NJ Col. William H. Penrose Second Brigade Col. Emory Upton 5th ME Col. Clark S. Edwards 121st NY Lt. Col. Egbert Olcott 95th PA Lt. Col. Edward Carroll 96th PA Lt. Col. William H. Lessig Third Brigade Brig. Gen. David A. Russell 6th ME Maj. George Fuller 49th PA Col. Thomas M. Hulings 119th PA Maj. enry P. Truefitt, Jr. 5th WI Lt. Col. Theodore B. Catlin Fourth Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler 65th NY Col. Joseph E. Hamblin 67th NY Col. Nelson Cross 122nd NY Lt. Col. Augustus W. Dwight Second Division Brig. Gen. George W. Getty First Brigade Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton 62nd NY Col. David J. Nevin 93rd PA Lt. Col. John S. Long 98th PA Col. John F. Ballier 102nd PA Col. John W. Patterson 139th PA Lt. Col. William H. Moody Second Brigade Col. Lewis A. Grant 2nd VT Col. Newton Stone 3rd VT Col. Thomas O. Seaver 4th VT Col. George P. Foster 5th VT Lt. Col. John R. Lewis 6th VT Col. Elisha L. Barney Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill 7th ME Col. Edwin C. Mason 43rd NY Lt. Col. Jon Wilson 49th NY Col. Daniel D. Bidwell 77th NY Maj. Nathan S. Babcock 61st PA Col. George F. Smith Fourth Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis 7th MA Col. Thomas D. Johns 10th MA Lt. Col. Joseph B. Parsons 37th MA Col. Oliver Edwards 2nd RI Lt. Col. S. B. M. Read Third Division Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts First Brigade Brig. Gen. William H. Morris 14th NJ Lt. Col. Caldwell K. Hall 106th NY Lt. Col. Charles Townsend 151st NY Lt. Col. Thomas M. Fay 87th PA Col. John W. Schall 10th VT Lt. Col. William W. Henry Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour 6th MD Col. John W. Horn 110th OH Col. J. Warren Keifer 122nd OH Col. William H. Ball 126th OH Col. Benjamin F. Smith 67th PA (detached) Capt. George W. Guss 138th PA Col. Matthew R. McClennan Artillery Brigade Col. Charles H. Tompkins 4th ME Lt. Melville C. Kimball 1st MA Capt. William H. McCartney 1st NY Capt. Andrew Cowan 3rd NY Capt. William A. Harn 4th NY Heavy Maj. Thomas D. Sears 1st RI (Co C) Capt. Richard Waterman 1st RI (Co E) Capt. William B. Rhodes 1st RI (Co G) Capt. George W. Adams 5th US (Co M) Capt. James McKnight
Ninth Army Corps Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside Provost Guard 8th US Capt. Milton Cogswell First Division Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson First Brigade Col. Sumner Carruth 35th MA Maj. Nathaniel Wales 56th MA Col. Charles E. Griswold 57th MA Col. William F. Bartlett 59th MA Col. J. Parker Gould 4th US Capt. Charles H. Brightly 10th US Maj. Samuel B. Hayman Second Brigade Col. Daniel Leasure 3rd MD Col. Joseph M. Sudsburg 21st MA Lt. Col. George P. Hawkes 100th PA Lt. Col. Matthew M. Dawson Artillery 2nd ME Capt. Albert F. Thomas 14th MA Capt. J. W. B. Wright Second Division Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter First Brigade Col. Zenas R. Bliss 36th MA Maj. William F. Draper 58th MA Lt. Col. John C. Whiton 51st NY Col. Charles W. Le Gendre 45th PA Col. John I. Curtin 48th PA Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants 7th RI Capt. Theodore Winn Second Brigade Col. Simon G. Griffin 31st ME Lt. Col. Thomas Hight 32nd ME Maj. Arthur Deering 6th NH Lt. Col. Henry H. Pearson 9th NH Lt. Col. John W. Babbitt 11th NH Col. Walter Harriman 17th VT Lt. Col. Charles Cummings Artillery 11th MA Capt. Edward J. Jones 19th NY Capt. Edward W. Rogers Third Division Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox First Brigade Col. John F. Hartranft 2nd MI Col. William Humphrey 8th MI Col. Frank Graves 17th MI Col. Constan Luce 27th MI Maj. Samuel Moody 109th NY Col. Benjamin F. Tracy 51st PA Lt. Col. Edwin Schall Second Brigade Col. Benjamin C. Christ 1st MI Sharp. Col. Charles V. DeLand 20th MI Lt. Col. Byron M. Cutcheon 79th NY Col. David Morrison 60th OH Lt. Col. James N. McElroy 50th PA Lt. Col. Edward Overton Jr. Artillery 7th ME Capt. Adelbert B. Twitchell 34th NY Capt. Jacob Roemer Fourth Division Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero First Brigade Col. Joshua K. Sigfried 27th US Lt. Col. Charles J. Wright 30th US Col. Delavan Bates 39th US Col. Ozora P. Stearns 43rd US Lt. Col. H. Seymour Hall Second Brigade Col. Henry G. Thomas 30th CT Capt. Charles Robinson 19th US Lt. Col. Joseph Perkins 23rd US Lt. Col. Cleveland J. Campbell Artillery D PA Capt. George W. Durell 3rd VT Capt. Romeo H. Start Calvary 3rd NJ Col. Andrew J. Morrison 22nd NY Col. Samuel J. Crooks 2nd OH Lt. Col. George A. Purlington 13th PA Maj. Michael Kerwin Reserve Artillery Capt. John Edwards Jr. 27th NY Capt. John B. Eaton 1st RI (Co D) Capt. William W. Buckley 1st RI (Co H) Capt. Crawford Allen Jr. 2nd US (Co E) Lt. James S. Dudley 3rd US (Co G) Lt. Edmund Pendleton 3rd US (Cos L & M) Lt. Erskine Gittings Provisional Brigade Col. Elisha G. Marshall 24th NY Calvary Col. William C. Raulston 14th NY Heavy Artil. Lt. Col. Clarence H. Corning 2nd PA Heavy Artil. Col. Thomas Wilhelm
Calvary Corps Maj. Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan Escort 6th US Capt. Ira W. Claflin First Division Brig. Gen. A. T. A. Torbert First Brigade Brig. Gen. George A. Custer 1st MI Lt. Col. Peter Stagg 5th MI Col. Russell A. Alger 6th MI Maj. James H. Kidd 7th MI Maj. Henry W. Granger Second Brigade Col. Thomas C. Devin 4th NY Lt. Col. William R. Parnell 6th NY Lt. Col. William H. Crocker 9th NY Col. William Sackett 17th PA Lt. Col. James Q. Anderson Reserve Brigade Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt 19th NY Col. Alfred Gibbs 6th PA Maj. James Starr 1st US Maj. Nelson B. Sweitzer 2nd US Capt. T. F. Rodenbough 5th US Capt. Abraham K. Arnold Second Division Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg First Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr 1st MA Maj. Lucius M. Sargent 1st NJ Lt. Col. John W. Kester 6th OH Col. William Stedman 1st PA Col. John P. Taylor Second Brigade Col. J. Irvin Gregg 1st ME Col. Charles H. Smith 10th NY Maj. M. Henry Avery 2nd PA Lt. Col. Joseph P. Brinton 4th PA Lt. Col. George H. Covode 8th PA Lt. Col. Samuel Wilson 16th PA Lt. Col. John K. Robinson Third Division Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson Escort 8th IL Lt. William W. Long First Brigade Col. Timothy M. Bryan Jr. 1st CT Maj. Erastus Blakeslee 2nd NY Col. Otto Harhaus 5th NY Lt. Col. John Hammond 18th PA Lt. Col. William P. Brinton Second Brigade Col. George H. Chapman 3rd IN Maj. William Patton 8th NY Lt. Col. William H. Benjamin 1st VT Lt. Col. Addison W. Preston
Artillery Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt Artillery Reserve Col. Henry S. Burton First Brigade Col. J. Howard Kitching 6th NY Heavy Lt. Col. Edmund R. Travis 15th NY Heavy Col. Louis Schirmer Second Brigade Maj. John A. Tompkins 5th ME Capt. Greenleaf T. Stevens 1st NJ Capt. William Hexamer 2nd NJ Capt. A. Judson Clark 5th NY Capt. Elijah D. Taft 12th NY Capt. George F. McKnight 1st NY (Co B) Capt. Albert S. Sheldon Third Brigade Maj. Robert H. Fitzhugh 9th MA Capt. John Bigelow 15th NY Capt. Patrick Hart 1st NY (Co C) Lt. William H. Phillips 11th NY Capt. John E. Burton 1st OH (Co H) Lt. William A. Ewing 5th US (Co E) Lt. John R. Brinckle
Horse Artillery First Brigade Capt. James M. Robertson 6th NY Capt. Joseph W. Martin 2nd US (Cos B & L) Lt. Edward Heaton 2nd US (Co D) Lt. Edward B. Williston 2nd US (Co M) Lt. A. C. M. Pennington 4th US (Co A) Lt. Rufus King Jr. 4th US (Cos C & E) Lt. Charles L. Fitzhugh Second Brigade Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom 1st US (Cos E & G) Lt. Frank S. French 1st US (Cos H & I) Capt. Alanson M. Randol 1st US (Co K) Lt. John Egan 2nd US (Co A) Lt. Robert Clark 2nd US (Co G) Lt. William N. Dennison 3rd US (Cos C, F & K) Lt. James R. Kelly
Source:
The Wilderness Campaign, by Edward Steere


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