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The following
Union Army units and commanders fought in the
Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12, 1864) of the
American Civil War . The
Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 31, 1864,
[1] army organization May 26-June 3, 1864,
[2] the casualty returns
[3] and the reports.
[4]
[5]
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
Other
Forces operating against Richmond May 31-June 5, 1864
LTG
Ulysses S. Grant
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
MG
George Meade
General Staff :
General Headquarters :
Provost Guard: BG
Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
[6]
Guards and Orderlies:
Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
Unattached:
II Corps
MG
Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
Francis C. Barlow
1st Brigade
Col
Nelson A. Miles
2nd Brigade
Col
Richard Byrnes (mw )
Col Patrick Kelly
3rd Brigade
Col
Clinton D. MacDougall
4th Brigade
Col
John R. Brooke (w )
Col Orlando H. Morris (k )
Col Lewis O. Morris (k )
Col James A. Beaver
Second Division
BG
John Gibbon
1st Brigade
Col
H. Boyd McKeen (k )
Col Frank A. Haskell (k )
BG
Byron R. Pierce
[11]
2nd Brigade
BG
Joshua T. Owen
3rd Brigade
Col
Thomas A. Smyth
4th Brigade
BG
Robert O. Tyler (w )
Col James P. McIvor
Provost Guard
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
Third Division
MG
David B. Birney
1st Brigade
Col
Thomas W. Egan
2nd Brigade
Col Thomas R. Tannatt
3rd Brigade
BG
Gershom Mott
4th Brigade
Col
William R. Brewster
Artillery Brigade
Col
John C. Tidball
Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery
New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
1st New York Light, Battery G
4th New York Heavy
[14]
New York Light, 11th Battery
New York Light, 12th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
4th United States, Battery K
5th United States, Batteries
C and
I
V Corps
MG
Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
12th New York Battalion
[15]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
Charles Griffin
1st Brigade
BG
Romeyn B. Ayres
5th New York
[8]
140th New York
146th New York
91st Pennsylvania
155th Pennsylvania
2nd United States , Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
11th United States , Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
12th United States , Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
14th United States , 1st Battalion
17th United States , Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
2nd Brigade
Col
Jacob B. Sweitzer
3rd Brigade
BG
Joseph J. Bartlett
Second Division
BG
Henry H. Lockwood
[20]
BG
Samuel W. Crawford
[21]
1st Brigade
Col Peter Lyle
2nd Brigade
Col
James L. Bates
3rd Brigade
Col Nathan D. Dushane
Third Division
BG
Samuel W. Crawford
1st Brigade
Col
Martin Davis Hardin
3rd Brigade
Col
Joseph W. Fisher
Heavy Artillery Brigade
[24]
Col
J. Howard Kitching
Fourth Division
BG
Lysander Cutler
1st Brigade
Col
William W. Robinson
2nd Brigade
Col J. William Hofmann
3rd Brigade
Col
Edward S. Bragg
Provost Guard
Artillery Brigade
Col
Charles S. Wainwright
Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery
Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery
Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
1st New York Light, Battery B
1st New York Light, Battery C
1st New York Light, Battery D
1st New York Light, Batteries E and
L
1st New York Light, Battery H
New York Light, 15th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
4th United States, Battery B
5th United States, Battery D
VI Corps
MG
Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
David A. Russell
1st Brigade
Col
William H. Penrose
2nd Brigade
BG
Emory Upton
3rd Brigade
BG
Henry L. Eustis
4th Brigade
Col Nelson Cross
Second Division
BG
Thomas H. Neill
1st Brigade
BG
Frank Wheaton
2nd Brigade
BG
Lewis A. Grant
3rd Brigade
Col
Daniel D. Bidwell
4th Brigade
Col
Oliver Edwards
Third Division
BG
James B. Ricketts
1st Brigade
Col
William S. Truex (w )
Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
Col John W. Schall
[27] (w )
Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Smith
Artillery Brigade
Col
Charles H. Tompkins
Maine Light, 4th Battery (D)
Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)
1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
New York Light, 1st Battery
New York Light, 3rd Battery
9th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
1st Ohio Light, Battery H
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
5th United States, Battery E
5th United States, Battery M
IX Corps
MG
Ambrose E. Burnside
General Staff:
Chief of Staff: MG
John G. Parke
Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe
Provost Guard:
Cavalry Corps
MG
Philip H. Sheridan
Escort:
Artillery
Army of the James
XVIII Corps
MG
William F. Smith
[34]
Forces operating against Richmond June 6-12, 1864
LTG
Ulysses S. Grant
Escort:
Army of the Potomac
MG
George Meade
General Staff :
General Headquarters :
Provost Guard: BG
Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
[6]
Guards and Orderlies:
Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
MG
Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
Francis C. Barlow
1st Brigade
Col
Nelson A. Miles
[40]
2nd Brigade
Col
Patrick Kelly
3rd Brigade
Col Clinton D. MacDougall
4th Brigade
Col
James A. Beaver
Second Division
BG
John Gibbon
1st Brigade
BG
Byron R. Pierce
2nd Brigade
BG
Joshua T. Owen
Col John Fraser
[41]
3rd Brigade
Col
Thomas A. Smyth
4th Brigade
Col James P. MacIvor
Col John Ramsey
[42]
Provost Guard
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters
Third Division
MG
David B. Birney
1st Brigade
Col
Thomas W. Egan
2nd Brigade
Col Thomas R. Tannatt
3rd Brigade
BG
Gershom Mott
4th Brigade
Col
William R. Brewster
Artillery Brigade
Col
John C. Tidball
Maine Light, 6th Battery (F)
Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery
New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery
1st New Jersey Light, Battery B
1st New York Light, Battery G
4th New York Heavy
New York Light, 11th Battery
New York Light, 12th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
4th United States, Battery K
5th United States, Batteries
C and
I
V Corps
MG
Gouverneur K. Warren
[44]
Provost Guard:
5th New York, Companies F and E
[45]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
Charles Griffin
1st Brigade
[46]
Col
Edward S. Bragg
Col
Joshua L. Chamberlain
[47]
2nd Brigade
Col
Jacob B. Sweitzer
3rd Brigade
BG
Joseph J. Bartlett
Second Division
BG
Romeyn B. Ayres
[47]
1st Brigade
[50]
Col
Edgar M. Gregory
5th New York
140th New York
146th New York
91st Pennsylvania
155th Pennsylvania
2nd United States , Companies B, C, F, H, I, and K
11th United States , Companies B, C, D, E, F, and G, 1st Battalion
12th United States , Companies A, B, C, D, and G, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, C, D, F, and H, 2nd Battalion
14th United States , 1st Battalion
17th United States , Companies A, C, D, G, and H, 1st Battalion, and Companies A, B, and C, 2nd Battalion
2nd Brigade
[51]
Col Nathan D. Dushane
3rd Brigade
Col
J. Howard Kitching
Third Division
BG
Samuel W. Crawford
[47]
1st Brigade
[52]
Col Peter Lyle
2nd Brigade
[54]
Col James L. Bates
3rd Brigade
Maj William R. Hartshorne
Col James Carle
[56]
Fourth Division
BG
Lysander Cutler
1st Brigade
Col
William W. Robinson
Col
Edward S. Bragg
[42]
2nd Brigade
Col J. William Hofmann
Provost Guard
Artillery Brigade
Col
Charles S. Wainwright
Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery
Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery
Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery
1st New York Light, Battery B
1st New York Light, Battery C
1st New York Light, Battery D
1st New York Light, Batteries E and
L
1st New York Light, Battery H
New York Light, 15th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
4th United States, Battery B
5th United States, Battery D
VI Corps
MG
Horatio G. Wright
Escort:
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
David A. Russell
1st Brigade
Col William H. Penrose
2nd Brigade
BG
Emory Upton
3rd Brigade
BG
Henry L. Eustis
[59]
Ltc Gideon Clark
[41]
4th Brigade
Col Nelson Cross
Second Division
BG
Thomas H. Neill
1st Brigade
BG
Frank Wheaton
2nd Brigade
BG
Lewis A. Grant
3rd Brigade
Col
Daniel D. Bidwell
4th Brigade
Col
Oliver Edwards
Third Division
BG
James B. Ricketts
1st Brigade
Ltc Caldwell K. Hall
2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Smith
Artillery Brigade
Col
Charles H. Tompkins
Maine Light, 4th Battery (D)
Maine Light, 5th Battery (E)
Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A)
1st New Jersey Light, Battery A
New York Light, 1st Battery
New York Light, 3rd Battery
9th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion
1st Ohio Light, Battery H
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
5th United States, Battery E
5th United States, Battery M
IX Corps
MG
Ambrose E. Burnside
General Staff:
Chief of Staff: MG
John G. Parke
Chief of Artillery: Ltc J. Albert Monroe
Provost Guard:
Cavalry Corps
MG
Philip H. Sheridan
[69]
Escort:
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG
Alfred T. A. Torbert
1st Brigade
BG
George A. Custer
2nd Brigade
Col
Thomas C. Devin
Reserve Brigade
BG
Wesley Merritt
Second Division
BG
David McM. Gregg
1st Brigade
BG
Henry E. Davies, Jr.
2nd Brigade
Col
J. Irvin Gregg
Third Division
BG
James H. Wilson
1st Brigade
Col
John B. McIntosh
2nd Brigade
Col
George H. Chapman
Escort
Horse Artillery Brigade
Cpt
James M. Robertson
1st United States, Batteries H and
I
1st United States, Battery K
2nd United States, Battery A
2nd United States, Batteries B and L
2nd United States, Battery D
2nd United States, Battery M
3rd United States, Batteries C, F, and K
4th United States, Batteries
C and E
Artillery
Army of the James
XVIII Corps
MG
William F. Smith
[71]
Notes
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages
198-209
^ Gordon C. Rhea, Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages
153-165 ; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages
166-183
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 1, pages
1162-1168
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^
a
b
15th New York Engineers at
Fort Monroe ,
Virginia ; Brigadier General
Henry W. Benham was not present (see: Benham's report )
^ At
Port Royal, Virginia ; joined Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps on June 5, 1864 (see: Chapman's report )
^
a
b
c
d
e Arrived June 1, 1864
^
a
b Detachment
7th New York attached
^ Detached at Port Royal, Virginia; rejoined brigade June 5, 1864 (see: Wilder's report )
^
a
b Assigned June 4, 1864
^ Transferred to First Brigade June 5, 1864
^
a
b Attached to the
120th New York
^ The First Battalion joined from the VI Corps May 31, 1864, and the Second Battalion from the V Corps May 29, 1864, thus uniting the three battalions
^ Transferred to the 5th New York on June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
453 ;
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment ;
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 12th Infantry Regiment )
^
a
b 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached
^ Gordon C. Rhea in Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864, The Order of Battle lists the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry in the 1st Brigade (see also:
Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry )
^ Transferred to Ninth Corps on June 3, 1864 (see: Deane's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
543 )
^
a
b Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached
^ Relieved June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages
494 and
495 )
^ Assigned June 2, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
495 )
^
a
b
c
d Left front June 1, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War -
1st Pennsylvania Reserves ,
2nd Pennsylvania Reserves ,
6th Pennsylvania Reserves and
13th Pennsylvania Reserves )
^
a
b
c
d Left front May 31, 1864 (see: Pennsylvania in the Civil War -
7th Pennsylvania Reserves ,
5th Pennsylvania Reserves ,
10th Pennsylvania Reserves and
12th Pennsylvania Reserves )
^ Transferred to Second Division June 2, 1864
^ Transferred to IX Corps on June 4, 1864 (see: Cutcheon's and Serviere's report )
^
a
b Ordered home for muster-out June 4, 1864
^ Assumed command June 2, 1864 and wounded June 3, 1864
^ Assumed command May 31, 1864
^
a
b 1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached
^
a
b 9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached
^
a
b The two Horse Artillery brigades were consolidated under Captain Robertson on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
377 )
^
a
b
c
d Sent to the Department of Washington on May 31, 1864 (see: Hunt's report )
^
a
b Chief of Artillery to the whole Army
^ On June 1, 1864 the XVIII Corps was placed under Meade's command (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
466 )
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h Temporarily attached from
X Corps
^
a
b Organized temporarily May 30, 1864, and consisted of troops previously known as the Second and Third Divisions of the Tenth Corps
^ Assigned June 4, 1864, Brigadier General Devens being relieved on account of ill-health
^ Assigned June 5, 1864
^ Joined June 5, 1864 (see:
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 10th Artillery Regiment )
^ Appointed Brigadier General June 9, 1864 with date of rank 12 May 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, pages 389 and 725)
^
a
b Assigned June 12, 1864
^
a
b Assumed command June 7, 1864
^ Veterans and recruits transferred to 5th Michigan June 9, 1864
^ The Fifth Corps was reorganized on June 5, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, pages
613-614 )
^ For Companies F and E, 5th New York as Provost Guard see:
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment
^ Was the Third brigade, Fourth Division, up to June 6, 1864
^
a
b
c Assigned June 6, 1864
^
a
b Joined June 6, 1864
^ Ordered home for muster out June 9, 1864
^ Was First Brigade, First Division, up to June 6, 1864
^ Was Third Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
^ Was First Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
^ Transferred to Second Brigade June 11, 1864
^ Was Second Brigade, Second Division, up to June 6, 1864
^ Ordered home June 7, 1864
^ Assumed command June 6, 1864
^ Organized from veterans and recruits from the 1st, 7th, 9th, two companies of the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Reserve regiments (see:
Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 190th Regiment )
^ Organized from veterans and recruits from the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th Reserve regiments (see:
Pennsylvania in the Civil War - 191st Regiment )
^ Relieved June 12, 1864 (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page
758 )
^ Relieved at his own request June 9, 1864 (see: Burnside's report; Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps; John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 191 )
^
a
b Assigned June 9, 1864
^
a
b Transferred to the First Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, June 10, 1864
^ Joined June 11, 1864
^ Designated Third Brigade June 11, 1864
^ Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, June 9, 1864(see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps )
^ Transferred to Second Brigade, Third Division, June 9, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps )
^ Joined June 6, 1864 (see: Itinerary First Division, Ninth Army Corps )
^ Joined June 10, 1864
^ Major General Sheridan with the 6th United States, the First and Second Division, and Batteries H and I (consolidated), 1st United States, Batteries B and L (consolidated), Battery D and Battery M, 2nd United States under Captain Robertson from the Horse Artillery Brigade detached on a Raid on June 7, 1864 which culminated in the
Battle of Trevilian Station (see: Eric J. Wittenberg, Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station, pages 37 and 331-332 )
^ Joined June 9, 1864 (see: Chapman's report )
^ Temporarily attached to the Army of the Potomac
^ Relieved June 9, 1864
^ In command until June 9, 1864 (see: John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 271 )
See also
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Eicher, John H., and
David J. Eicher . Civil War High Commands . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001.
ISBN
0-8047-3641-3 .
Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May 26-June 3, 1864 . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
ISBN
0-8071-2803-1
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.
Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station . Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc, 2001.
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