Battle of Ball's Bluff order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Ball's Bluff of the American Civil War, fought from October 20 to October 24, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, also known as the Battle of Leesburg or the Battle of Harrison's Island. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet Rank

Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed

Union Forces Around Ball's Bluff and Edwards' Ferry

Army of the Potomac

MG George B. McClellan (not present)

Corps of Observation BG Charles Pomeroy Stone

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersStones' DivisionThe "Official Records" and most secondary sources like Dyer's Compendium reverse the listing of Lander's and Gorman's brigades, assign the 15th Massachusetts and 42nd New York to Gorman's brigade, and do not include the Putnam Rangers as part of General Stone's attached cavalry. The information above, however, was taken from Record Group 393 (Corps of Observation Records, National Archives, Washington, DC) which contains the actual orders and correspondence of Stone's division. (Corps of Observation)

BG Charles Pomeroy Stone First Brigade

BG Frederick W. Lander 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters: Cpt John Saunders 7th Michigan Infantry: Col Ira Grosvenor 19th Massachusetts Infantry: Col Edward Hinks 20th Massachusetts Infantry: Col William Raymond Lee (c) Second Brigade

BG Willis A. Gorman1st Minnesota Infantry: Col Napoleon J.T. Dana 2nd New York State Militia: Col George W.B. Tompkins 34th New York Infantry: Col William LeDew Third Brigade

Col Edward D. Baker (k)1st California Infantry: Ltc Isaac J. Wistar (w) 2nd California Infantry: Col Joshua T. Owen 3rd California Infantry: Col DeWitt C. Baxter 5th California Infantry: Col Turner G. Morehead Unassigned Regiments15th Massachusetts Infantry: Col Charles Devens (w) 42nd New York Infantry (Tammany Jackson Guard): Col Milton Cogswell (w&c)Cavalry3rd New York Cavalry Regiment (B, D, E, and I companies): Col James Henry Van Alen Putnam Rangers, D.C. Volunteer Cavalry: Cpt George ThistletonArtillery1st U.S. Artillery, Battery I: Lt George A. Woodruff 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Thomas F. Vaughn 2nd New York State Militia Artillery Detachment 6th New York Independent Battery: Cpt Thomas B. Bunting

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