Battle of Brandy Station order of battle: Union

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Brandy Station of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle.

Abbreviations used

Military rank 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

Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac

BG Alfred Pleasonton

Right Wing BG John Buford

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG John Buford

Col Thomas C. Devin 1st Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Davis (k)

Maj William S. McClure 8th New York: Maj Edmund M. Pope 8th Illinois: Cpt Alpheus Clark (mw), Cpt George A. Forsyth (w) 3rd Indiana (battalion): Maj William S. McClure, Maj Charles Lemmon 9th New York (Five companies): Maj William B. Martin (w), Cpt Conway W. Ayres 3rd West Virginia (Two companies): Cpt Seymour B. Conger 2nd Brigade

Col Thomas C. Devin

Col. Josiah H. Kellogg 6th New York: Maj William E. Beardsley 17th Pennsylvania: Col Josiah H. Kellogg Reserve Brigade

Maj Charles J. Whiting 1st United States: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord 2nd United States: Cpt Wesley Merritt 5th United States: Cpt James E. Harrison 6th United States: Cpt George C. Cram 6th Pennsylvania: Maj Robert Morris, Jr. (c), Maj Henry C. Wheelan Attached Infantry Brigade86th and 124th New York belonged to the Third Corps, 2nd Massachusetts and 3rd Wisconsin to the Twelfth Corps and the 33rd Massachusetts to the Eleventh Corps

BG Adelbert Ames 86th New York: Maj Jacob H. Lansing 124th New York: Ltc Francis M. Cummins 2nd Massachusetts: Ltc Charles R. Mudge 33rd Massachusetts: Col Adin B. Underwood 3rd Wisconsin: Ltc Martin Flood Horse Artillery

Cpt James M. Robertson 1st United States, Battery K: Cpt William M. GrahamServed with Second Brigade 2nd United States, Batteries B and L: Lt Edward HeatonServed with First Brigade 4th United States, Battery E: Lt Samuel S. ElderServed with Reserve Brigade

Left Wing BG David McM. Gregg

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division

Col Alfred N. Duffié 1st Brigade

Col Luigi P. Di Cesnola 1st Massachusetts: Ltc Greely S. Curtis 6th Ohio: Maj William Stedman 1st Rhode Island: Ltc John L. Thompson 2nd Brigade

Col John I. Gregg 3rd Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward S. Jones 4th Pennsylvania: Ltc William E. Doster 16th Pennsylvania: Cpt John K. RobisonIn reserve at Mount Holly Church - no saddles 2nd United States Artillery, Battery M: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.Third Division

BG David McM. Gregg 1st Brigade

Col Judson Kilpatrick 2nd New York: Ltc Henry E. Davies, Jr. 10th New York: Ltc William Irvine (c), Maj Matthew H. Avery 1st Maine: Col Calvin S. Douty Orton's Company District of Columbia: Cpt William H. Orton 2nd Brigade

Col Percy Wyndham (w)

Col John P. Taylor 1st New Jersey: Ltc Virgil Brodrick (k), Maj John H. Shelmire (k), Maj Myron H. Beaumont 1st Pennsylvania: Col John P. Taylor, Ltc David Gardner 1st Maryland: Ltc James M. Deems New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin Attached Infantry BrigadeThe 56th Pennsylvania and the 2nd and 7th Wisconsin belonged to the First Corps, the 6th Maine and 119th Pennsylvania to the Sixth Corps and the 5th New Hampshire and 81st Pennsylvania to the Second Corps

BG David A. Russell 2nd Wisconsin (2 companies)Attached to 7th Wisconsin 7th Wisconsin: Col William Robinson 56th Pennsylvania: Col John William Hofmann 81st PennsylvaniaAttached to 5th New Hampshire 119th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry P. Truefitt, Jr. 5th New Hampshire: Col Edward E. Cross 6th Maine: Col Hiram Burnham 3rd United States Artillery, Battery C: Lt William D. Fuller

Notes

References The Battle of Brandy Station U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion : a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.