The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road (October 27–28, 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns.Official Records, Series I, Volume XLII, Part 1, pages 153-160
Abbreviations used
Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed in action c = captured
Army of the Potomac
II Corps
MG Winfield S. HancockSecond Division, Cavalry Corps was also under Hancock's ordersThe First Division under Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles manned the Petersburg trenches and did not take part in the battle (see: Hancock's report) Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG Thomas W. Egan 1st Brigade
Ltc Horace P. Rugg 19th Maine 19th Massachusetts 20th Massachusetts 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters 7th Michigan 1st Minnesota Battalion (2 companies) 59th New York 152nd New York 184th Pennsylvania 36th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
Col James M. Willett 8th New York Heavy Artillery 155th New York 164th New York 170th New York 182nd New York 3rd Brigade
BG Thomas A. Smyth 14th Connecticut 1st Delaware 12th New Jersey 10th New York (6 companies) 108th New York 4th Ohio (4 companies) 69th Pennsylvania 106th Pennsylvania (3 companies) 7th West Virginia (5 companies) Artillery 5th United States, Battery C and Battery I Provost Guard
Cpt Mahlon Black 2nd Company Minnesota SharpshootersThird Division
Bvt MG Gershom Mott 1st Brigade
BG P. Regis De Trobriand 20th Indiana 1st Maine Heavy Artillery 17th Maine 40th New York 73rd New York 86th New York 124th New York 99th Pennsylvania 110th Pennsylvania 2nd United States Sharpshooters 2nd Brigade
BG Byron R. Pierce 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 5th Michigan 93rd New York 57th Pennsylvania 84th Pennsylvania 105th Pennsylvania 141st Pennsylvania 1st United States Sharpshooters (3 companies) 3rd Brigade
Col Robert McAllister 11th Massachusetts (7 companies) 5th New Jersey (5 companies) 7th New Jersey (4 companies) 8th New Jersey 11th New Jersey 72nd New York (1 company) 120th New York Artillery Massachusetts Light, 10th Battery: Lt Henry H. Granger (mw) 4th United States, Battery K
V Corps
MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Escort: Cpt Napoleon J. Horrell 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment) Provost Guard: Cpt Paul A. Oliver 5th New York Battalion Ambulance Train: Cpt William F. Drum
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Charles Griffin 1st Brigade
Col Horatio G. Sickel 185th New York 198th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade
Col Edgar M. Gregory 187th New York (6 companies) 188th New York 91st Pennsylvania 155th Pennsylvania 3rd Brigade
BG Joseph J. Bartlett 20th Maine 32nd Massachusetts 1st Michigan 16th MichiganBrady's and Jardine's Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached 83rd Pennsylvania (6 companies) 118th PennsylvaniaSecond Division
BG Romeyn B. Ayres 1st Brigade
Col Frederick Winthrop 5th New York 15th New York Heavy Artillery 140th New York 146th New York: Maj James G. Grindlay 8th United States 11th United States 12th United States 14th United States 2nd Brigade
Col Andrew W. Denison 1st Maryland 4th Maryland 7th Maryland 8th Maryland 3rd Brigade
Col Arthur H. Grimshaw 3rd Delaware 4th Delaware 157th Pennsylvania (4 companies) 190th Pennsylvania 191st Pennsylvania 210th Pennsylvania Provost Guard
Cpt Joshua S. Fletcher, Jr. 2nd United States, Company CThird DivisionThe Second Brigade remained in the trenches
BG Samuel W. Crawford 1st Brigade
BG Edward S. Bragg 24th Michigan: Ltc Albert M. Edwards 1st Battalion New York Sharpshooters 143rd Pennsylvania 149th Pennsylvania 150th Pennsylvania 6th Wisconsin 7th Wisconsin Independent (Wisconsin) Battalion 3rd Brigade
Col William Hofmann 76th New York (6 companies) 95th New York 147th New York: Ltc George Harney (c), Maj John McKinlock 56th Pennsylvania 121st Pennsylvania 142nd Pennsylvania Artillery Brigade
Col Charles S. Wainwright Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery (E) Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery 1st New York Light, Battery B 1st New York Light, Battery H 4th United States, Battery B
IX Corps
MG John G. Parke
Escort: Lt William W. Neiterfield 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies C and H Provost Guard: Cpt Andrew D. Baird 79th New York
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Orlando B. Willcox 1st Brigade
BG John F. Hartranft 8th Michigan 27th Michigan1st and 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached 109th New York 13th Ohio Cavalry (dismounted) 51st Pennsylvania 37th Wisconsin 38th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
Col Byron M. Cutcheon 1st Michigan Sharpshooters 2nd Michigan 20th Michigan 46th New York 60th Ohio9th and 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters attached 50th Pennsylvania 3rd Brigade
Col Napoleon B. McLaughlen 3rd Maryland (4 companies) 29th Massachusetts 57th Massachusetts 59th Massachusetts 14th New York Heavy Artillery 100th Pennsylvania Acting Engineers
Col Constant Luce 17th MichiganSecond Division
BG Robert B. Potter 1st Brigade
Col John I. Curtin 21st Massachusetts (3 companies) 35th Massachusetts 36th Massachusetts 58th Massachusetts 39th New Jersey 51st New York 45th Pennsylvania 48th Pennsylvania 4th Rhode Island 7th Rhode Island 2nd Brigade
BG Simon G. Griffin 31st Maine 32nd Maine 56th Massachusetts 6th New Hampshire 9th New Hampshire 11th New Hampshire 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 179th New York 186th New York 17th VermontThird Division
BG Edward Ferrero 1st Brigade
Ltc Ozora P. Stearns 27th United States Colored Troops 30th United States Colored Troops 39th United States Colored Troops 43rd United States Colored Troops 3rd Brigade
Col Henry G. Thomas 19th United States Colored Troops 23rd United States Colored Troops 28th United States Colored Troops 29th United States Colored Troops 31st United States Colored Troops Artillery Brigade
Col John C. Tidball New York Light, 19th Battery New York Light, 34th Battery
Cavalry Corps
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG David M. Gregg 1st Brigade
BG Henry E. Davies 1st Massachusetts Cavalry 1st New Jersey Cavalry 10th New York Cavalry 24th New York Cavalry 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (4 companies) 2nd United States Artillery, Battery A 2nd Brigade
Col Michael Kerwin 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry 1st United States Artillery, Batteries H and I 3rd Brigade
Col Charles H. Smith 1st Maine Cavalry 6th Ohio Cavalry 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry
Notes
References 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.