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Battle of Gettysburg order of battle: Union

Harper's Weekly cover, July 11, 1863: "Major-General George G. Meade, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac — Photographed by Brady"

The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac (multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)). Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle,[1] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Potomac

MG George G. Meade, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters


General Staff:


General Headquarters:
Command of the Provost Marshal General: BG Marsena R. Patrick[4]


Guards and Orderlies:


Engineer Brigade: BG Henry W. Benham[6]

I Corps

MG John F. Reynolds (k) [7]
MG Abner Doubleday[8]
MG John Newton
General Headquarters:

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock[12] (w)
BG John Gibbon
BG William Hays
General Headquarters:

III Corps

MG Daniel E. Sickles (w)
MG David B. Birney (w)

V Corps

MG George Sykes

General Headquarters:

VI Corps

MG John Sedgwick

General Headquarters:

XI Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard[31]
MG Carl Schurz

General Headquarters:

XII Corps

MG Henry W. Slocum[32]
BG Alpheus S. Williams

Provost Guard:

Cavalry Corps

MG Alfred Pleasonton

Headquarter Guards:

Artillery Reserve

BG Robert O. Tyler
Cpt James M. Robertson

Headquarter Guard:

Notes

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 1, pages 155-168; Gettysburg National Military Park-Army of the Potomac
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 1, pages 173-187
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXVII, Part 1, pages 5-14
  4. ^ 93rd New York and 8th United States not engaged
  5. ^ detachments from 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th Regiments
  6. ^ not engaged. With the exception of the regular battalion, it was July 1, and while at Beaver Dam Creek (Maryland), ordered to Washington D.C., where it arrived July 3.
  7. ^ Major General Reynolds was killed July 1, while in command of the left wing of the army (I, III, and XI Corps and First Division, Cavalry Corps)
  8. ^ Major General Doubleday commanded the Corps July 1, and Major General Newton, who was assigned to that command on the 1st [1] [2], superseded him July 2
  9. ^ transferred, in afternoon of July 1, to the First Brigade
  10. ^ temporarily transferred to the First Brigade
  11. ^ arrived on the evening of July 1 and did not take part on the first day of the battle [3]; 12th Vermont and 15th Vermont were detached as train guard
  12. ^ After the death of General Reynolds, General Hancock was assigned to the command of all troops on the field of battle [4], relieving General Howard, who had succeeded General Reynolds. General Gibbon, of the Second Division, assumed command of the corps. These assignments terminated on the evening of July 1. Similar changes in commanders occurred during the battle of the 2nd, when General Hancock was put in command of the Third Corps in addition to that of his own. He was wounded on the 3rd, and Brigadier General William Hays [5] was assigned to the command of the corps.
  13. ^ under the command of General Patrick (Provost Marshal General of the Army) during the battle [6]
  14. ^ Col McKeen was placed in temporary command of the 148th Pennsylvania Infantry because Colonel James Addams Beaver was ill. Col Edward E. Cross believed that Ltc McFarlane was too inexperienced to lead the regiment.
  15. ^ 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters attached
  16. ^ arrested by Hancock on July 2; restored on July 4
  17. ^ served as Provost Guard during the battle
  18. ^ arrested by Hancock; released July 3 upon application by Hays and MacDougall
  19. ^ Transferred from Artillery Reserve, July 1; 14th New York Battery attached
  20. ^ relieved on July 3
  21. ^ also commanded 141st Pennsylvania
  22. ^ Cpt Fritz commanded the regiment after Maj Moore was wounded; Maj Moore returned to command on July 3
  23. ^ The 84th Pennsylvania guarded the corps trains, and was not engaged in the battle.
  24. ^ on picket duty on July 2; rejoined brigade after the fighting of the second day of the battle had ceased [7]
  25. ^ Brady's Company Michigan Sharpshooters attached [8]
  26. ^ joined corps June 28. The Second Brigade left in the Department of Washington
  27. ^ Also in command of the Third Brigade, Third Division, on July 3,
  28. ^ Upton commanded the Brigade for part of time on July 1
  29. ^ no First Brigade in division
  30. ^ The 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry guarded the wagon trains at Westminster, and was not engaged in the battle. However, a detachment of 103 men commanded by Lt Robert W. Lyon was sent as a guard with a supply train and placed on defensive line north of Round Top.
  31. ^ During the interval between the death of General Reynolds and the arrival of General Hancock on the afternoon of July 1, all the troops on the field of battle were commanded by General Howard, General Schurz taking command of the Eleventh Corps, and General Schimmelfennig of the Third Division
  32. ^ Exercised command of the right wing of the army during a part of the battle. But see Slocum to Meade, December 30, 1863 and Meade to Slocum, February 25, 1864
  33. ^ Kane returned to the army at Gettysburg on July 2, but he had to share command with Cobham on account of sickness [9]
  34. ^ Unassigned during progress of battle; afterward attached to First Division, as Second Brigade. The command theretofore known as the Second Brigade had previously been consolidated with the First Brigade
  35. ^ The Second Brigade (2nd and 4th New York Cavalry, 6th Ohio Cavalry, and 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry) under Colonel Pennock Huey was at Westminster, and not engaged in the battle
  36. ^ Served with VI Corps, and on the right flank.
  37. ^ Served as light artillery.
  38. ^ Battery C, 3rd United States was with the Second Brigade, Second Division and not engaged in the Battle
  39. ^ 10th New York Battery attached
  40. ^ a b not engaged
  41. ^ 11th New York Battery attached

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