Battle of Fredericksburg order of battle: Union


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military ranks

MG = Major GeneralBG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = CaptainLt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

w = woundedmw = mortally woundedk = killed

Army of the Potomac

MG Ambrose Burnside, Commanding

General Headquarters units

Escort:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Volunteer Engineer Brigade: BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Artillery Reserve: Ltc William Hays
Unattached Artillery: Maj Thomas S. Trumbull

Right Grand Division

MG Edwin Vose Sumner

II Corps

MG Darius N. Couch
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division


MG Winfield Scott Hancock
1st Brigade


BG John C. Caldwell


Col George W. Von Schack

First Division


MG Winfield Scott Hancock
2nd Brigade


BG Thomas F. Meagher

First Division


MG Winfield Scott Hancock
3rd Brigade


Col Samuel K. Zook

First Division


MG Winfield Scott Hancock
Artillery
Second Division


MG Oliver O. Howard
1st Brigade


BG Alfred Sully

Second Division


MG Oliver O. Howard
2nd Brigade


Col Joshua T. Owen

Second Division


MG Oliver O. Howard
3rd Brigade


Col Norman J. Hall


Col William R. Lee

Second Division


MG Oliver O. Howard
Artillery
Third Division


MG William H. French
1st Brigade


BG Nathan Kimball


Col John S. Mason

Third Division


MG William H. French
2nd Brigade


Col Oliver H. Palmer

Third Division


MG William H. French
3rd Brigade


Col John W. Andrews


Ltc William Jameson


Ltc John W. Marshall

Third Division


MG William H. French
Artillery
Corps Artillery Reserve

Cpt Charles H. Morgan

IX Corps

BG Orlando B. Willcox
Escort
  • 6th New York Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Hillman A. Hall
  • 6th New York Cavalry, Company C: Cpt William L. Heermance
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division


BG William W. Burns
1st Brigade


Col Orlando Poe

First Division


BG William W. Burns
2nd Brigade


Col Benjamin C. Christ

First Division


BG William W. Burns
3rd Brigade


Col Daniel Leasure

First Division


BG William W. Burns
Artillery
  • Battery D, 1st New York Light: Cpt Thomas W. Osborn
  • Batteries L and M, 3rd United States: Lt Horace J. Hayden
Second Division


BG Samuel D. Sturgis
1st Brigade

BG James Nagle

Second Division


BG Samuel D. Sturgis
2nd Brigade

BG Edward Ferrero

Second Division


BG Samuel D. Sturgis
Artillery
Third Division


BG George W. Getty
1st Brigade


Col Rush C. Hawkins

Third Division


BG George W. Getty
2nd Brigade


Col Edward Harland

Third Division


BG George W. Getty
Artillery

Cavalry Division

BG Alfred Pleasonton
BrigadeRegiments
1st Brigade


BG John F. Farnsworth

2nd Brigade

Col David M. Gregg


Col Thomas Devin

Horse Artillery
  • Battery M, 2nd United States: Lt Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.


  • Center Grand Division

    MG Joseph Hooker

    III Corps

    BG George Stoneman
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG David B. Birney
    1st Brigade


    BG John C. Robinson

    First Division


    BG David B. Birney
    2nd Brigade


    BG J. H. Hobart Ward

    First Division


    BG David B. Birney
    3rd Brigade


    BG Hiram G. Berry

    First Division


    BG David B. Birney
    Artillery


    Cpt George E. Randolph

    Second Division


    BG Daniel Sickles
    1st Brigade


    BG Joseph B. Carr

    Second Division


    BG Daniel Sickles
    2nd Brigade


    Col George B. Hall

    Second Division


    BG Daniel Sickles
    3rd Brigade


    BG Joseph W. Revere

    Second Division


    BG Daniel Sickles
    Artillery


    Cpt James E. Smith

    Third Division


    BG Amiel W. Whipple
    1st Brigade


    BG Abram S. Piatt


    Col Emlen Franklin

    Third Division


    BG Amiel W. Whipple
    2nd Brigade


    Col Samuel S. Carroll

    Third Division


    BG Amiel W. Whipple
    Artillery

    V Corps

    MG Daniel Butterfield
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG Charles Griffin
    1st Brigade


    Col James Barnes

    First Division


    BG Charles Griffin
    2nd Brigade


    Col Jacob B. Sweitzer

    First Division


    BG Charles Griffin
    3rd Brigade


    Col T.B.W. Stockton

    First Division


    BG Charles Griffin
    Artillery
    First Division


    BG Charles Griffin
    Sharpshooters
    • 1st United States: Ltc Casper Trepp
    Second Division


    MG George Sykes
    1st Brigade


    Ltc Robert C. Buchanan

    Second Division


    MG George Sykes
    2nd Brigade


    Maj George L. Andrews


    Maj Charles S. Lovell

    Second Division


    MG George Sykes
    3rd Brigade


    BG Gouverneur K. Warren

    Second Division


    MG George Sykes
    Artillery
    Third Division


    BG Andrew A. Humphreys
    1st Brigade


    BG Erastus B. Tyler

    Third Division


    BG Andrew A. Humphreys
    2nd Brigade


    Col Peter H. Allabach

    Third Division


    BG Andrew A. Humphreys
    Artillery
    Cavalry Brigade

    BG William W. Averell

    Artillery
  • Batteries B and L, 2nd United States: Cpt James M. Robertson


  • Left Grand Division

    MG William B. Franklin
    Escort

    I Corps

    MG John F. Reynolds
    Escort
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG Abner Doubleday
    1st Brigade


    Col Walter Phelps, Jr.

    First Division


    BG Abner Doubleday
    2nd Brigade


    Col James Gavin

    First Division


    BG Abner Doubleday
    3rd Brigade


    Col William F. Rogers

    First Division


    BG Abner Doubleday
    4th Brigade


    BG Solomon Meredith


    Col Lysander Cutler

    First Division


    BG Abner Doubleday
    Artillery


    Cpt George A. Gerrish


    Cpt John A. Reynolds

    Second Division


    BG John Gibbon


    BG Nelson Taylor
    1st Brigade


    Col Adrian R. Root

    Second Division


    BG John Gibbon


    BG Nelson Taylor
    2nd Brigade


    Col Peter Lyle

    Second Division


    BG John Gibbon


    BG Nelson Taylor
    3rd Brigade


    BG Nelson Taylor


    Col Samuel H. Leonard

    Second Division


    BG John Gibbon


    BG Nelson Taylor
    Artillery


    Cpt George F. Leppien

    Third Division


    MG George Meade
    1st Brigade


    Col William Sinclair


    Col William McCandless

    Third Division


    MG George Meade
    2nd Brigade


    Col Albert L. Magilton

    Third Division


    MG George Meade
    3rd Brigade


    BG Conrad Feger Jackson


    Col Joseph W. Fisher


    Ltc Robert Anderson

    Third Division


    MG George Meade
    Artillery

    VI Corps

    MG William F. Smith
    Escort
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG William T. H. Brooks
    1st Brigade


    Col Alfred Thomas Torbert

    First Division


    BG William T. H. Brooks
    2nd Brigade


    Col Henry L. Cake

    First Division


    BG William T. H. Brooks
    3rd Brigade


    BG David Allen Russell

    First Division


    BG William T. H. Brooks
    Artillery
    Second Division


    BG Albion P. Howe
    1st Brigade


    BG Calvin E. Pratt

    Second Division


    BG Albion P. Howe
    2nd Brigade


    Col Henry Whiting

    Second Division


    BG Albion P. Howe
    3rd Brigade


    BG Francis L. Vinton


    Col Robert F. Taylor


    BG Thomas H. Neill

    Second Division


    BG Albion P. Howe
    Artillery
    Third Division


    BG John Newton
    1st Brigade


    BG John Cochrane

    Third Division


    BG John Newton
    2nd Brigade


    BG Charles Devens

    Third Division


    BG John Newton
    3rd Brigade


    Col Thomas A. Rowley


    BG Frank Wheaton

    Third Division


    BG John Newton
    Artillery
    Cavalry Brigade

    BG George D. Bayard


    Col David McM. Gregg

    Artillery
  • Battery C, 3rd United States: Cpt Horatio G. Gibson


  • Reserve Grand Division

    Further information:

    • Official Records, Series I, Volume XXI, Part 1,

    XI Corps

    BG Julius Stahel
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG Nathaniel C. McLean

    1st Brigade


    Col Leopold Von Gilsa

    First Division


    BG Nathaniel C. McLean
    2nd Brigade


    BG Nathaniel C. McLean

    First Division


    BG Nathaniel C. McLean
    Cavalry Brigade


    Col Luigi Palma Di Cesnola

    First Division


    BG Nathaniel C. McLean
    Artillery


    Cpt William L. De Beck

    Second Division


    BG Adolph Von Steinwehr
    1st Brigade


    Col Adolphus Buschbeck

    Second Division


    BG Adolph Von Steinwehr
    2nd Brigade


    Col Orland Smith

    Second Division


    BG Adolph Von Steinwehr
    Artillery


    Third Division


    BG Carl Schurz
    1st Brigade


    Col Alexander Schimmelfennig

    Third Division


    BG Carl Schurz
    2nd Brigade


    Col Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski

    Unattached

    XII Corps

    MG Henry Warner Slocum
    Escort
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division


    BG Alpheus S. Williams

    1st Brigade


    Col Joseph F. Knipe

    First Division


    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    2nd Brigade


    BG Thomas L. Kane

    First Division


    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    3rd Brigade


    BG John K. Murphy

    First Division


    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    Artillery


    Cpt Robert H. Fitzugh

    First Division


    BG Alpheus S. Williams
    Cavalry
    Second Division


    BG John W. Geary
    1st Brigade


    BG Charles Candy

    Second Division


    BG John W. Geary
    2nd Brigade


    Col Joseph M. Sudsburg

    Second Division


    BG John W. Geary
    3rd Brigade


    BG George S. Greene

    Second Division


    BG John W. Geary
    Artillery


    Maj L. Kieffer

    • 6th Maine Battery: Lt Edwin B. Dow
    • Pennsylvania Battery E: Cpt J. M. Knap
    • Pennsylvania Battery F: Cpt R. B. Hampton
    Second Division


    BG John W. Geary
    Cavalry