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864hac: Union Forces Battle of Weldon Railroad 18-21 August 1864

                          Union Forces
                    Battle of Weldon Railroad 
                        18-21 August 18641




V Army Corps: Major General Gouverneur K.Warren 
HQ:            Det/4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Provost:       5th New York Infantry Regiment (1 bn)
     1st Division: Brigadier General C.Griffin
          1st Brigade: Colonel W.S.Tilton
               121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               149th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               187th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment               
          2nd Brigade: Colonel E.M.Gregory
               32nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment          
               91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               155th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment (dismounted)
          3rd Brigade: Colonel J.Gwyn
               20th Maine Infantry Regiment
               18th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
               16th Michigan Infantry Regiment
                    Brady's Michigan Sharpshooter Company
                    Jardine's Michigan Sharpshooter Company
               44th New York Infantry Regiment
               83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     2nd Division: Brigadier General R.B.Ayres
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General J.Hayes
                    (Colonel F.Winthrope)
               5th New York Infantry Regiment 
               140th New York Infantry Regiment 
               146th New York Infantry Regiment 
               10th U.S. Infantry Regiment (3 cos)
               11th U.S. Infantry Regiment 
               12th U.S. Infantry Regiment 
               14th U.S. Infantry Regiment 
               17th U.S. Infantry Regiment 
          2nd Brigade: Colonel N.T.Dushane (S.A.Graham)
               1st Maryland Infantry Regiment 
               4th Maryland Infantry Regiment 
               7th Maryland Infantry Regiment 
               8th Maryland Infantry Regiment 
               Purnell (Maryland) Legion 
          3rd Brigade: Lt. Colonel M.Wiedrich
               15th New York Heavy Artillery, Lt. Col.Wiedrich
     3rd Division: Brigadier General S.W.Crawford
          1st Brigade: Colonel P.Lyle
               16th Maine Infantry Regiment 
               39th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 
               104th New York Infantry Regiment 
               90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 
               107th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 
          2nd Brigade: Colonel R.Coutler (C.Wheelock)
               94th New York Infantry Regiment
               97th New York Infantry Regiment
               11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Colonel W.R.Hartshorne
               190th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               191st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     4th Division: Brigadier General L.Cutler          
     Provost   Independent Wisconsin Infantry Battalion (2 cos)
          1st Brigade: Colonel E.S.Bragg
               7th Indiana Infantry Regiment
               19th Indiana Infantry Regiment
               24th Michigan Infantry Regiment
               6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
               7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
               1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion 
          2nd Brigade: Colonel J.W.Hofmann
               3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment
               4th Delaware Infantry Regiment
               76th New York Infantry Regiment
               95th New York Infantry Regiment
               147th New York Infantry Regiment
               56th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               157th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1 bn)         
          Artillery Brigade: Colonel C.S.Wainwright
               Massachusetts Light, 3rd Battery  (C) 
               Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery  (E) 
               Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery  
               1st New York Light, Battery B
               1st New York Light, Battery C
               1st New York Light, Battery D
               1st New York Light, Battery H
               1st New York Light, Battery L
               New York Light, 15th Battery 
               1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B
               5th U.S.Artillery, Battery D 

IX Army Corps: 
     1st Division: Brigadier General J.White
          1st Brigade: Colonel J.H.Barnes
               21st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (3 cos)
               29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               59th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Lt. Colonel G.P.Robinson
               3rd Maryland Infantry Regiment (1 bn)
               179th New York Infantry Regiment (7 cos)
               14th New York Heavy Artillery, Maj. Chapman
               2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
                    Cpt.Haig          
          Artillery:
               Massachusetts Light Artillery, 14th Battery
     2nd Division: Brigadier General R.B.Potter
          1st Brigade: Colonel Z.R.Bliss (J.I.Curtin)
               36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               58th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
               2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
               51st New York Infantry Regiment 
               45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Colonel S.G.Griffin
               31st Maine Infantry Regiment
               32nd Maine Infantry Regiment
               2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment
               6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
               9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
               11th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
               17th Vermont Infantry Regiment
          Acting Engineers:
               7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
     3rd Division: Brigadier General O.B.Willcox
          1st Brigade: Colonel J.F.Hartranft
               8th Michigan Infantry Regiment
               27th Michigan Infantry Regiment
                    1st & 2nd Michigan Sharpshooter Companies
               109th New York Infantry Regiment
               13th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (dismounted)               
               51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
               37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
               38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (1 bn)
          2nd Brigade: Colonel W.Humphrey
               1st Michigan Sharpshooters 
               2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment
               20th Michigan Infantry Regiment
               24th New York Cavalry Regiment (dismounted)
               46th New York Infantry Regiment
               60th Ohio Infantry Regiment
                    9th & 10th Ohio Sharpshooter Companies
               50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
          Acting Engineers
               17th Michigan Infantry Regiment
Cavalry :
     Gregg's Division:
          1st Brigade: Colonel W. Stedman
               1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
               1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment
               14th New York Cavalry Regiment
               6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
               1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     Kautz's Division:
          2nd Brigade: Colonel S.P.Spear
               1st District of Columbia Cavalry Regiment          
               11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

(Order of Battle From the George Nafziger Collection)2

Source:

  1. U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of
    Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1882
  2. George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection
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