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865ds: Union Forces Cavalry Commanded by P.H.Sheridan 30 April 1865

                          Union Forces
                Cavalry Commanded by P.H.Sheridan
                          30 April 18651

Commanding General: Major General P.H.Sheridan

Army of the Shenandoah:
lst Division: Brigadier General T.C.Devin (l92/3,338)
     lst Brigade: Colonel P.Stagg
          lst Michigan Cavalry Regiment
          5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
          6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
          7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment
     2nd Brigade: Colonel C.L.Fitzhugh
          6th New York Cavalry Regiment
          9th New York Cavalry Regiment
          l9th New York (lst Dragoons) Cavalry Regiment
          l7th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
          20th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     3rd Brigade: Brigadier General A.Gibbs
          2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
          6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
          lst U.S.Cavalry Regiment
          5th U.S.Cavalry Regiment
          6th U.S.Cavalry Regiment
          4th U.S.Artillery, Batteries C & E
3rd Division: Bvt. Major General G.A.Custer (208/4,556)
     lst Brigade: Colonel A.C.M.Pennington
          lst Connecticut Cavalry Regiment
          3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment
          2nd New York Cavalry Regiment
          2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment
     2nd Brigade: Colonel W.Wells
          3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment (2 cos)
          8th New York Cavalry Regiment
          l5th New York Cavalry Regiment
          22nd New York Cavalry Regiment
          lst Vermont Cavalry Regiment
     3rd Brigade: Colonel H.Capehart
          lst New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Regiment
          lst West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
          2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
          3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment

Army of the Potomac:
2nd Division: Major General G.Crook (220/2,7l5)
     lst Brigade: Brigadier General H.E.Davies
          lst New Jersey Cavalry Regiment
          l0th New York Cavalry Regiment
          24th New York Cavalry Regiment
          lst Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment (5 cos)
     2nd Brigade: Bvt. Brig. Gen. J.I.Gregg
          4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
          8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
          l6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

          2lst Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
     3rd Brigade: Bvt. Brig. Gen. C.H.Smith
          lst Maine Cavalry Regiment
          2nd New York Mounted Rifles
          6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
          l3th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
     Artillery:
          2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery A          

(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. 1880-1901
  2. George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection
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