The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 8âÂÂ21, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Forces operating against Richmond May 8âÂÂ16, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies
Escort:
IX Corps
MG Ambrose E. Burnside
Army of the Potomac
MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
V Corps
MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
VI Corps
MG John Sedgwick (k) <br> BG Horatio G. Wright <br> Escort:
Cavalry Corps
MG Philip H. Sheridan
Escort:
Artillery
BG Henry J. Hunt
Forces operating against Richmond May 17âÂÂ21, 1864
LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union armies
Escort:
IX Corps
MG Ambrose E. Burnside
Army of the Potomac
MG George G. Meade
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick
Engineer Troops:
Guards and Orderlies:
- Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry
II Corps
MG Winfield S. Hancock
Escort:
- 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M
V Corps
MG Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard:
VI Corps
BG Horatio G. Wright <br> Escort:
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A
Cavalry
Artillery
See also
Notes
References
- Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
- Rhea, Gordon C. To The North Anna River: Grant and Lee May 13–25, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
- 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.