Battle of the Wilderness order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization May 5, 1864, the casualty returns and the reports.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Forces operating against Richmond

LTG Ulysses S. Grant, General-in-Chief, Union Armies

Escort:

• 5th United States Cavalry, Companies B, F and K: Cpt Julius W. Mason

IX Corps

MG Ambrose Burnside

• Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke

Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

General Staff:

• Chief of Staff: MG Andrew A. Humphreys
• Assistant Adjutant General: BG Seth Williams
• Chief Quartermaster: BG Rufus Ingalls

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard: BG Marsena R. Patrick

• 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D: Cpt Edward A. Flint
• 80th New York (20th Militia): Col Theodore B. Gates
• 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj James W. Walsh
• 68th Pennsylvania: Ltc Robert E. Winslow
• 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis

Engineer Troops:

• 50th New York Engineers (11 Companies): Ltc Ira Spaulding
• Battalion United States Engineers: Cpt George H. Mendell

Guards and Orderlies:

• Independent Company Oneida (New York) Cavalry: Cpt Daniel P. Mann

II Corps

MG Winfield S. Hancock

Escort:

• 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M: Cpt John H. Hazelton

V Corps

MG Gouverneur K. Warren

Provost Guard:

• 12th New York Battalion: Maj Henry W. Ryder

VI Corps

MG John Sedgwick

Escort:

• 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A: Cpt Charles E. Fellows

Cavalry Corps

MG Philip H. Sheridan

Escort:

• 6th United States: Cpt Ira W. Claflin (Headquarter)
• 8th Illinois (detachment): Lt William W. Long (Third Division)

Artillery

BG Henry J. Hunt

See also

• Spotsylvania Court House Union order of battle
• Cold Harbor Union order of battle

Notes

References

• Rhea, Gordon C. The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994.
• 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. Volume XXXVI Part I