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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 8-21, 1864

Commanded by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock

 Escort
1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M Captain John H. Hazelton
 First Division Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow
1st Brigade Colonel Nelson A. Miles
26th Michigan Infantry Major Lemuel Saviers
61st New York Infantry Lt. Colonel K. Oscar Broady
81st Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel H. Boyd McKeen
140th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel John Fraser
183rd Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel George P. McLean
2nd Brigade (Irish Brigade) Colonel Thomas A. Smyth
28th Massachusetts Infantry Lt. Colonel George W. Cartwright
63rd New York Infantry Major Thomas Touhy (mw)
69th New York Infantry Captain Richard Moroney
88th New York Infantry Captain Dennis F. Burke
116th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Richard C. Dale
3rd Brigade Colonel Paul Frank
39th New York Infantry Colonel Augustus Funk
52nd New York Infantry Major Henry M. Carples
57th New York Infantry*
111th New York Infantry Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall
125th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Aaron B. Meyer
126th New York Infantry Captain Winfield Scott
4th Brigade Colonel John R. Brooke
2nd Delaware Infantry Colonel William P. Baily
64th New York Infantry Major Leman W. Bradley
66th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel John S. Hammell
53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Richards McMichael
145th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Hiram L. Brown
148th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel James A. Beaver
 Second Division Brigadier General John Gibbon
1st Brigade Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb (w)
Colonel H. Boyd McKeen



19th Maine Infantry Colonel Selden Connor
1st Massachusetts Sharpshooter Co. Lt. Samuel G. Gilbreth
15th Massachusetts Infantry Major I. Harris Hooper
19th Massachusetts Infantry Major Edmund Rice
20th Massachusetts Infantry
7th Michigan Infantry Major Sylvanus W. Curtis
42nd New York Infantry Major Patrick J. Downing
59th New York Infantry Captain William McFadden
82nd New York Infantry Colonel Henry W. Hudson
2nd Brigade Brigadier General Joshua T. Owen
152nd New York Infantry Lt. Colonel George W. Thompson
69th Pennsylvania Infantry Major William Davis
71st Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Charles Kochersperger
72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel DeWitt C. Baxter
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Captain Robert H. Ford
3rd Brigade Colonel Samuel S. Carroll
Col Theodore G. Ellis
14th Connecticut Infantry Colonel Theodore Ellis (^)
1st Delaware Infantry Lt. Colonel Daniel Woodall
14th Indiana Infantry Colonel John Coons
12th New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel Thomas H. Davis
10th New York Battalion Captain George M. Dewey
108th New York Infantry Colonel Charles J. Powers
4th Ohio Infantry Lt. Colonel Leonard W. Carpenter
8th Ohio Infantry Lt. Colonel Franklin Sawyer
7th West Virginia Infantry Lt. Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood
Provost Guard
2nd Minnesota Sharpshooter Company Captain Mahlon Black
Third Division Major General David B. Birney
1st Brigade Brigadier General J.H. Hobart Ward (rel. 5/12)
Colonel Thomas W. Egan
20th Indiana Infantry Colonel William C.L. Taylor
3rd Maine Infantry Colonel Moses B. Lakeman
40th New York Infantry Colonel Thomas W. Egan (^)
86th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Jacob H. Lansing
124th New York Infantry Colonel Franics M. Cummins
99th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Edwin R. Biles
110th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Isaac Rogers
141st Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Guy H. Watkins
2nd United States Sharpshooters Lt. Colonel Homer R. Stoughton
2nd Brigade Colonel John S. Crocker
4th Maine Infantry Colonel Elijah Walker
17th Maine Infantry Colonel George W. West
3rd Michigan Infantry Colonel Byron R. Pierce
5th Michigan Infantry Lt. Colonel John Pulford
93rd New York Infantry Colonel John S. Crocker (^)
Major Samuel McConihe
57th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Peter Sides
63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel William S. Kirkwood (mw)
Captain James F. Ryan
105th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Calvin A. Craig
1st United States Sharpshooters Major Charles P. Mattocks
Fourth Division Brigadier General Gersham Mott
1st Brigade Colonel Robert McAllister
1st Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen
16th Massachusetts Infantry Lt. Colonel Waldo Merriam
5th New Jersey Infantry Colonel William J. Sewell
6th New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson
7th New Jersey Infantry Major Frederick Cooper
8th New Jersey Infantry Colonel John Ramsey
11th New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel John Schoonover
26th Pennsylvania Infantry Major Samuel G. Moffett
115th Pennsylvania Infantry Major William A. Reilly
2nd Brigade Colonel William R. Brewster
11th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel William E. Blaisdell
70th New York Infantry Captain William H. Hugo
71st New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Thomas Rafferty
72nd New York Infantry Lt. Colonel John Leonard
73rd New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Michael W. Burns
74th New York Infantry Colonel Thomas Holt
120th New York Infantry Captain Abram L. Lockwood
84th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Milton Opp
Artillery Brigade Colonel John C. Tidball
6th Maine Battery Captain Edwin B. Dow
10th Massachusetts Battery Captain J. Henry Sleeper
1st New Hampshire Battery Captain Frederick M. Edgell
1st New York, Battery G Captain Nelson Ames
4th New York Heavy, 3rd Battalion Lt. Colonel Thomas Alcock
1st Pennsylvania, Battery F Captain Bruce R. Ricketts
Rhode Island Battery A Colonel William A. Arnold
Rhode Island Battery B Captain Thomas F. Brown
4th United States, Battery K LieutenantJohn W. Roder
5th United States, Batteries C&I Lieutenant James Gilliss

Notes: * the 57th New York was on provost duty in Fredericksburg