The Armies at The Crater

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Note: The Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864 during the Petersburg Campaign involved only a portion of the troops in the earthworks around the city. This list only includes the units that were actively engaged.

Confederate Units

Union units are listed below

Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Johnson’s Division – Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson

Elliott’s Brigade  – Brigadier General Stephen Elliott, Jr. (w), Colonel Fitz W. McMaster

17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Fitz W. McMaster (^), Major John R. Culp
18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Captain R.H. Glenn
22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel David G. Flemming (k), Captain James N. Shedd
23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Captain E.R. White (w)
26th South Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel Alexander D. Smith

Ransom’s Brigade – Colonel Lee M. McAfee

24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel William J. Clark
25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Major William S. Grady (mw)
35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel James T. Johnson
49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel John A. Flemming (k), Major James T. Davis
56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Captain Lawson Harrill

Wise’s Brigade – Colonel J. Thomas Goode

26th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain Napoleon B. Street
34th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Major John R. Bagby
46th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain George Norris
59th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain Henry Wood (w)

Clingman’s Brigade (temporarily attached)

61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment – Colonel James D. Radcliffe

Artillery

Branch’s Artillery Battalion – Major James C. Coit

Halifax (Va.) Light Artillery – Captain Samuel T. Wright
Petersburg (Va.) Light Artillery – Captain Richard G. Pegram

Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Anderson’s Division – Brigadier General William Mahone

Mahone’s Brigade – Colonel David Weisiger (w), Colonel George T. Rogers

6th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Colonel George T. Rogers (^), Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Williamson
12th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Captain Richard W. Jones
16th Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Richard O. Whitehead
41st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Major William H. Etheridge
61st Virginia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel William H. Stewart

Wilcox’s Brigade – Colonel John C.C. Sanders

8th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Captain M.W. Mordecai
9th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Colonel J. Horace King
10th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Captain W.L. Brewster
11th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel George E. Tayloe
14th Alabama Infantry Regiment – Captain Elias Folk (k)

Wright’s Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Matthew R. Hall

3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Clairnorne Snead
22nd Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel George H. Jones
48th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Reuben W. Carswell
64th Georgia Infantry Regiment – Colonel John W. Evans (w)

Third Corps Artillery

Pegram’s Artillery Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel William Pegram

Crenshaw’s (Va.) Light Artillery – Captain Thomas Ellett
Letcher (Va.) Light Artillery – Captain Thomas A. Brander

First Corps Artillery (temporarily attached)

Haskell’s Artillery Battalion – Major John Haskell

Branch (NC) Light Artillery – Captain Henry G. Flanner
Nelson’s (Va.) Light Artillery – Captain James N. Lamkin

13th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion – Major Wade H. Gibbs (w)

Company A (Otey Battery) – Captain David N. Walker
Company B (Ringgold Battery) – Captain Crisin Dickenson
Company C (Davidson’s Battery) – Captain John H. Chamberlayne
Mortar Battery (from Cos. A&B) – Lieutenant Jack Langhorne

Federal Units

Ninth Army Corps – Major General Ambrose Burnside

Provost Guard

8th United States Infantry Regiment – Captain Milton Cogswell

First Division

Brigadier General James H. Ledlie

First Brigade Brigadier – General William F. Bartlett (c), Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Barnes

21st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Captain William H. Clark (mw)
29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Barnes (^), Captain Willard D. Tripp
56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Colonel Stephen M. Weld (c), Captain Charles D. Lamb
57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Major Albert Prescott (k), Captain Edson A. Dresser (k), Lieutenant Albert Doty
59th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Colonel Jacob P. Gould (mw), Lieutenant Colonel John Hodges (k), Captain Ezra P. Gould
100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Major Thomas J. Hamilton (mw), Captain Walter Oliver (k), Captain Joseph H. Pentecost

Second Brigade – Colonel Elisha Marshall (c), Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson

3rd Maryland Infantry (4 companies) – Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson (^), Captain David J. Weaver
14th New York Heavy Artillery – Major Charles Chipman
179th New York Infantry (7 companies) – Major John Barton (k), Captain Albert A. Terrill
2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery – Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin G. Barney (w), Captain James Haig

Acting engineers

35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Captain Clifton A. Blanchard

Second Division – Brigadier General Robert B. Potter

First Brigade – Colonel Zenas Bliss

36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Captain Thaddeus L. Barker
58th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment – Catain Charles E. Churchill
2nd New York Mounted Rifles – Colonel John Fisk
45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Captain Theodore Gregg
48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants
4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment – Colonel George W. Field (k), Major James T.P. Bucklin

Second Brigade – Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin

31st Maine Infantry Regiment – Captain James Dean
32nd Maine Infantry Regiment – Captain Joseph B. Hammond
2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment – Captain James H. Wilson
6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment – Captain Samuel G. Goodwin
9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment – Captain John B. Cooper
11th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment – Captain Arthur C. Locke
17th Vermont Infantry Regiment – Captain Lyman E. Knap

Acting engineers

7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment – Captain Percy Daniels

Third Division – Brigadier General Orlando B. Wilcox

First Brigade – Brigadier General John F. Hartranft

8th Michigan Infantry Regiment – Major Horatio Belcher
27th Michigan Infantry Regiment (1st & 2nd Michigan Sharpshooter Companies attached) – Captain Edward S. Leadbetter
109th New York Infantry Regiment – Colonel Issac S. Catlin (w), Captain Edwin Evans
13th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (dismounted) – Colonel Noah H. Nixon
51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Major Lane S. Hart
37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment – Colonel Samuel Harriman
38th Wisconsin Infantry (5 companies) – Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier

Second Brigade – Colonel William Humphrey

1st Michigan Sharpshooter Regiment – Colonel Charles V. DeLand
2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment – Colonel Ebenezer C. Tulloch
20th Michigan Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Byron C. Tulloch
24th New York Cavalry Regiment (dismounted) – Lieutenant Colonel Walter Newberry
46th New York Infantry Regiment – Captain Alphons Serviere
60th Ohio Infantry Regiment (9th & 10th Ohio Sharpshooter Companies attached) – Major Martin Avery
50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Overton, Jr.

Acting engineers

17th Michigan Infantry Regiment – Colonel Constant Luce

Fourth Division – Brigadier General Edward Ferrero

First Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Joshua L. Sigfried

27th United States Colored Troops – Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Wright
30th United States Colored Troops – Colonel Delavan Bates
39th United States Colored Troops – Colonel Ozora P. Stearns
43rd United States Colored Troops (7 companies) – Captain Jesse Wilkinson

Second Brigade  – Colonel Henry G. Thomas

19th United States Colored Troops (28th United States Colored Troops attached) – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Perkins
23rd United States Colored Troops – Colonel Cleaveland J. Campbell (w)
29th United States Colored Troops – Major T. Jefferson Brown
31st United States Colored Troops – Captain Thomas Wright

Artillery Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel J. Albert Monroe

2nd Battery Maine Light Artillery – Captain James A. Hall
3rd Battery Maine Light Artillery – Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo
7th Battery Maine Light Artillery – Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell
11th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery – Captain Edward J. Jones
14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery – Captain Joseph W.B. Wright
19th Battery New York Light Artillery – Captain Edward W. Rogers
27th Battery New York Light Artillery – Captain John B. Eaton
34th Battery New York Light Artillery – Captain Jacob Roermer
Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery D – Captain George W. Durrell
3rd Battery Vermont Light Artillery – Captain Romeo H. Start
Mortar Battery – Captain Benjamin F. Smiley

Tenth Corps (part)

Second Division – Brigadier General John W. Turner

First Brigade Colonel – Newton M. Curtis

3rd New York Infantry Regiment – Captain George W. Warren
112th New York Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel John F. Smith
117th New York Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Daggett
142nd New York Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Albert M. Barney

Second Brigade Lieutenant – Colonel William B. Coan

47th New York Infantry Regiment – Captain Charles A. Moore
48th New York Infantry Regiment – Major Samuel M. Swartout (k), Captain Joseph Taylor
76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment  – Major William S. Diller
97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment  – Captain Isaiah Price

Third Brigade Colonel Lewis Bell

13th Indiana Infantry (3 companies) – Lieutenant Samuel M. Zent
9th Maine Infantry Regiment – Captain Robert J. Grey
4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment – Captain Joseph M. Clough (w), Captain Frank W. Parker
115th New York Infantry Regiment – Lieutenant Colonel Nathan J. Johnson
169th New York Infantry Regiment – Major James A. Colvin