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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 8-21, 1864

Commanded by Major General Gouverneur K. Warren

Headquarters escort
12th New York Battalion Major Henry W. Rider
First Division Brigadier General Charles Griffin
First Brigade Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayers
140th New York Infantry Colonel George Ryan
146th New York Infantry Captain James Grindlay (to Major 5/18)
91st Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Joseph H. Sinex
155th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel Alfred L. Pearson
2nd United States Infantry
Companies B,C,F,H,I&K
Captain James W. Long
11th United States Infantry
1st Battalion, Companies B,C,D,E,F&G
Captain Francis M. Cooley
12th United States Infantry
1st Battalion,Companies A,B,C,D&G;
2nd Battalion, Companies A,C, D, F&H
Major Luther B. Bruen
14th United States Infantry 1st Battalion Captain Edward McK. Hudson
17th United States Infantry
1st Battalion, Companies A,C,D,G&H,
2nd Battalion, Companies A,B&C
Captain James F. Grimes
Second Brigade Colonel Jacob B. Sweitzer
9th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Patrick R. Guiney
22nd Massachusetts Infantry Colonel William S. Tilton
32nd Massachusetts Infantry Colonel George L. Prescott
4th Michigan Infantry Lt. Colonel George W. Lumbard
62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel James C. Hull
Third Brigade Brigadier General Joseph J. Bartlett
20th Maine Infantry Major Elias Spear
18th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Joseph Hayes
1st Michigan Infantry Lt. Colonel William A. Throop
16th Michigan Infantry MAjor Robert T. Elliott
44th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Freeman Conner
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward (w)
118th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel James Gwynn
Second Division Brigadier General John C. Robinson (w 5/8)
Colonel Richard Coulter
temporarily
disbanded 5/9
First Brigade Colonel Samuel H. Leonard
Colonel Peter Lyle (from 5/6)
temporarily to
4th Div,, 5/9
16th Maine Infantry Colonel Charles W. Tilden
13th Massachusetts Infantry Captain Charles H. Hovey
39th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Phineas S. Davis
104th New York Infantry Colonel Gilbert G. Prey
90th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Peter Lyle
107th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Thomas F. McCoy
Second Brigade Brigadier General Joshua T. Owen temporarily to
3rd Div., 5/9
12th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel James L. Bates
83rd New York Infantry
97th New York Infantry
11th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Richard Coulter (^)
88th Pennsylvania Infantry Captain George B. Rhoads
Third Brigade Colonel Andrew W. Dennison (w)
Col Charles E. Phelps (c)
Col Richard N. Bowerman
1st Maryland Infantry Major Benjamin H. Schley
4th Maryland Infantry Colonel Richard N. Bowerman (^)
7th Maryland Infantry Colonel Charles E. Phelps (^)
8th Maryland Infantry Lt. Colonel John G. Johannes
Third Division Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
First Brigade Colonel William McCandless (w)
Colonel William C. Talley (c)
Colonel Wellington H. Ent
Colonel Samuel M. Jackson



1st Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel William C. Talley (^)
2nd Pennsylvania Reserves Lt. Colonel Patrick McDonough
6th Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel Wellington H. Ent (^)
7th Pennsylvania Reserves Captain Samuel King
11th Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel Samuel M. Jackson (^)
13th Pennsylvania Reserves Major William R. Hartshorne
Third Brigade (there was no Second) Colonel Joseph W. Fisher
5th Pennsylvania Reserves Lt. Colonel Alfred Smith
8th Pennsylvania Reserves* Colonel Silas M. Baily
10th Pennsylvania Reserves Lieutenant Colonel Ira Ayer
12th Pennsylvania Reserves Major Charles Barnes
Fourth Division Brigadier General Lysander Cutler
First Brigade Colonel William W. Robinson
7th Indiana Infantry Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen
19th Indiana Infantry Lt. Colonel Walso Merriam
24th Michigan Infantry Colonel William J. Sewell
1st New York Sharpshooter Bn. Lt. Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Major Frederick Cooper
6th Wisconsin Infantry Colonel John Ramsey
7th Wisconsin Infantry Colonel William W. Robinson
Second Brigade Brigadier General James C. Rice (k)
Colonel Edward B. Fowler
76th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel John E. Cook
84th New York Infantry Colonel Edward B. Fowler (^)
95th New York Infantry Colonel Edward Pye
147th New York Infantry Colonel Francis C. Miller
56th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel J. William Hofman
Third Brigade Colonel Edward S. Bragg
121st Pennsylvania Infantry Captain Samuel T. Lloyd
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Major Horatio N. Warren
143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Edmund L. Dana
149th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel John Irvin
150th Pennsylvania Infantry Captain George W. Jones
Artillery Brigade Colonel Charles S. Wainwright
Massachusetts Battery C Captain Augustus P. Martin
Massachusetts Battery E Captain Charles A. Phillips
1st New York, Battery D Captain George B. Winslow
1st New York, Batteries E&L Lieutenant George Breck
1st New York, Battery H Captain Charles E. Mink
4th New York Heavy, 2nd Battalion Major William Arthur
1st Pennsylvania, Battery B Captain James H. Cooper
4th United States, Battery B Lieutenant James Stewart
5th United States, Batterry D Lieutenant Benjamin F. Rittenhouse

Note: The 8th Pennsylvania Reserves left the army to muster out 5/15