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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 8-21, 1864

Commanded by:
Major General John Sedgwick
(k 5/9)
Major General Horatio G. Wright

Corps escort
8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co. A Captain Charles E. Fellows
First Division Brigadier General Horatio Wright (^ 5/9)
Brigadier General David A. Russell
First Brigade Colonel Henry W. Brown
Colonel William H. Penrose
1st New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel William Henry, Jr.
2nd New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel Charles Wiebecke (k)
3rd New Jersey Infantry Captain Samuel T. DuBois
4th New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel Sharles Ewing
10th New Jersey Infantry
15th New Jersey Infantry Colonel William H. Penrose
Second Brigade Colonel Emory Upton (w)
5th Maine Infantry Colonel Clark S, Edwards
121st New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Egbert Olcott
95th Pennsylvania Infantry
96th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel William H. Lessig
Third Brigade Brigadier General David A. Russell (^ 5/9)
Brigadier General Henry L. Eustis
6th Maine Infantry Major George Fuller
49th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Thomas M. Hulings
119th Pennsylvania Infantry Major Henry P. Truefitt
5th Wisconsin Infantry Lt. Colonel Theodore B. Catlin
Fourth Brigade Colonel Nelson Cross
65th New York Infantry Colonel Joseph E. Hamblin
67th New York Infantry
122nd New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Augustus W. Dwight
82nd Pennsylvania Infantry (det.)
Second Division Brigadier General Thomas Neill
First Brigade Brigadier General Frank Wheaton
62nd New York Infantry Colonel James H. Walbridge
93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel John S. Long
98th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel John F. Ballier
102nd Pennsylvania Infantry
139th Pennsylvania Infantry Lt. Colonel William H. Moody
Second Brigade Colonel Lewis A. Grant
1st Vermont Heavy Artillery* Colonel James M. Warner
2nd Vermont Infantry
3rd Vermont Infantry Colonel Thomas O. Seaver
4th Vermont Infantry Colonel George P. Foster
5th Vermont Infantry Lt. Colonel John R. Lewis
6th Vermont Infantry
Third Brigade Colonel Daniel D. Bidwell
7th Maine Infantry Colonel Edwin C. Mason
43rd New York Infantry
49th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel George Johnson
77th New York Infantry Major Nathan S. Babcock
61st Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel George F. Smith
Fourth Brigade Brigadier General Henry L. Eustis (to 1 Div.)
Colonel Oliver Edwards
7th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Thomas D. Johns
10th Massachusetts Infantry Lt. Colonel Joseph B. Parsons
37th Massachusetts Infantry Colonel Oliver Edwards (^)
2nd Rhode Island Infantry Lt. Colonel Samuel B.M. Read
Third Division Brigadier General James R. Ricketts
First Brigade Brigadier General William H. Morris (w)
Colonel John W. Schall
Colonel William Truex
(from 5/14)
14th New Jersey Infantry Lt. Colonel Caldwell K. Hall
106th New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Charles Townsend
151st New York Infantry Lt. Colonel Thomas M. Fay
87th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel John W. Schall (^)
10th Vermont Infantry Lt. Colonel William W. Henry
Second Brigade Colonel Benjamin F. Smith
6th Maryland Infantry Colonel John W. Horn
110th Ohio Infantry
122nd Ohio Infantry Colonel William H. Ball
126th Ohio Infantry Colonel Benjamin F. Smith
67th Pennsylvania Infantry (det.) Captain George W. Guss
138th Pennsylvania Infantry Colonel Matthew R. McClennan
Artillery Brigade Colonel Charles H. Thompkins
4th Maine Battery Lieutenant Melville C. Kimball
1st Massachusetts Battery Captain William H. McCartney
1st New York independent Battery Captain Andrew Cowan
3rd New York independent Battery Captain William A. Harn
4th New York Heavy, 1st Battalion Major Thomas D. Sears
Rhode Island Battery C Captain Richard Waterman
Rhode Island Battery E Captain William B. Rhodes
Rhode Island Battery G Captain George W. Adams
5th United States Artillery, Battery M Captain James McKnight

Notes: *The 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery arrived from the Defenses of Washington on May 14