Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
- Bvt = Brevet
Other
[edit]- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Shenandoah
[edit]MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding
V Corps
[edit]MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
| 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Second Division
| 1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Third Division
| 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
|
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Cavalry Corps
[edit]Bvt MG Wesley Merritt
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
| 1st Brigade
|
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
|
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Second Division
| 1st Brigade
|
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2nd Brigade
|
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3rd Brigade
|
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Artillery | Horse Artillery |
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Third Division
| 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
|
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3rd Brigade
|
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Mackenzie's Cavalry Division[2] | 1st Brigade
|
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2nd Brigade
|
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Artillery |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Equipped and serving as infantry.
- ^ Temporarily attached from the Army of the James.
References
[edit]- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.