Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union explained

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

Military rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Bvt = Brevet

Other

Army of the Shenandoah

See main article: Union Army of the Shenandoah. MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps

See main article: V Corps (Union Army).

MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division Bvt MG Charles Griffin Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett Escort: 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Co. C): 104th New York	1st Brigade BG Joshua Chamberlain	185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory	187th New York: Ltc Daniel Meyers 188th New York: Ltc Isaac Doolittle 189th New York: Ltc Joseph G. Townsend
	3rd Brigade Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson	20th Maine: Ltc Walter Goodale Morrill 1st Maine Sharpshooters: Cpt George R. Abbott 32nd Massachusetts: Ltc James A. Cunningham 1st Michigan: Ltc George Lockley 16th Michigan: Bvt Col Benjamin F. Partridge 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Chauncey P. Rogers 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Eli G. Sellers 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry O'Neill 155th Pennsylvania: Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson, Maj John A. Kline
Second Division Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres	1st Brigade Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (k) Col James G. Grindlay	61st Massachusetts: Ltc Charles F. Walcott 5th New York: Cpt Henry Schickhardt 15th New York Heavy Artillery:^[1] Ltc Michael Wiedrich (w), Maj Louis Eiche 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis 2nd U.S.: 8th U.S.: 11th U.S.: 12th U.S.: 14th U.S.: 17th U.S.:
	2nd Brigade Col Richard N. Bowerman (w) Col David L. Stanton	1st Maryland: Col David L. Stanton 4th Maryland: Maj Harrison Aderon 7th Maryland: Maj Edward M. Mobley 8th Maryland: Ltc Ernest F. M. Faehtz
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG James Gwyn	3rd Delaware: Cpt John H. Cade 4th Delaware: Cpt William H. Maclary (k), Ltc Moses B. Gist 8th Delaware (3 companies): Cpt John N. Richards 190th Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee 191st Pennsylvania: Col James Carle 210th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward L. Witman
Third Division Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford	1st Brigade Col John Azor Kellogg	91st New York: Col Jonathan Tarbell 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion: 91st Pennsylvania: 149th Pennsylvania: 150th Pennsylvania: 6th Wisconsin: Cpt Edward A. Whaley (w), Cpt Louis A. Kent 7th Wisconsin: Ltc Hollon Richardson (w)
	2nd Brigade BG Henry Baxter	16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden 39th Massachusetts: Ltc Henry M. Tremlett 97th New York: Ltc Rouse Eglston 11th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Overmyer 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG Richard Coulter	94th New York: Maj Henry H. Fish (k), Cpt Albert T. Morgan 95th New York: Cpt George T. Knight 147th New York: Cpt James A. McKinley 56th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 88th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 121st Pennsylvania: Maj West Funk 142nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Horatio N. Warren

Cavalry Corps

Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Thomas Devin	1st Brigade Col Peter Stagg	1st Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George R. Maxwell (w), Cpt Edward L. Negus 5th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Harvey H. Vinton 7th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George G. Briggs
	2nd Brigade Col Charles Lane Fitzhugh	6th New York Cavalry: Maj Harrison White 9th New York Cavalry: Maj James R. Dinnin 19th New York Cavalry: Maj Howard M. Smith 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Coe Durland 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Gabriel Middleton
	3rd Brigade BG Alfred Gibbs	2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Caspar Crowninshield 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Charles L. Leiper 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord 5th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Thomas Drummond (k), Lt Gustuvus Urban 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Robert N. Morris
Second Division MG George Crook	1st Brigade Bvt MG Henry Eugene Davies	1st New Jersey Cavalry: Col Hugh H. Janeway 10th New York Cavalry: Col Mathew Henry Avery 24th New York Cavalry: Col Walter C. Newberry, Ltc Melze Richards 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Hampton S. Thomas
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG John I. Gregg	4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG Charles H. Smith	1st Maine Cavalry: Ltc John P. Cilley 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Maj Paul Chadbourne 6th Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Matthew H. Cryer 13th Ohio Cavalry: Ltc Stephen R. Clark
Artillery	Horse Artillery	1st U.S., Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 1st U.S., Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 2nd U.S., Battery A: Lt James H. Lord
Third Division Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer	1st Brigade Col Alexander C. M. Pennington	1st Connecticut Cavalry: Col Brayton Ives 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc William P. Robeson (w) 2nd New York Cavalry: Col Alanson Merwin Randol 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Albert Barnitz
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG William Wells	3rd Indiana Cavalry: 8th New York Cavalry: Maj James Bliss 15th New York Cavalry: Col John J. Coppinger 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc Josiah Hall
	3rd Brigade Col Henry Capehart	1st New York Cavalry: Ltc Jenyns C. Batterysby 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Shesh B. Howe 2nd West Virginia Cavalry (7 companies): Ltc James Allen 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Maj John S. Witcher
Mackenzie's Cavalry Division^[2] BG Ranald S. Mackenzie	1st Brigade Col Robert M. West	20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz
	2nd Brigade Col Samuel P. Spear (w) Col Andrew W. Evans	1st District of Columbia Cavalry: Maj J. Stannard Baker 1st Maryland Cavalry: Col Andrew W. Evans 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Franklin A. Stratton
	Artillery	4th Wisconsin: Cpt Dorman L. Noggle

See also

Virginia in the American Civil War

References

Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .
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.

Notes and References

Equipped and serving as infantry.
Temporarily attached from the Army of the James.