Battle of Hanover Court House order of battle explained

The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Hanover Court House of the American Civil War.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Confederate

BG Lawrence O'Bryan Branch

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Branch's Brigade
  • 7th North Carolina
  • 18th North Carolina
  • 28th North Carolina
  • 33rd North Carolina
  • 37th North Carolina
Attached Units
  • 45th Georgia
  • 12th North Carolina
  • 4th Virginia Cavalry (detachment)
  • Latham's North Carolina Battery

Union

V Corps

BG Fitz John Porter

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First Division
    BG George W. Morell
1st Brigade  BG John H. Martindale
  • 2nd Maine
  • 18th Massachusetts
  • 22nd Massachusetts
  • 13th New York
  • 25th New York
  • 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
2nd Brigade  Col James McQuade
  • 9th Massachusetts
  • 4th Michigan
  • 14th New York
  • 62nd Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade  BG Daniel Butterfield
Artillery  Cpt Charles Griffin
  • Battery C, Massachusetts Light
  • Battery E, Massachusetts Light
  • Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light
  • Battery D, 5th United States
Sharpshooters  Col Hiram Berdan
  • 1st United States Sharpshooters
Second Division
    BG George Sykes
1st Brigade  Ltc Robert C. Buchanan
2nd Brigade  Ltc William Chapman
3rd Brigade  Col Gouverneur K. Warren
  • 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery [as infantry]
  • 5th New York
Artillery  Cpt Stephen H. Weed
  • Battery L, 3rd United States
  • Battery M, 3rd United States
  • Battery I, 5th United States
Cavalry  BG William H. Emory

See also

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