The following Union Army units and commanders were the initial structure on April 4, 1862 of the Union Department of the Potomac during the Peninsula campaign of the American Civil War. This list includes units deployed to the Virginia Peninsula, and those that remained in the Washington area.[1] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
See main article: Army of the Potomac. The following units were the initial organization of the Army of the Potomac on the peninsula.
MG George B. McClellan, Commanding
Headquarters and Body Guard
Provost Guard
Col Randolph B. Marcy, Chief of Staff
Maj Granville O. Haller, Commandant of General Headquarters
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Adjutant BG Seth Williams |
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Inspector General Col Delos B. Sackett |
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Engineers BG John G. Barnard |
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Topographical Engineers BG Andrew A. Humphreys |
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Medical Corps Charles S. Tripler | Surgeons and Nurses |
Quartermaster Maj Stewart Van Vliet |
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Commissary Col Henry F. Clarke |
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Ordnance Cpt Charles P. Kingsbury |
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Provost-Marshal BG Andrew Porter |
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Judge Advocate Col Thomas T. Gantt |
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Signal Corps Maj Albert J. Myer |
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Telegraphic Office Maj Thomas Eckert |
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Balloon Corps Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe |
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Personal Staff |
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See main article: II Corps (ACW). BG Edwin Sumner, Commanding
Ltc Joseph H. Taylor, Adjutant
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First Division | First Brigade BG Oliver O. Howard |
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Second Brigade BG Thomas Francis Meagher |
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Third Brigade BG William H. French |
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Artillery |
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Second Division BG John Sedgwick | First Brigade BG Willis A. Gorman |
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Second Brigade BG William Wallace Burns | ||||
Third Brigade BG Napoleon J.T. Dana |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry reserve | Unbrigaded |
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See main article: III Corps (ACW). BG Samuel P. Heintzelman, Commanding
Cpt Chauncey McKeever, Chief of Staff
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First Division BG Fitz John Porter | First Brigade BG John H. Martindale |
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Second Brigade BG George W. Morell |
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Third Brigade BG Daniel Butterfield |
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Artillery Cpt Charles Griffin |
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Second Division BG Joseph Hooker | First Brigade BG Henry Morris Naglee |
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Second Brigade BG Daniel Sickles |
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Third Brigade ("2nd New Jersey Brigade") Col Samuel H. Starr |
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Artillery Cpt Norman J. Hall |
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Third Division BG Charles Smith Hamilton | First Brigade Col Charles D. Jameson |
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Second Brigade BG David B. Birney |
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Third Brigade BG Hiram G. Berry | ||||
Artillery Cpt James Thompson |
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Cavalry reserve | Unbrigaded | |||
See main article: IV Corps (ACW). BG Erasmus D. Keyes, Commanding
Ltc Charles C. Suydam
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First Division BG Darius N. Couch | First Brigade Col Henry Shaw Briggs |
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Second Brigade BG Lawrence P. Graham |
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Third Brigade BG John J. Peck |
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Artillery |
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Second Division BG W.F. "Baldy" Smith | First Brigade BG Winfield Scott Hancock |
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Second Brigade BG William T.H. Brooks |
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Third Brigade BG John Davidson |
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Artillery Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres |
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Third Division BG Silas Casey | First Brigade Col William W.H. Davis |
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Second Brigade BG William High Keim |
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Third Brigade BG Innis N. Palmer |
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Artillery Col Guilford D. Bailey |
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Cavalry Reserve | Unbrigaded |
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Cavalry BG Philip St. George Cooke | First Brigade BG William H. Emory |
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Second Brigade Col George A.H. Blake |
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Artillery Col Henry J. Hunt | Horse Artillery Brigade
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Second Brigade Ltc George W. Getty |
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Third Brigade Maj Albert Arndt |
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Engineers | Volunteers BG Daniel Phineas Woodbury |
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Regulars Cpt James Chatham Duane |
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Artillery Siege Train | ||||
Infantry | Regulars BG George Sykes |
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The following troops were part of the Department of the Potomac in March and April 1861, but were detached to maintain defense of the Potomac River line.
See main article: I Corps (Union Army). On April 4, the First Corps was renamed the Department of the Rappahannock, with authority to include the District of Columbia, Maryland between the Potomac and Patuxent, and Virginia between the Blue Ridge and the Fredericksburg & Richmond Railroad.
MG Irvin McDowell, Commanding
Ltc Edmund Schriver, Chief of Staff
Unattached cavalry
Sharpshooters
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First Division BG William B. Franklin | First Brigade BG Philip Kearny until Apr 30 |
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Second Brigade BG Henry Slocum |
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Third Brigade BG John Newton |
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Artillery Cpt Edward R. Platt |
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Second Division (Pennsylvania Reserves) BG George A. McCall | First Brigade BG John F. Reynolds |
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Second Brigade BG George Meade |
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Third Brigade BG Edward Ord |
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Skirmishers |
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Artillery Cpt Truman Seymour |
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Third Division BG Rufus King | First Brigade |
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Second Brigade BG Marsena R. Patrick[5] |
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Third Brigade BG John Gibbon |
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Artillery |
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See main article: XII Corps (Union Army). On April 4, the Fifth Corps was renamed the Department of Shenandoah with authority over Maryland between the Blue Ridge and Flintstone Creek, Virginia between the Blue Ridge and the modern-day border with West Virginia.
MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding
Cpt Louis H. Pelouze, Acting Assistant Adjutant General
Unattached Infantry
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First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams | First Brigade Col Dudley Donnelly |
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Second Brigade BG John Joseph Abercrombie |
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Third Brigade Col George Henry Gordon |
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Artillery Cpt Clermont L. Best |
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Second Division | First Brigade Col Nathan Kimball |
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Second Brigade Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan |
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Third Brigade Col Erastus B. Tyler |
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Artillery Cpt Joseph C. Clark |
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Cavalry | Unbrigaded |
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BG James S. Wadsworth, Commanding
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1st New Jersey Cavalry | Alexandria City |
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Col James H. Childs | East of the Capitol |
10th New Jersey Col William Bryan | Bladensburg Road |
104th New York Col John Rohrbach | Kalorama Heights |
1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery ? | Fort Cass (Alexandria Co.) |
New York Artillery (three batteries): ? |
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Depot of New York Light Artillery: ? | Camp Barry |
2nd District of Columbia: Col Charles M. Alexander | Washington City |
26th Pennsylvania: Col William F. Small | G Street Wharf |
26th New York Col William H. Christian | Fort Lyon (present-day Huntington) |
95th New York: Col George H. Biddle | Camp Thomas |
| Alexandria City |
91st Pennsylvania Col Edgar I. Gregory | Franklin Square Barracks (Franklin Square) |
4th New York Heavy Artillery Col T.D. Doubleday |
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112th Pennsylvania: Col Charles Angeroth | Fort Saratoga |
76th New York Ltc John D. Shaul | Fort Massachusetts (Washington Co.) |
59th New York Col William L. Tidball | Fort Pennsylvania (Tenleytown) |
Detachment of 88th Pennsylvania: ? | Fort Good Hope |
99th Pennsylvania Col Peter Fritz | Fort Mahon |
2nd New York Light Artillery: ? |
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| Kendall Green (present-day Gallaudet University) |
| East of the Capitol |
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| Fort Washington (present-day Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| Fort Corcoran (present-day Rosslyn) |
On March 22, the Middle Department was created with authority over Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, as well as the Maryland counties of Cecil, Hartford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel. Dix remained in command.
MG John A. Dix, Commanding
Maj Daniel Tompkins Van Buren, Chief of Staff and Acting Assistant Adjutant General
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The Department of Virginia constituted an area 60 miles from Fort Monroe. McClellan had received permission to absorb it into his army as a division of the First Corps, but it was rescinded shortly after he arrived on the Peninsula.
MG John E. Wool, Commanding
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Fort Monroe Maj Joseph Roberts |
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Camp Hamilton Col Max Weber |
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Camp Butler BG Joseph K. F. Mansfield |
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Fort Wool Ltc Gustave B. Helleday |
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