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Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Order of Battle, Army of the Potomac
(358 guns / 92,927 men engaged)

(Note: Corps and brigade commanders are listed in the order that they assumed command; Units listed in grey text were not engaged at the Battle of Gettysburg, but are listed as part of the Army of the Potomac. Numbers in parenthesis following each unit's listing indicate the number of men engaged in the battle, not the total men on the muster rolls, the number of killed, wounded and missing are also listed for some regiments.)

Maj. Gen. GEORGE G. MEADE, Commanding

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS

Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield
Chief of Engineers: Brig. Gen. G.K. Warren
Chief of Artillery: Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Provost Marshal General: Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick
Assistant Adjutant General: Brig. Gen. Seth Williams
Chief Quartermaster: Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls
Medical Director: Dr. Jonathan Letterman
Chief Signal Officer: Capt. Lemuel B. Norton
Acting Chief Ordinance Officer: Lt. John R. Edie (acting)

COMMAND OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL (1,365): Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick

93d New York*, Col. John S. Crocker (371)
8th United States (eight companies)*, Capt. Edwin W. H. Read (401)
2d Pennsylvania Cavalry, Col. R. Butler Price (489)
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Companies E and I, Capt. James Starr
Regular cavalry (detachments from 1st, 2d, 5th, and 6th Regiments) (18)
* Not engaged

GUARDS AND ORDERLIES: Oneida (New York) Cavalry, Capt. Daniel P. Mann (42)

ENGINEER BRIGADE*: Brig. Gen. HENRY W. BENHAM

15th New York (three companies), Maj. Walter L. Cassin
50th New York, Col. William H. Pettes
United States Battalion, Capt. George H. Mendell
* Not engaged - at Beaver Dam Creek Md. on July 1 when, with the exception of the US Battalion, it was ordered to Washington , arriving there on July 3.

SIGNAL CORPS: Capt. Lemuel P. Norton (36)

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FIRST ARMY CORPS (28 guns / 12,222 men engaged): Maj. Gen. JOHN F. REYNOLDS
Maj. Gen. ABNER DOUBLEDAY
Maj. Gen. JOHN NEWTON

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS: Escort - 1st Maine Cavalry, Company L, Capt. Constantine Taylor (57)

FIRST DIVISION (3,357): Brig. Gen. JAMES S. WADSWORTH

First "Iron" Brigade (1,829): Brig. Gen. SOLOMON MEREDITH
Col. WILLIAM W. ROBINSON

19th Indiana, Col. Samuel J. Williams (308)
24th Michigan, Col. Henry A. Morrow, Capt. Albert M. Edwards (496)
2d Wisconsin, Col. Lucius Fairchild, Maj. John Mansfield, Capt. George H. Otis (302)
6th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Rufus R. Dawes (344)
7th Wisconsin, Col. William W. Robinson, Maj. Mark Finnicum (364)

Second Brigade (2,017): Brig. Gen. LYSANDER CUTLER

7th Indiana, Col. Ira G. Grover (434)
76th New York, Maj. Andrew J. Grover, Capt. John E. Cook (375)
84th New York (14th Militia), Col. Edward B. Fowler (318)
95th New York, Col. George H. Biddle, Maj. Edward Pye (241)
147th New York, Lieut. Col. Francis C. Miller, Maj. George Harney (380)
56th Pennsylvania (nine companies), Col. J. William Hofmann (252)


SECOND DIVISION (2,997): Brig. Gen. JOHN C. ROBINSON

First Brigade (1,537): Brig. Gen. GABRIEL R. PAUL
Col. SAMUEL H. LEONARD
Col. ADRIAN R. ROOT
Col. RICHARD COULTER
Col. PETER LYLE
Col. RICHARD COULTER

16th Maine, Col. Charles W. Tilden, Maj. Archibald D. Leavitt (298)
13th Massachusetts, Col. Samuel H. Leonard, Lieut. Col. N. Walter Batchelder (284)
94th New York, Col. Adrian R. Root, Maj. Samuel A. Moffett (411)
104th New York, Col. Gilbert G. Prey (286)
107th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. James MacThomson, Capt. Emanuel D. Roath (255)

Second Brigade (1,452): Brig. Gen. HENRY BAXTER

12th Massachusetts, Col. James L. Bates, Lieut. Col. David Allen, jr. (261)
83d New York (9th Militia), Lieut. Col. Joseph A. Moesch (199)
97th New York, Col. Charles Wheelock, Maj. Charles Northrup (236)
11th Pennsylvania*, Col. Richard Coulter, Capt. Benjamin F. Haines, Capt. John B. Overmyer ((270)
88th Pennsylvania, Maj. Benezet F. Foust, Capt. Henry Whiteside (274)
90th Pennsylvania, Col. Peter Lyle, Maj. Alfred J. Sellers, Col. Peter Lyle (208)
* Transferred to the First Brigade in afternoon of July 1


THIRD DIVISION (4,701): Brig. Gen. THOMAS A. ROWLEY
Maj. Gen. ABNER DOUBLEDAY

Provost Guard: Co. D 149th Pennsylvania (60)

First Brigade (1,361): Col. CHAPMAN BIDDLE
Brig. Gen. THOMAS A. ROWLEY
Col. CHAPMAN BIDDLE

80th ("Ulster Guard") New York (20th Militia), Col. Theodore B. Gates (287)
121st Pennsylvania, Maj. Alexander Biddle, Col. Chapman Biddle, Maj. Alexander Biddle (363)
142d Pennsylvania, Col. Robert P. Cummins, Lieut. Col. A. B. McCalmont (336)
151st Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. George F. McFarland, Capt. Walter L. Owens, Col. Harrison Allen (467)

Second ("Pennsylvania Bucktail") Brigade (1,317): Col. ROY STONE
Col. LANGHORNE WISTER
Col. EDMUND L. DANA

143d Pennsylvania, Col. Edmund L. Dana, Lieut. Col. John D. Musser (465)
149th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Walton Dwight, Capt. James Glenn (450)
150th Pennsylvania, Col. Langhorne Wister, Lieut. Col. H. S. Huidekoper, Capt. Cornelius C. Widdis (400)

Third ("Paper Collar") Brigade (1,950) (arrived July 2): Brig. Gen. GEORGE J. STANNARD
Col. FRANCIS V. RANDALL

12th Vermont*, Col. Asa P. Blunt
13th Vermont, Col. Francis V. Randall, Maj. Joseph J. Boynton, Lieut. Col. William D. Munson (636)
14th Vermont, Col. William T. Nichols (647)
15th Vermont*, Col. Redfield Proctor
16th Vermont, Col. Wheelock G. Veazey (661)
* Guarding Trains, not engaged in Battle


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (28 guns / 596 men): Col. CHARLES S. WAINWRIGHT

Maine Light, 2d Battery (B), Capt. James A. Hall ( 6-3" Rifles, 117)
Maine Light, 5th Battery (E), Capt. Greenleaf T. Stevens, Lieut. Edward N. Whittier (6-12pdr Napoleons, 119)
1st New York Light, Battery L (Battery E attached), Capt. Gilbert H. Reynolds, Lieut. George Breck (6-3" Rifles, 124)
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B, Capt. James H. Cooper (4-3" Rifles, 106)
4th United States, Battery B, Lieut. James Stewart (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 124)

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SECOND ARMY CORPS (28 guns / 11,347 men engaged): Maj. Gen. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK
Brig. Gen. JOHN GIBBON
Brig. Gen.WILLIAM HAYS

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS - ESCORTS (164)

FIRST DIVISION (3,320): Brig. Gen. JOHN C. CALDWELL

First Brigade (853): Col. EDWARD E. CROSS
Col. H. BOYD McKEEN

5th New Hampshire, Lieut. Col. Charles E. Hapgood (179)
61st New York, Lieut. Col. K. Oscar Broady (104)
81st Pennsylvania, Col. H. Boyd McKeen, Lieut. Col. Amos Stroh (175)
148th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Robert McFarlane (392)
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Co. E, I (81)

Second ("Irish") Brigade (532): Col. PATRICK KELLY

28th Massachusetts, Col. R. Byrnes (224)
63d New York (two companies), Lieut. Col. Richard C. Bentley, Capt. Thomas Touhy (75)
69th New York (two companies), Capt. Richard Moroney, Lieut. James J. Smith (75)
88th New York (two companies), Capt. Denis F. Burke (90)
116th Pennsylvania (four companies), Maj. St. Clair A. Mulholland (98)

Third Brigade (978): Brig. Gen. SAMUEL K. ZOOK
Lieut. Col. JOHN FRASER

52d New York , Lieut. Col. C. G. Freudenberg, Capt. William Scherrer (134) + elements of 7th NY (15)
57th New York, Lieut. Col. Alford B. Chapman (175)
66th New York, Col. Orlando H. Morris, Lieut. Col. John S. Hammell, Maj. Peter Nelson (147)
140th Pennsylvania, Col. Richard P. Roberts, Lieut. Col. John Fraser (514)

Fourth Brigade (851): Col. JOHN R. BROOKE

27th Connecticut (two companies), Lieut. Col. Henry C. Merwin, Maj. James H. Coburn (75)
2d Delaware, Col. William P. Baily, Capt. Charles H. Christman (234)
64th New York, Col. Daniel G. Bingham, Maj. Leman W. Bradley (204)
53d Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Richards McMichael (135)
145th Pennsylvania (seven companies), Col. Hiram L. Brown, Capt. John W. Reynolds, Capt. Moses W. Oliver (202)


SECOND DIVISION (3,608): Brig. Gen. JOHN GIBBON
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM HARROW
Brig. Gen. JOHN GIBBON

First Brigade (1,366): Brig. Gen. WILLIAM HARROW
Col. FRANCIS E. HEATH

19th Maine, Col. Francis E. Heath, Lieut. Col. Henry W. Cunningham (439)
15th Massachusetts, Col. George H. Ward, Lieut. Col. George C. Joslin (239)
1st Minnesota*, Col. William Colvill, jr., Capt. Nathan S. Messick, Capt. Henry C. Coates (330)
82d New York (2d Militia), Lieut. Col. James Huston, Capt. John Darrow (355)
* 2d Co. Minnesota Sharpshooters attached

Second ("Phildephia") Brigade (1,224): Brig. Gen. ALEXANDER S. WEBB

69th Pennsylvania, Col. Dennis O'Kane, Capt. William Davis (284)
71st Pennsylvania, Col. Richard Penn Smith (261)
72d Pennsylvania, Col. De Witt C. Baxter, Lieut. Col. Theodore Hesser (380)
106th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. William L. Curry (280)

Third Brigade (922): Col. NORMAN J. HALL

19th Massachusetts, Col. Arthur F. Devereux (163)
20th Massachusetts, Col. Paul J. Revere, Lieut. Col. George N. Macy, Capt. Henry L. Abbott (243)
7th Michigan, Lieut. Col. Amos E. Steele, jr., Maj. Sylvanus W. Curtis (165)
42d New York ("Tammany"), Col. James E. Mallon (197)
59th New York (four companies), Lieut. Col. Max A. Thoman, Capt. William McFadden (152)

Unattached


THIRD DIVISION (3,644): Brig. Gen. ALEXANDER HAYS

First Brigade (942): Col. SAMUEL S. CARROLL

14th Indiana, Col. John Coons (191)
4th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Leonard W. Carpenter (299)
8th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Franklin Sawyer (209)
7th West Virginia, Lieut. Col. Jonathan H. Lockwood (235)

Second Brigade (1,103)

Provost Guard (36)
14th Connecticut, Maj. Theodore G. Ellis (172)
1st Delaware, Lieut. Col. Edward P. Harris, Capt. Thomas B. Hizar, Lieut. William Smith, Lieut. John T. Dent (251)
12th New Jersey, Maj. John T. Hill (444)
108th New York, Lieut. Col. Francis E. Pierce (200)

Third Brigade (1,508): Col. GEORGE L. WILLARD
Col. ELIAKIM SHERRILL
Lieut. Col. JAMES M. BULL

39th New York (four companies) ("Garabaldi Guard"), Maj. Hugo Hildebrandt (269)
111th New York, Col. Clinton D. MacDougall, Lieut. Col. Isaac M. Lusk, Capt. Aaron P. Seeley (390)
125th New York, Lieut. Col. Levin Crandell (392)
126th New York, Col. Eliakim Sherrill, Lieut. Col. James M. Bull (455)


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (28 guns / 605 men): Capt. JOHN G. HAZARD

1st New York Light, Battery B*, Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon, Capt. James McKay Rorty, Lieut. Robert E. Rogers (4-10 pdr Parrotts, 117)
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A, Capt. William A. Arnold (6-3" Rifles, 117)
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B, Lieut. T. Fred. Brown, Lieut. Walter S. Perrin (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 129)
1st United States, Battery I, Lieut. George A. Woodruff, Lieut. Tully McCrea (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 112)
4th United States, Battery A, Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing, Sergt. Frederick Fuger (6-3" Rifles, 126)
* From Artillery Reserve July 1, 14th NY Battery attached

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THIRD ARMY CORPS (30 guns / 10,675 men engaged): Maj. Gen. DANIEL E. SICKLES
Maj. Gen. DAVID B. BIRNEY

FIRST DIVISION (5095): Maj. Gen. DAVID B. BIRNEY
Brig. Gen. J. H. HOBART WARD

First Brigade (1,516): Brig. Gen. CHARLES K. GRAHAM
Col. ANDREW H. TIPPIN

57th Pennsylvania (eight companies), Col. Peter Sides, Capt. Alanson H. Nelson (207)
63d Pennsylvania, Maj. John A. Danks (246)
68th Pennsylvania, Col. Andrew H. Tippin, Capt. Milton S. Davis, [?] (320)
105th Pennsylvania, Col. Calvin A. Craig (274)
114th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Frederick F. Cavada, Capt. Edward R. Bowen (259)
141st Pennsylvania, Col. Henry J. Madill (209)

Second Brigade (2,188): Brig. Gen. J. H. HOBART WARD
Col. HIRAM BERDAN

20th Indiana, Col. John Wheeler, Lieut. Col. William C. L. Taylor (401)
3d Maine, Col. Moses B. Lakeman (210)
4th Maine, Col. Elijah Walker, Capt. Edwin Libby (287)
86th New York, Lieut. Col. Benjamin L. Higgins (287)
124th New York, Col. A. Van Horne Ellis, Lieut. Col. Francis M. Cummins (238)
99th Pennsylvania, Maj. John W. Moore (277)
1st United States Sharpshooters, Col. Hiram Berdan, Lieut. Col. Casper Trepp (313)
2d United States Sharpshooters (eight companies), Maj. Homer R. Stoughton (169)

Third Brigade (1,387): Col. P. REGIS DE TROBRIAND

17th Maine, Lieut. Col. Charles B. Merrill (350)
3d Michigan, Col. Byron R. Pierce, Lieut. Col. Edwin S. Pierce (237)
5th Michigan, Lieut. Col. John Pulford (216)
40th New York, Col. Thomas W. Egan (431)
110th Pennsylvania (six companies), Lieut. Col. David M. Jones, Maj. Isaac Rogers (152)


SECOND DIVISION (4,924): Brig. Gen. ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS

First Brigade (1,718): Brig. Gen. JOSEPH B. CARR

1st Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Clark B. Baldwin (321)
11th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Porter D. Tripp (286)
16th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Waldo Merriam, Capt. Matthew Donovan (245)
12th New Hampshire, Capt. John F. Langley (224)
11th New Jersey, Col. Robert McAllister, Capt. Luther Martin, Lieut. John Schoonover, Capt. William H. Lloyd, Capt. Samuel T. Sleeper, Lieut. John Schoonover (275)
26th Pennsylvania, Maj. Robert L. Bodine (365)
84th Pennsylvania*, Lieut. Col. Milton Opp
* Guarding Corps Trains, not engaged in the Battle

Second Brigade (1,837): Col. WILLIAM R. BREWSTER

70th New York, Col. J. Egbert Farnum (288)
71st New York, Col. Henry L. Potter (243)
72d New York, Col. John S. Austin, Lieut. Col. John Leonard (305)
73d New York, Maj. Michael W. Burns (349)
74th New York, Lieut. Col. Thomas Holt (266)
120th New York, Lieut. Col. Cornelius D. Westbrook, Maj. John R. Tappen (383)

Third Brigade (1,365): Col. GEORGE C. BURLING

2d New Hampshire, Col. Edward L. Bailey (354)
5th New Jersey, Col. William J. Sewell, Capt. Thomas C. Godfrey, Capt. Henry H. Woolsey (206)
6th New Jersey, Lieut. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson (207)
7th New Jersey, Col. Louis R. Francine, Maj. Frederick Cooper (275)
8th New Jersey, Col. John Ramsey, Capt. John G. Langston (170)
115th Pennsylvania, Maj. John P. Dunne (151)


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (30 guns / 596 men): Capt. GEORGE E. RANDOLPH
Capt. A. JUDSON CLARK

New Jersey Light, 2d Battery, Capt. A. Judson Clark, Lieut. Robert Sims (6-10 pdr Parrotts, 131)
1st New York Light, Battery D, Capt. George B. Winslow (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 116)
New York Light, 4th Battery, Capt. James E. Smith (6-10pdr Parrotts
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E, Lieut. John K. Bucklyn, Lieut. Benjamin Freeborn ((6-12 pdr Parrotts, 108)
4th United States, Battery K, Lieut. Francis W. Seeley, Lieut. Robert James (6-12 pdr Parrotts, 113)

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FIFTH ARMY CORPS (26 guns / 10,907 men engaged): Maj. Gen. GEORGE SYKES

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS

FIRST DIVISION (3,417): Brig. Gen. JAMES BARNES

First Brigade (655): Col. WILLIAM S. TILTON

18th Massachusetts, Col. Joseph Hayes 139)
22d Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Thomas Sherwin, jr. + 2nd Co. Massachusetts Sharpshooters (137)
1st Michigan, Col. Ira C. Abbott, Lieut. Col. William A. Throop (145)
118th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. James Gwyn (233)

Second Brigade (1,422): Col. JACOB B. SWEITZER

9th Massachusetts, Col. Patrick R. Guiney (411)
32d Massachusetts, Col. G. L. Prescott (242)
4th Michigan, Col. Harrison H. Jeffords, Lieut. Col. George W. Lumbard (342)
62d Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. James C. Hull (426)

Third Brigade (1,3360: Col. STRONG VINCENT
Col. JAMES C. RICE

20th Maine, Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain (386)
16th Michigan, Lieut. Col. Norval E. Welch + Brady's Co. Michigan Sharpshooters (263)
44th New York, Col. James C. Rice, Lieut. Col. Freeman Conner (391)
83d Pennsylvania, Capt. Orpheus S. Woodward (295)


SECOND DIVISION (4,021): Brig. Gen. ROMEYN B. AYRES

First Brigade (1,574): Col. HANNIBAL DAY

3d United States (six companies), Capt. Henry W. Freedley, Capt. Richard G. Lay (201)
4th United States (four companies), Capt. Julius W. Adams, jr. (173)
6th United States (five companies), Capt. Levi C. Bootes (196)
12th United States (eight companies), Capt. Thomas S. Dunn (413)
14th United States (eight companies), Maj. Grotius R. Giddings (490)

Second Brigade (958): Col. SIDNEY BURBANK

2d United States (six companies), Maj. Arthur T. Lee, Capt. Samuel A. McKee (201)
7th United States (four companies), Capt. David P. Hancock (116)
10th United States (three companies), Capt. William Clinton (93)
11th United States (six companies), Maj. De Lancey Floyd-Jones (286)
17th United States (seven companies), Lieut. Col. J. Durell Greene (260)

Third Brigade (1,484): Brig. Gen. STEPHEN H. WEED
Col. KENNER GARRARD

140th New York, Col. Patrick H. O'Rorke, Lieut. Col. Louis Ernst (447)
146th New York, Col. Kenner Garrard, Lieut. Col. David T. Jenkins (454)
91st Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Joseph H. Sinex (210)
155th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. John H. Cain. (424)


THIRD DIVISION* (2,853)

First Brigade (1,243): Col. WILLIAM McCANDLESS

1st Pennsylvania Reserves (nine companies), Col. William C. Talley (377)
2d Pennsylvania Reserves, Lieut. Col. George A. Woodward (232)
6th Pennsylvania Reserves, Lieut. Col. Wellington H. Ent (323)
13th Pennsylvania Reserves (42nd Pennsylvania Bucktails) Col. Charles F. Taylor, Maj. William R. Hartshorne (297)

Third Brigade (1,605): Col. JOSEPH W. FISHER

5th Pennsylvania Reserves (34th Pa.), Lieut. Col. George Dare (284)
9th Pennsylvania Reserves (38th Pa.), Lieut. Col. James McK. Snodgrass (320)
10th Pennsylvania Reserves (39th Pa.), Col. Adoniram J. Warner (401)
11th Pennsylvania Reserves (40th Pa.), Col. Samuel M. Jackson (327)
12th Pennsylvania Reserves (41st Pa.) (nine companies), Col. Martin D. Hardin (272)


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (26 guns / 432 men): Capt. AUGUSTUS P. MARTIN

Massachusetts Light, 3d Battery (c), Lieut. Aaron F. Walcott (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 115)
1st New York Light, Battery C, Capt. Almont Barnes (4-3" Rifles, 62)
1st Ohio Light, Battery L, Capt. Frank C. Gibbs (6-12 pdr Napoleons, 113)
5th United States, Battery D, Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett, Lieut. Benjamin F. Rittenhouse (6-10 pdr Parrotts, 68)
5th United States, Battery I, Lieut. Malbone F. Watson, Lieut. Charles C. MacConnell (4-3" Rifles, 71)

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SIXTH ARMY CORPS (46 guns / 13,577 men engaged): Maj. Gen. JOHN SEDGWICK

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS: Escort: 1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L, Capt. William S. Craft (38)
Provost Guard: 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H, Capt. William S. Craft (54)

FIRST DIVISION (4,207): Brig. Gen. HORATIO G. WRIGHT

Provost Guard: 4th New Jersey (three companies), Capt. William R. Maxwell (80)

First Brigade (1,319): Brig. Gen. A. T. A. TORBERT

1st New Jersey, Lieut. Col. William Henry, jr. (253)
2d New Jersey, Lieut. Col. Charles Wiebecke (357)
3d New Jersey, Lieut. Col. Edward L. Campbell (281)
15th New Jersey, Col. William H. Penrose (410)

Second Brigade (1,322): Brig. Gen. JOSEPH J. BARTLETT*
* also in command of 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division on July 3

5th Maine, Col. Clark S. Edwards (293)
121st New York, Col. Emory Upton (409)
95th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Edward Carroll (308)
96th Pennsylvania, Maj. William H, Lessig (308)

Third Brigade (1,480): Brig. Gen. DAVID A. RUSSELL

6th Maine, Col. Hiram Burnham (377)
49th Pennsylvania (four companies), Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Hulings (275)
119th Pennsylvania, Col. Peter C. Ellmaker (403)
5th Wisconsin, Col. Thomas S. Allen (419)


SECOND DIVISION* (3,603): Brig. Gen. ALBION P. HOWE
* No first Brigade in this Division

Second Brigade (1,827): Col. LEWIS A. GRANT

2d Vermont, Col. James H. Walbridge (443)
3d Vermont, Col. Thomas O. Seaver (364)
4th Vermont, Col. Charles B. Stoughton (380)
5th Vermont, Lieut. Col. John R. Lewis (294)
6th Vermont, Col. Elisha L. Barney (330)

Third Brigade (1,773)

7th Maine (six companies), Lieut. Col. Selden Connor (216)
33d New York (detachment), Capt. Henry J. Gifford (see 49th NY)
43d New York, Lieut. Col. John Wilson (370)
49th New York, Col. Daniel D. Bidwell (plus elements of the 33d NY - 60 men)
77th New York, Lieut. Col. Winsor B. French (367)
61st Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. George F. Smith (286)


THIRD DIVISION (4,731): Maj. Gen. JOHN NEWTON
Brig. Gen. FRANK WHEATON

First Brigade (1,766): Brig. Gen. ALEXANDER SHALER

65th New York, Col. Joseph E. Hamblin (276)
67th New York, Col. Nelson Cross (349)
122d New York, Col. Silas Titus (395)
23d Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. John F. Glenn (466)
82d Pennsylvania, Col. Isaac C. Bassett (277)

Second Brigade (1,591): Col. HENRY L. EUSTIS

7th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Franklin P. Harlow (319)
10th Massachusetts, Lieut. Col. Joseph B. Parsons (360)
37th Massachusetts, Col. Oliver Edwards (564)
2d Rhode Island, Col. Horatio Rogers, jr. (347)

Third Brigade (1,368): Brig. Gen. FRANK WHEATON
Col. DAVID J. NEVIN

62d New York, Col. David J. Nevin, Lieut. Col. Theodore B. Hamilton (237)
93d Pennsylvania, Maj. John I. Nevin (234)
98th Pennsylvania, Maj. John B. Kohler (351)
102d Pennsylvania*, Col. John W. Patterson (103)
139th Pennsylvania, Col. Frederick H. Collier, Lieut. Col. William H. Moody (442)
* Guarding wagons at Westminister - not engaged in Battle


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (46 guns / 937 men)

Massachusetts Light, 1st Battery (A), Capt. William H. McCartney (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons, 135)
New York Light, 1st Battery, Capt. Andrew Cowan (6 - 3" Rifles,103)
New York Light, 3d Battery, Capt. William A. Harn (6 -10 pdr Parrotts, 111)
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery C, Capt. Richard Waterman (6 - 3" Rifles, 116)
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G, Capt. George W. Adams (6 - 10 pdr Parrotts, 126)
United States, Battery D, Lieut. Edward B. Williston (4 - 12 pdr Napoleons, 126)
2d United States, Battery G, Lieut. John H. Butler (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons, 101)
5th United States, Battery F, Lieut. Leonard Martin (6 - 10 pdr Parrotts, 116)

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ELEVENTH ARMY CORPS (24 guns / 9,054 men engaged): Maj. Gen. OLIVER O. HOWARD
Maj. Gen. CARL SCHURZ
Maj. Gen. OLIVER O. HOWARD

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS: Escort: 1st Indiana Cavalry, Companies I and K, Capt. Abram Sharra (50)
HQ Guard: 8th New York Infantry (one company), Lieut. Hermann Foerster (40)
Provost Guard: 17Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co K. (36)


FIRST DIVISION (2,459): Brig. Gen. FRANCIS C. BARLOW
Brig. Gen. ADELBERT AMES

First Brigade (1,118): Col. LEOPOLD VON GILSA

41st New York (nine companies), Lieut. Col. Detleo von Einsiedel, (218)
54th New York, Maj. Stephen Kovacs, Lieut. Ernst Both [?] (183)
68th New York, Col. Gotthilf Bourry (226)
153d Pennsylvania, Maj. John F. Frueauff (487)

Second Brigade (1,337): Brig. Gen. ADELBERT AMES
Col. ANDREW L. HARRIS

17th Connecticut, Lieut. Col. Douglas Fowler, Maj. Allen G. Brady (386)
25th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Williams, Capt. Nathaniel J. Manning, Lieut. William Maloney, Lieut. Israel White (220)
75th Ohio, Col. Andrew L. Harris, Capt. George B. Fox (269)
107th Ohio, Col. Seraphim Meyer, Capt. John M. Lutz (458)


SECOND DIVISION (2,775): Brig. Gen. ADOLPH VON STEINWEHR

First Brigade (1,156): Col. CHARLES R. COSTER

134th New York,   Lieut. Col. Allan H. Jackson (400)
154th New York,   Lieut. Col. D. B. Allen (190)
27th Pennsylvania,   Lieut. Col. Lorenz Cantador (277)
73d Pennsylvania,   Capt. D. F. Kelley (284)

Second Brigade (1,614): Col. ORLAND SMITH

33d Massachusetts, Col. Adin B. Underwood (481)
136th New York,   Col. James Wood, jr. (473)
55th Ohio,   Col. Charles B. Gambee (321)
73d Ohio,   Lieut. Col. Richard Long (338)


THIRD DIVISION (3,079): Maj. Gen. CARL SCHURZ
Brig. Gen. ALEX. SCHIMMELFENNIG
Maj. Gen. CARL SCHURZ

First Brigade (1,670): Brig. Gen. ALEX. SCHIMMELFENNIG
Col. GEORGE VON AMSBERG

82d Illinois, Lieut. Col. Edward S. Salomon (310)
45th New York, Col. George von Amsberg, Lieut. Col. Adolphus Dobke (375)
157th New York, Col. Philip P. Brown, jr. (409)
61st Ohio, Col. Stephen J. McGroarty (247)
74th Pennsylvania, Col. Adolph von Hartung, Lieut. Col. Alexander von Mitzel, Capt. Gustav Schleiter, Capt. Henry Krauseneck (326)

Second Brigade (1,403): Col. W. KRZYZANOWSKI

58th New York, Lieut. Col. August Otto, Capt. Emil Koenig (193)
119th New York, Col. John T. Lockman, Lieut. Col. Edward F. Lloyd (257)
82d Ohio, Col. James S. Robinson, Lieut. Col. David Thomson (312)
75th Pennsylvania, Col. Francis Mahler, Maj. August Ledig (208)
26th Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. Hans Boebel, Capt. John W. Fuchs (435)


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (24 guns / 604): Maj. THOMAS W. OSBORN

1st New York Light, Battery I,   Capt. Michael Wiedrich (6 - 3" rifles /141)
New York Light, 13th Battery,   Lieut. William Wheeler (4 - 3" rifles / 110)
1st Ohio Light, Battery I,   Capt. Hubert Dilger (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 127)
1st Ohio Light, Battery K, Capt. Lewis Heckman (2 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 110)
4th United States, Battery G,   Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson, Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 115)

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TWELFTH ARMY CORPS (20 guns / 9,788 men): Maj. Gen. HENRY W. SLOCUM
Brig. Gen. ALPHEUS S. WILLIAMS

PROVOST GUARD: 10th Maine (four companies), Capt. John D. Beardsley (169)

FIRST DIVISION (5,256): Brig. Gen. ALPHEUS S. WILLIAMS
Brig. Gen. THOMAS H. RUGER

First Brigade (1,835): Col. ARCHIBALD L. McDOUGALL

5th Connecticut, Col. W. W. Packer (221)
20th Connecticut, Lieut. Col. William B. Wooster (321)
* 3d Maryland, Col. Jos. M. Sudsburg (290)
123d New York, Lieut. Col. James C. Rogers, Capt. Adolphus H. Tanner (495)
145th New York, Col. E. L. Price (245)
46th Pennsylvania, Col. James L. Selfridge (262)
* arrived July 2

Second Brigade* (1,818): Brig. Gen. HENRY H. LOCKWOOD

1st Maryland, Potomac Home Brigade, Col. William P. Maulsby (674)
1st Maryland, Eastern Shore, Col. James Wallace (532)
150th New York, Col. John H. Ketcham (609)
* Unassigned during the battle, afterward attached to 1st Division as 2d Brigade
Previous 2d Brigade had been consolidated with the 1st Brigade

Third Brigade (1,598): Brig. Gen. THOMAS H. RUGER
Col. SILAS COLGROVE

27th Indiana,   Col. Silas Colgrove, Lieut. Col. John R. Fesler (339)
2d Massachusetts,   Lieut. Col. Charles R. Mudge, Maj. Charles F. Morse (316)
13th New Jersey,   Col. Ezra A. Carman (347)
107th New York,   Col. Nirom M. Crane (319)
3d Wisconsin,   Col. William Hawley (260)


SECOND DIVISION (3,964): Brig. Gen. JOHN W. GEARY

First Brigade (1,798): Col. CHARLES CANDY

5th Ohio, Col. John H. Patrick (302)
7th Ohio, Col. William R. Creighton (282)
29th Ohio, Capt. Wilbur F. Stevens, Capt. Edward Hayes (308)
66th Ohio, Lieut. Col. Eugene Powell (303)
28th Pennsylvania, Capt. John Flynn (303)
147th Pennsylvania (eight companies), Lieut. Col. Ario Pardee, jr. (298)

Second Brigade (700): Col. GEORGE A. COBHAM, Jr.
Brig. GEN. THOMAS L. KANE
Col. GEORGE A. COBHAM, Jr.

29th Pennsylvania, Col. William Rickards, jr. (357)
109th Pennsylvania, Capt. F. L. Gimber (149)
111th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Walker, Col. George A. Cobham, jr., Lieut. Col. Thomas M. Walker (191)

Third Brigade (1,424): Brig. Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE

60th New York, Col. Abel Godard (273)
78th New York, Lieut. Col. Herbert von Hammerstein (198)
102d New York, Col. James C. Lane, Capt. Lewis R. Stegman (230)
137th New York, Col. David Ireland (423)
149th New York, Col. Henry A. Barnum, Lieut. Col. Charles B. Randall (297)


ARTILLERY BRIGADE (20 guns / 391 men)

1st New York Light, Battery M, Lieut. Charles E. Winegar (4 - 10pdr Parrotts / 90)
Pennsylvania Light, Battery E, Lieut. Charles A. Atwell (6 - 10 pdr Parrotts / 139)
4th United States, Battery F, Lieut. Sylvanus T. Rugg (6-12 pdr Napoleons / 89)
5th United States, Battery K, Lieut. David H. Kinzie (4 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 77)

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CAVALRY CORPS (46 guns / 11,578 men): Maj. Gen. ALFRED PLEASONTON

FIRST DIVISION (4,021): Brig. Gen. JOHN BUFORD

First Brigade (1,596): Col. WILLIAM GAMBLE

8th Illinois, Maj. John L. Beveridge (470 - 1k, 5w, 1m)
12th Illinois (five cos.), Col. George H. Chapman (233 - 4kl, 10w, 6m)
3d Indiana (six cos.), Col. George H. Chapman (313 - 6k, 21w, 5m)
8th New York, Lieut. Col. William L. Markell (580 - 2k, 22w, 16m)

Second Brigade (1,108): Col. THOMAS C. DEVIN

6th New York, Maj. Wm. E. Beardsley (218 - 1k, 3w, 8m)
9th New York, Col. William Sackett (367 - 2k, 2w, 7m)
17th Pennsylvania, Col. J. H. Kellogg (464 - 4m)
3d West Virginia (two companies), Capt. Seymour B. Conger (59 - 4m)

Reserve Brigade (1,317): Brig. Gen. WESLEY MERRITT

6th Pennsylvania, Maj. James H. Haseltine (242 - 3k, 7w, 2m)
1st United States, Capt. Richard S.C. Lord (362 - 1k, 9w, 5m)
2d United States, Capt. T. F. Rodenbough (407 - 3k, 7w, 7m)
5th United States, Capt. Julius W. Mason (306 - 4w, 1m)
6th United States*, Maj. Samuel H. Starr, Lieut. Louis H. Carpenter, Lieut. Nicholas Nolan, Capt. Ira W. Claflin (400)
* Not on the Field, involved in fight at Fairfield on July 3


SECOND DIVISION (2,664): Brig. Gen. DAVID McM. GREGG

Headquarters Guard: 1st Ohio, Company A, Capt. Noah Jones (37)

First Brigade (2 guns / 1,561 men): Col. JOHN B. McINTOSH

1st Maryland (eleven companies), Lieut. Col. James M. Deems (285)
Purnell (Maryland) Legion, Company A, Capt. Robert E. Duvall (66)
1st Massachusetts*, Lieut. Col. Greely S. Curtis (guarding Army HQ - 250)
1st New Jersey, Maj. M. H. Beaumont
1st Pennsylvania, Col. John P. Taylor (355)
3d Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. E. S. Jones (335)
3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Section Battery H**, Capt. W. D. Rank (2 - 3" rifles / 52)
* served with 6th Corps on Right Flank
** serving as Light Artillery

Second Brigade*: Col. PENNOCK HUEY
* at Westminister, not engaged in Battle

2d New York, Lieut. Col. Otto Harhaus
4th New York, Lieut. Col. Augustus Pruyn
6th Ohio (ten companies), Maj. William Stedman
8th Pennsylvania, Capt. William A. Corrie

Third Brigade (1,263): Col. J. IRVIN GREGG

1st Maine (ten companies), Lieut. Col. Charles H. Smith (315)
10th New York, Maj. M. Henry Avery (333)
4th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. William E. Doster (258)
16th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. John K. Robison (349)


THIRD DIVISION (3,902): Brig. Gen. JUDSON KILPATRICK

Headquarters Guard: 1st Ohio, Company C, Capt. Samuel N. Stanford (40)

First Brigade (1,925): Brig. Gen. ELON J. FARNSWORTH
Col. NATHANIEL P. RICHMOND

5th New York, Maj. John Hammond (420)
18th Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col. William P. Brinton (509)
1st Vermont, Lieut. Col. Addison W. Preston (600)
1st West Virginia (ten companies), Col. Nathaniel P. Richmond, Maj. Charles E. Capehart (395)

Second Brigade (1,934) (3rd July with 2nd Cavalry): Brig. Gen. GEORGE A. CUSTER

1st Michigan, Col. Charles H. Town (427)
5th Michigan, Col. Russell A. Alger (646)
6th Michigan, Col. George Gray (477)
7th Michigan (ten companies), Col. William D. Mann (383)

HORSE ARTILLERY (44 Guns / 764 men)

First Brigade (28 guns / 492 men): Capt. JAMES M. ROBERTSON

9th Michigan Battery, Capt. Jabez J. Daniels (6 - 3" rifles / 111)
6th New York Battery, Capt. Joseph W. Martin (6 - 3" rifles / 103)
2d United States, Batteries B and L, Lieut. Edward Heaton (6 - 3" rifles / 99)
2d United States, Battery M, Lieut. A. C. M. Pennington, jr. (6 - 3" rifles / 117)
4th United States, Battery E, Lieut. Samuel S. Elder (4 - 3" rifles / 60)

Second Brigade (16 guns / 272 men): Capt. JOHN C. TIDBALL

1st United States, Batteries E and G, Capt. Alanson M. Randol (4 - 3" rifles / 82)
1st United States, Battery K, Capt. William M. Graham (6 - 3" rifles / 114)
2d United States, Battery A, Lieut. John H. Calef (6 - 3" rifles / 74)
3d United States, Battery C*, Lieut. William D. Fuller (6 - 3" rifles / ?)
* with Huey's Cavalry Brigade in Westminister, not engaged in Battle

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ARTILLERY RESERVE (110 guns / 2,376 men): Brig. Gen. ROBERT O. TYLER
Capt. JAMES M. ROBERTSON

Headquarters Guard: 32d Massachusetts Infantry, Company C, Capt. Josiah C. Fuller (45)

First Regular Brigade (24 guns / 445 men): Capt. DUNBAR R. RANSOM

1st United States, Battery H, Lieut. Chandler P. Eakin, Lieut. Philip D. Mason (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 129)
3d United States, Batteries F and K,   Lieut. John G. Turnbull (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 115)
4th United States, Battery C,   Lieut. Evan Thomas (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 95)
5th United States, Battery C,   Lieut. Gulian V. Weir (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 104)

First Volunteer Brigade (22 guns / 385 men): Lieut. Col. FREEMAN McGILVERY

Massachusetts Light, 5th Battery (E) (10th NY Battery attached), Capt. Charles A. Phillips (6 - 3" rifles / 104)
Massachusetts Light, 9th Battery, Capt. John Bigelow, Lieut. Richard S. Milton (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 104)
New York Light, 15th Battery, Capt. Patrick Hart (4 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 70)
Pennsylvania Light, Batteries C and F, Capt. James Thompson (6 - 3" rifles / 105)

Second Volunteer Brigade (12 guns / 241 men)

1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery B*, Capt. Albert F. Brooker (4 - 4.5" rifles)
1st Connecticut Heavy, Battery M**, Capt. Franklin A. Pratt. (4 - 4.5" rifles
Connecticut Light, 2d Battery, Capt. John W. Sterling (4 - 14 pdr James & 2 - 12 pdr howitzers / 93)
New York Light, 5th Battery, Capt. Elijah D. Taft (6 - 20 pdr Parrotts / 146)
* not engaged in Battle - at Taneytown during battle
** not engaged in Battle - guarding trains at Westminister

Third Volunteer Brigade (22 guns / 431 men): Capt. JAMES F. HUNTINGTON

New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery, Capt. Frederick M. Edgell (6 - 3" rifles / 186)
1st Ohio Light, Battery H, Lieut. George W. Norton (6 - 3" rifles / 99)
1st Pennsylvania Light, Batteries F and G, Capt. R. Bruce Ricketts (6 - 3" rifles / 144)
West Virginia Light, Battery C, Capt. Wallace Hill (4 - 10 pdr Parrotts / 100)

Fourth Volunteer Brigade (30 guns / 499 men): Capt. ROBERT H. FITZHUGH

Maine Light, 6th Battery (F), Lieut. Edwin B. Dow (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 87)
Maryland Light, Battery A,   Capt. James H. Rigby (6 - 3" rifles / 106)
New Jersey Light, 1st Battery,   Lieut. Augustin N. Parsons (6 - 10 pdr Parrotts / 98)
1st New York Light, Battery G,   Capt. Nelson Ames (6 - 12 pdr Napoleons / 84)
1st New York Light, Battery K (11th NY Battery attached), Capt. Robert H. Fitzhugh (6 - 3" rifles / 128)

Ordinance Corps (11)

Train Guard: 4th New Jersey Infantry (seven companies), Maj. Charles Ewing (273)

Primary Source: The Gettysburg Campaign, A Study in Command, Edwin B. Coddington: number of men engaged from The Gettysburg Campaign, Albert A. Nofi; supplemental information from a variety of other sources.

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Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
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