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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cedar Creek of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding
MG Horatio Wright


Escort:

  • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Maj Weidner H. Spera
  • 6th U. S. Cavalry: Cpt Ira W. Claffin

VI Corps

BG James B. Ricketts (w)
BG George W. Getty
MG Horatio Wright


Escort: 1st Michigan Cavalry, Company G: Lieutenant William H. Wheeler

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Frank Wheaton

1st Brigade

   Col William Henry Penrose (w)
   Ltc Edward L. Campbell (w)
   Cpt Baldwin Hufty

  • 4th New Jersey: Cpt Baldwin Hufty
  • 10th New Jersey: Maj Lambert Boeman (k), Cpt Charles D. Claypool
  • 15th New Jersey: Ltc Edward L. Campbell, Cpt James W. Penrose
2nd Brigade

   Col Joseph Eldridge Hamblin (w)
   Col Ranald S. Mackenzie (w)
   Ltc Egbert Olcott

  • 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Ranald S. Mackenzie, Maj Edward W. Jones
  • 65th New York: Ltc T. H. Higginbotham (k), Cpt Henry C. Fisk
  • 121st New York: Ltc Egbert Olcott, Cpt Daniel D. Jackson
  • 95th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper
  • 96th Pennsylvania: Cpt Dan Harper
3rd Brigade

   Col Oliver Edwards

  • 37th Massachusetts: Ltc George L. Montague
  • 49th Pennsylvania: Ltc Baynton J. Hickman
  • 82nd Pennsylvania: Col Isaac C. Bassett
  • 119th Pennsylvania: Ltc Gideon Clark
  • 2nd Rhode Island (battalion): Cpt Elisha Hunt Rhodes
  • 5th Wisconsin (battalion): Maj Charles W. Kempf
  • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Coe Durland

Second Division


     BG George W. Getty
     BG Lewis A. Grant
     BG George W. Getty

1st Brigade

   Col James M. Warner

  • 62nd New York: Ltc Theodore B. Hamilton
  • 93rd Pennsylvania: Cpt David C. Keller
  • 98th Pennsylvania: Ltc John B. Kohler (k), Cpt Gottfried Bauer.
  • 102nd Pennsylvania: Maj James H. Coleman (k), Cpt James Patchell (w)
  • 139th Pennsylvania: Ltc John G. Parr
2nd Brigade

   BG Lewis A. Grant
   Ltc Amasa Tracy
   BG Lewis A. Grant

  • 2nd Vermont: Ltc Amasa Tracy, Cpt Elijah Wales, Ltc Amasa Tracy
  • 3rd Vermont, (battalion): Maj Horace W. Floyd
  • 4th Vermont: Maj Horace W. Floyd, Col George P. Foster
  • 5th Vermont: Maj Enoch E. Johnson
  • 6th Vermont, (battalion): Cpt Edwin R. Kinney (w), Cpt William J. Sperry.
  • 11th Vermont (1st Heavy Artillery): Ltc Charles Hunsdon
3rd Brigade

   BG Daniel D. Bidwell (k)
   Ltc Winsor B. French

  • 1st Maine Veterans: Maj Stephen C. Fletcher
  • 43rd New York (battalion): Maj Charles A. Milliken
  • 49th New York (battalion): Ltc Erastus D. Holt
  • 77th New York: Ltc Winsor B. French
  • 122d New York: Ltc Augustus W. Dwight (w), Maj Jabez M. Brower (w)
  • 61st Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt David J. Taylor

Third Division


     Col J. Warren Keifer

1st Brigade

   Col William Emerson

  • 14th New Jersey: Cpt Jacob J. Janeway
  • 106th New York: Cpt Alvah W. Briggs (w), Cpt Peter Robertson
  • 151st New York: Cpt Browning N. Wiles (w), Cpt Hiram A. Kimball
  • 184th New York (battalion): Maj William D. Ferguson
  • 87th Pennsylvania (battalion): Cpt Edgar M. Ruhl (k), Cpt John A. Salsbury
  • 10th Vermont: Col William W. Henry (w), Cpt Henry H. Dewey
2nd Brigade

   Col William H. Ball

  • 6th Maryland: Maj Joseph C. Hill
  • 9th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj James W. Snyder
  • 110th Ohio: Ltc Otho H. Binkley
  • 122nd Ohio: Ltc Moses M. Granger
  • 126th Ohio: Maj George W. Voorhes (w), Cpt George W. Hoge
  • 67th Pennsylvania: Lt John F. Young
  • 138th Pennsylvania: Maj Lewis A. May
Artillery Brigade

   Col Charles H. Tompkins

  • 5th Maine Light Artillery (Battery E): Cpt Greenlief T. Stevens
  • New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Lt Orsamus R. Van Etten
  • Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Jacob H. Lamb
  • Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Cpt George W. Adams
  • Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight

XIX Corps

BG William H. Emory

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG James W. McMillan

1st Brigade

   Col Edwin P. Davis

  • 29th Maine: Maj George H. Nye (w), Cpt Alfred L. Turner
  • 30th Massachusetts: Cpt Samuel D. Shipley
  • 90th New York: Ltc Nelson Shaurman (w), Cpt Honore De La Paturelle
  • 114th New York: Ltc Henry B. Morse
  • 116th New York: Col George M. Love
  • 153rd New York: Ltc Alexander Strain (w), Cpt George H. McLaughlin
2nd Brigade

   Col Stephen Thomas

3rd Brigade

   Col Leonard D. H. Currie

  • 30th Maine: Col Thomas H. Hubbard
  • 133rd New York: Maj Anthony J. Allaire
  • 162nd New York: Col Justus W. Blanchard
  • 165th New York (six companies): Ltc Gouverneur Carr
  • 173rd New York: Majr George W. Rogers
Division Artillery

Second Division


     BG Cuvier Grover (w)
     BG Henry W. Birge

1st Brigade

   BG Henry W. Birge
   Col Thomas W. Porter

  • 9th Connecticut (battalion): Cpt John G. Healy
  • 12th Maine: Ltc Edwin Ilsley
  • 14th Maine: Ltc Charles S. Bickmore (k), Cpt John K. Laing
  • 26th Massachusetts (battalion): Lt John S. Cooke
  • 14th New Hampshire: Cpt Theodore A. Ripley (c), Cpt Oliver H. Marston
  • 75th New York: Maj Benjamin F. Thurber
2nd Brigade

   Col Edward L. Molineux

  • 13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn
  • 11th Indiana: Ltc William W. Darnall
  • 22nd Iowa: Col Harvey Graham
  • 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted): Col Lorenzo D. Sargent
  • 131st New York: Col Nicholas W. Day
  • 159th New York: Ltc William Waltermire
3rd Brigade

   Col Daniel Macauley (w)
   Ltc Alfred Neafie

  • 38th Massachusetts: Maj Charles F. Allen
  • 128th New York: Cpt Charles R. Anderson
  • 156th New York: Ltc Alfred Neafie, Cpt Alfred Cooley
  • 175th New York (battalion): Cpt Charles McCarthey
  • 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis
4th Brigade

   Col David Shunk

  • 8th Indiana: Ltc Alexander J. Kenny (w), Maj John R. Polk
  • 18th Indiana: Ltc William S. Charles (w)
  • 24th Iowa: Ltc John Q. Wilds (mw), Maj Edward Wright (w), Cpt Leander Clark
  • 28th Iowa: Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson (w), Maj John Meyer
Division Artillery
  • 1st Battery (A), Maine Light Artillery: Lt Eben D. Haley (w)
Reserve Artillery

   Maj Albert W. Bradbury

  • 17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Hezekiah Hinkson
  • Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery: Lt Frederick Chase

Army of West Virginia (VIII Corps)

BG George Crook

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     Col Joseph Thoburn (k)
     Col Thomas M. Harris

1st Brigade

   Ltc Thomas F. Wildes

  • 34th Massachusetts: Cpt Andrew Potter
  • 2nd Battalion, 5th New York Heavy Artillery: Cpt Frederick C. Wilkie
  • 116th Ohio: Cpt Wilbert B. Teters (w), Cpt John Hull
  • 123rd Ohio: Maj Horace Kellog
2nd Brigade

   Colonel William B. Curtis

  • 1st West Virginia: Ltc Jacob Weddle
  • 4th West Virginia: Cpt Benjamin D. Boswell
  • 12th West Virginia: Ltc Robert S. Northcott
3rd Brigade

   Col Thomas M. Harris
   Col Milton Wells (w)

  • 23rd Illinois: Cpt Samuel A. Simison
  • 54th Pennsylvania: Cpt John Suter
  • 10th West Virginia: Ltc Moses S. Hall (w), Maj Henry H. Withers
  • 11th West Virginia: Ltc Van H. Bukey
  • 15th West Virginia: Col Milton Wells, Maj John W. Holliday

Second Division


     Col Rutherford B. Hayes

1st Brigade

   Col Hiram F. Devol

  • 23rd Ohio: Ltc James M. Comly
  • 36th Ohio: Ltc William H. G. Adney
  • 5th West Virginia (battalion): Ltc William H. Enochs
  • 13th West Virginia: Col William R. Brown, Ltc James R. Hall
2nd Brigade

   Ltc Benjamin F. Coates

  • 34th Ohio (battalion): Ltc Luther Furney
  • 91st Ohio: Maj Lemuel Z. Cadot
  • 9th West Virginia: Cpt John S. P. Carroll
  • 14th West Virginia: Maj Shriver Moore

Artillery

Artillery Brigade

   Cpt Henry A. du Pont

  • Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Frank C. Gibbs
  • Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Lt William Munk
  • Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Henry F. Brewerton (w), Lt Charles Holman

Provisional Division


     Col J. Howard Kitching (mw)
     Col Wilhelm Heine

1st Brigade

   Col Wilhelm Heine
   Ltc Thompson D. Hart

  • 6th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Edward Jones (mw)
  • 103rd New York Infantry: Maj Joseph Morrison
  • 104th Pennsylvania Infantry: Cpt Theophiles Kephart
2nd Brigade

   Ltc G. DePeyster Arden

  • 41st New York Infantry: Ltc Detleo Von Einseidel
  • 10th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc DePeyster Arden

Cavalry Corps

BG Alfred T. A. Torbert

Escort:    1st Rhode Island: Maj William H. Turner, jr.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Wesley Merritt

1st Brigade

   Col James H. Kidd

  • 1st Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Andrew W. Duggan
  • 5th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Smith H. Hastings
  • 6th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Charles W. Deane
  • 7th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Daniel H. Darling
  • New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Joseph W. Martin
2nd Brigade

   Col Thomas C. Devin

  • 4th New York Cavalry: Maj Edward Schwartz
  • 6th New York Cavalry: Cpt George E. Farmer
  • 9th New York Cavalry: Col George S. Nichols
  • 19th New York Cavalry (1st New York Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs
  • Batteries K & L, 1st US Artillery: Lt Franck E. Taylor
Reserve Brigade

   Col Charles Russell Lowell (mw)
   Ltc Caspar Crowninshield

  • 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Ltc Caspar Crowninshield, Cpt Archibald McKendry
  • 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene M. Baker
  • 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Robert S. Smith
  • 5th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Gustavus Urban

Second Division


     Col William H. Powell

1st Brigade

   Col Alpheus S. Moore

  • 8th Ohio Cavalry (detachment): Col Samuel A. Gilbert
  • 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj Thomas Gibson
  • 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Andrew J. Greenfield
2nd Brigade

   Col Henry Capehart

  • 1st New York Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn
  • 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Harvey Farabee
  • 2nd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John J. Hoffman
  • 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Ltc John L. McGee
Division Artillery
  • Battery L, 5th U.S. Artillery: Lt Gulian V. Weir

Third Division


     BG George Armstrong Custer

1st Brigade

   Col Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr.

  • 1st Connecticut Cavalry: Cpt Edwin W. French
  • 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc Charles C. Suydam
  • 2nd New York Cavalry: Cpt Andrew S. Glover
  • 5th New York Cavalry: Maj Abram H. Krom
  • 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington
  • 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj John W. Phillips
2nd Brigade

   Col William Wells

  • 3rd Indiana Cavalry (two companies): Lt Benjamin F. Gilbert
  • 1st New Hampshire Cavalry (battalion): Col John L. Thompson
  • 8th New York Cavalry: Ltc William H. Benjamin
  • 22nd New York Cavalry: Maj Charles C. Brown
  • 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc John W. Bennett
Horse Artillery
  • Batteries B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Peirce
  • Batteries C, F & K, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Cpt Dunbar R. Ransom
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