Chaffin's Farm Union order of battle
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Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought September 29–30, 1864, as part of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.-Background:...

 of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
    Major general (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier general (United States)
    A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...

  • Maj = Major
    Major (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...


Army of the James
Army of the James
The Army of the James was a Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.-History:...

MG Benjamin F. Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)
Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts....


  • Chief of Engineers: MG Godfrey Weitzel
    Godfrey Weitzel
    Godfrey Weitzel was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War, as well as the acting Mayor of New Orleans during the Federal occupancy of the city.-Early life and career:...


X Corps

MG David B. Birney
David B. Birney
David Bell Birney was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union General in the American Civil War.-Early life:Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG Alfred H. Terry
1st Brigade
  
Col Francis B. Pond (w)
   Col Thomas Mulcahy
   Col Alvin C. Voris
  • 39th Illinois
  • 62nd Ohio
    62nd Ohio Infantry
    The 62nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 62nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Zanesville, McConnellsville, and Somerset, Ohio beginning September 17, 1861 and mustered in for three years service on December 24, 1861 under...

  • 67th Ohio
    67th Ohio Infantry
    The 67th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 67th Ohio Infantry was organized by consolidation of recruits for the 67th Ohio Infantry and 45th Ohio Infantry and mustered in for three years service under the command of...

  • 85th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade
  
Col Joseph C. Abbott
  • 6th Connecticut
  • 7th Connecticut
  • 3rd New Hampshire
  • 7th New Hampshire
  • 16th New York Heavy Artillery
3rd Brigade
  
Col Harris M. Plaisted
Harris M. Plaisted
Harris Merrill Plaisted was an American Civil War general, U.S. Congressman, and the 38th Governor of Maine.-Biography:...

  • 10th Connecticutt
  • 11th Maine
    11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 11th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 12, 1861 under the command of Colonel John Curtis...

  • 1st Maryland Cavalry
  • 27th Massachusetts
  • 100th New York

Second Division

    
BG Robert Sanford Foster
Robert Sanford Foster
Robert Sanford Foster was a Union general during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign.-Biography:...

1st Brigade
  
Col Rufus Daggett (w)
   Col Albert M. Barney
  • 3rd New York
  • 112th New York
  • 117th New York
  • 142nd New York
2nd Brigade
  
Col Galusha Pennypacker
Galusha Pennypacker
-External links:...

  • 47th New York
  • 48th New York
  • 76th Pennsylvania
  • 97th Pennsylvania
  • 203rd Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade
  
Col Louis Bell
  • 13th Indiana
    13th Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during theAmerican Civil War.- Service :The 13th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was originally accepted for state service for one year and was organized at Indianapolis for the U. S. service by volunteers from the...

  • 9th Maine
    9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 22, 1861....

  • 4th New Hampshire
    4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
    The 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Manchester, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 18, 1861.The regiment was...

  • 115th New York
  • 169th New York

Third Division

    
(incomplete)
1st Brigade
  
BG William Birney
William Birney
William Birney was a professor, Union Army general during the American Civil War, attorney and author. An ardent abolitionist, he was noted for encouraging thousands of free black men to join the Union army....

  • 29th Connecticut
  • 7th U.S.C.T.
  • 8th U.S.C.T.
  • 9th U.S.C.T.
  • 45th U.S.C.T.

Artillery
Artillery Brigade
  
Col Richard H. Jackson
  • Connecticut Light 1st Battery
  • New Jersey Light 4th Battery
  • New Jersey Light 5th Battery
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light Battery E
  • Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy
    Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
    Battery C, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery was a heavy artillery regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 1st U.S. Batteries C and D
  • 1st U.S. Battery M
  • 3rd U.S. Battery E
  • 4th U.S. Battery D

XVIII Corps

MG Edward O. C. Ord (w, September 29)

BG Charles A. Heckman

MG Godfrey Weitzel
Godfrey Weitzel
Godfrey Weitzel was a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War, as well as the acting Mayor of New Orleans during the Federal occupancy of the city.-Early life and career:...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG George J. Stannard
George J. Stannard
George Jerrison Stannard was a Vermont farmer, teacher, and Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...

 (w)
    
BG Gilman Marston
Gilman Marston
Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, Senator, and United States Army general from New Hampshire.-Early life:...

1st Brigade
  
Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens
Aaron Fletcher Stevens
Aaron Fletcher Stevens was a brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War, as well as a two-term U.S. Congressman.-Birth and early years:...

 (w)
   Ltc John B. Raultson
  • 13th New Hampshire
    13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
    The 13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is reputed to have the distinction of having the first U.S...

  • 81st New York
  • 98th New York
  • 139th New York
2nd Brigade
  
BG Hiram Burnham
Hiram Burnham
Hiram Burnham was an officer in the Union Army who commanded a regiment and then a brigade in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War...

 (k)
   Col Michael Donohoe (w)
   Col Stephen Moffitt
  • 8th Connecticut
  • 10th New Hampshire
  • 96th New York
  • 118th New York
3rd Brigade
  
Col Samuel H. Roberts (w)
   Col Edgar M. Cullen
  • 21st Connecticut
  • 92nd New York
  • 58th Pennsylvania
  • 188th Pennsylvania

Second Division

    
BG Charles A. Heckman
     Col Harrison S. Fairchild
     BG Charles A. Heckman
1st Brigade
  
Col James Stewart, Jr. (w)
   Col George M. Guton
  • 148th New York
  • 158th New York
  • 55th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade
  
Col Edward H. Ripley
  • 8th Maine
    8th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 8th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Maine Infantry was organized in Augusta, Maine and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 7, 1861....

  • 9th Vermont
3rd Brigade
  
Col Harrison S. Fairchild
  • 89th New York
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Third Division

    
BG Charles J. Paine
1st Brigade
  
Col John Henry Holman
  • 1st U.S.C.T.
  • 22nd U.S.C.T.
  • 37th U.S.C.T.
2nd Brigade
  
Col Alonzo G. Draper
Alonzo G. Draper
Alonzo Granville Draper was a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who eventually earned the grade of brevet brigadier general. During his early career, Draper was an outspoken advocate of various social causes, particularly worker's rights...

  • 5th U.S.C.T.
  • 36th U.S.C.T.
  • 89th U.S.C.T.
3rd Brigade
  
Col Samuel A. Duncan (w)
   Col John W. Ames
  • 4th U.S.C.T.
  • 6th U.S.C.T.

Artillery
Artillery Brigade
  
Maj George B. Cook
  • 3rd New York Light, Battery E
  • 2nd New York Light, Battery H
  • 3rd New York Light, Battery K
  • 3rd New York Light, Battery M
  • New York Light, 7th Battery
  • New York Light, 16th Battery
  • New York Light, 17th Battery
  • 1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery A
  • 1st Rhode Island Light, Battery F
    Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
    Battery F, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery briefly served as cavalry, March 20 to May 18, 1862.-Service:...

  • 1st U.S., Battery B
  • 4th U.S., Battery L
  • 5th U.S., Battery A
  • 5th U.S., Battery F

Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry Division

    
BG August V. Kautz
1st Brigade
  
Col Robert M. West
  • 2nd New York
  • 5th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade
  
Col Samuel P. Spear
Samuel P. Spear
-External links:...

  • 1st District of Columbia
  • 11th Pennsylvania
Artillery
  • Wisconsin Light, 4th Battery

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