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The following Union Army
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 New Market
Battle of New Market
The Battle of New Market was a battle fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fought alongside the Confederate Army and forced Union General Franz Sigel and his army out of the Shenandoah...

 in 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
New Market Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of New Market in the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is shown separately.Department of Western VirginiaMaj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, commanding...

 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...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Department of West Virginia

MG Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel was a German military officer, revolutionist and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan was an Indiana lawyer, antebellum United States Navy officer, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was among a handful of former Navy officers who later served as infantry generals during the war.-Early life and career:Jeremiah C....


1st Brigade

  
Col Augustus Moor
  • 18th Connecticut: Maj Henry Peale
  • 28th Ohio
    28th Ohio Infantry
    The 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was frequently referred to at the "2nd German Ohio Regiment".-Service:...

    : Ltc Gottfried Becker
  • 116th Ohio
    116th Ohio Infantry
    The 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 116th Ohio Infantry was organized Marietta and Gallipolis, Ohio and mustered in September 18, 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel James Washburn...

    : Col James Washburn
  • 123rd Ohio
    123rd Ohio Infantry
    The 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 123rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Monroeville in Huron County, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 24, 1862 under the command of Colonel William T...

    : Maj Horace Kellogg
2nd Brigade

  
Col Joseph Thoburn
Joseph Thoburn
Joseph Thoburn was born in the district of Mallusk north of Belfast, County Antrim, to be found in the modern-day borough of Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, UK. He went on to be a physician and soldier from the state of West Virginia who served as an officer and brigade commander in the Union...

  • 34th Massachusetts: Col George D. Wells
  • 54th Pennsylvania: Col Jacob M. Campbell
  • 1st West Virginia: Ltc Jacob Weddle
  • 12th West Virginia: Col William B. Curtis

First Cavalry Division

    
MG Julius Stahel
Julius Stahel
Julius H. Stahel-Számwald was a Hungarian soldier who emigrated to the United States and became a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a U.S. diplomat, a mining engineer, and a life insurance company executive...


1st Brigade

  
Col William B. Tibbits
  • 1st New York Cavalry (Veteran): Col Robert F. Taylor
  • 1st New York Cavalry (Lincoln): Ltc Alonzo W. Adams
  • 21st New York Cavalry: Maj Charles G. Otis
  • 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
    1st Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade
    The 1st Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

     (detachment): Maj. J. Townsend Daniel
  • 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Cpt Ashbell F. Duncan
2nd Brigade

  
Col John E. Wynkoop
  • 15th New York Cavalry: Maj H. Roessler
  • 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Maj R. B. Douglas
  • 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Lt Caleb McNulty
Artillery
  • Maryland Light, Battery B: Cpt Alonzo Snow
  • New York Light, 30th Battery: Cpt Albert von Kleiser
  • 1st West Virginia Light, Battery D: Cpt John Carlin
  • 1st West Virginia Light, Battery G: Cpt Chatham T. Ewing
  • 5th United States, Battery B: Cpt Henry A. du Pont
    Henry A. du Pont
    Henry Algernon du Pont , known as "Colonel Henry", was an American soldier and politician from Winterthur, near Greenville, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Civil War, and a member of the Republican Party, who served two terms as U.S...

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