Seven Days Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Seven Days Battles (from June 25 to July 1, 1862) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization-return of casualties during the battle[1] and the reports.[2][3] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Organization of the Union Army of the Potomac during the Seven Days Battle of the American Civil War

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Potomac

MG George B. McClellan, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff

General Headquarters

II Corps

BG Edwin V. Sumner

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Israel B. Richardson

1st Brigade


     BG John C. Caldwell

  • 5th New Hampshire: Ltc Samuel G. Langley; Cpt Edward E. Sturtevant
  • 7th New York: Col George W. von Schack
  • 61st New York: Col Francis Channing Barlow
  • 81st Pennsylvania: Col Charles F. Johnson (w - Glendale); Ltc Eli T. Conner (k - Malvern Hill); Maj H. Boyd McKeen
2nd Brigade[4]


     BG Thomas F. Meagher
     Col Robert Nugent
     BG Thomas F. Meagher

  • 29th Massachusetts: Col Ebenezer W. Pierce (w - White Oak Swamp); Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
  • 63rd New York: Col John Burke (w); Ltc Henry Fowler; Cpt Joseph O'Neill
  • 69th New York: Col Robert Nugent
  • 88th New York: Col Henry M. Baker; Maj James Quinlan
3rd Brigade


     BG William H. French

Artillery


     Cpt George W. Hazzard (mw - White Oak Swamp)

Second Division


     BG John Sedgwick (w - Glendale)

1st Brigade


     Col Alfred Sully

2nd Brigade


     BG William W. Burns

3rd Brigade


     BG Napoleon J.T. Dana

Artillery


     Col Charles H. Tompkins

Artillery Reserve
Cavalry
  • 6th New York Cavalry (Companies D, F, H and K): : Ltc Duncan McVicar

III Corps

BG Samuel P. Heintzelman (w - Glendale)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division


     BG Joseph Hooker

1st Brigade


     BG Cuvier Grover

  • 1st Massachusetts: Col Robert Cowdin
  • 11th Massachusetts: Col William Blaisdell
  • 16th Massachusetts: Col Powell T. Wyman (k - Glendale); Ltc George A. Meacham (w); Maj Daniel S. Lamson
  • 2nd New Hampshire: Col Gilman Marston
  • 26th Pennsylvania: Ltc George D. Wells
2nd Brigade


     BG Daniel Sickles

3rd Brigade


     Col Joseph B. Carr

Artillery
  • Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery: Cpt Thomas W. Osborn
  • 4th New York Light Artillery: Lt Joseph E. Nairn
  • Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Webber

Third Division


     BG Philip Kearny

1st Brigade


     BG John C. Robinson

2nd Brigade


     BG David B. Birney

3rd Brigade


     BG Hiram G. Berry

Artillery
Artillery Reserve


     Cpt Gustavus A. De Russy

Cavalry


     Col William W. Averell

IV Corps

BG Erasmus D. Keyes

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Darius N. Couch

1st Brigade


     BG Albion P. Howe

2nd Brigade


     BG John J. Abercrombie

3rd Brigade


     BG Innis N. Palmer

Artillery

Second Division


     BG John J. Peck

1st Brigade


     BG Henry M. Naglee

2nd Brigade


     BG Henry W. Wessells

Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st New York Light Artillery: Lt Charles E. Mink
  • 7th New York Artillery: Cpt Peter C. Regan
Artillery Reserve


     Maj Robert M. West

  • 8th New York Light Artillery: Cpt Butler Fitch
  • Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery: Cpt Theodore Miller
  • Battery H, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery: Cpt James Brady
  • Battery M, 5th U.S. Artillery: Cpt James McKnight
Cavalry


     Col David M. Gregg

  • 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col David M. Gregg

V Corps

BG Fitz J. Porter

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG George W. Morell

1st Brigade


     BG John H. Martindale

2nd Brigade


     BG Charles Griffin

3rd Brigade


     BG Daniel Butterfield

Artillery


     Cpt William B. Weeden

Sharpshooters


     Col Hiram Berdan

Second Division


     BG George Sykes

1st Brigade


     Ltc Robert C. Buchanan

  • 3rd United States: Maj Nathan B. Rossell (k - Gaines' Mill), Cpt Thomas W. Walker, Cpt John D. Wilkins
  • 4th United States: Maj Delozier Davidson (c), Cpt Joseph B. Collins
  • 12th United States: Maj Henry B. Clitz (w&c - Gaines' Mill); Cpt John G. Read, Cpt Matthew M. Blunt
  • 14th United States: Cpt John D. O'Connell
2nd Brigade


     Ltc William Chapman
     Maj Charles S. Lovell

3rd Brigade


     Col Gouverneur K. Warren (w - Gaines' Mill)

Artillery


     Cpt Stephen H. Weed

Third Division (Pennsylvania Reserves)


     BG George A. McCall (c - Frayser's Farm)
     BG Truman Seymour

1st Brigade


     BG John F. Reynolds (c - Gaines' Mill)
     Col Seneca G. Simmons (k - Glendale)[10]
     Col Richard Biddle Roberts

2nd Brigade


     BG George G. Meade (w - Glendale)
     Col Albert L. Magilton

3rd Brigade


     BG Truman Seymour
     Col Conrad Feger Jackson

Artillery


     Cpt Henry V. De Hart (mw - Gaines' Mill)

Cavalry


     Col James H. Childs

Cavalry


     Col John F. Farnsworth

VI Corps

BG William B. Franklin

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Henry W. Slocum

1st Brigade


     BG George W. Taylor

  • 1st New Jersey: Ltc Robert McAllister, Col A. T. A. Torbert
  • 2nd New Jersey: Col Isaac M. Tucker (k - Gaines' Mill), Maj Henry O. Ryerson (w - Gaines' Mill), Ltc Samuel L. Buck
  • 3rd New Jersey: Col Henry W. Brown
  • 4th New Jersey: Col James H. Simpson (c - Gaines' Mill), Ltc William B. Hatch
2nd Brigade


     Col Joseph J. Bartlett

3rd Brigade


     BG John Newton

  • 18th New York: Ltc George R. Myers, Maj John C. Meginnis
  • 31st New York: Col Calvin E. Pratt (w - Gaines' Mill), Maj Alexander Raszewski
  • 32nd New York: Col Roderick Matheson
  • 95th Pennsylvania: Col John M. Gosline (mw - Gaines' Mill), Ltc Gustavus W. Town
Artillery

Second Division


     BG William F. Smith

1st Brigade


     BG Winfield S. Hancock

2nd Brigade


     BG William T. H. Brooks (w - Savage's Station)

  • 2nd Vermont: Col Henry Whiting
  • 3rd Vermont: Ltc Wheelook G. Veazey
  • 4th Vermont: Col Edwin H. Stoughton
  • 5th Vermont: Ltc Lewis A. Grant
  • 6th Vermont: Col Nathan Lord, Jr.
3rd Brigade


     BG John W. Davidson

Artillery


     Cpt Romeyn B. Ayres

Cavalry
  • 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Companies I & K): Cpt John O'Farrell
Cavalry

Artillery Reserve

Col Henry J. Hunt

Brigade Batteries
First Brigade (Horse Artillery)


     Ltc William Hays

Second Brigade


     Ltc George W. Getty

Third Brigade


     Maj Albert Arndt

  • Battery A, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Otto Diederichs
  • Battery B, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Adolph Voegelee
  • Battery C, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt Robert Langner
  • Battery D, 1st Battalion, New York Volunteer Light Artillery: Cpt John Knieriem
Fourth Brigade


     Maj Edward R. Petherbridge

Fifth Brigade


     Cpt J. Howard Carlisle

Unattached
Siege Train


     Col Robert O. Tyler

  • 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery: Col Robert O. Tyler

Cavalry Reserve

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry Reserve


     BG Philip St. George Cooke

First Brigade


     Col Richard H. Rush

  • 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Richard H. Rush
  • 5th United States Cavalry (Companies A, D, H, & L): Cpt Charles J. Whiting (w&c), Cpt Joseph H. McArthur
Second Brigade


     Col George A. H. Blake (w - Gaines' Mill)

Casey's Command

Brigade Regiments and Others

Casey's Command (at White House Landing)


     BG Silas Casey (w)

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 21-37
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XI, Part 2, pages 4-12
  3. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  4. Meagher was arrested on the evening June 29 and released on June 30 at 8 o'clock. Nugent commanded the Brigade at Savage's Station and the march through White Oak Swamp.
  5. Attached to the 15th Massachusetts.
  6. Attached to the 1st Minnesota.
  7. See Artillery Reserve.
  8. Detached with Stoneman's Command.
  9. Attached to the 16th Michigan.
  10. Killed in action at the Battle of Glendale
  11. Detached with Casey's Command.
  12. Temporarily assigned July 1 from Second Corps.
  13. Not mounted, officers an men served with other batteries.
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References

  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 18801901.
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