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Second Battle of Deep Bottom order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom (Aug 13-20, 1864) during the Petersburg campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties and includes only units which sustained casualties.[1]

Abbreviations

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Rank

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Army of the Potomac

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II Corps

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MG Winfield S. Hancock

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    BG Francis C. Barlow[2]
    BG Nelson A. Miles

First Brigade

  BG Nelson A. Miles
  Col James C. Lynch

Consolidated Brigade

  Col Levin Crandell

Fourth Brigade

  Ltc K. Oscar Broady

Second Division
    Col Thomas A. Smyth

First Brigade

  Col George N. Macy
  Ltc Horace P. Rugg

Second Brigade

  Col Mathew Murphy

Third Brigade

  Ltc Francis E. Pierce

Artillery Brigade

Third Division
    BG Gershom Mott

First Brigade

  BG Régis de Trobriand

Second Brigade

  Col Calvin A. Craig (k August 16th)
  Col John Pulford

Third Brigade

  Col Robert McAllister

Artillery Brigade

Army of the James

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X Corps

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MG David B. Birney

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    BG Alfred H. Terry

First Brigade

  Col Francis B. Pond[3]
  Col Alvin C. Voris
  Col Joshua B. Howell[4]

Second Brigade

  Col Joseph R. Hawley[5]
  Col Joseph C. Abbott

Third Brigade

  BG Robert S. Foster

Second Division
    BG John Wesley Turner

First Brigade [not engaged]
Second Brigade

  Ltc William B. Coan

Third Brigade

  Col Francis A. Osborn (w August 16th)
Ltc Nathan J Johnson (w August 16th)
  Maj Ezra L Walrath (w August 16th)
  Cpt Francis Wayland Parker (w August 16th)
  Cpt Robert J. Gray

Colored Brigade

  BG William Birney

Artillery Brigade

  Ltc Freeman McGilvery

Unassigned
  • 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, 1st & 3rd Battalions

Cavalry Division
    BG David McM. Gregg

First Brigade

  Col William Stedman

Second Brigade

  Col J. Irvin Gregg (w August 16th)
  Col Michael Kerwin

Artillery Brigade

References

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  1. ^ "Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces". Official Reports Part 1 (Serial Number 87) – Reports. The Siege of Petersburg Online. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ Barlow was in command of 1st and 2nd Divisions August 13-17)
  3. ^ Prostrated by heat August 16th.
  4. ^ took command August 18th.
  5. ^ Prostrated by heat August 16th.
  • 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, 1880–1901.
  • Horn, John. The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad August 1864. El Dorado Hills, California: Savas Beatie, 2015.