The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of New Market in the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle[1] and the reports.[2]
Abbreviations used
editMilitary rank
edit- MG = Major general
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
edit- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Department of West Virginia
editMG Franz Sigel
Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Infantry Division (4937 men)[3]
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1st Brigade (2555 men)
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2nd Brigade (2382 men)
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First Cavalry Division
|
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery (>565 men, 28 total guns)[4] |
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Notes
edit- ^ The Battle of New Market - Order of Battle Archived 2012-04-11 at the Wayback Machine; Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVII, Part 1, page 77
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVII, Part 1, page 830
- ^ Numbers sourced from Knight, Appendix 1.
- ^ Numbers sourced from Knight, Appendix 1.
References
edit- Knight, Charles R. Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, May 1864. Savas Beatie, 2010. ISBN 978-1-932714-80-7.
- Whitehorne, Joseph W. A, The Battle of New Market
- 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.