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Battles & Leaders of the Civil WarTHE OPPOSING FORCES AT THE BEGINNING OF GRANT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST RICHMOND. BEATING THE LONG ROLL. For much of the information contained in this list and in similar lists to follow, the editors are indebted (in advance of the publication of this "Official Records") to Brigadier-General Richard C. Drum, Adjutant-General of the Army. During the movement to Cold Harbor some consolidations of Brigades and divisions were made, organizations mustered out, and reenforcements received. For the composition of the army, June 1st, see pp. 184-87. The impossibility of obtaining complete data relative to the casualties among officers in this campaign makes it necessary to omit such information.-Editors. THE UNION ARMY - Lieutenant-General, Ulysses S. Grant. Escort: B, F and K, 5th U. S. Cav., Capt. Julius W. Mason. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade. Provost Guard, Brig.-G : C and D, 1st Mass. Cav., Capt. Edward A. Flint ; 80th N. Y. Inf. (20th Militia), Col. Theodore B. Gates ; 3d Pa. Cav., Maj. James W. Walsh; 68th Pa. Inf., Lieut.-Col. Robert E. Winslow; 114th Pa. Inf., Col. Charles H. T. Collis. Volunteer Engineer Brigade,(1) Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham: 15th N. Y. Engineers, Maj. William A. Ketchum ; 50th N. Y. Engineers, Lieut.-Col. Ira Spaulding. Battalion U. S. Engineers, Capt. George H. Mendell. Guards and Orderlies : Oneida (N: Y.) Cav., Capt. Daniel P. Mann. SECOND ARMY CORPS, Maj.-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. Escort: M, 1st Vt. Cav., Capt. John H. Hazelton. First Division, Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow.
Second Division, Brig.-Gen. John Gibbon. Provost Guard : 2d Co. Minn. Sharp-shooters, Capt. Mahlon Black. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Alex. S. Webb : 19th Me., Col. Selden Connor; 1st Co. Andrew (Mass,) Sharpshooters, Lieut. Samuel G. Gilbreth; 15th Mass., Maj. I. Harris Hooper; 19th Mass., Maj. Edmund Rice; 20th Mass., Maj. Henry L. Abbott; 7th Mich., Maj. Sylvanus W. Curtis ; 42d N. Y., Maj. Patrick J. D Y, Capt. William McFadden; 82d N. Y. (2d Militia), Col. Henry W. Hudson. Second Brigade Brig.-Gen. Joshua T. Owen : 152d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. George W. Thompson; 69th Pa., Maj. William Davis; 71st Pa ., Lieut.-Col. Charles Kochersperger; 72d Pa., Col. De Witt C. Baxter; 106th Pa., Capt. Robert H. Ford. Third Brigade Col. Samuel S. Carroll : 14th Conn., Col. Theodore G. Ellis; 1st Del., Lieut.-Col. Daniel Woodall; 14th Ind., Col. John Coons ; 12th N. J., Lieut.-Col. Thomas H. Davis; 10th N. Y. (Battalion), Capt. George M. Dewey; (1) With the exception of eleven companies of the 50th N. Y. under Lieut.-Col. Spaulding, this command, with its commander, was at the Engineer Depot, Washington, D. C.
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