Appendix 2

ORDER OF BATTLE

Kelly’s Ford, March 17, 1863

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

Cavalry Corps Maj. Gen. George Stoneman

2^nd DIVISION

BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM W. AVERELL

1^st Brigade

Col. Alfred N. Duffié

4^th New York Cavalry (Col. Luigi P. di Cesnola)

6^th Ohio Cavalry (Lt. Col. William R. Steadman)

1^st Rhode Island Cavalry (Maj. Preston M. Farrington)

2^nd Brigade

Col. John B. McIntosh

3^rd Pennsylvania Cavalry (Col. Edward S. Owen)

4^th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Lt. Col. William E. Doster)

16^th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Col. J. Irvin Gregg)

Reserve Brigade

Capt. Marcus A. Reno

1^st U.S. Cavalry (Capt. Marcus A. Reno)

5^th U.S. Cavalry (Lt. Robert Sweatman)

6^th New York Independent Battery (Lt. George Browne Jr.)

Total strength: 2,100 men¹

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

CAVALRY DIVISION

MAJ. GEN. J.E.B. STUART

Fitz Lee’s Brigade

Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee

1^st Virginia Cavalry (Col. James H. Drake)

2^nd Virginia Cavalry (Maj. Cary Breckinridge—captured; Capt. Edgar Whitehead)

3^rd Virginia Cavalry (Col. Thomas H. Owen)

4^th Virginia Cavalry (Lt. Col. William H. Payne)

5^th Virginia Cavalry (Col. Thomas L. Rosser)

Breathed’s Battery of Horse Artillery (Capt. James Breathed)

Total strength: 800 men

NOTES

1. Note that 900 men of Averell’s 2^nd Division, including the entire 1^st Massachusetts Cavalry, were detached to guard Averell’s flanks and the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. His actual strength should have been 3,000 men, not 2,100.