THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN OF 1864
ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan
Escort 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry • 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)
VI CORPS Maj. Gen. Horatio Wright, Brig. Gen. James Ricketts, Brig. Gen. George Getty
First Division Brig. Gen. David Russell (k), Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
First Brigade Lt. Col. Edward Campbell (w), Lt. Col. Edward Penrose (w)
4th New Jersey • 10th New Jersey • 15th New Jersey
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Emory Upton (w), Col. Joseph Hamblin (w),
Col. Ranald MacKenzie (w), Lt. Col. Egbert Olcott
2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery • 65th New York • 121st New York • 95th Pennsylvania • 96th Pennsylvania
Third Brigade Col. Oliver Edwards
37th Massachusetts • 49th Pennsylvania • 82nd Pennsylvania • 119th Pennsylvania
2nd Rhode Island (battalion) • 5th Wisconsin (battalion)
Second Division Brig. Gen. George Getty, Brig. Gen. Lewis Grant
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, Col. James Warner
62nd New York • 93rd Pennsylvania • 98th Pennsylvania • 102nd Pennsylvania • 139th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade Col. James M. Warner, Col. George Foster, Brig. Gen. Lewis Grant
2nd Vermont • 3rd Vermont • 4th Vermont • 5th Vermont • 6th Vermont • 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Bidwell (k), Lt. Col. Winsor French
7th Maine • 43rd New York • 77th New York • 122nd New York • 49th New York (battalion)
61st Pennsylvania (battalion)
Third Division Brig. Gen. James Ricketts (w), Col. J. Warren Keifer
First Brigade Col. William Emerson
14th New Jersey • 106th New York • 151st New York • 87th Pennsylvania • 10th Vermont
184th New York (battalion)
Second Brigade Col. J. Warren Keifer, Col. William Ball
6th Maryland • 9th New York • 110th Ohio • 122nd Ohio • 126th Ohio • 67th Pennsylvania
138th Pennsylvania
Artillery Brigade Col. Charles H. Tompkins
Battery E, 5th Maine • 1st New York Light • Battery C, 1st Rhode Island • Battery G, 1st Rhode Island Battery M, 5th United States
XIX CORPS Maj. Gen. William Emory
First Division Brig. Gen. William Dwight, Brig. Gen. James McMillan
First Brigade Col. George Beal, Col. Edwin Davis
29th Maine • 30th Massachusetts • 90th New York • 114th New York • 116th New York • 153rd New York
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan, Col. Stephen Thomas
12th Connecticut • 160th New York • 47th Pennsylvania • 8th Vermont
Third Brigade Col. Leonard D. H. Currie
30th Maine • 133rd New York • 162nd New York • 165th New York (6 companies) • 173rd New York
Artillery 5th New York Light
Second Division Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover (w), Brig. Gen. Henry W. Birge
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry Birge, Col. Thomas W. Porter
9th Connecticut • 12th Maine • 14th Maine • 26th Massachusetts • 14th New Hampshire • 75th New York
Second Brigade Col. Edward L. Molineux
13th Connecticut • 11th Indiana • 22nd Iowa • 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (dismounted) • 131st New York 159th New York
Third Brigade Col. Jacob Sharpe (w), Lt. Col. Alfred Neafie, Col. Daniel Macauley (w)
38th Massachusetts • 128th New York • 156th New York • 176th New York • 175th New York (battalion)
Fourth Brigade Col. David Shunk
8th Indiana • 18th Indiana • 24th Iowa • 28th Iowa
Artillery Battery A, 1st Maine Light
Reserve Artillery Capt. Elijah Taft, Maj. Albert W. Bradbury
17th Indiana Light • Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light
ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA Maj. Gen. George Crook
First Division Col. Joseph Thoburn (k)
First Brigade Col. George Wells (k), Lt. Col. Thomas Wildes
34th Massachusetts • 116th Ohio • 123rd Ohio • 5th New York Heavy Artillery (2nd Battalion)
Second Brigade Lt. Col. Robert S. Northcott, Col. William Curtis
1st West Virginia • 4th West Virginia • 12th West Virginia
Third Brigade Col. Thomas Harris, Col. Milton Wells
54th Pennsylvania • 10th West Virginia • 11th West Virginia • 15th West Virginia • 23rd Illinois Battalion
Second Division Col. Isaac Duval (w), Col. Rutherford B. Hayes
First Brigade Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, Col. Hiram Devol
23rd Ohio • 36th Ohio • 13th West Virginia • 5th West Virginia Battalion
Second Brigade Col. Daniel Johnson, Col. Benjamin Coates
91st Ohio • 9th West Virginia • 14th West Virginia • 34th Ohio Battalion
Artillery Brigade Capt. Henry Dupont
Battery L, 1st Ohio Light • Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light • Battery B, 5th United States
CAVALRY CORPS Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert
Escort 1st Rhode Island
First Division Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
First Brigade Brig. Gen. George A. Custer, Col. James Kidd
1st Michigan • 5th Michigan • 6th Michigan • 7th Michigan • 25th New York
Second Brigade Col. Thomas C. Devin
4th New York • 6th New York • 9th New York • 19th New York (1st Dragoons) • 17th Pennsylvania
Reserve Brigade Col. Charles R. Lowell, Jr. (k), Lt. Col. Caspar Crowninshield
2nd Massachusetts • 6th Pennsylvania • 1st United States • 2nd United States • 5th United States
Artillery 6th New York Light • Batteries K & L, 1st United States
Second Division Brig. Gen. William Averell, Col. William Powell
First Brigade Col. James N. Schoonmaker, Col. Alpheus S. Moore
8th Ohio (detachment) • 14th Pennsylvania • 22nd Pennsylvania
Second Brigade Col. Henry Capehart
1st New York • 1st West Virginia • 2nd West Virginia • 3rd West Virginia
Artillery Battery L, 5th United States
Third Division Brig. Gen. James Wilson
First Brigade Brig. Gen. John B. McIntosh (w), Col. George M. Purington, Col. Alexander Pennington
1st Connecticut • 3rd New Jersey • 2nd New York • 5th New York • 2nd Ohio • 18th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. George Chapman, Col. William Wells
3rd Indiana (2 companies) • 8th New York • 22nd New York • 1st Vermont • 1st New Hampshire (battalion)
Artillery Batteries B & L, 2nd United States, Batteries C, F, & K, 3rd United States
Provisional Division J. Howard Kitching (mw)
Made up of smaller detachments of infantry from each corps and Army of West Virginia. Only 6th New York Heavy Artillery saw action at Cedar Creek.
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ARMY OF THE VALEY Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early
Major General John Breckinridge commanded Gordon’s and Wharton’s division until his transfer after Third Winchester.
Second Corps Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon
Rodes’ Division Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes (k)1, Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur (mw)2
Battle’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle (w)3, Lt. Col. Edwin L. Hobson
3rd Alabama • 5th Alabama • 6th Alabama • 12th Alabama • 61st Alabama
Grimes’ Brigade Brig. Gen. Bryan Grimes
32nd North Carolina • 43rd North Carolina • 45th North Carolina • 53rd North Carolina • 2nd North Carolina Battalion
Cook’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Philip Cook
4th Georgia • 12th Georgia • 21st Georgia • 44th Georgia
Cox’s Brigade Brig. Gen. William R. Cox
1st North Carolina • 2nd North Carolina • 3rd North Carolina • 4th North Carolina
14th North Carolina • 30th North Carolina
Ramseur’s Division Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur (k)4, Brig. Gen. John Pegram
Pegram’s Brigade Brig. Gen. John Pegram, Col. John S. Hoffman
13th Virginia • 31st Virginia • 49th Virginia • 52nd Virginia • 58th Virginia
Johnston’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnston (w)5
5th North Carolina • 12th North Carolina • 20th North Carolina • 23rd North Carolina
1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters
Godwin’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Archibald C. Godwin (k)6, Lt. Col. William S. Davis
6th North Carolina • 21st North Carolina • 54th North Carolina • 57th North Carolina
Gordon’s Division Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon7, Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans
Evans’ Brigade Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans, Col. Edmund N. Atkinson9, Col. John H. Lowe
13th Georgia • 26th Georgia • 31st Georgia • 38th Georgia • 60th Georgia • 61st Georgia • 12th Georgia Battalion
Terry’s Brigade Brig. Gen. William Terry10
2nd Virginia • 4th Virginia • 5th Virginia • 10th Virginia • 21st Virginia • 23rd Virginia • 25th Virginia
27th Virginia • 33rd Virginia • 37th Virginia • 42nd Virginia • 44th Virginia • 48th Virginia • 50th Virginia
York’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Zebulon York (w)11, Col. Edmund Pendleton
1st Louisiana • 2nd Louisiana • 5th Louisiana • 6th Louisiana • 7th Louisiana • 8th Louisiana
9th Louisiana • 10th Louisiana • 14th Louisiana • 15th Louisiana
Wharton’s Division Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton
Wharton’s Brigade Col. Augustus Forsberg (w)12 Capt. Robert H. Logan
30th Virginia • 45th Virginia • 50th Virginia • 51st Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters
Patton’s Brigade Col. George S. Patton (mw)13 Capt. Edmund S. Read, Lt. Col. John C. McDonald
22nd Virginia • 23rd Virginia Battalion • 26th Virginia Reserves
Smith’s Brigade Col. Thomas Smith
36th Virginia • 60th Virginia • 45th Virginia Battalion • Thomas Legion
Kershaw’s Division Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Kershaw’s Brigade Col. John W. Henagan (c)14 Brig. Gen. James Conner (w)15, Maj. James M. Goggin
2nd South Carolina • 3rd South Carolina • 7th South Carolina • 8th South Carolina • 15th South Carolina
20th South Carolina • 3rd South Carolina Battalion
Humphrey’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys
13th Mississippi • 17th Mississippi • 18th Mississippi • 21st Mississippi
Wofford’s Brigade Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford
16th Georgia • 18th Georgia • 24th Georgia • 3rd Georgia Battalion • Cobb’s (Georgia) Legion Phillips (Georgia) Legion
Bryan’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Goode Bryan 16, Col. James P. Simms
10th Georgia • 50th Georgia • 51st Georgia • 53rd Georgia
Cavalry Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee (w)
Lomax’s Division Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax
Imboden’s Brigade Brig. Gen. John Imboden17, Col. George Smith
18th Virginia • 23rd Virginia • 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
Johnson’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson
8th Virginia • 21st Virginia • 22nd Virginia • 34th Virginia • 36th Virginia
McCausland’s Brigade Brig. Gen. John M. McClausland
14th Virginia • 16th Virginia • 17th Virginia • 25th Virginia • 37th Virginia Battalion
Jackson’s Brigade Brig. Gen. William L. Jackson, Brig. Gen. Henry B. Davidson, Lt. Col. William Thompson18
2nd Maryland • 19th Virginia • 20th Virginia • 46th Virginia Battalion • 47th Virginia Battalion
Lee’s Division Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee (w)19, Brig. Gen. Williams C. Wickham20, Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
Wickham’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Williams C. Wickham, Col. Thomas T. Munford
1st Virginia • 2nd Virginia • 3rd Virginia • 4th Virginia
Rosser’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, Lt. Col. Richard H. Dulany, Col. Oliver R. Funston, Jr.
7th Virginia • 11th Virginia • 12th Virginia • 35th Virginia Battalion
Payne’s Brigade Col. William H. Payne
5th Virginia • 6th Virginia • 15th Virginia
Artillery Brig. Gen. Armistead L. Long21, Col. Thomas H. Carter
Braxton’s Battalion Lt. Col. Carter M. Braxton
Carpenter’s Alleghany (Virginia) Battery • Hardwicke’s Lee (Virginia) Battery • Cooper’s Stafford (Virginia) Battery
Nelson’s Battalion Lt. Col. William Nelson
Kirkpatrick’s (Virginia) Amherst Battery • Massie’s (Virginia) Battery, Milledge, Jr.’s (Georgia) Regular Battery
King’s Battalion Lt. Col. J. Floyd King, Maj. William McLaughlin
Bryan’s (Virginia) Lewisburg Battery • Chapman’s (Virginia) Monroe Battery
Lowry’s (Virginia) Wise Legion Battery
Cutshaw’s Battalion Maj. Wilfred E. Cutshaw
Carrington’s (Virginia) Charlottesville Battery • Tanner’s (Virginia) Richmond Courtney Battery
Garber’s (Virginia) Staunton Battery
Breathed’s Horse Artillery Battalion Maj. James Breathed
Griffin’s 2nd (Maryland) Battery • Johnston’s (Virginia) Charlottesville Battery • Thomson’s (Virginia) Ashby Battery • 1st Stuart Horse Battery • Jackson’s (Virginia) Charlottesville Battery • Shoemaker’s (Virginia) Lynchburg Battery • Lurty’s (Virginia) Roanoke Battery • McClannahan’s (Virginia) Staunton Battery
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(CM)
1 Killed at Third Winchester
2 Succeeded to command Rodes’ division after Third Winchester. Mortally wounded at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, and died the next day.
3 Severely wounded at Cedar Creek and did not return to active service before the war ended
4 See note #2
5 Wounded at Third Winchester
6 Killed at Third Winchester
7 Directed Second Corps while Early was in command of the army
8 Captured at Fisher’s Hill
9 Consisted of the remnants of 14 regiments from the “Stonewall” Division which was decimated at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864
10 Severely wounded at Third Winchester and incapacitated for further active service; York’s Brigade contained regiments of two former Louisiana Brigades
11 Wounded at Third Winchester
12 Mortally Wounded at Third Winchester
13 Captured at Third Winchester and imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, where he died on April 26, 1865
14 Severely wounded, lost a leg to amputation at Hupp’s Hill
15 Resigned from his command on September 20, 1864, because of chronic ill health and returned to Georgia
16 Wounded at Third Winchester
17 Suffered a severe case of typhoid fever in the fall of 1864 that incapacitated him from further field command and he would be transferred to command a prisoner-of-war camp in the Deep South
18 Commanded brigade at Tom’s Brook
19 Wounded at Third Winchester
20 Resigned from army and took his seat in the Confederate Congress on October 5, 1864
21 Absent from the army during the campaign due to illness