ORDER OF BATTLE - BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION JUNE 9, 1863

CAVALRY CORPS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC 
BRIG. GEN.  ALFRED PLEASONTON
8,000 cavalry; 3,000 infantry - 11,000 men
RIGHT WING
 Alignment represents Buford's Wing at outset of battle
 Brig. Gen. John Buford - Beverly's Ford - 5,418 men,   including infantry and horse artillery
1st Cavalry Division
 Brig. Gen. John Buford -2,061 men

1st Brigade - Col. Benjamin F. Davis - MWIA
8th New York Cav - Maj. Edmund M. Pope
8th Illinois Cav - Capt. Alpheus Clark - MWIA,  Capt. George A. Forsyth- WIA
3rd Indiana Cav - Maj. William S. McClure
9th New York Cav (Five companies) - Maj. William B. Martin - WIA
3rd (West) Virginia (Two companies) - Capt. Seymour B. Conger

2nd Brigade  -  Col. Thomas C.Devin
6th New York Cav -  Maj. William E. Beardsley
17th Pa Cav  -  Col. Josiah H. Kellogg

Reserve Brigade  -  Maj. Charles J. Whiting-1,857men
2nd U.S. Cav  -   Capt. Wesley Merritt
5th U.S. Cav - Capt. James E. Harrison
6th U.S. Cav - Capt. George C. Cram
6th Pa Cav - Maj. Robert Morris, Jr. - taken prisoner, died in Libby Prison

U.S. Horse Artillery  - Capt. James M. Robertson
1st U.S. Arty., Batt.- K  - Capt. William M. Graham
2nd U.S. Arty., -  Consolidated - Lt.  Edward Heaton
                        Batt. - B -  Lt. Albert O. Vincent
                        Batt. - L -  Lt. Leroy L. Janes
4th U.S. Arty., Batt. E - Lt.  Samuel S. Elder

Below alignment represents Buford's adjusted Command after the battle develops

Forces east  of Beverly's Ford Road

1st Cavalry  Division - Col. Thomas C. Devin

lst Brigade - Maj. William S. McClure
8th Illinois - detached west of road
8th New York Cav - Maj. Edmund M. Pope
3rd Indiana Cav  - Maj. Charles Lemmon
9th New York Cav - Capt. Conway W. Ayres
3rd West Virginia Cav  -  Capt. Seymour B. Conger
2nd U.S. Arty.  Consolidated - Lt. Edward Heaton
                       Batt. -B -  Lt. Albert O. Vincent
                       Batt. -L -  Lt. Leroy L. Janes

Forces west of Beverly's Ford Road - Brig. Gen. John Buford, tactical field commander

Second Brigade - Col. Josiah H. Kellogg - Anchored right on  Hazel River
17th Pa Cav
6th New York Cav
1st U.S. Arty., Batt. -K -  Capt. William M. Graham

Reserve Brigade -  Maj. Charles J. Whiting
1st U.S. Cav - Capt. Richard S. C. Lord - Arrived late in day from picket, covered retreat
2nd U.S. Cav  - Capt. Wesley Merritt
5th U.S. Cav - Capt. James E. Harrison
6th U.S. Cav - Capt. George C. Cram
6th Pa Cav - Maj. Henry C. Wheelan
8th Illinois Cav - Capt. Elon Farnsworth (detached with Reserve Brigade)
4th U.S. Arty., Batt. E - Lt. Samuel S. Elder

Brig, Gen.  Adelbert Ames's Select Infantry Brigade (1,500 men)
86th New York Inf. ( 3rd Corps) - Maj. Jacob H. Lansing - east of ford road
124th New York Inf. ( 3rd Corps) - Lt. Col.  Francis M. Cummins
33rd Massachusetts Inf. (11th Corps) - Col. Adin B. Underwood
2nd Massachusetts Inf. ( 12th Corps) - Lt. Col. Charles R. Mudge
3rd Wisconsin Inf.  (12th Corps) - Lt.  Col. Martin Flood

LEFT WING  
 Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg - Kelly's Ford - 5,563 men (including infantry and horse artillery) 

2nd Cavalry Division
Col. Alfred N. A. Duffie' - Stevensburg - 1,893 men

1st Brigade - Col. Louis P. DiCesnola
1st Massachusetts Cav - Lt. Col. Greely S. Curtis
6th Ohio Cav - Maj. William Stedman
1st Rhode Island Cav - Lt. Col. John L. Thompson

2nd Brigade - Col. J. Irving Gregg
3rd Pa Cav - Lt. Col. Edward S. Jones
4th Pa Cav - Lt. Col. William E. Doster
16th Pa Cav -  Capt. John K. Robison ( in reserve at Mt.  Holly Church - no saddles)
2nd U.S. Arty., Batt. M - Lt. Alexander C. M. Pennington

3rd Cavalry Division
Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg - Fleetwood Hill - 2,170 men

1st Brigade - Col. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
2nd New York Cav - Lt.  Col. Henry E. Davies, Jr.
10th New York Cav -  Lt. Col. William Irvine - captured,Maj. M. Henry Avery
1st Maine Cav -  Col.  Calvin S. Douty
Orton's Indep. Co. D.C. Vols. -  Capt.  William H. Orton - attached to Kilpatrick for the  battle

2nd Brigade - Col. Percy Wyndham - WIA, Col.  John P. Taylor
1st New Jersey Cav - Lt. Col. Virgil Brodrick-KIA,  Maj. John H. Shelmire - KIA, Maj. Myron H. Beaumont
lst Pa Cav - Col.  John P. Taylor - to brigade command, Lt. Col. David Gardner
1st Maryland Cav - Lt. Col. James M. Deems
New York Light, 6th Indep. Batt. -  Capt. Joseph W. Martin

Brig. Gen. David A. Russell's Select Infantry Brigade 1,500 men
56th Pa Inf. (1st Corps) - Col.  J. William Hofmann
7th Wis. Inf., & 2nd Wis. (two companies)  (1st Corps) - Col. William Robinson 
6th Maine Inf. (6th Corps) - Col. Hiram Burnham
119th Pa Inf. (6th Corps) - Maj. Henry P. Truefitt, Jr.
5th New Hampshire lnf. & 81st Pa Inf. (2nd Corps) - Col. Edward E. Cross
3rd U.S. Arty.,  Batt. C - Lt. William D. Fuller

WIA = wounded in action, MWIA = mortally wounded in action, KIA = killed in action

 

CAVALRY DIVISION ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
MAJ.  GEN.  JAMES EWELL BROWN STUART
9,700 cavalry

Jones's Brigade
Brig. Gen. William E. Jones - 3,000 men

6th Virginia Cav - Maj. Cabell Edward Flournoy
7th Virginia Cav - Lt. Col. Thomas C. Marshall
1lth Virginia Cav  - Col. Lunsford L. Lomax
12th Virginia Cav - Col. Asher W. Harman ( WIA, remained in command)
35th Battalion Virginia Cav - Lt. Col. Elijah V. White ( WIA, remained in command)

Rooney Lee's Brigade
Brig. Gen. William H. F. "Rooney" Lee - WIA, Col.  James Lucius Davis, Col.  John R. Chambliss, Jr. -1,529 men

2nd North Carolina Cav - Col. Solomon Williams - KIA, Lt. Col. William H. F. Payne
9th Virginia Cav -  Col.  Richard L. T. Beale
10th Virginia Cav - Col. James Lucius Davis, Maj. Joseph Rosser
13th Virginia Cav - Col.  John R. Chambliss

Hampton's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton -1,894 men

Cobb's Legion - Col. Pierce M. B. Young ( WIA, remained in command)
1st South Carolina Cav - Col. John L. Black
1st North Carolina Cav - Col. Laurence S. Baker
Jeff Davis Legion - Lt. Col. Joseph F. Waring
2nd South Carolina Cav - Col.  Matthew C. Butler - WIA, Maj. Thomas J. Lipscomb ( regt. detached at  Stevensburg)

Fitz Lee's Brigade
Col. Thomas T. Munford -1,613 men

1st Virginia Cav - Col. James H. Drake
2nd Virginia Cav - Lt. Col. James W. Watts
3rd Virginia Cav - Col. Thomas H. Owen
4th Virginia Cav - Col. Williams C. Wickham ( regt. detached at Stevensburg)

Robertson's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson - 1,135 men

4th North Carolina Cav                         Col. Dennis D. Ferebee
5th North Carogna Cav                         Col. Peter G. Evans

Stuart's Horse Artillery
Maj.  Robert F. Beckham - twenty-two guns - 500 men

Hart's Battery - Maj. James F. Hart
Breathed's Battery - Capt. James Breathed
Chew's Battery - Capt. Roger Preston Chew
Moorman's Battery - Capt. Marcellus Moorman
McGregor's Battery - Capt. William M. McGregor

Note: 15th Va. Cav (Rooney Lee), Phillip's Legion (Hampton) and 5th Va Cav, (Munford), detached at time of battle on picket duty and are not included in above totals.

WIA = wounded in action, MWIA = mortally wounded in action, KIA = killed in action

 

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