Battle of Chaffin's Farm order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
Other
Army of the James
- Chief of Engineers: Brevet MG Godfrey Weitzel[1]
X Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division | 1st Brigade Col Francis B. Pond (w) |
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2nd Brigade Col Joseph C. Abbott | ||
3rd Brigade | ||
Second Division | 1st Brigade Col Rufus Daggett (w) |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade Col Louis Bell | ||
Third Division | 1st Brigade |
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Artillery | Artillery Brigade |
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XVIII Corps
MG Edward O. C. Ord (w) September 29
BG Charles A. Heckman
Brevet MG Godfrey Weitzel[2]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division | 1st Brigade Col Aaron Fletcher Stevens (w) |
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2nd Brigade BG Hiram Burnham (k) |
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3rd Brigade Col Samuel H. Roberts (w) |
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Second Division | 1st Brigade Col James Jourdan |
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2nd Brigade Col Edward H. Ripley | ||
3rd Brigade |
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Third Division[6] | 1st Brigade Col John Henry Holman | |
2nd Brigade Col Alonzo G. Draper | ||
3rd Brigade Col Samuel A. Duncan (w) | ||
Unattached |
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Artillery | Artillery Brigade Maj George B. Cook |
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Bermuda Hundred | Provisional Brigade Col Joseph H. Potter |
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Cavalry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Cavalry Division | 1st Brigade Col Robert M. West | |
2nd Brigade Col Samuel P. Spear | ||
Artillery |
Notes
- ^ Weitzel served as Butler's Chief Engineer until September 30, when he was placed in command of the XVIII Corps
- ^ Official Records Volume XLII, part II, page 1146 Weitzel was assigned to command on 30 Sept 1864 by Butler's field order No. 116.
- ^ Temporarily on September 30 (Sommers p.142)
- ^ Sommers p.575
- ^ Fairchild temporarily commanded the 2nd Division in conjunction with his own 3rd Brigade when Heckman commanded the corps (Eicher p. 230) though Colonel James Anderson may have assumed brigade command until his death (Sommers p. 575). Some reports say Colonel James Jourdan was in temporary command of the division by order of General Heckman (Sommers p.575)
- ^ Temporarily attached to X Corps during the fighting at New Market Heights on September 29.
Sources
- Composition is taken from the Official Records
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.