Ball's Bluff order of battle

Ball's Bluff order of battle

The following lists the order of battle for the small unit actions which occurred at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry from October 20 through October 24, 1861.

Union Army

Stone's Division (Corps of Observation), Army of the Potomac (US) - Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone:Headquarters: Poolesville, Maryland
*First Brigade - Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Lander
**1st Massachusetts Sharpshooters (Andrew Sharpshooters) - Capt. John Saunders
**7th Michigan - Col. Ira Grosvenor
**19th Massachusetts - Col. Edward Hinks
**20th Massachusetts (Harvard Regiment) - Col. William Raymond Lee

*Second Brigade - Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman
**1st Minnesota - Col. Napoleon J.T. Dana
**2nd New York State Militia (82nd New York) - Col. George W.B. Tompkins
**34th New York - Col. William LeDew

*Third Brigade (California Brigade, later Philadelphia Brigade)- Col. Edward D. Baker
**1st California (later 71st Pennsylvania) - Lt. Col. Isaac J. Wistar
**2nd California (later 69th Pennsylvania) - Col. Joshua Owen
**3rd California (later 72nd Pennsylvania) - Col. DeWitt C. Baxter
**5th California (later 106th Pennsylvania) - Col. Turner G. Morehead

*Unassigned regiments
**15th Massachusetts - Col. Charles Devens
**42nd New York (Tammany Regiment) - Col. Milton Cogswell

*Cavalry
**3rd New York Cavalry (B, D, E, and I companies) - Col. James H. Van Alen
**Putnam Rangers, D.C. Volunteers (later 1st Maryland Cavalry, Co. L) - Capt. George Thistleton

*Artillery
**1st U.S. Artillery, Battery I - Lt. George A. Woodruff
**1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery B - Capt. Thomas Vaughn
**2nd New York State Militia Artillery Detachment
**9th New York State Militia, Co. K (later 6th New York Independent Battery) - Capt. Thomas B. Bunting

"Readers should note that the "Official Records" and most secondary sources like Dyer's Compendium reverse the listing of Lander's and Gorman's brigades, assign the 15th Massachusetts and 42nd New York to Gorman's brigade, and do not include the Putnam Rangers as part of General Stone's attached cavalry. The information above, however, was taken directly from Record Group 393 (Corps of Observation Records, National Archives, Washington, DC) which contains the actual orders and correspondence of Stone's division."

Confederate Army

Seventh Brigade, Army of the Potomac (CS) - Brig. Gen. Nathan Evans:Headquarters: Leesburg, Virginia

*Infantry
**8th Virginia - Col. Eppa Hunton
**13th Mississippi - Col. William Barksdale
**17th Mississippi - Col. Winfield Scott Featherston
**18th Mississippi - Col. Erasmus Burt

*Cavalry - Lt. Col. Walter Jenifer
**Chesterfield Light Dragoons (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. B) - Capt. William B. Ball
**Loudoun Cavalry (later 6th Virginia Cavalry, Co. K) - Capt. William W. Mead
**Madison Invincibles (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. C) - Capt. William Thomas
**Powhattan Troop (later 4th Virginia Cavalry, Co. E) - Capt. John F. Lay
**Wise Dragoons (later 6th Virginia Cavalry, Co. H) - Lt. James Morehead

*Artillery
**Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company - Capt. John C. Shields

References

*cite book |last=Morgan |first=James A., III |title= A Little Short of Boats: The Fights at Ball's Bluff and Edwards Ferry, October 21–22, 1862; a history and tour guide |series= Discovering Civil War America |volume= 2 |year= 2004 |publisher= Ironclad Publishing |location= Fort Mitchell, Kentucky |isbn= 0-9673770-4-8 |pages=225–228


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