Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant
• Bvt = Brevet

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Army of the Shenandoah

Main article: Union Army of the Shenandoah

MG Philip Sheridan, Commanding

V Corps

Main article: V Corps (Union Army)

MG Gouverneur K. Warren [relieved]
Bvt MG Charles Griffin

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      Bvt MG Charles Griffin      Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett Escort: 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Co. C): 104th New York	1st Brigade    BG Joshua Chamberlain	185th New York: Col Gustavus Sniper 198th Pennsylvania: Maj Edwin A. Glenn (mw), Cpt John Stanton
	2nd Brigade    Bvt BG Edgar M. Gregory	187th New York: Ltc Daniel Meyers 188th New York: Ltc Isaac Doolittle 189th New York: Ltc Joseph G. Townsend
	3rd Brigade    Bvt MG Joseph J. Bartlett    Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson	20th Maine: Ltc Walter Goodale Morrill 1st Maine Sharpshooters: Cpt George R. Abbott 32nd Massachusetts: Ltc James A. Cunningham 1st Michigan: Ltc George Lockley 16th Michigan: Bvt Col Benjamin F. Partridge 83rd Pennsylvania: Col Chauncey P. Rogers 91st Pennsylvania: Ltc Eli G. Sellers 118th Pennsylvania: Ltc Henry O'Neill 155th Pennsylvania: Bvt BG Alfred L. Pearson, Maj John A. Kline
Second Division      Bvt MG Romeyn B. Ayres	1st Brigade    Bvt BG Frederick Winthrop (k)    Col James G. Grindlay	61st Massachusetts: Ltc Charles F. Walcott 5th New York: Cpt Henry Schickhardt 15th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Michael Wiedrich (w), Maj Louis Eiche 114th Pennsylvania: Col Charles H. T. Collis 2nd U.S.: 8th U.S.: 11th U.S.: 12th U.S.: 14th U.S.: 17th U.S.:
	2nd Brigade    Col Richard N. Bowerman (w)    Col David L. Stanton	1st Maryland: Col David L. Stanton 4th Maryland: Maj Harrison Aderon 7th Maryland: Maj Edward M. Mobley 8th Maryland: Ltc Ernest F. M. Faehtz
	3rd Brigade    Bvt BG James Gwyn	3rd Delaware: Cpt John H. Cade 4th Delaware: Cpt William H. Maclary (k), Ltc Moses B. Gist 8th Delaware (3 companies): Cpt John N. Richards 190th Pennsylvania: Bvt Col Joseph B. Pattee 191st Pennsylvania: Col James Carle 210th Pennsylvania: Ltc Edward L. Witman
Third Division      Bvt MG Samuel W. Crawford	1st Brigade    Col John Azor Kellogg	91st New York: Col Jonathan Tarbell 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion: 91st Pennsylvania: 149th Pennsylvania: 150th Pennsylvania: 6th Wisconsin: Cpt Edward A. Whaley (w), Cpt Louis A. Kent 7th Wisconsin: Ltc Hollon Richardson (w)
	2nd Brigade    BG Henry Baxter	16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden 39th Massachusetts: Ltc Henry M. Tremlett 97th New York: Ltc Rouse Eglston 11th Pennsylvania: Maj John B. Overmyer 107th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas F. McCoy
	3rd Brigade    Bvt BG Richard Coulter	94th New York: Maj Henry H. Fish (k), Cpt Albert T. Morgan 95th New York: Cpt George T. Knight 147th New York: Cpt James A. McKinley 56th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 88th Pennsylvania: Maj Henry A. Laycock 121st Pennsylvania: Maj West Funk 142nd Pennsylvania: Ltc Horatio N. Warren

Cavalry Corps

Bvt MG Wesley Merritt

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Thomas Devin	1st Brigade    Col Peter Stagg	1st Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George R. Maxwell (w), Cpt Edward L. Negus 5th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Smith H. Hastings 6th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Harvey H. Vinton 7th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc George G. Briggs
	2nd Brigade    Col Charles Lane Fitzhugh	6th New York Cavalry: Maj Harrison White 9th New York Cavalry: Maj James R. Dinnin 19th New York Cavalry: Maj Howard M. Smith 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Coe Durland 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Gabriel Middleton
	3rd Brigade    BG Alfred Gibbs	2nd Massachusetts Cavalry: Col Caspar Crowninshield 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Charles L. Leiper 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Richard S. C. Lord 5th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Thomas Drummond (k), Lt Gustuvus Urban 6th U.S. Cavalry: Maj Robert N. Morris
Second Division      MG George Crook	1st Brigade    Bvt MG Henry Eugene Davies	1st New Jersey Cavalry: Col Hugh H. Janeway 10th New York Cavalry: Col Mathew Henry Avery 24th New York Cavalry: Col Walter C. Newberry, Ltc Melze Richards 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (5 companies): Maj Hampton S. Thomas
	2nd Brigade    Bvt BG John I. Gregg	4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Alender P. Duncan 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc John K. Robinson 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Oliver P. Knowles
	3rd Brigade    Bvt BG Charles H. Smith	1st Maine Cavalry: Ltc John P. Cilley 2nd New York Mounted Rifles: Maj Paul Chadbourne 6th Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Matthew H. Cryer 13th Ohio Cavalry: Ltc Stephen R. Clark
Artillery	Horse Artillery	1st U.S., Battery H: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 1st U.S., Battery I: Lt Chandler P. Eakin 2nd U.S., Battery A: Lt James H. Lord
Third Division      Bvt MG George Armstrong Custer	1st Brigade    Col Alexander C. M. Pennington	1st Connecticut Cavalry: Col Brayton Ives 3rd New Jersey Cavalry: Ltc William P. Robeson (w) 2nd New York Cavalry: Col Alanson Merwin Randol 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Albert Barnitz
	2nd Brigade    Bvt BG William Wells	3rd Indiana Cavalry: 8th New York Cavalry: Maj James Bliss 15th New York Cavalry: Col John J. Coppinger 1st Vermont Cavalry: Ltc Josiah Hall
	3rd Brigade    Col Henry Capehart	1st New York Cavalry: Ltc Jenyns C. Batterysby 1st West Virginia Cavalry: Maj Shesh B. Howe 2nd West Virginia Cavalry (7 companies): Ltc James Allen 3rd West Virginia Cavalry: Maj John S. Witcher
Mackenzie's Cavalry Division      BG Ranald S. Mackenzie	1st Brigade    Col Robert M. West	20th New York Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Thomas H. Butler 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Christopher Kleinz
	2nd Brigade    Col Samuel P. Spear (w)    Col Andrew W. Evans	1st District of Columbia Cavalry: Maj J. Stannard Baker 1st Maryland Cavalry: Col Andrew W. Evans 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Franklin A. Stratton
	Artillery	4th Wisconsin: Cpt Dorman L. Noggle

See also

• Virginia in the American Civil War

References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.