KEARNEYSVILLE WEST VIRGINIA

25 August 1864

{Shenandoah Valley Campaign}

OR-Series I, Volume XLIII, Chapter LV

 

Union Forces

MIDDLE MILITARY DISTRICT

MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN

CAVALRY

BVT. MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED T. A. TORBERT

                   1st Cavalry Division - Brigadier General Wesley Merritt

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General George A. Custer

1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment --- Major Thomas M. Howrigan

5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Russell A. Alger

6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment** --- Colonel James H. Kidd

7th Michigan  Cavalry Regiment --- Major Melvin Brewer

25th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Charles J. Seymour

                        **= Regiment Not Engaged

            2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Lewis P. DiCesnola

4th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William R. Parnell  

6th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Major William E. Beardsley

9th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George S. Nichols

17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Major Coe Durland

Reserve Cavalry Brigade** - Colonel Alfred Gibbs

19th New York (1st Dragoons) Cavalry Regiment --- Major Henry W. Scott

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Major James Starr 

1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment --- Major Preston M. Farrington

1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Sweitzer

2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment --- Captain S. Gordon

5th U.S. Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Gustavus Urban

Battery D, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Edward B. Williston

                        **=Brigade held in reserve

3rd Cavalry Division - Brigadier General James H. Wilson

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General John B. McIntosh

1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Erastus Blakeslee

3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Suydam

4 Companies, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Walter C. Hull

5th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William P. Bacon

2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George A. Purington

18th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William P. Brinton

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General George H. Chapman

2 Companies, 3rd Indiana Cavalry --- Major William Patton

Battalion, 1st New Hampshire Cavalry --- Colonel John L. Thompson

8th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William H. Benjamin

22nd New York Cavalry Regiment --- Major Caleb Moore

1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William Wells

            Artillery

Battery C, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery --- Captain Dunbar R.  Ransom

Battery F, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery --- Captain Dunbar R.  Ransom

Battery K, 3rd U.S. Light Artillery --- Captain Dunbar R.  Ransom

 

 

 

 

Confederate Forces

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE

ARMY VALLEY DISTRICT

LIEUTENANT GENERAL JUBAL ANDERSON EARLY

Rodes Division - Major General Robert Emmett Rodes

Battle’s Brigade - Brigadier General Cullen Andrews Battle

3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Captain Watkins Phelan

5th Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel E. Lafayette Hobson

6th Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Captain Rinaldo M. Greene

12th Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John C. Goodgame

61st Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Major William E. Pinckard

Grimes’ Brigade - Brigadier General Bryan Grimes

32nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel David G. Cowand

43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel David G. Cowand

45th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John R. Winston

53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Thomas E. Ashcraft

2nd North Carolina Infantry Battalion --- Captain Thomas E. Ashcraft

            Cook’s Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Cook

4th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William H. Willis

12th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Oliver F. Evans

21st Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Henry T. Battle

44th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James W. Beck

            Cox’s Brigade - Brigadier General William R. Cox

1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain William H. Thomson

2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Richard D. Hancock

3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain William H. Thomson

4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Thomas G. Lee

14th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Joseph Jones

30th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain William E. Ardrey

Early’s Division - Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur

Godwin’s Brigade - Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Godwin

6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain john A. McPherson

21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain James F. Beall

54th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Lunsford A. Paschall

57th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain John Beard

            Johnston’s Brigade - Brigadier General Robert D. Johnston

5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Edward M. Duguid

12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Kemp Plummer

20th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Thomas F. Toon

23rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Abner D. Peace

1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion** --- Captain R. E. Wilson

** On return of the Army of Northern Virginia this battalion appears in Godwin’s Brigade.

            Pegram’s Brigade - Colonel John S. Hoffman

13th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Samuel D. Buck

31st Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Kerr McCutchen

49th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain William D. Moffrett

52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Major John D. Lilley

58th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Hugh N. Burks

                        Gordon’s Division - Major General John B. Gordon

            Evans’ Brigade - Brigadier General Clement A. Evans

13th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain D. A. Kidd

26th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Major Benjamin F. Grace

31st Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. Lowe

38th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Philip E. Davant

60th Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain John Y. Bedingfield

61st Georgia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Eliphalet F. Sharp

12th Georgia Infantry Battalion --- Captain George W. Johnson

            York’s Brigade - Brigadier General Zebulon York

5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Major William H. Manning

6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Major William H. Manning

7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Major William H. Manning

8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Captain Louis Pradon

9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Captain Cornelius Shively

1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant B. Goll

14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant B. Goll

2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Captain A. S. Blythe

10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant J. B. W. Penrose

15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant J. B. W. Penrose

Company D, 1st Louisiana Sharpshooters --- Lieutenant R. B. Joyce

Terry’s Brigade - Brigadier General William Terry

2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. S. Funk

4th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. S. Funk

5th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. S. Funk

27th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. S. Funk

33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. S. Funk

21st Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

25th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

44th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

48th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

50th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Robert H. Dungan

10th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Samuel H. Saunders

23rd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Samuel H. Saunders

37th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Samuel H. Saunders

Breckinridge’s Division - Major General John C. Breckinridge

            Wharton’s Brigade - Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton

45th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Major Alexander M. Davis

50th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Alexander S. Vandeventer

51st Virginias Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Augustus Fornsberg

30th Virginia Sharpshooter Battalion -- Lieutenant Colonel J. Lyle Clarke

Patton’s Brigade - Colonel G. S. Patton

22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel G. S. Patton

23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Derrick

26th Virginia Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel G. M. Edgar

            Smith’s Brigade - Colonel Thomas Smith

36th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William E. Fife

60th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Benhring H. Jones

45th Virginia Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Beckley

Thomas’ Legion --- Lieutenant Colonel James R. Love Jr.

 

 

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