OPEQUAN CREEK WEST VIRGINIA

1 September 1864

{Shenandoah Valley Campaign}

OR-Series I, Volume XLIII, Chapter LV, Pg 23

 

Conf Forces

Union Forces

MIDDLE MILITARY DISTRICT

MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP H. SHERIDAN

CAVALRY

BVT. MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED T. A. TORBERT

            Escort

1st Rhode Island  Cavalry Regiment --- Major William H. Turner Jr.

                   1st Cavalry Division - Brigadier General Wesley Merritt

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General George A. Custer

1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Peter Stagg

5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment --- Major Smith H. Hastings

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

            1st Battalion, 6th Michigan - Major Manning D. Birge

            2nd Battalion, 6th Michigan - Captain H. B. Vinton

7th Michigan  Cavalry Regiment --- Major Melvin Brewer

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

            2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Lewis P. DiCesnola

4th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Major August Hanrand

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

            3rd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Charles R. Lowell Jr.

1st New York Cavalry Regiment

2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Casper Crowningshield

22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Greenfield

Cole’s Cavalry

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

                   2nd Division West Virginia Cavalry - Bvt. Major General William W. Averell

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Jamers M. Schoonmaker

Detachment, 8th Ohio Cavalry --- Colonel Alpheus S. Moore

14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Ashbell F. Duncan

22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Greenfield

2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel William H. Powell

1st New York Cavalry (Lincoln) Regiment --- Major Timothy Quinn

1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Henry Powell

2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John J. Hoffman

3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Major John S. Witcher

            Artillery

Battery L, 5th U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Gulian V. Weir

                   3rd Cavalry Division - Brigadier General James H. Wilson

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General John B. McIntosh

1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment --- Major George O. Marcy

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

2nd New York Cavalry Regiment --- Major Samuel Irvin

5th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John Hammond

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

            1st Battalion, 2nd Ohio - Lieutenant Warner Pearson

            2nd Battalion, 2nd Ohio - Major A. Bayard Nettleton

            3rd Battalion, 2nd Ohio -  Captain Frank B. Watrons

                        Company A, 2nd Ohio - Sgt Albert Capron

                        Company C, 2nd Ohio - Sgt William Smith

                        Company D, 2nd Ohio - Sgt William Wilcox

                        Company F, 2nd Ohio - Sgt Asa L. Stratton

                        Company H, 2nd Ohio - Sgt Henry W. Chester

                        Company I, 2nd Ohio - Sgt Adams

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

                        1st Battalion, 18th Pennsylvania - Lieutenant Henry J. Blough

                        3rd Battalion, 18th Pennsylvania - Captain John Britton

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

                        1st & 2nd Battalions, 1st Vermont - Captain William G. Cummings

                        3rd Battalion, 1st Vermont - Major Andrew J. Grover

            Horse Artillery --- Captain La Rhett L. Livingston

6th Battery, New York Light Artillery --- Captain Joseph W. Martin

Battery K, 1st U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Franck E. Taylor

Battery L, 1st U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Franck E. Taylor

Battery B, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery --- Captain Charles H. Pierce

Battery L, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery --- Captain Charles H. Pierce

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

Battery M, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Carle A. Woodruff

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

Battery C, 4th U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Terrence Reilly

Battery E, 4th U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Terrence Reilly

 

 

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 - Colonel David C. Cowand

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

CAVALRY

                   Lomax’s Cavalry Division - Major General Lunsford L. Lomax

            Johnson’s Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier Bradley Tyler Johnson

8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment

21st Virginia Cavalry Regiment

22nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment

34th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

36th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

Vaughn’s Bde

36th Tennessee Dismounted Cavalry Regiment

45th Tennessee Dismounted Cavalry Regiment

60th Tennessee Dismounted Cavalry Regiment

Thomas’ North Carolina Dismounted Cavalry Regiment

 

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