POPLAR SPRINGS CHURCH, VIRGINIA

29 September - 2 October 1864

Including

Wyatt’s

Peebles Farm

Pegram’s Farm

Chappel House

Vaughn Road

Squirrel Level Road

Boydton Plank Road

 {Richmond-Petersburg Front}

OR-Series I, Volume XLII, Chapter LIV, Pg 21

To Conf Units

 

 

Union Forces

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE

II CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK

                   3rd Division - Brigadier General Gershom Mott

            1st Brigade - Brigadier General Philip Regis DeTrobriand

20th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George W. Meikel

1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Talbot

17th Maine Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Merrill

40th New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain  Madison M. Cannon

73rd New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain Lawrence H. Thompson

86th New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Jacob H. Lansing

124th New York Infantry Regiment ---  Colonel Raulston (C)

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel W. C. Newberry

99th Pennsylvania infantry Regiment --- Colonel Edwin R. Biles

110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major Isaac T. Hamilton

2nd U.S. Sharpshooters --- Captain Adolphus A. Guest

            2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce

1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment --- Major Nathaniel Shatswell

5th Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John Pulford

93rd New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler

57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper

84th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain John R. Ross

105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain John C. Conser

141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler

7 Companies, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters ---  Captain Henry C. Garrison

V CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL GOUVENEUR K. WARREN

                   1st Division - Brigadier General Charles Griffin

            1st Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop

23rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment (joined 12 Sep)

198th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - (joined 24 Sep)

            2nd Brigade - Colonel Edgar M. Gregory

22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment** --- Major Mason W. Burt

32nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel J. Cushing Edmands

91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Eli G. Sellers

155th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Alfred L. Pearson

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (dismounted) --- Major Oliver B. Knowles

                        ** 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters attached

            3rd Brigade - Colonel James Gwyn

20th Maine Infantry Regiment --- Major Ellis Spear

18th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment --- Captain Luther S. Bent

1st Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Major George C. Hopper

16th Michigan Infantry Regiment** --- Colonel Norval E. Welch

44th New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner

83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Amos M. Judson

118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major Henry O’Neill

                        ** Brady’s and Jardine’s Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached

                   2nd Division - Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres

            1st Brigade - Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Otis (W)

                                    Major James Grindlay

15th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich

5th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Frederick Winthrop

140th New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Elwell S. Otis

146th New York Infantry Regiment --- Major James Grindlay

3 Companies, 10th U.S. Infantry --- Lieutenant Adolph Luning

6 Companies, 11th U.S. Infantry --- Captain William G. Edgerton

12th U.S. Infantry Regiment --- Captain Philip W.  Stanhope

14th U.S. Infantry Regiment --- Captain Charles H. Ingraham

17th U.S. Infantry Regiment --- Captain John P. Wales

            2nd Brigade - Colonel Samuel Graham

1st Maryland Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John W. Wilson

4th Maryland Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Barrett Jr.

7th Maryland Infantry Regiment --- Major Edward M. Mobley

7 Companies, 8th Maryland Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel John G. Johannes

Prunell (Maryland) Legion ---Major Robert G. King

            3rd Brigade - Colonel J. William Hofmann

3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment --- Captain James E. Baily

4th Delaware Infantry Regiment --- Major Moses B. Gist

7 Companies, 76th New York Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook

95th New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James Creney

147th New York Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George Harney

56th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major John T. Jack

4 Companies, 157th Pennsylvania Infantry --- Captain Thomas E. Carter

                   3rd Division - Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford

                   (1st &2nd Brigades consolidated 14 Sep)

                   (Division not engaged)

            1st Brigade## - Colonel Thomas F. McCoy

16th Maine Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Charles W. Tilden

39th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment --- Captain George S. Nelson

104th New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain William W. Graham

90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain William P. Davis

107th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major Henry J. Sheafer

190th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Neri B. Kinswey

191st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Richard M. Birkman

143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Chester K. Hughes **

149th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John Irvin **

150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major George W. Jones **

                        ** joined from 1st Division 12 Sep

                        ## Brigade formed from old 1st Brigade 4th Division 13 Sep

            2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Henry Baxter

94th New York Infantry Regiment --- Major John McMahon

97th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Charles Wheelock

11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Benjamin F. Haines

88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Edmund Y. Patterson

            3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Edward S. Bragg

7th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Major Merit C. Welsh

19th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Major William Orr

24th Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Albert M. Edwards

6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Captain Thomas Kerr

7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum

3 Companies, 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters

Independent Wisconsin Battalion

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Nathaniel Lang

142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major Horatio N. Warren

            Artillery Brigade - Colonel Charles S. Wainwright

Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Robert E. Rogers

Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Lester I. Richardson

Battery H, 1st New York Light Artillery --- Captain Charles E. Mink

IX CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL JOHN G. PARKE

                   1st Division - Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox

(Re-designated as 1st Division 13 Sep)

          1st Brigade - Colonel Benjamin C. Christ

                                    Colonel Harriman (fm 30 Sep)

8th Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Captain John S. Freeman

27th Michigan Infantry Regiment ** --- Captain Richard Vosper

109th New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain Edwin Evans

51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Joseph K. Bolton

37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Samul Harriman

5 Companies, 38th Wisconsin Infantry --- Lieutenant Charles L. Ballard

13th Ohio Cavalry (Dismounted) Battalion --- Captain Stephen R. Clark

                        ** 1st & 2nd Companies Michigan Sharpshooters attached

            2nd Brigade - Colonel William Humphrey (muster out 30 (Sep)

                                    Brigadier General John F. Hartranft ( 30 Sep)

1st Michigan Sharpshooters --- Colonel Charles V. De Land (C)

                                                Captain G. H. Murdock

2nd Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Captain Ebenezer C. Tulloeh

20th Michigan Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon

46th New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain John M. Kesselmark

60th Ohio Infantry Regiment** --- Lieutenant Colonel Martin P. Avery

50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Edward Overton Jr.

24th New York Cavalry (Dismounted) Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Walter C. Newberry

                        ** 9th & 10th Companies Ohio Sharpshooters Attached

2nd Division - Brigadier General Robert B. Potter

            1st Brigade - Colonel John I. Curtin

36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William F. Draper

58th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment --- Major Everett S. Horton

51st New York Infantry Regiment --- Captain George W.  Whitman

45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Captain Theodore Gregg

48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Major Oliver C. Bosbyshell

4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment --- Captain Walter A. Read

            2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin

31st Maine Infantry Regiment --- Captain James Dean

32nd Maine Infantry Regiment --- Captain Josiah S. Jones

2nd Maryland Infantry Regiment --- Captain Benjamin F. Taylor

6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment --- Captain Samuel G. Goodwin

9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment --- Captain John B.  Cooper

11th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment --- Captain Arthur C. Locke

2nd New York Mounted Rifle Regiment --- Major William H. Mapes

17th Vermont Infantry Regiment --- Captain Henry A. Eaton

CAVALRY

                   2nd Cavalry Division - Brigadier General David McM. Gregg

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General E. J. Davies

1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Samuel E. Chamberlain

1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John W. Kester

10th New York Cavalry Regiment --- Major M. Henry Avery

6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Norman A. Barrett

1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John P. Taylor

            2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Charles H. Smith

1st Maine Cavalry Regiment --- Major Sidney W. Thaxter

2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Captain George C. Eckert

4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Joseph Andrews

8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Alexander McCallum

13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Michael Kerwin

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison

            Artillery

Battery A, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Robert Clarke

Partial Casualty List

 

Feasner J., F. - Capt - W

Closson J. H. - Capt - W

Zinn George - LtCol - W

Wirsing J. J. - Capt - C

Shara Joseph - Pvt - MW

Kunkel Daniel - Pvt - W

Clark Joseph - Pvt - W

Snyder - Capt - W

Adams George W. - Pvt - K

Luckmeyer John - Pvt - K

Kaine Dennis M. - Pvt - W

Lawson William - Pvt - W

Otis E. S. - LtCol - W

Fisher Otis - Lt - MW

Goodsell George - Lt - W

Pixley Lyman W. - Sgt - W

McComas D. Henry - Sgt - W

Bird Elijah - Pvt - W

Gordon James - Pvt - W

Wright William A. - Cpl - M

Kidney Isaac R. - Pvt - M

Maxted Charles - Pvt - M

Raulston - Col - C

Clancy James T. - Sgt - CMH

Blood Oliver - Capt - MW

Frothingham W. B. - Lt - W

Eddy C. C. - Lt - W

Backus H. M. - Lt - W

 

CASUALTIES Killed 141; Wounded 788; Missing 1,756

 

Confederate Forces

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE

FIRST CORPS

LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD H. ANDERSON

                   Field’s Division - Major General Charles W. Field

            Gregg’s Brigade - Brigadier General John Gregg

3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment

1st Texas Infantry Regiment

4th Texas Infantry Regiment

5th Texas Infantry Regiment

            Benning’s Brigade - Colonel Dudley M. DuBose

2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment

15th Georgia Infantry Regiment

17th Georgia Infantry Regiment

20th Georgia Infantry Regiment

THIRD CORPS

LIEUTENANT GENERAL AMBROSE POWELL HILL

                   Heth’s Division - Major General Henry Heth

            Archer’s Brigade - Brigadier General James Jay Archer

13th Alabama Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James Aiken

1st Tennessee Provisional Army Regiment --- Captain William S. Daniel

7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Samuel G. Shepard

14th Tennessee Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William McComb

2nd Maryland Infantry Battalion --- Captain John W. Torsch

40th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Arthur S. Cunningham

47th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain E. L. Wharton

55th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Colonel McComb

Major Robert B. Fauntleroy

22nd Virginia Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Tayloe

            Davis’ Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph R. Davis

1st Confederate Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Francis B. McClung

2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John M. Stone

11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment --- Major Reuben O. Reynolds

26th Mississippi Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Arthur E. Reynolds

42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment --- Captain Thomas R. Smith

55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Captain Walter A. Whitted

            MacRae’s Brigade - Brigadier General William MacRae

11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William J. Martin

26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Major James T. Adams

44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Major Charles M. Stedman

47th North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Major William C. Lankford

52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant William W. Carmichael

            Cooke’s Brigade - Brigadier General John R. Cooke

15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment ---

27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment ---

46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment ---

48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment ---

CAVALRY CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL WADE HAMPTON

                   1st Cavalry division - Brigadier General Matthew C. Butler

            Dunovant’s Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General John Dunovant

4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment ---  Colonel B. Huger Rutledge

5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Jeffords

6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Lovick P. Miller

            Rosser’s Brigade

7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Richard H. Dulany

11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Oliver R. Funsten

12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Asher W. Harman

35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Elijah V. White

            Young’s Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Pierce M. B. Young

7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment --- Major Edward C. Anderson Jr.

Alabama Cavalry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich

Cavalry Battalion, Philliips Legion --- Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich

20th Georgia Cavalry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel J. Fred. Waring

Jeff Davis Legion --- Lieutenant Colonel J. Fred. Waring

Cavalry Regiment, Cobb’s Legion --- Captain  John H. Burr

                   3rd Cavalry Division - Major General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

            Chambliss’ Cavalry Brigade - Colonel J. Lucius Davis

9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Wallace

10th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Captain John H. Dettor

13th Virginia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Jefferson C. Phillips

            Barringer’s Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Rufus Barringer

1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William H. Cheek

2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William P. Roberts

3rd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Major Roger Moore

5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Major James H. McNeill

            Horse Artillery Battalion - Major R. Preston Chew

Hart’s (South Carolina) Battery --- Captain James F. Hart

McGregor’s (Virginia) Battery --- Captain William M. McGregor

Petersburg (Virginia) Light Battery --- Captain Edward Graham

            Foot Dragoons - Major Henry Farley

DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA & SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

GENERAL PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT BEAUREGARD

                   Johnson’s Division - Major General Bushrod R. Johnson

            Elliott’s Brigade

17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Fitz W. McMaster

18th South Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Allison

22nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William G. Burt

23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Henry L. Benbow

26th South Carolina Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Joshua H. Hudson

            Wise’s Brigade

26th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain Napoleon B. Street

34th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Harrison

46th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Peyton Wise

59th Virginia Infantry Regiment --- Captain James L. Jennett

            Ransom’s Brigade - Colonel Rutledge

24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

35th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

            Gracie’s Brigade - Brigadier General Archibald Gracie

23rd Alabama Sharpshooter Battalion

41st Alabama Infantry Regiment

43rd Alabama Infantry Regiment

59th Alabama Infantry Regiment

60th Alabama Infantry Regiment

            Cavalry - Brigadier General James Dearing

7th Confederate Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel V. H. Taliaferro

62nd Georgia Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Joel R. Griffin

4th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Dennis D. Ferebee

6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel George N. Folk

Graham’s Virginia Battery --- Captain Edward Graham

CASUALTIES Killed 800; Wounded 100

Partial Casualty List

Dunovant John - BGen - K

Fontaine - Dr. - W

 

 

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