First Battle of Deep Bottom order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Deep Bottom (July 27–29, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

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

Union Forces

General in Chief

LTG Ulysses S. Grant

Army of the Potomac

Main article: Army of the Potomac

MG George Meade

II Corps

Main article: II Corps (Union Army)

MG Winfield Scott Hancock

Escort:

• 1st Vermont Cavalry, Company M: Cpt John H. Hazelton

Engineers:

• 1st Battalion, New York Infantry: Maj Wesley Brainerd

Chief of Artillery: Col John C. Tidball

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Francis C. Barlow until 29 July      BG Nelson A. Miles	1st Brigade    BG Nelson A. Miles until July 29    Col James C. Lynch	28th Massachusetts: Maj James Flemming 26th Michigan: Cpt Lucius H. Ives 5th New Hampshire: Maj James E. Larkin 61st New York: Maj George W. Scott 81st Pennsylvania: Ltc William Wilson 140th Pennsylvania: Cpt Thomas Henry 183rd Pennsylvania: Ltc George T. Egbert 2nd New York Heavy Artillery: Maj George Hogg
	Consolidated Brigade    Col Clinton D. MacDougall	39th New York: Cpt David A. Allen 52nd New York: Cpt George Degener 57th New York: Cpt L. Hart Wilder 63rd New York (6 companies): Cpt Alexander Watts 69th New York (6 companies): Cpt Albert Gosse 88th New York: Ltc Denis F. Burke 111th New York: Cpt Marcus W. Murdock 125th New York: Cpt Nelson Penfield 126th New York: Cpt John B. Geddis
	4th Brigade    Ltc Knut Oscar Broady	2nd Delaware (5 companies): 64th New York: Ltc William Glenny 66th New York: Cpt Nathaniel P. Lane 53rd Pennsylvania: Cpt Philip H. Schreyer 145th Pennsylvania: Cpt James H. Hamlin 148th Pennsylvania: Cpt Alfred A. Rhinehart 7th New York Heavy Artillery: Ltc Joseph H. Murphy 116th Pennsylvania: Cpt David W. Megraw
Second Division      MG John Gibbon Provost guard: 2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters: Cpt Mahlon Black	1st Brigade    Ltc Francis E. Pierce	19th Maine: Cpt Joseph W. Spaulding 15th Massachusetts: Maj Isaac Harris Hooper 19th Massachusetts: 20th Massachusetts: 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters: 7th Michigan: 1st Minnesota Battalion (2 companies): Cpt James C. Farwell 42nd New York: 59th New York: 82nd New York: 184th Pennsylvania: 36th Wisconsin:
	2nd Brigade    Col Mathew Murphy	8th New York Heavy Artillery: Maj Erastus M. Spaulding 155th New York: Maj John Byrne 164th New York: Maj John Beattie 170th New York: Cpt John Coonan 182nd New York Heavy Artillery: Col Mathew Murphy
	3rd Brigade    Col Thomas A. Smyth	14th Connecticut: Cpt John C. Broatch 1st Delaware: 12th New Jersey: 10th New York (6 companies): 108th New York: 8th Ohio: 69th Pennsylvania: Cpt Patrick S. Tinen 106th Pennsylvania: Cpt John B. Breitenbach 7th West Virginia:
Third Division      BG Gershom Mott	1st Brigade    BG Régis de Trobriand	20th Indiana: 17th Maine: 40th New York: Cpt Madison M. Cannon 73rd New York: Ltc Michael W. Burns 86th New York: 124th New York: 99th Pennsylvania: Col Edwin Ruthwin Biles 110th Pennsylvania: 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters: 4th New York Heavy Artillery (5 companies): Maj Frank Williams
	2nd Brigade    Col Daniel Chaplin (until July 28)    Col Henry J. Madill (July 28)	5th Michigan: Col John Pulford 93rd New York: Maj Samuel McConihe 57th Pennsylvania: Ltc William B. Neeper 63rd Pennsylvania: 105th Pennsylvania: Cpt John C. Conser 141st Pennsylvania: Col Henry J. Madill 1st U.S. Sharpshooters: Cpt John Wilson 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: Maj Nathaniel Shatswell 1st Maine Heavy Artillery: Ltc Thomas H. Talbot [transferred to 1st Brigade, July 28]
	3rd Brigade    Col Robert McAllister	16th Massachusetts: 5th New Jersey: Cpt Thomas C. Godfrey 6th New Jersey: 7th New Jersey: Cpt Thomas C. Thompson 8th New Jersey: Maj Virgil M. Healy 11th New Jersey: Col Robert McAllister, Ltc John Schoonover (from July 30)
	4th Brigade    Col William R. Brewster	11th Massachusetts (5 companies): Col William Blaisdell 71st New York: 72nd New York (3 companies): 74th New York: 84th Pennsylvania: Ltc George Zinn
	Artillery Brigade    Maj John G. Hazard	6th Maine Light: Cpt Edwin B. Dow 10th Battery, Massachusetts Light: Cpt Henry J. Sleeper 1st Battery, New Hampshire Light: Cpt Frederick M. Edgell Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light: Cpt A. Judson Clark 3rd Battery, New Jersey Light: Cpt Christian Woerner 4th New York Heavy: Cpt John B. Vande Wieler Battery G, 1st New York Light: Cpt Nelson Ames 11th Battery, New York Light: Cpt John E. Burton 12th Battery, New York Light: Cpt George F. McKnight Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light: Cpt R. Bruce Ricketts Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light: Lt William S. Perrin Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light: Cpt Thomas Frederick Brown Battery K, 4th U.S.: Cpt John W. Roder Battery C, 5th U.S.: Battery I, 5th U.S.:

Cavalry Corps

Main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army)

MG Philip Sheridan

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alfred T. A. Torbert	1st Brigade (Wolverine Brigade) k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 BG George A. Custer	1st Michigan 5th Michigan 6th Michigan 7th Michigan
	2nd Brigade k-3, w-12, m-0 = 15 Col Thomas C. Devin	4th New York 6th New York 9th New York 17th Pennsylvania 2nd U.S. Artillery, Batteries B and L
	Reserve Brigade k-7, w-48, m-5 = 60 BG Wesley Merritt	19th New York (1st Dragoon) 6th Pennsylvania 1st Rhode Island, detachment 1st United States 2nd United States 5th United States 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery D
Second Cavalry Division      BG David McMurtrie Gregg	1st Brigade    BG Henry Eugene Davies	1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 1st New Jersey Cavalry: 10th New York Cavalry: 6th Ohio Cavalry: Col William Stedman 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry:
	2nd Brigade    Col John Irvin Gregg	1st Maine Cavalry: 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry: 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry:

Army of the James

Main article: Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

X Corps

Main article: X Corps (Union Army)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division	3rd Brigade    BG Robert Sanford Foster	10th Connecticut: Col John L. Otis 11th Maine: Maj Jonathan A. Hill 1st Maryland Cavalry (dismounted): 24th Massachusetts: Col Francis A. Osborn 100th New York:

XIX Corps

Main article: XIX Corps (Union Army)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division	1st Brigade    BG Henry Warner Birge	9th Connecticut: 12th Maine: 14th Maine: 26th Massachusetts: 14th New Hampshire: 75th New York:

Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division      BG August Kautz	1st Brigade    Col Robert M. West	3rd New York Cavalry: Cpt John M. Wilson 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment): Col Robert M. West
	2nd Brigade    Col Samuel P. Spear	1st District of Columbia Cavalry: Maj J. Stannard Baker 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment):
	Unassigned	4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company F: 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Company G: 1st New York Mounted Rifles:
	Artillery	4th Wisconsin Battery (1st section): Cpt George B. Easterly 4th Wisconsin Battery (2nd section): Lt William P. Powers

Naval forces

• USS Mendota: Commander Edward T. Nichols

See also

• Virginia in the American Civil War
• Siege of Petersburg

References

• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .