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SAYLER’S CREEK, VIRGINIA
6 April 1865
including
Hillman Farm
Lockett Farm
Harper’s Farm
Deatonsville
{Appomattox Campaign}
OR-Series I, Volume XLVI, Chapter
LVIII, Pg 557
To
Conf Forces

Union Forces
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
II CORPS
MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW ATKINSON
HUMPHREYS
1st Division - Brigadier General Nelson Appleton Miles
1st Brigade - Colonel George W. Scott
26th
Michigan Infantry Regiment--- Captain Lucius H. Ives
Battalion,
5th New Hampshire Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Welcome A. Crafts
2nd New York
Heavy Artillery Regiment--- Major Oscar F. Hulser
61st New
York Infantry Regiment--- Major George W. Schaffer
81st
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson
140th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain William A. F. Stockton
2nd Brigade - Colonel Robert Nugent
5 Companies,
28th Massachusetts Infantry--- Captain Patrick H. Bird
6 Companies,
63rd New York Infantry--- Captain William H. Terwilliger
69th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Smith
5 Companies,
88th New York Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke
4th New York
Heavy Artillery Regiment--- Major Seward F. Gould
3rd Brigade - Bvt. Brigadier General Clinton D.
MacDougall
7th New York
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny
39th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Major John McE. Hyde
52nd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Henry N. Karples
111th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Lewis W. Husk
125th New
York Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hyde
Battalion, 126th
New York Infantry --- Captain I. Hart Wilder
Artillery
Battery K,
4th U.S. Artillery--- Captain John W. Roder
Battery M,
1st New Hampshire Light Artillery--- Captain George K. Dakin
2nd Division - Brigadier General Francis Channing
Barlow
1st Brigade - Colonel William A. Olmstead
19th Maine
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Isaac W. Starbird
19th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Captain Charles S. Palmer
20th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Curtis
7th Michigan
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point
2 Companies,
1st Minnesota Infantry--- Captain Frank Houston
59th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Captain William Ludgate
152nd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Major James E. Curtiss
184th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Colonel John H. Stover
36th
Wisconsin Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Clement E. Warner
2nd Brigade - Colonel James P. McIvor
8th New York
Heavy Artillery Regiment--- Colonel Joel B. Baker
155th New York
Infantry Regiment--- Captain Michael Doheny
164th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Captain Timothy J. Burke
170th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Captain John Mitchell
182nd New
York Infantry Regiment--- * Captain Robert Heggart
* Also known as 69th New York National Guard
3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas Alfred Smyth
14th
Connecticut Infantry Regiment--- Captain J. Frank Morgan
1st Delaware
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Daniel Woodall
12th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Major Henry F. Chew
Battalion,
10th New York Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel George F. Hopper
108th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce
4 Companies,
4th Ohio Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Calahan
69th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain Charles McAnally
3 Companies,
106th Pennsylvania ---Captain John H. Gallagher
4 Companies,
7th West Virginia--- Lieutenant Colonel F. W. H. Baldwin
Unattached -
2nd Company
Minnesota Sharpshooters--- Lieutenant Edward N. Schoff
Artillery
10th Battery
Massachusetts Lght Artillery--- Captain J. Webb Adams
Battery B,
1st Rhode Island Light Artillery--- Lieutenant William B. Westcott
3rd Division - Bvt. Major General Gershom Mott (W)
Brigadier General Phillip Regis de Trobriand
1st Brigade - Brigadier General Phillip Regis de
Trobriand
Colonel Russell B. Shepherd
20th Indiana
Infantry Regiment--- Captain John W. Shafer
1st Maine
Heavy Artillery Regiment--- Colonel Russell B. Shepherd
Lieutenant
Colonel Zemro A. Smith
40th New York
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Madison M. Cannon
73rd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Burns
86th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Nathan H. Vincent
124th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Weygant
99th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain Jacob Giller
110th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain Franklin B. Stewart
2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Byron Root Pierce
17th Maine
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel William Hobson (W)
Major
Charles P. Mattocks
1st
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery---Major Nathan Shatswell
5th Michigan
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel John Pulford
93rd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Haviland Gifford
57th Pennsylvania
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel George Zinn
105th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Major James Miller
141st
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Horton
3rd Brigade - Colonel Robert McAllister
11th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers
7th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Francis Price
8th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Major Henry Hartford
11th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel John Schoonover
120th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Abram L. Lockwood
Artillery
Battery B,
1st New Jersey Light Artillery --- Captain A. Judson Clark
11th
Battery, New York Light Artillery--- Lieutenant James A. Manning
Corps
Artillery Brigade - Major John G. Hazard
Company C,
4th New York Heavy Artillery--- Captain Richard Kennedy
Company L,
4th New York Heavy Artillery--- Lieutenant Frank Seymour
VI CORPS
MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO
GOUVERNEUR WRIGHT
Escort
Company E,
21st Pennsylvania Cavalry--- Captain William H. Boyd Jr.
1st Division - Brigadier General Frank Wheaton
1st Brigade - Colonel William H. Penrose
Battalion,
1st New Jersey Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin Hufty
Battalion,
4th New Jersey Infantry --- Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin Hufty
2 Companies,
2nd New Jersey Infantry--- Captain Adolphus Weiss
1 Company,
3rd New Jersey Infantry--- Captain James H. Comings
10th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Captain James W. McNeely
Company A - 1st Sergeant Samuel H.
Moyer
15th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Major Ebenezer W. Davis
40th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson
2nd Brigade - Colonel Joseph E. Hamblin
2nd
Connecticut Heavy Artillery--- Colonel James Hubbard
65th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Fisk
121st New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Egvert Olcott
95th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel John Harper
3rd Brigade - Colonel Oliver Edwards
37th
Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--- Captain Archibald Hopkins
49th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment --- Bvt. Colonel Baynton J. Hickman
82nd
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Isaac C. Bassett
119th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Major William C. Gray
2nd Rhode Island
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Elisha H. Rhodes
5th
Wisconsin Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Thomas S. Allen
Company C - Lieutenant E. R. Jones
Company G - Captain Henry Curran
2nd Division - Bvt. Major General George Washington
Getty
(Division not engaged)
1st Brigade - Colonel James Meech Warner
62nd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Hamilton
93rd
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Charles W. Eckman
98th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain Bernhard Gessler
102nd
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel James Patchnell
139th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel John G. Parr
*=
In Command part of 2 April
2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Louis Addison
Grant
2nd Vermont
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Amasa S. Tracy
3rd Vermont
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Horace W. Floyd $
4th Vermont
Infantry Regiment --- Captain George H. Amidon
5th Vermont
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Ronald A. Kennedy
6th Vermont
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Sumner H. Lincoln
1st Vermont
Heavy Artillery--- - Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hunsdon
3rd Brigade - Colonel Thomas W. Hyde
1st Maine
(Veteran) Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen C. Fletcher
5 Companies,
43rd New York Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Milliken
5 Companies,
49th New York Infantry --- Major George H. Selkirk
5 Companies,
77th New York Infantry--- Captain Charles E. Stevens
122nd New
York Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Horace Walpole
61st
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Colonel George F. Smith
3rd Division - Brigadier General Truman Seymour
1st Brigade - Colonel William S. Truex
14th New
Jersey Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Jacob J. Janeway
106th New
York Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Andrew N. McDonald
5 Companies,
151st New York Infantry--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bogardus
87th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Captain James Tearney
10th Vermont
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel George B. Damon
2nd Brigade - Colonel J. Warren Keifer
6th Maryland
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph C. Hill
9th New York
Heavy Artillery--- Lieutenant Colonel James W. Snyder
110th Ohio
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Otho H. Binkley
Company A - 1st Sergeant John W .
Hays
Company G - Sergeant Richard Pearson
122nd Ohio
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Cornyn
126th Ohio
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Benjamin F. Smith
67th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Major William G. Williams
138th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Matthew R. McClennan
Artillery - Brigade - Captain Andrew Cowan
1st Battery,
(A), New Jersey Light Artillery--- Captain Augustin N. Parsons
1st Battery,
New York Light Artillery--- Lieutenant O. R. Van Etten
3rd Battery,
New York Light Artillery--- Captain William A. Harn
Battery L,
9th New York Heavy Artillery--- Captain S. Augustus Howe
Battery G,
1st Rhode Island Light Artillery--- Captain George W. Adams
Battery H,
1st Rhode Island Light Artillery--- Captain Crawford Allen Jr.
Battery E,
5th U.S. Light Artillery--- Lieutenant John R. Brinckle
Battery D,
1st Vermont Heavy Artillery--- Captain Charles J. Lewis
CAVALRY
MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP HENRY
SHERIDAN
Army Of The Shenandoah
BVT. MAJOR GENERAL WESLEY
MERRITT
1st Cavalry Division - Brigadier General Thomas Casimer
Devin
1st Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Peter Stagg
1st Michigan
Cavalry Regiment--- Captain Edward L. Negus
5th Michigan
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Smith H. Hastings
6th Michigan
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Harvey H. Vinton
7th Michigan
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel George G. Briggs
2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Charles L. Fitzhugh
6th New York
Cavalry Regiment--- Major Harrison White
9th New York
Cavalry Regiment--- Major James R. Dinnin
19th New
York Cavalry Regiment--- * Major Howard M. Smith
17th
Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Coe Durland
20th
Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton
* Also known as 1st New York
Dragoons
3rd (Reserve) Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General
Alfred Gibbs
2nd
Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel Casper Crowninshield
6 Companies,
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry--- Colonel Charles L. Leiper
1st U. S.
Cavalry Regiment--- Captain Richard C. S. Lord
5th U. S.
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Gustavus Urban
6th U. S.
Cavalry Regiment--- Major Robert M. Morris
Artillery
Battery C
4th U. S. Light Artillery--- Captain Marcus P. Miller
Battery E
4th U. S. Light Artillery--- Captain Marcus P. Miller
3rd Cavalry Div - Brigadier
General George Armstrong Custer
1st Brigade - Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington
1st
Connecticut Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel Brayton Ives
3rd New Jersey
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel William P. Robeson Jr.
2nd New York
Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel Alanson M. Randol
2nd Ohio
Cavalry Regiment--- Captain Albert Barnitz
2nd Brigade * - Colonel William Wells
8th New York
Cavalry Regiment--- Major James Bliss
15th New
York Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John J. Coppinger
1st Vermont
Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Hall
*
= Not engaged
3rd Brigade - Colonel Henry Capehart
1st New York
(Lincoln) Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Jenyns C. Batterbey
1st West
Virginia Cavalry Regiment--- Major Shesh B. Howe
7 Companies,
2nd West Virginia Cavalry -- Lieutenant Colonel James Allen
3rd West
Virginia Cavalry Regiment--- Major John S. Witcher
2nd Cavalry Division (Army Of The Potomac)- Major General George Crook
1st Brigade - Brigadier General Henry E. Davies Jr.
1st New
Jersey Cavalry Regiment--- Major Walter R. Robbins
Company H - Lieutenant Johnson
Company L - Lieutenant Cearl Carty
10th New
York Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel M. Henry Avery
24th New
York Cavalry Regiment--- Major William A. Snyder
5 Companies,
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry--- Major Hampton S. Thomas
Battery A
2nd U.S. Light Artillery--- Lieutenant James H. Lord
2nd Brigade - Colonel J. Irvin
Gregg
4th Pennsylvania
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Alender P. Duncan
8th
Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel William A. Corrie
16th
Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison
21st Pennsylvania
Cavalry Regiment--- Colonel Alvin B. Knowles
Battery H
1st U.S. Light Artillery * ---Lieutenant Chandler P. Eakin
Battery I
1st U.S. Light Artillery--- Lieutenant Chandler P. Eakin
* Detached with Artillery
Brigade of IX Corps
3rd Brigade - Colonel Charles H. Smith
1st Maine
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan P. Cilley
2nd New York
Mounted Rifle Regiment--- Colonel John Fisk
6th Ohio
Cavalry Regiment--- Captain Matthew H. Cryer
13th Ohio
Cavalry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel Stephen R. Clark
CASUALTIES
Killed 166 Wounded1,014 Captured
Partial Casualty List
K=Killed,
W=Wounded
|
Fort
Thomas H. -Lt -W Freese
J. W. Capt -W Gleason
Charles W. -Capt -K Heald
John A. -Capt -K Hobson
William -LtCol -W Howland
T. C. -Capt -K Hughes
William -Capt -W Ivers
Albert -Capt -W Knight
William H. -Capt -W |
Little
T. -Lt -W Metler
James H. -Lt -W Moore
S. A. -LtCol -W Mott
Gerswhom -Mgen -W Northrop
Theodore B. -Lt -W Perry
William H. -Lt -K Poor
J. W. -Lt -W Smith
A. J. -Maj -W Wood
William -Maj -W |
MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS

Dockrun Warren C. -Pvt
Gibbs Wesley -Sgt
Taggart Charles A. -Pvt
Keough John -Cpl
Connell Trustrim -Cpl
Confederate Forces
Army Of Northern Virginia
EWELL’S RESERVE CORPS
LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD STODDART EWELL (C)
Kershaw's Division * - Major General Joseph Brevard
Kershaw
DuBose's Brigade - Brigadier General Dudley McIver
DuBose (C 6 Apr)
16th Georgia
Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant William W. Montgomery
18th Georgia
Infantry Regiment--- Captain J. F. Espy
Lieutenant Gideon J. Lasseter
24th Georgia
Infantry Regiment--- Captain J. A. Jarrard
3rd
Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters
Cobb's
Georgia Legion--- Lieutenant W. G. Steed
Phillip's Georgia
Legion--- Lieutenant A. J. Reese
Humphreys's Brigade - Colonel W. H. Fitzgerald
13th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant W. H. Davis
17th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Captain Gwin R. Cherry
18th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant John W. Gower
21st
Mississippi Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Benjamin George
Simms's Brigade - Brigadier General James P. Simms
10th Georgia
Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant John B. Evans
50th Georgia
Infantry Regiment --- Captain George W. Waldron
Lieutenant
Hillary W. Cason
51st Georgia
Infantry Regiment--- Captain H. R. Thomas
53rd Georgia
Infantry Regiment--- Captain R. H. Woods
*=
During the retreat Kershaw’s and G.W.C. Lee’s Divisions,
with
other troops from the defenses of Richmond were
commanded
by Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell
G. W. C. Lee's Division - Major
General George Washington Custis Lee (C)
Barton's
Cavalry Brigade
(Composition
not given)
Crutchfield's Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Stapleton Crutchfield (K)
(Composition
not given)
Tucker's Naval Battalion
(Composition
not given)
FIRST CORPS
Pickett's
Division
Hunton's Brigade - Brigadier General Eppa Hunton (C)
8th Virginia
Infantry Regiment
18th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Charles H. Wilkinson
19th Virginia
Infantry Regiment
28th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Major Michael P. Spessard
56th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Captain John W. Jones
Corse's Brigade -
Brigadier General Montgomery Dent Corse (C)
15th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Major Charles H. Clarke
17th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Arthur Hebert
29th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant John A. Coulson
30th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Robert S. Chew
32nd
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Captain Samuel W. Armistead
ANDERSON'S CORPS
LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD HERON
ANDERSON
Johnson's Division - Major General Bushrod Rust Johnson
Wise's Brigade - Brigadier General Henry Alexander
Wise
26th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Major William K. Perrin
34th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Thomas Goode
46th
Virginia Infantry Regiment
59th
Virginia Infantry Regiment--- Colonel William B. Tabb
Moody's Brigade - Brigadier General Young Marshall
Moody
41st Alabama
Infantry Regiment--- Captain Martin L. Stansel
43rd Alabama
Infantry Regiment--- Major William J. Mims
59th Alabama
Infantry Regiment--- Major Lewis H. Crumpler
60th Alabama
Infantry Regiment--- Colonel John W. A. Sanford
23rd Alabama
Infantry Battalion--- Major Nicholas Stallworth
Wallace's Brigade - Brigadier General William Henry
Wallace
17th South
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Captain E. A. Crawford
18th South
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Allison
22nd South
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Colonel William G. Burt
23rd South
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Lieutenant Colonel John M. Kinloch
26th South
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Major Ceth S. Land
Holcombe's
South Carolina Legion
Ransom's Brigade - Brigadier General Matt Whitaker
Ransom
24th North
Carolina Infantry Regiment
25th North
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Henry M. Rutledge
35th North
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Major Robert E. Petty
49th North
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Major Charles Q. Petty
56th North
Carolina Infantry Regiment--- Colonel Paul F. Faison
CASUALTIES
Killed 1,000 Wounded 1,800 Captured 6,000
Partial Casualty List –
Barton Seth
M -Bgen -C
Corse
Montgomery D. -Bgen -C
Crutchfield
Stapleton -Col -K
DuBose
Dudley M. -Bgen -C
Ewell
Richard S. -LtGen -C
Goldsborough
Robert -Lt -MW
Hunton Eppa
-Bgen -C
Kershaw
Joseph B. -Bgen -C
Lee, G. W.
C. -Mgen -C
Simms James
P -Bgen -C
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