The United States Army


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Commanded by:
Major General George Meade (to 12/23)
Major General John G. Parke

The Sixth Corps returned from the Army of the Shenandoah and rejoined the Army of the Potomac on December 6, 1864.

Headquarters

Headquarters escort
Oneida (New York) Cavalry Company Captain Daniel P. Mann (m.o. 12/10)
Lieutenant James E. Jenkins
4th United States Infantry Regiment
Provost Guard Brigadier General Marsena L. Patrick
8th Delaware Infantry Regiment from Engineer Brig. (below)
1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Cos. C&D
80th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Jacob Hardenberg
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
68th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
114th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Engineer Brigade Brigadier General Daniel Woodbury
8th Delaware Infantry Regiment to Provost Guard (above)
1st Maine Sharpshooters from Maine
61st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles F. Walcott
18th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment to Bermuda Hundred
15th New York Engineer Regiment Major Walter N. Cassin
50th New York Engineer Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Pettes
Regular Engineer Battalion Captain George Henry Mendell

Second Corps

Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
1st Division Brigadier General Nelson Miles
2nd Division Major General John Gibbon (to 12/23)
Brigadier General Thomas Smythe
3rd Division Brigadier General Gershom Mott

Fifth Corps

Major General Gouverneur K. Warren
1st Division Brigadier General Charles Griffin (to 12/24)
Brigadier General J. J. Bartlett
2nd Division Brigadier General Romeyn B. Ayres (to 12/22)
Brevet Brigadier General James Gwyn
3rd Division Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford

Sixth Corps

Major General Horatio Wright from Army of the Shenandoah 12/6
1st Division Brigadier General Frank Wheaton
2nd Division Brigadier General George W. Getty
3rd Division Brigadier General Truman Seymour

Ninth Corps

Major General John G. Parke (^ 12/23)
Major General Orlando B. Wilcox
1st Division Brigadier General Orlando B. Wilcox (^ 12/31)
Colonel N. B. McLaughlin
2nd Division Brigadier General R. B. Potter (to 12/22)
Brigadier General S. G. Griffin
3rd Division Brigadier General Edward Ferrero (to 12/15)
Brigadier General John Hartranft

2nd Cavalry Division

Brigadier General David McM. Gregg (to 12/22)
Brigadier General H. M. Davies
First Brigade  Brigadier General Henry M. Davies (^ 12/22)
Colonel Hugh Janeway
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment Colonel Horace B. Sargent
1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Colonel Hugh Janeway (^ 12/22)
10th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Matthew H. Avery
24th New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel Walter C. Newberry
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel John P. Taylor
Second Brigade Colonel M. Kerwin (to 11/10)
Brigadier General J. I. Gregg
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Richard Butler Price
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Samuel B.M. Young
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Michael Kerwin
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel J. I. Gregg (^ 11/10)
Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison
Third Brigade Colonel C. H. Smith
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
2nd New York Mounted Rifles
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Stedman
13th Ohio Cavalry Regiment from 9 Corps, 1 Div.
21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Horse Artillery
1st United States Artillery, Battery I
2nd United States Artillery, Battery A

Artillery Reserve

1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery A to 6th Corps Artillery
1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery C
3rd New York Independent Battery to 6th Corps Artillery
12th New York Independent Battery
15th New York Heavy Artillery, Co. F to 1 Brig. 2 Div. 5 Corps
2nd Maine Battery
3rd Maine Battery
4th Maine Independent Battery to 6th Corps Artillery
6th Maine Battery
14th Massachusetts Battery
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery H to 6th Corps Artillery
1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery F Captain Robert B. Ricketts (to Major)
Lieutenant John Campbell
1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery E to 6th Corps Artillery
3rd Vermont Battery
5th United States Artillery, Battery E to 6th Corps Artillery