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March 1862 • to April >

Commanded by Major General Edwin V. Sumner

The 2nd Corps was created on March 3, 1862 and announced March 13, 1862. Its 3rd Division under Blenker was transferred to the Division of the Mountains at the end of the month.

First Division

Brigadier General Israel B. Richardson
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Oliver O. Howard
5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward E. Cross
61st New York Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Francis Barlow
64th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas J. Parker
81st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel James Miller
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher
63rd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel John Burke
69th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert Nugent
88th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry M. Baker
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. William H. French
52nd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Paul Frank
57th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel K. Zook
66th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph C. Pinckney
53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John R. Brooke
Artillery 
Battery B, 1st New York Artillery
Battery G, 1st New York Artillery Captain J. D. Frank
Battery A, 2nd New York Artillery Bn.  from defenses Washington
Batteries A&C, 4th United States Artillery

Second Division

Brigadier General John Sedgwick
First Brigade Brig. Gen. W. Gorman
15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles Devens
1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment Colonel Alfred Sully
34th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel William La Deu (res. 3/20)
Colonel James Suiter
2nd New York State Militia Colonel G.W.B. Tompkins
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. W. W. Burns
69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Joshua Owen
71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Isaac J. Wistar
72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel DeWitt C. Baxter
106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Turner G. Morehead
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana 
19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward Hinks
20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment  Colonel William R. Lee
7th Michigan Infantry Regiment Colonel Ira Grosvenor
42nd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Edmund C. Charles
Artillery and Cavalry
Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Artillery  from Bank’s Div.
Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Artillery
Battery I, 1st United States Artillery

Blenker’s Division

Brigadier General Louis Blenker
to Div. Mountains 3/31
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Julius H. Stahel
8th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis Wutschel
39th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Frederick D’Utassy
45th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel George Von Amsberg
27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Adolph E. Buschbeck
Second Brigade Colonel Adolf Von Steinwehr
29th New York Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Clemens Soest
54th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Eugene A. Kozlay
68th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert J. Betge
73rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John A. Koltes
Third Brigade Colonel Henry Bohlen
58th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Wladimir Krzyzanowski
74th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexander Schimmelfennig
75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Francis Mahler
Unattached
41st New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa to 1 Brig.
2nd New York Independent Battery Captain Louis Schirmer to 1 Brig.
13th New York Independent Battery Captain Emil Sturmfels to 2 Brig.
4th New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel Christian F. Dickel

Cavalry

Rhode Island Artillery, Battery G from Sedgwick’s Div.
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment from Sumner’s Div.