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Commanded by Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton

First Division

Brigadier General John Buford (to 8/15)
Brigadier General Wesley Merritt

First Brigade Colonel William Gamble
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage
12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Colonel George H. Chapman
3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment,
Cos. A-F
Major William S. McClure attached to 12th Illinos Cavalry (below)
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William L. Markell
Second Brigade Colonel Thomas C. Devin
4th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Pruyn from 2 Div., 2 Brig.
6th New York Cavalry Regiment Major William E. Beardsley
9th New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel William A. Sackett
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Josiah H. Kellogg
3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Cos. A & C Captain Seymour B. Conger
Reserve Brigade Brigadier General Wesley Merritt (^ 8/12)
Colonel A. Gibbs
1st United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Ricjard S. C. Lord
2nd United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Theo. F. Rodenbaugh
5th United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Julis W. Mason
6th United States Cavalry Regiment 2nd Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major Henry C. Whelan

Second Division

Brigadier General David McM. Gregg (to 8/24)
Colonel John I. Gregg

First Brigade Colonel John B. McIntosh
1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James M. Deems
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Greely S. Curtis
1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Major Myron H. Beaumont
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Major Benjamin C. Stanhope from 2nd Brig. (below)
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel John P. Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel David Gardner
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Jones
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John L. Thompson from 2nd Brig. (below)
Second Brigade   Colonel Pennock Huey
dissolved 8/12
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Davies to 3 Div. 1 Brig.
4th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Pruyn to 1 Div. 2 Brig.
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Major Benjamin C. Stanhope to 1st Brig. (above)
8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Captain William A. Corrie to the Department of Virginia
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John L. Thompson to 1st Brig. (above)
Third Brigade (2nd Brigade from 8/12) Colonel John I. Gregg redesignated 2nd Brigade 8/12
Orton’s District of Columbia Cavalry Co. Captain William H. Orton
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Smith
10th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Matthew H. Avery
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William E. Doster
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major Michael Kervin
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo D. Rogers

Third Division

Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick
First Brigade Colonel Edward B. Sawyer (to 8/22)
Colonel Henry E. Davies
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel Henry E. Davies from 2 Div. 2 Brig.
5th New York Cavalry Regiment Major John Hammond
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Penn Brinton
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Addison W. Preston to 2 Brig (below)
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel Nathaniel P. Richmond
Second Brigade Colonel Charles H. Town (to 8/4)
Brigadier General George A. Custer
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles H. Town (after 8/4)
5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Major Luther S. Trowbridge
6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel George Grey
7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel William D’Anton Mann
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Addison W. Preston from 1 Brig. (above)

1st Brigade Horse Artillery

Captain James M. Robertson
1st Michigan Artillery, Battery L Captain Jabez Daniels
6th New York Indpendent Battery Captain Joseph W. Martin
2nd United States Artillery, Batteries B&L Lieutenant Edward Heaton
2nd United States Artillery, Batteries D Lieutenant Edward B. Wiliston
2nd United States Artillery, Battery M Lieutenant Alexander C. M. Pennington
4th United States Artillery, Battery A Lieutenant William D. Fuller from 2nd Corps Artillery
4th United States Artillery, Battery E Lieutenant Samuel S. Elder

2nd Brigade Horse Artillery

Captain John Caldwell Tidball
1st Michigan Artillery, Battery L Captain Jabez Daniels
1st United States Artillery, Batteries E&G Captain Alanson M. Randol
1st United States Artillery, Battery K Captain William M. Graham Jr.
2nd United States Artillery, Battery A 2nd Lieutenant John H. Calef
2nd United States Artillery, Battery G Lieutenant John H. Butler from 6th Corps Artillery
3rd United States Artillery, Battery C 1st Lieutenant William D. Fuller