United States Army > Army of the Shenandoah > Cavalry Corps
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Commanded by Brigadier General A. T. A. Torbert
The FIrst and Third Cavalry Divisions were transferred to the Middle Military Division, Army of the Shenandoah, on August 6. 1864. A Third Brigade was organized on August 9 from units from West Virginia and Washington.
| First Brigade | Brigadier General George A. Custer |
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| 1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Charles H. Town | |
| 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Russell A. Alger | |
| 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Thompson | |
| 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel William D’Anton Mann | |
| Second Brigade | Colonel Thomas C. Devin |
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| 4th New York Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Pruyn | |
| 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 | |
| Third Brigade | Colonel Charles R. Lowe, Jr. | Organized 8/9 |
| 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry | from Div. West Virginia, 1 Cavalry Div. | |
| 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment | Colonel Caspar Crowninshield | from Defenses Washington, 22 Corps |
| 25th New York Cavalry Regiment | Major Charles J. Seymour | from Defenses Washington, 22 Corps |
| 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment | from Div. West Virginia, 1 Cavalry Div. | |
| 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment | from Div. West Virginia, 2 Cavalry Div. | |
| Reserve Brigade | Brigadier General Wesley Merritt |
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| 1st United States Cavalry Regiment | Captain Richard 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 | |
| 19th New York Cavalry Regiment | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thorp | |
| 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment | Major Henry C. Whelan | |