United States Army


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Commanded by Major General Philip H. Sheridan 

The Sixth Corps returned to the Army of the Potomac around Petersburg on December 6, 1864.

Sixth Corps

Major General Horatio Wright
First Division Brigadier General Frank Wheaton
Second Division Brigadier General George W. Getty
Third Division Brigadier General Truman Seymour

Army of West Virginia

Brevet Major General George Crook
First Infantry Division Colonel Thomas M. Harris (to 12/24)
Colonel Issac H. Duval
Second Infantry Division Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes

Nineteenth Army Corps

Brigadier General William H. Emory (to 12/8)
Brigadier General Cuvier Grover (to 12/28)
Brigadier General William H. Emory
First Division Brigadier General William Dwight
Second Division Brigadier General Cuvier Grover (^ 12/8)
Brigadier General H. W. Birge (to 12/28)
Brigadier General Cuvier Grover

Kitching’s Provisional Division

Colonel William Heine
to Bermuda Hundred,
Army of the James
First Brigade Lieutenant Colonel T. D. Hart
6th New York Heavy Artillery
103rd New York Infantry Regiment
104th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Second Brigade Lieutenant Colonel G. DePeyster Arden
41st New York Infantry Regiment
10th New York Heavy Artillery

Cavalry Corps

Brigadier General Alfred T. A. Torbert 
First Cavalry Division Brigadier General Wesley Merritt (to 12/31)
Brigadier General Thomas E. Devin
Second Cavalry Division Colonel W.H. Powell (Army of West Virginia)
Third Cavalry Division Brigadier General George Custer