United States Army Army of the Shenandoah


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Commanded by Major General George Crook

Troops from the Department of West Virginia operated as part of the Army of the Shenendoah (Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of Major General Philip H. Sheridan. They were often referred to as the “Army of West Virginia’ or “Eighth Corps,” even though they had been officially transferred to the Army of the Shenandoah.

First Infantry Division

Colonel Thomas M. Harris
temporarily dissolved 12/24
First Brigade Lieutenant Colonel I.F. Wildes (to 12/24)
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes
to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 1st Brig.
34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Captain Andrew Potter
5th New York Heavy Artillery, 2nd Battalion
(operating as infantry)
Captain Frederick C. Wilkie to Harpers Ferry
116th Ohio Infantry Regiment Captain Wilbert B. Teters
Captain John Hull
123rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Major Horace Kellog
Second Brigade Colonel William B. Curtiss
4th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Benjamin D. Boswell merged w/ 1 WV Inf to form 2 WV Veteran Inf. Regt. (below)
12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Northcott to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 1st Brig.
Third Brigade Colonel Milton Wells (to 12/24)
23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment Captain Samuel A. Simison to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 2 Brig.
54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Captain John Suter to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 2 Brig.
10th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Major Henry H. Withers to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 3 Brig.
11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Van H. Bukey to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 3 Brig.
15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Major John W. Holliday to 24th Corps, Ind. Div., 3 Brig.

Second Infantry Division/
First Infantry Division

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes (to 12/24)
Brigadier General Isaac H. Duval
Redesignated 1st Division 12/24
First Brigade Colonel Hiram F. Devol (to 12/24)
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes
23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James M.S. Comly
36th Ohio Infantry Regiment
1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment Colonel Abia A. Tomlinson
13th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Brown
Second Brigade Colonel Daniel D. Johnson
34th Ohio Infantry Regiment (mounted)
91st Ohio Infantry Regiment Benjamin F. Coates
14th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
Artillery
1st Ohio Independent Battery

Reserve Division Harpers Ferry

Brigadier General John D. Stevenson
Monocacy to Sleepy Hollow
1st Maryland Eastern Shore Regiment
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Regiment
13th Maine Infantry Regiment mustered out
15th Maine Infantry Regiment
195th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Independent (PA) Engineers Company C Captain Samuel C. Smith
Cavalry
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brig. Cav.
12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Loudon (Va.) Rangers
Artillery
First Kentucky Battery Captain Daniel Glassie
Maryland Battery A
Baltimore MD Independent Battery
5th New York Heavy Artillery,
Companies I, K, L & M
30th New York Independent Battery
32nd New York Independent Battery
1st Ohio Independent Battery
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery L
1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery C Re-organized in Dec.
1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery G
Pennsylvania Independent Battery F
West Virginia Battery A
West Virginia Battery D
5th United States Artillery, Battery B from 6th Corps Artillery
5th United States Artillery, Battery M from 6th Corps Artillery
West of Sleepy Hollow Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelly
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Colonel W.P. Maulsby
2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brig. Co. F
3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
28th Ohio Veteran Infantry Battalion
74th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
2nd West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment
11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Daniel Frost to 22 Corps Washington
17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
Cavalry
3rd Ohio Independent Cavalry Co.
5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel George R. Latham transferred to 6 WV Cavalry (below)
6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Artillery
Battery L, 1st Illinois Artillery
Maryland Battery B
15th New York Independent Battery from Washington, 22 Corps
West Virginia Battery E
West Virginia Battery H