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Commanded by Major General John F. Reynolds

The three brigades of the Third Division (the Pennsylvania Reserves) were transferred to the Washington Defenses in mid-February to rest and rebuild after hard service and heavy casualties. The 1st and 2nd brigades were reformed from new regiments.

Headquarters Escort
2nd New York Cavalry,
Companies A, B, I & K
Captain John E. Naylor to 1 Brig. 3 Div. Cavalry Corps

First Division

Brigadier General John S. Wadsworth (to 2/27)
Brigadier General S. Meredith
First Brigade Colonel Walter Phelps, Jr.
22nd New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John McKie Jr. (to 2/13)
Major George Clendon
24th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel R. Beardsley
30th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel William M. Searing
14th New York State Militia Major William H. de Bevoise
2nd United States Sharpshooters Colonel Hiram Burnham
Second Brigade Colonel J. Gavin
7th Indiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John F. Cheek
76th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel William P. Wainwright
95th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Biddle
56th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel J. William Hofmann
Third Brigade Brigadier General Gabriel B. Paul (to 2/17)
Colonel H. M. Bossart
22nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Abraham Demerest
29th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Wiliam R. Taylor
30th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexander E. Donaldson
31st New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Alexander P. Berthoud
147th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Andrew S. Warner (res. 2/4)
Colonel John G. Butler
137th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry M. Bossert
Fourth Brigade Colonel William W. Robinson
19th Indiana Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Williams
24th Michigan Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry Morrow
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Colonel Lucius Fairchild
6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Bragg
7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Artillery Captain John A. Reynolds
1st New Hampshire Battery Lieutenant Frederick M. Edgell
Battery L, 1st New York Artillery Captain John A. Reynolds
4th United States Artillery, Battery B Lieutenant James Stewart

Second Division

Brigadier General John C. Robinson
First Brigade Colonel Adrian R. Root
16th Maine Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Tilden
94th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John Kress
104th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Gilbert G. Prey
105th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel John W. Shedd
107th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas F. McCoy
Second Brigade Colonel Peter Lyle 
12th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel James L. Bates
26th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Richard Richardson
88th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel George W. Gile
90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Peter Lyle
136th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas M. Bayne
Third Brigade Colonel Samuel H. Leonard (to 2/17)
Colonel Charles Wheelock

13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel N. W. Batchelder (to 2/17)
Colonel Samuel H. Leonard
9th New York State Militia Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Moesch
97th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles Wheelock (^ 2/17)
11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Richard Coulter
Artillery
2nd Maine Battery Captain James A. Hall
5th Maine Battery Captain G. F. Leppien
Pennsylvania Independent Battery C Captain James Thompson
5th United States Artillery, Battery C Captain Dunbar R. Ransom

Third Division

Major General A. Doubleday (to 2/3)
Colonel R. P. Cummings
(to 2/5)
Brigadier General A. Doubleday
* See Note above
First Brigade (until 2/16) Colonel W. McCandless (to 2/17)
1st Pennsylvania Reserves Captain William C. Talley to Washington defences
2nd Pennsylvania Reserves Major George A. Woodward to Washington defences
6th Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel William Sinclair to Washington defences
13th Pennsylvania Reserves Captain Charles F. Taylor to Washington defences
121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Chapman Biddle
First Brigade (after 2/17) Colonel James R. Porter
121st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Chapman Biddle  
135th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel James R. Porter to Washington defences
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel R.P.Cummings from 2 Brig. (below) 
151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Harrison Allen from 3 Brig., Casey’s Div., Washington
Second Brigade  (until 2/16) Colonel R. P. Cummings
3rd Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel Horatio G. Sickel to Washington defences
4th Pennsylvania Reserves Lt. Colonel Richard H. Woolworth to Washington defences
7th Pennsylvania Reserves Colonel Henry C. Bolinger to Washington defences
8th Pennsylvania Reserves Major Silas M. Baily to Washington defences
142nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert P. Cummins to 1 Brig. (above)
Second Brigade (after 2/17) Brigadier General Roy Stone
143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Edmund L. Dana from Washington defences
149th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Richard H. Woolworth from Washington defences
150th Pennsylvania Infntry Regiment Colonel Langhorne Wister from Washington defences
Third Brigade (transferred 2/12) Colonel J. W. Fisher
5th Pennsylvania Reserves Lt. Colonel George Dare to Washington defences
9th Pennsylvania Reserves Major James McK. Snodgrass to Washington defences
10th Pennsylvania Reserves Major Ira Ayer to Washington defences
11th Pennsylvania Reserves Lt. Colonel Samuel M. Jackson to Washington defences
12th Pennsylvania Reserves Captain Richard Gustin to Washington defences
Artillery 
Battery A, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery Lieutenant John G. Simpson to 9th Corps, 3rd Div. Artillery
Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery Captain James H. Cooper
Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery Lieutenant R. Bruce Ricketts
Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery Lieutenant Frank P. Amsden