United States Army > Army of the Potomac


March 1862 • to April >

Commanded by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks

The 5th Corps was created on March 3, 1862 and announced on March 13, 1862. It was discontinued on April 4, 1862 and merged into the Department of the Shenandoah

First Division

Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
First Brigade Colonel Dudley Donnelly
5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Orris S. Ferry
1st Maryland Infantry Regiment Colonel John R. Kenly
28th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Dudley Donnelly
28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John Geary
46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph F. Knipe
Second Brigade Brigadier General John J. Abercrombie
12th Indiana Infantry Regiment
16th Indiana Infantry Regiment
2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Gordon to 3rd Brig. (below)
12th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Fletcher Webster
13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel H. Leonard
Third Brigade Colonel John W. Stiles
27th Indiana Infantry Regiment Colonel Silas Colgrove
2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel George H. Gordon from 2nd Brig. (above)
9th New York State Militia Regiment Colonel John W. Stiles
29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John K. Murphy
3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel H. Leonard
Division Artillery and Cavalry
Battery M, 1st New York Artillery
Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery
Pennsylvania Independent Battery F
1st Rhode Island Battery to Potomac, 2 Corps 2 Div. Artillery
Battery F, 4th United States Artillery

Second Division

Brigadier General James Shields
First Brigade Colonel Nathan Kimball
14th Indiana Infantry Regiment
4th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel John Mason
8th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel S. Carroll
67th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Otto Burstenbinder
84th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel William Murray (k 3/23)
7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel James Evans
Second Brigade Colonel J. C. Sullivan
13th Indiana Infantry Regiment
39th Illinois Infantry Regiment
5th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Samuel H. Dunning
62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis B. Pond
66th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles Candy
Third Brigade Colonel Erasmus B. Tyler
7th Indiana Infantry Regiment
7th Ohio Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel William Creighton
29th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Lewis P. Buckley
110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel William D. Lewis
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph Thoburn
Division Artillery
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery H
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery L
1st West Virginia Artillery, Battery A
1st West Virginia Artillery, Battery B
4th United States Artilery, Battery E

Cavalry Command

Brigadier General John P. Hatch
1st Maine Cavalry (7 cos.) from Augusta, Me. 3/14 – 3/28
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brig.  from West Virginia, Lander’s Div., April
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Thornton F. Brodhead from Banks’ Division
5th New York Cavalry Regiment from Dix’s Div., Baltimore
8th New York Cavalry Regiment from Army Potomac Cavalry Bde.
Ringgold Pennsylvania Cavalry from West Virginia, Lander’s Div.
1st Ohio Cavalry, Cos. A & C from West Virginia, Lander’s Div.
Washington Co. Pennsylvania Cavalry from West Virginia, Lander’s Div.
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment from Banks’ Division
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Colonel Jonas P. Holiday from Banks’ Division
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment from West Virginia, Lander’s Div.

Unattached

1st Maryland Potomac Home Brig.
4th Maryland Potomac Home Brig.