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Commanded by:
Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton (to 3/25)
Brigadier General David McM. Gregg

First Division

Brigadier General Wesley Merritt 
First Brigade (until 3/25) Colonel George Chapman
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage to 3 Div. 2 Brig.(below)
12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Captain Henry L. Reans
3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment,
Cos. A-F
Major William S. McClure
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Major William H. Benjamin
First Brigade (after 3/25) Brigadier General George A. Custer
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles H. Town from 3 Div. 2 Brig. (below)
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
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
Reserve Brigade Colonel A. Gibbs
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

Second Division

Brigadier General David McM. Gregg (to 3/25)
Colonel John I. Gregg
First Brigade Colonel David Gardner
1st Maryland Cavalry Regiment Major Charles H. Russell
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment Colonel Horace B. Sargent
1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Major Myron H. Beaumont
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William Stedman
1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel John P. Taylor
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel John B. McIntosh to Army Provost Guard
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment Colonel John L. Thompson
Second Brigade Colonel John I. Gregg
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Smith
10th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Matthew H. Avery
2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Colonel Richard Butler Price
4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major George H. Covode
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Garrick Mallery, Jr. to 9 Corps Cavalry
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison

Third Division

Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick
First Brigade  Colonel T. M. Bryan, Jr.
1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment Lietenant Colonel Erastus Blakeslee from 8 Corps Cavalry
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Otto Harhaus
5th New York Cavalry Regiment Major John Hammond
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major Harvey B. VanVorhis
Second Brigade  Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Preston
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles H. Town to 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Russell A. Alger to 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Thompson to 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William D’Anton Mann to 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage from 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
3rd Indiana Cavalry, Cos. A-F Major William S. McClure from 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Major William H. Benjamin from 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Colonel Edward B. Sawyer from 1 Div. 1 Brig. (above)

1st Brigade Horse Artillery

Captain James M. Robertson
6th New York Indpendent Battery Captain Joseph W. Martin
2nd United States Artillery, Batteries B&L Lieutenant Albert O. Vincent
2nd United States Artillery, Batteries D Lieutenant Edward B. Wiliston
2nd United States Artillery, Battery M Lieutenant Alexander C. M. Pennington
4th United States Artillery, Battery A Lieutenant Horatio B. Reed
4th United States Artillery, Battery E Lieutenant Samuel S. Elder

2nd Brigade Horse Artillery

Captain John Caldwell Tidball
1st United States Artillery, Batteries E&G Lieutenant Egbert W. Olcott
1st United States Artillery, Battery I Lieutenant Frank S. French
1st United States Artillery, Battery K Lieutenant John Egan
2nd United States Artillery, Battery A Lieutenant Robert Clark
2nd United States Artillery, Battery G Lieutenant John H. Butler
3rd United States Artillery, Battery C Captain Dunbar R. Ransom