United States Army > Army of the Potomac


< to April May 1863 • to June >

Commanded by Major General Daniel Sickles

The artillery of the Army of the Potomac was reorganized. Each division’s artilery was broken up, with one battery from each division transferred to a newly created army artillery reserve and the remaining batteries gathered into a corps artillery reserve.

First Division

Brigadier General David Birney (to 5/29; to MG 5/20)
Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward
First Brigade Brigadier General C. K. Graham (to 5/14)
Colonel H. J. Madill
Colonel A. H. Tippin
57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Peter Sides
63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William S. Kirkwood (mw 5/3)
Major John A. Danks (w&c 5/3)
Captain James F. Ryan (until 5/23)
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Danks
68th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Andrew H. Tippin
105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Amor A. McKnight (k 5/3)
Lieutenant Colonel Calvin A. Craig
114th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Charles H.T. Collis (w 5/3)
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick F. Cavada
141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry J. Madill
Second Brigade Brigadier General J. H. H. Ward (^ 5/29)
Colonel Regis DeTrobriand
20th Indiana Infantry Regiment Colonel John Wheeler
3rd Maine Infantry Regiment Colonel Moses B. Lakeman
4th Maine Infantry Regiment Colonel Elijah Walker
38th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Regis de Trobriand
40th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas W. Egan to 3 Brig. (below)
99th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Asher S. Leidy
Third Brigade Colonel S. B. Hayman
17th Maine Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas A. Roberts
3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment Colonel Byron R. Pierce
5th Michigan Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John Pulford
1st New York Infantry Regiment Colonel John F. Pierson mustered out 5/25
37th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Riordan
40th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Thomas W. Egan from 2 Brig. (above)
Division Artillery Captain A. Judson Clark
1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery E Lieutenant Robert Sims to Corps Artillery (below)
1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery B Captain A. Judson Clark to Corps Artillery (below)
3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K Lieutenant John G. Turnbull to Artillery Res. 1 Regular Brig.

Second Division

Brigadier General Hiram Berry (k 5/3)
Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr (to 5/23)
Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
First Brigade Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr (^ 5/3)
Colonel William Blaisdell (to 5/23)
Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr
1st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen
11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel William Blaisdell (^ 5/23)
Lieutenant Colonel Porter E. Tripp
16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Waldo Merriam
11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Robert McAllister
26th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Benjamin C. Tilghman
Major Robert L. Bodine
Second Brigade Brigadier General Joseph W. Revere (to 5/2)
Colonel J. E. Farnum
Colonel W. R. Brewster
70th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel J. Egbert Farnum (^ 5/2)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Holt
71st New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry L. Potter
72nd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel William O. Stevens
Major John Leonard
73rd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Brewster
74th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Lounsbury
Captain Henry Alles
Captain Francis E. Tyler
120th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius D. Westbrook
Third Brigade  Brigadier General Gershom Mott (w 5/3)
Colonel W. J. Sewell
5th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel William J. Sewell (^ 5/2)
Major Ashbel W. Angel
Captain Virgil M. Healy
6th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel George C. Burling
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson
7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel Louis Francine
8th New Jersey Infantry Regiment Colonel John Ramsey
2nd New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Sidney W. Park (w 5/5)
Lieutenant Colonel William Olmstead
mustered out 5/26
115th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis A Lancaster
Major John P. Dunne
Division Artillery Captain Thomas W. Osborn
1st New York Artillery, Battery D Lieutenant George B. Winslow to Corps Artillery (below)
4th New York Independent Battery Lieutenant Joseph E. Nairn
Lieutenant William T. McLean
to Corps Artillery (below)
1st United States Artillery, Battery H Lieutenant Justin E. Dimick
Lieutenant James A. Sanderson
to Artillery Reserve, 1st Reg. Brig.
4th United States Artillery, Battery K Lieutenant Francis W. Seeley to Corps Artillery (below)

Third Division

Brigadier General Amiel W. Whipple (mw 5/3)
Brigadier General Charles K. Graham
First Brigade Colonel Emlen Franklin (to 5/15)
Colonel A. Van Horne Ellis
86th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Barnard J. Chapin
124th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel A. Van Horne Ellis (^ 5/15}
122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Edward McGovern mustered out 5/15
Second Brigade Colonel Samuel M. Bowman
12th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Joseph H. Potter
Lieutenant Colonel John F. Marsh
Major Moses H. Savage
84th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Milton Opp
110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel James Crowther (k 5/3)
Major David M. Jones
Third Brigade Colonel Hiram Berdan
1st United States Sharpshooters Lieutenant Colonel Casper Trepp
2nd United States Sharpshooters Major Homer R. Stoughton
Division Artillery
10th New York Independent Battery Lieutenant Samuel Lewis to Corps Artillery (below)
11th New York Independent Battery Lieutenant John E. Burton to Corps Artillery (below)
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery H Captain James F. Huntington to Art. Reserve, 1 Volunteer Brig.

Corps Artillery

1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery B from 1st Div. Artillery (above)
1st New York Artillery, Battery D from 2nd Div. Artillery (above)
4th New York Independent Battery
10th New York Independent Battery from 3rd Div. Artillery (above)
11th New York Independent Battery from 3rd Div. Artillery (above)
1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery E from 1st Div. Artillery (above)
4th United States Artillery, Battery K from 2nd Div. Artillery (above)