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Commanded by Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton

First Division

Brigadier General John Buford (to 11/21)
Brigadier General Wesley Merritt
First Brigade Colonel George Chapman (to 11/21)
Colonel William Gamble
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage
12th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Captain Henry L. Reans to Chicago, Ill. 11/20
3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment,
Cos. A-F
Major William S. McClure attached to 12th Illinos Cavalry (above)
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Major William H. Benjamin
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
3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Cos. A & C Captain Seymour B. Conger to Dept. WV
Reserve Brigade Brigadier General Wesley Merritt (^ 11/21)
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 Colonel Alfred Gibbs (to 11/21)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thorp
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major Henry C. Whelan

Second Division

Brigadier General David McM. Gregg 
First Brigade Colonel John P. Taylor
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 Lieutenant Colonel David Gerdner
3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Captain James W Walsh
1st Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment Colonel John L. Thompson
Second Brigade Colonel John I. Gregg
Orton’s District of Columbia Cavalry Co. Captain William H. Orton
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, Jt.
16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robison

Third Division

Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick (to 11/25)
Brigadier General George A. Custer
First Brigade Colonel Henry E. Davies
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
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Major Charles E. Capehart
Second Brigade Brigadier General George A. Custer (^ 11/25)
Colonel Charles H. Town
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles H. Town (^ 11/25)
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
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Colonel Edward B. Sawyer

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 from 2nd Corps Artillery
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