United States ArmyArmy of the Shenandoah


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Commanded by Brigadier General George Crook (to Major General 10/21)

Troops from the Department of West Virginia operated as part of the Army of the Shenendoah (Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of Major General Philip H. Sheridan. They were often referred to as the “Army of West Virginia’ or “Eighth Corps,” even though they had been officially transferred to the Army of the Shenandoah.

First Infantry Division

Brigadier General Joseph Thoburn (k 10/19)
Colonel Thomas M. Harris
First Brigade Colonel George D. Wells (k 10/19)
Lieutenant Colonel I.F. Wildes
34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Captain Andrew Potter
5th New York Heavy Artillery, 2nd Battalion
(operating as infantry)
Captain Frederick C. Wilkie
116th Ohio Infantry Regiment Captain Wilbert B. Teters
Captain John Hull
123rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Major Horace Kellog
Second Brigade Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Northcott
Colonel William B. Curtiss
18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment to New Haven CT
2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Regiment to Reserve Div. (below)
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Weddle to Reserve Div. (below)
4th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Captain Benjamin D. Boswell
12th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Northcott
Third Brigade Colonel Thomas M. Harris (^ 10/19)
Colonel Milton Wells
23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment Captain Samuel A. Simison
54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Captain John Suter
10th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Moses S. Hall (w 10/19)
Major Henry H. Withers
11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Van H. Bukey
15th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Milton Wells (w 10/19)
Major John W. Holliday

Second Infantry Division

Colonel Issac H. Duval
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes
First Brigade Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes (^ 10/19)
Colonel Hiram F. Devol
23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel James M.S. Comly
36th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Hiram F. Devol (^ 10/19)
5th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Abia A. Tomlinson
13th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel William R. Brown
Second Brigade Colonel Daniel D. Johnson
34th Ohio Infantry Regiment (mounted) Lieutenant Colonel Luther Furney (c 10/19)
91st Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel John A. Turley
9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Isaac H. DuVal
14th West Virginia Infantry Regiment
Artillery
1st Ohio Independent Battery

First Cavalry Division

Brigadier General Alfred N. Duffie
division dissolved 10/20
Second Brigade Colonel R.M. Richardson (to 10/14)
Colonel J.E. Wynkoop (to 10/20)
1st New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment Colonel Robert F. Taylor
21st New York Cavalry Regiment to 1 Brig. 2 Div. (below)
20th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment to Cav. Corps 1 Div. 2 Brig.
Artillery
West Virginia Battery B

Reserve Division Harpers Ferry

Brigadier General John D. Stevenson

Monocacy to Sleepy Hollow

Brigadier General Max Weber (to 10/20)
1st Maryland Eastern Shore Regiment
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Colonel W.P. Maulsby to Kenly’s Command (below)
2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
2nd Maryland Eastern Shore Regiment from 1 Div. 2 Brig. (above)
3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade to Kelly’s Command (below)
12th Maryland Infantry Regiment
13th Maine Infantry Regiment
15th Maine Infantry Regiment from 19 Corps 1 Div. nonveterans not on furlough
195th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Independent (PA) Engineers Company C Captain Samuel C. Smith
Cavalry
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brig. Cav. from Cavalry Corps, 1 Div., 3 Brig.
12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment from 1 Cav. Div. 1 Brig.
Loudon (Va.) Rangers
Artillery
First Kentucky Battery Captain Daniel Glassie
Maryland Battery A
Baltimore MD Independent Battery
5th New York Heavy Artillery,
Companies I, K, L & M
30th New York Independent Battery
32nd New York Independent Battery
1st Ohio Independent Battery
1st Ohio Artillery, Battery L
1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery G
Pennsylvania Independent Battery F
West Virginia Battery A
West Virginia Battery D

West of Sleepy Hollow

Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelly
2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brig. Co. F
3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade from Weber’s Command (above)
28th Ohio Veteran Infantry Battalion reorganized
74th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment from 22 Corps Washington
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment
11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment Colonel Daniel Frost
17th West Virginia Infantry Regiment from Wheeling (new regiment)
Cavalry
3rd Ohio Independent Cavalry Co.
5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment Colonel George R. Latham
6th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Artillery
Battery L, 1st Illinois Artillery
Maryland Battery B
West Virginia Battery E
West Virginia Battery H