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Commanded by
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside (assigned command of the Army’s Right Wing 9/7)
Major General Jesse Reno (k 9/14)
Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox

The Kanawha Division was attached from West Virginia.

First Division

Brigadier General Israel I. Stevens (k 9/1)
Colonel Benjamin C. Christ (to 9/8)
Brigadier General Orlando Willcox
First Brigade Colonel Benjamin C. Christ (^ 9/1)
Colonel W. M. Fenton (to 9/8)
Colonel Benjamin C. Christ (to 9/24)
Lieutenant Colonel David Morrison
8th Michigan Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Frank Graves  to 2 Brig. (below)
17th Michigan Infantry Regiment Colonel William H. Withington from Michigan
20th Michigan Infantry Regiment Colonel Adolphus Williams from Michigan
28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Captain Andrew P. Caraher
79th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel David Morrison from 2 Brig. (below)
50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Major Edward Overton (w 9/17)
Captain William H. Diel
to 2 Brig. (below)
Second Brigade Colonel Thomas Welsh (to 9/24)
Colonel B. C. Christ (to 9/30)
Colonel W. M. Fenton
8th Michigan Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Frank Graves from 1 Brig. (above)
46th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Gerhardt
79th New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel David Morrison to 1 Brig. (above)
45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John I. Curtin to 3 Brig. 9/26
50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Captain William H. Diel from 1 Brig. (above)
100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel David A. Leckey  to 3 Brig. 9/26
Third Brigade Colonel Thomas Welsh
36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry Bowman from Worcester
45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel John I. Curtin from 2 Brig. 9/26
100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel David A. Leckey from 2 Brig. 9/26
Division Artillery
8th Massachusetts Battery Captain Asa M. Cook from Dist. Washington, Sturgis’ Brig.
2nd United States Artillery, Battery E Lieutenant Samuel N. Benjamin from 5 Corps, Res. Artillery, 4 Brig.

Second Division

Major General Jesse L. Reno (^ 9/2)
Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis
First Brigade Colonel James Nagle (to BG 9/10)
2nd Maryland infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel J. Eugene Duryea
6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Simon G. Griffin
9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Enoch Q. Fellows from New Hampshire
48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Sigfried (to Col. 9/20)
Second Brigade Colonel Edward Ferrero (to BG 9/19)
21st Massachusettes Infantry Regiment Colonel William S. Clark
35th Massachusettes Infantry Regiment Colonel Edward A. Wild from Massachusetts
11th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment Colonel Walter Harriman from New Hampshire
51st New York Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Potter (to Col. 9/10)
51st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Colonel John. F. Hartranft
Division Artillery
Pennsylvania Independent Battery D Captain George W. Durell
4th United States Artillery, Battery E From 3 Corps, Army VA

Third Division

Major General John G. Parke (to 9/3)
Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman (k 9/17)
Major General John G. Parke
First Brigade Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild
9th New York Infantry Regiment Major Edward Jardine (to 8/3)
Colonel Rush C. Hawkins
89th New York Infantry Regiment Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild
103rd New York Infantry Regiment Major Benjamin Ringold
Second Brigade Colonel Edward Harland
8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Appleman
11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Henry W. Kingsbury
16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Francis Beach from Connecticut
21st Connecticut Infantry Regiment Colonel Arthur H. Dutton from Connecticut
4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment Colonel William H.P. Steere
Division Artillery
5th United States Artilery, Battery A Lieutenant Charles P. Muhlenberg

Kanawha Division

Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox (to 9/14)
Colonel Eliakim Scammon
1st Brigade Colonel Eliakim Scammon (^ 9/14)
Colonel Hugh Ewing
12th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Carr B. White from District of Kanawha, 1 Brig.
23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes
30th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Hugh Ewing (^ 9/14)
Lt. Colonel Theodore Jones (c 9/17)
Major George H. Hildt
1st Ohio Independent Battery Captain James R. McMullin
1st West Virginia Cavalry, Co. I Lieutenant Dennis Delaney from District of Kanawha, 4 Brig.
2nd West Virginia Cavalry, Co. L Lieutenant James Abraham from District of Kanawha
2nd Brigade Colonel August Moor (c 9/12)
Colonel George Crook
11th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel Augustus H. Coleman (k 9/17)
Major Lyman J. Jackson
from District of Kanawha, 3 Brig.
28th Ohio Infantry Regiment Lt. Colonel Godfried Becker from District of Kanawha, 2 Brig.
36th Ohio Infantry Regiment Colonel George Crook (^ 9/12)
Lt. Colonel Melvin Clarke
from District of Kanawha, 3 Brig.
First Kentucky Battery Captain Seth J. Simmonds from District of Kanawha, 2 Brig.
Schambeck’s Illinois Cavalry Co.  Captain Frederick Schambeck from District of Kanawha, 4 Brig.
3rd Ohio Independent Cavalry Company  Lieutenant Jonas Seamen from District of Kanawha