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Commanded by Brigadier General Alfred T. A. Torbert

First Cavalry Division

Brigadier General Wesley Merritt 
First Brigade  Brigadier General George A. Custer (to 9/26)
Colonel James H. Kidd
1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Charles H. Town
5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Russell A. Alger (res. 9/20)
Colonel Ebenezer Gould
6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel James Kidd (^ 9/26)
Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Thompson
7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colonel Allyne C. Litchfield
25th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Charles J. Seymour from 3 Brig. (below)
Second Brigade Colonel Thomas C. Devin
4th New York Cavalry Regiment Major August Haurand (w)
Major Edward Schwartz
6th New York Cavalry Regiment Major William E. Beardsley
9th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel George S. Nichols
19th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thorp from Reserve Brig. (below)
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Major Coe Durland
Third Brigade Colonel Charles R. Lowe, Jr. Discontinued 9/8
1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry to Harpers Ferry, Reserve Div.
2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment Colonel Caspar Crowninshield to Reserve Brig. (below)
25th New York Cavalry Regiment Major Charles J. Seymour to 1 Brig. (above)
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment to W. VA, 2 Div. 1 Brig.
22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment to W. VA, 2 Div. 1 Brig.
Reserve Brigade Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs (to 9/8)
Colonel Charles R. Lowell, Jr.
2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment LieutenantColonel Caspar Crowninshield from 3 Brig. (above)
19th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Thorp to 2 Brig. (above)
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Major Charles L. Leiper
1st United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Eugene M. Baker
2nd United States Cavalry Regiment Captain Theophilus F. Rodenbough (w)
Captain Robert S. Smith
5th United States Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Gustavus Urban
6th United States Cavalry Regiment 2nd Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan

Second Cavalry Division

Brigadier General William W. Averill (to 9/26)
Brigadier General George A. Custer (to 9/30)
Colonel W.H. Powell
First Brigade Colonel J.M. Schoonmaker
8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
Second Brigade Colonel W. H. Powell (to 9/26)
Colonel Henry Capeheart
1st New York Lincoln Cavalry Regiment
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
2nd West Virginia Cavalry

Third Cavalry Division

Brigadier General James H. Wilson (to 9/30)
Brigadier General George A. Custer
First Brigade  Colonel John B. McIntosh (to 9/19)
Colonel George Purington
1st Connecticut Cavalry Regiment Major George O. Marcy
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Otto Harhaus (m.o. 9/10)
Major Walter C. Hull
5th New York Cavalry Regiment Colonel Hammond (m.o. 9/3)
Lieutenant Colonel Bacon (res. 9/12)
Major Abram H. Krom
3rd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment Major William P. Robeson, Jr. (to 9/8)
Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington
2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment Colonel George A. Purington (^ 9/19)
Major Bayard Nettleton
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William P. Brinton (w&c)
Major John W. Phillips
Second Brigade  Colonel George Champman (w 9/19)
Colonel William Wells
8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment Major John L. Beverage
3rd Indiana Cavalry, Cos. A-F Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert
1st New Hampshire Cavalry Colonel John L. Thompson
8th New York Cavalry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel William H. Benjamin
22nd New York Cavalry Regiment Major Caleb Moore
1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment Colonel William Wells

Horse Artillery

Captain James M. Robertson
6th New York Independent Battery from 22 Corps, Defenses Washington
1st United States Artillery, Batteries K&L Captain William M. Graham
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
3rd United States Artillery, Batteries CF&K Captain Dunbar R. Ransom
4th United States Artillery, Batteries C&E Lieutenant Samuel S. Elder
5th United States Artillery, Battery L