Order of Battle
Federal Forces
Army of the Shenandoah, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright
VI (6) Army Corps, Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts
1st Division, Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
1st Brigade – Col. William H. Penrose
4th New Jersey Infantry
10th New Jersey Infantry
15th New Jersey Infantry
2nd Brigade – Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie
2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
65th New York Infantry
121st New York Infantry
95th Pennsylvania Infantry
96th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Brigade – Not Engaged
2nd Division – Brig. Gen. George W. Getty
1st Brigade – Col. James M. Warner
62nd New York Infantry
93rd Pennsylvania Infantry
102nd Pennsylvania Infantry
139th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Brigade – Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Grant
2nd Vermont Infantry
3rd Vermont Infantry
4th Vermont Infantry
6th Vermont Infantry
11th Vermont Heavy Artillery
3rd Brigade – Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Bidwell
1st Maine Veteran Infantry
43rd New York Infantry
49th New York Infantry
77th New York Infantry
122nd New York Infantry
61st Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Division – Col. J. Warren Keifer
1st Brigade – Col. William Emerson
14th New Jersey Infantry
106th New York Infantry
151st New York Infantry
184th New York Infantry
87th Pennsylvania Infantry
10th Vermont Infantry
2nd Brigade – Col. William H. Ball
6th Maryland Infantry
9th New York Heavy Artillery
110th Ohio Infantry
122d Ohio Infantry
126th Ohio Infantry
67th Pennsylvania Infantry
138th Pennsylvania Infantry
Artillery Brigade, VI (6) Corps, Col. Charles Thompkins
Battery E, 5th Maine Artillery
1st Battery, New York Light Artillery
Batteries C & G, 1st Rhode Island Artillery
Battery M, 5th US Artillery
US Artillery VIII (8) Army Corps (Army of West Virginia), Brig. Gen. George Crook
1st Division – Col. Joseph Thoburn
1st Brigade – Lt. Col. Thomas F. Wildes
34th Massachusetts Infantry
5th New York Heavy Artillery
116th Ohio Infantry
123rd Ohio Infantry
2nd Brigade – Not Engaged
3rd Brigade – Col. Thomas Harris
23rd Illinois Infantry
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
10th West Virginia Infantry
11th West Virginia Infantry
15th West Virginia Infantry
2nd Division – Col. Rutherford B. Hayes
1st Brigade – Col. Hiram F. Duval
23rd Ohio Infantry
36th Ohio Infantry
5th West Virginia Infantry
13th West Virginia Infantry
2nd Brigade – Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Coats
34th Ohio Infantry
91st Ohio Infantry
9th West Virginia Infantry
14th West Virginia Infantry
Artillery Brigade, VIII (8) Corps, Capt. Henry DuPont
Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Battery D, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Battery B, 5th US Artillery
Provisional Division, Col. J. Howard Kitching
6th New York Heavy Artillery
Miscellaneous Elements
XIX (19) Corps, Brig. Gen. William H. Emory
1st Division – Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan
1st Brigade – Col. Edwin P. Davis
29th Maine Infantry
30th Massachusetts Infantry
90th New York Infantry
114th New York Infantry
116th New York Infantry
153d New York Infantry
2nd Brigade – Col. Stephen Thomas
12th Connecticut Infantry
160th New York Infantry
47th Pennsylvania Infantry
8th Vermont Infantry
3rd Brigade – Not Engaged
Division Artillery
5th Battery, New York Light Artillery
2nd Division – Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover
1st Brigade – Brig. Gen. Henry W. Birge
9th Connecticut Infantry
12th Maine Infantry
14th Maine Infantry
26th Massachusetts Infantry
14th New Hampshire Infantry
75th New York Infantry
2nd Brigade – Col. Edward L. Molineux
13th Connecticut Infantry
3rd Massachusetts Cavalry (Dismounted)
11th Indiana Infantry
22nd Iowa Infantry
131st New York Infantry
159th New York Infantry
3rd Brigade – Col. Daniel Macauley
38th Massachusetts Infantry
128th New York Infantry
156th New York Infantry
175th New York Infantry
176th New York Infantry
4th Brigade – Col. David Shunk
8th Indiana Infantry
18th Indiana Infantry
24th Iowa Infantry
28th Iowa Infantry
Division Artillery – Maj. Albert W. Bradbury
1st Battery, Maine Light Artillery
Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
17th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
Cavalry Corps, Maj. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, Headquarters Guard
1st Division – Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
1st Brigade – Col. James H. Kidd
1st Michigan Cavalry
5th Michigan Cavalry
6th Michigan Cavalry
7th Michigan Cavalry
25th New York Cavalry
2nd Brigade – Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Devin
4th New York Cavalry (Headquarters Guard)
6th New York Cavalry
9th and 19th New York Cavalry
13th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Batteries K & L, 5th US Artillery
Reserve Brigade – Col. Charles L. Lowell
2nd Massachusetts Cavalry
6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Army Headquarters)
1st US Cavalry
2nd US Cavalry
5th US Cavalry
Division Artillery
6th Battery, New York Light Artillery
Batteries C & E, 4th US Artillery
2nd Cavalry Division – Col. William H. Powell
1st Brigade – Col. Alpheus S. Moore
14th and 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry
8th Ohio Cavalry
2nd Brigade – Col. Henry Capehart
1st New York Cavalry
1st West Virginia Cavalry
2nd West Virginia Cavalry
3rd West Virginia Cavalry
Division Artillery
Battery L, 5th US Artillery
3rd Cavalry Division – Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
1st Brigade – Col. Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.
1st Connecticut Cavalry
3rd New Jersey Cavalry
2nd New York Cavalry
5th New York Cavalry
2nd Ohio Cavalry
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
2nd Brigade – Col. William Wells
3rd Indiana Cavalry
1st New Hampshire Cavalry
8th New York Cavalry
22nd New York Cavalry
1st Vermont Cavalry
Horse Artillery
Batteries B & L, 2nd US Artillery
Batteries C, F & K, 2nd US Artillery
An estimated 31,945 Combatants Engaged
Estimated 5,764 Casualties
Confederate Forces
Army of the Valley, Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early
Ramseur’s Division – Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur
Battle’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Cullen A. Battle & Lt. Col. E. LaFayette Hobson
3rd Alabama Infantry
5th Alabama Infantry
6th Alabama Infantry
12th Alabama Infantry
61st Alabama Infantry
Grimes’ Brigade – Brig. Gen. Bryan Grimes
32nd North Carolina Infantry
53rd North Carolina Infantry
2nd North Carolina Battalion
43rd North Carolina Infantry
45th North Carolina Infantry
Cook’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Philip Cook
4th Georgia Infantry
12th Georgia Infantry
21st Georgia Infantry
44th Georgia Infantry
Cox’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. William R. Cox
1st North Carolina Infantry
2nd North Carolina Infantry
3rd North Carolina Infantry
4th North Carolina Infantry
14th North Carolina Infantry
30th North Carolina Infantry
Kershaw’s Division – Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Conner’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. James Conner
2nd South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Infantry
7th South Carolina Infantry
8th South Carolina Infantry
15th South Carolina Infantry
20th South Carolina Infantry
3rd South Carolina Battalion
Humphrey’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys
13th Mississippi Infantry
17th Mississippi Infantry
18th Mississippi Infantry
21st Mississippi Infantry
Wofford’s Brigade – Col. Henry P. Sanders
16th Georgia Infantry
18th Georgia Infantry
24th Georgia Infantry
3rd Georgia Battalion
Cobb’s (Georgia) Legion
Philip’s (Georgia) Legion
Bryan’s Brigade – Col. James P. Simms
10th Georgia Infantry
50th Georgia Infantry
51st Georgia Infantry
53d Georgia Infantry
Pegram’s Division – Brig. Gen. John Pegram
Pegram’s Brigade – Col. John S. Hoffman
13th Virginia Infantry
31st Virginia Infantry
49th Virginia Infantry
52nd Virginia Infantry
58th Virginia Infantry
Johnston’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Robert D. Johnson
5th North Carolina Infantry
12th North Carolina Infantry
20th North Carolina Infantry
23d North Carolina Infantry
1st North Carolina Battalion Sharpshooters
Goodwin’s Brigade – Lt. Col. William T. Davis
6th North Carolina Infantry
21st North Carolina Infantry
54th North Carolina Infantry
57th North Carolina Infantry
Gordon’s Division – Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon
Evan’s Brigade – Col. Edmund N. Atkinson
13th Georgia Infantry
26th Georgia Infantry
31st Georgia Infantry
38th Georgia Infantry
60th Georgia Infantry
61st Georgia Infantry
12th Georgia Battalion
York’s Brigade – Col. William R. Peck
Remnants – 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, and 15th Louisiana Regiments
Terry’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. William Terry
Remnants – 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 33rd,
37th, 42nd, 44th, 48th, 50th Virginia Regiments
Wharton’s Division – Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton
Wharton’s Brigade – Capt. R. H. Logan
45th Virginia Infantry
50th Virginia Infantry
51st Virginia Infantry
30th Virginia Battalion Sharpshooters
Echol’s Brigade – Capt. Edmund S. Read
22nd Virginia Infantry
23rd Virginia Infantry
26th Virginia Battalion
Smith’s Brigade – Col. Thomas Smith
36th Virginia Infantry
60th Virginia Infantry
45th Virginia Battalion
Thomas’s Legion
Lomax’s Cavalry Division – Maj. Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax
Imboden’s Brigade – Col. George H. Smith
18th Virginia Cavalry
23rd Virginia Cavalry
62d Virginia Mounted Infantry
Johnson’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson
8th Virginia Cavalry
21st Virginia Cavalry
22nd Virginia Cavalry
34th Virginia Battalion
36th Virginia Battalion
McCausland’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. John McCausland
14th Virginia Cavalry
16th Virginia Cavalry
17th Virginia Cavalry
25th Virginia Battalion
37th Virginia Battalion
Jackson’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. Henry B. Davidson
2nd Maryland Cavalry
19th Virginia Cavalry
20th Virginia Cavalry
46th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
47th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Rosser’s Division – Maj. Gen Thomas L. Rosser
Wickham’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. William C. Wickham
1st Virginia Cavalry
2nd Virginia Cavalry
3rd Virginia Cavalry
4th Virginia Cavalry
Payne’s Brigade – Brig. Gen. William H. F. Payne
5th Virginia Cavalry
6th Virginia Cavalry
15th Virginia Cavalry
Rosser’s Brigade – Col. Oliver R. Funston, Jr.
7th Virginia Cavalry
11th Virginia Cavalry
12th Virginia Cavalry
35th Virginia Battalion
(Artillery) Braxton’s Battalion – Lt. Col. Carter M. Braxton
Virginia Battery (Carpenter’s)
Virginia Battery (Hardwicke’s)
Virginia Battery (Cooper’s)
Cutshaw’s Battalion – Maj. William Cutshaw
Virginia Battery (Carrington’s)
Virginia Battery (Tanner’s)
Virginia Battery (Garber’s)
King’s Battalion – Maj. William McLaughlin
Virginia Battery (Bryan’s)
Virginia Battery (Chapman’s)
Virginia Battery (Lowry’s)
Nelson’s Battalion – Lt. Col. William Nelson
Georgia Battery (Milledge’s)
Virginia Battery (Kirkpatrick’s)
Virginia Battery (Massie’s)
Horse Artillery – Maj. James Breathed
Maryland Battery (Griffin’s)
Virginia Battery (Jackson’s)
Virginia Battery (Lurty’s)
Virginia Battery (McClanahan’s)
Virginia Battery (Johnston’s)
Virginia Battery (Shoemaker’s)
Virginia Battery (Thompson’s)
An estimated 21,000 Combatants Engaged
Estimated 3,060 Casualties
Combined forces engaged are estimated at 52,945 with 8,824 total casualties (killed, wounded, or missing)
Looking for a specific soldier’s regimental history or details about the men that served here?
The National Park Service’s Soldiers and Sailors Database is a great place to begin your search.
21 men were awarded the Medal of Honor due to their actions during the Battle of Cedar Creek. Learn more about their stories by searching the term “Cedar Creek” here.
After-action reports written by commanding officers after the Battle of Cedar Creek can be found through the online resources of the U.S. Army Center of Military History.
