Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road Union Order of Battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (Oct 27-28, 1864) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties and includes only units which sustained casualties.[1]

Military Rank Abbreviations Used

Army of the James

MG Benjamin F. Butler

X Corps

BG Alfred H. Terry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    BG Adelbert Ames

First Brigade

  Col Alvin C. Voris

Second Brigade

  Col Joseph C. Abbott

Third Brigade

  Col Harris M. Plaisted

Second Division
    BG Robert S. Foster

First Brigade

  Col N. Martin Curtis

Second Brigade

  Col Galusha Pennypacker

Third Brigade

  Col Louis Bell

Third Division
    BG Joseph R. Hawley

First Brigade

  Col James Shaw, Jr.

Second Brigade

  Col Ulysses Doubleday

Artillery Brigade

  Ltc Richard H. Jackson

  • 1st U.S., Batteries C & D

XVIII Corps

MG Godfrey Weitzel

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    BG Gilman Marston

First Brigade

  Ltc John B. Raulston

Second Brigade

  Col Edgar M. Cullen

Third Brigade

  Ltc Joab N. Patterson

Unattached

Second Division
    BG Charles A. Heckman

First Brigade [not engaged]
Second Brigade

  Col Edward H. Ripley

Third Brigade

  Col Harrison S. Fairchild

Third Division

First Brigade

  Col John H. Holman
  Ltc Abial G. Chamberlain

Second Brigade

  Col Alonzo G. Draper

Unattached
  • 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry (dismounted)

Artillery Division

Cavalry Division
    Col Robert M. West

First Brigade

  Col George W. Lewis

  • 3rd New York
  • 5th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade

  Col Samuel P. Spear

Third Brigade

  Col Andrew W. Evans

Artillery Brigade

References

  1. "Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces". Official Reports Part 1 (Serial Number 87) – Reports. The Siege of Petersburg Online. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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