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Battle of South Mountain
Union Order of Battle

Army of the Potomac

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan

Left Wing

Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside

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1 Corps (Turner's Gap)

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. John Hatch (w)

Brig. Gen. Rufus King

Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday

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1st Brigade

Col. Walter Phelps, Jr

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2nd U.S. Sharpshooters

Col. Henry A. V. Post

22nd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. John McKie

24th New York Infantry

Capt. John D. O'Brian

30th New York Infantry

Col. William M. Searing

84th New York/14th Brooklyn Infantry

Maj. William H. DeBevoise

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2nd Brigade

​Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday

Col. William Pratt (w)

Lieut. Col. John W. Hofmann

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7th Indiana Infantry

Maj. Ira G. Grover

56th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John W. Hofmann

Capt. Frederick Williams

76th New York Infantry

Col. William P. Wainwright (w)

Lieut. Col. Chauncey Crandall

95th New York Infantry

Maj. Edward Pye

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Marsena Patrick

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21st New York Infantry

Col. William F. Rodgers

23rd New York Infantry

Col. Henry C. Hoffman

35th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Bradley Winslow

80th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Theodore B. Gates

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4th Brigade

Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

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2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Col. Lucius Fairchild

6th Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edward S. Bragg

7th Wisconsin Infantry

Capt. John Callis

19th Indiana Infantry

Col. Solomon Meredith

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1st Division Artillery

Capt. J. Albert Monroe

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New Hampshire Light, 1st Battery

Lieut. Frederick Edgall

1st New York Light, Battery L

Capt. John A. Reynolds

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. James Ricketts

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Abram Duryea

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97th New York Infantry

Maj. Charles Northrup

104th New York Infantry

Maj. Lewis C. Skinner

105th New York Infantry

Col. James M. Fuller

107th Pennsylvania Infantry

Capt. James MacThomson

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2nd Brigade

Col. William Henry Christian

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26th New York Infantry

Col. Richard H. Richardson

94th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Calvin Littlefield

88th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. George W. Gile

90th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Peter Lyle

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. George L. Hartsuff

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12th Massachusetts Infantry

Maj. Elisha Burbank

13th Massachusetts Infantry

Maj. J. Parker Gould

83rd New York Infantry

Col. John W. Stiles

11th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Richard Coulter

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2nd Division Artillery

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1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery F

Capt. Ezra W. Matthews

Pennsylvania Light, Battery C

Capt. James Thompson

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​3rd Division

Brig. Gen. George G. Meade

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour

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1st Pennsylvania Reserves (30th P.V.I.)

Col. R. Biddle Roberts

2nd Pennsylvania Reserves (31st P.V.I.)

Maj. Horace Neide 

5th Pennsylvania Reserves (34th P.V.I.)

Col. Joseph E. Fisher

6th Pennsylvania Reserve (35th P.V.I.)

Col. William Sinclair

13th Pennsylvania Reserve (42nd P.V.I.)

Col. Hugh W. McNeil

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2nd Brigade

Col. Albert Magilton

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3rd Pennsylvania Reserve 

Lieut. Col. John C. Clark

4tth Pennsylvania Reserve

Maj. John Nyce

7th Pennsylvania Reserve

Col. Henry C. Bollinger

8th Pennsylvania Reserve

Capt. C. L. Connor

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3rd Brigade

Col. Thomas F. Gallagher (w)

Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson

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9th Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson

10th Pennsylvania Reserves

Lieut. Col. Adoniram J. Warner

11th Pennsylvania Reserves

Col. Thomas Gallagher (w)

Lieut. Col. Samuel M. Jackson

12th Pennsylvania Reserves

Capt. Richard Gustin

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​​3rd Division Artillery

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1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery A

Lieut. John G. Simpson

1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery B

Capt. James H. Cooper

5th U.S. Battery C

Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom

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IX Corps (Fox's Gap)

Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno (k)

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Kanawha Division

Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox

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1st Brigade

Col. Eliakim Scammon

Col. Hugh B. Ewing

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12th Ohio Infantry

Col. Carr B. White

23rd Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes (w)

30th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Theodore Jones

Ohio Light Artillery, 1st Battery

Capt. James R. McMullin

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2nd Brigade

Col. George Crook

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11th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Augustus H. Coleman

28th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Gottfried Becker

36th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke

Kentucky Light Artillery, Simmond's Battery

Capt. Seth J. Simmonds

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox

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1st Brigade

Col. Benjamin Christ

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17th Michigan Infantry

Col. William H. Withington

50th Pennsylvania Infantry

Maj. Edward Overton, Jr.

79th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. David Morrison

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2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Welch

Col. William Fenton

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8th Michigan Infantry

Lieut. Col. Frank Graves

45th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. John I. Curtin

46th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joseph Gerhardt

100th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. David A. Leckey

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1st Division Artillery

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Massachusetts Light Battery, 8th Battery

Capt. Asa Cook

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. James Nagle

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2nd Maryland Infantry

Lieut. Col. J. Eugene Duryea

48th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joshua K. Sigfried

6th New Hampshire Infantry

Col. Simon G. Griffin

9th New Hampshire Infantry

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero

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21st Massachusetts Infantry

Col. William S. Clark

35th Massachusetts Infantry

Col. Edward A. Wild

51st New York Infantry

Col. Robert Potter

51st Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. John F. Hartranft

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2nd Division Artillery

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Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery D

Capt. George Durell

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3rd Division

Brig. Gen. Isaac Rodman

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1st Brigade

Col. Harrison Fairchild

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9th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edgar Kimball

89th New York Infantry

Maj. Edward Jardine

103rd New York Infantry

Maj. Benjamin Ringold

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2nd Brigade

Col. Edward Harland

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4th Rhode Island Infantry

Col. William H. P. Steere

11th Connecticut Infantry

Col. Henry Kingsbury

16th Connecticut Infantry

Col. Francis Beach

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XI Corps (Crampton's Gap)

Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin

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1st Division

Maj. Gen. Henry Slocum

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1st Brigade

Col. Alfred Torbert

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1st New Jersey Infantry

Lieut. Col. Mark W. Collet

2nd New Jersey Infantry

Col. Samuel Buck

3rd New Jersey Infantry

Col. Henry Brown

4th New Jersey Infantry

Col. William B. Hatch

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2nd Brigade

Col. Joseph J. Bartlett

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5th Maine Infantry

Col. Nathaniel J. Jackson

16th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joel Seaver

27th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Alexander D. Adams

121st New York Infantry

Col. Richard H. Franchot

96th Pennsylvania Infantry

Lieut. Col. Peter A. Filbert

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3rd Brigade

Brig. Gen. John Newton

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18th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. George R. Myers

31st New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Francis E. Pinto

32nd New York Infantry

Col. Roderick N. Matheson (m,w) 

Lieut. Col. Francis E. Pinto

95th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Gustavus W. Town

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1st Division Artillery

Capt. Emory Upton

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Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery

Capt. John W. Wolcott

1st Battery (A), Massachusetts Light Artillery

Capt. John Josiah Porter

1st Battery (A),  New Jersey Light Artillery

Capt. William Hexamer

Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery

Lieut. Edward B. Williston

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2nd Division

Maj. Gen. William F. Smith

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

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5th Wisconsin Infantry

Col. Amasa Cobb

6th Maine Infantry

Col. Hiram Burnham

43rd New York Infantry

Maj. John Wilson

137th Pennsylvania Infantry

Col. Henry M. Bossert

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2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. William T. H. Brooks

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2nd Vermont Infantry

Maj. James H. Walbridge

4th Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles Stoughton

5th Vermont Infantry

Lieut. Col. Lewis A. Grant

6th Vermont Infantry

Maj. Oscar Tuttle

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3rd Brigade

Col. William Howard Irwin

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7th Maine Infantry

Maj. Thomas Hyde

20th New York Infantry

Col. Ernest Von Vegesack

33rd New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Joseph W. Corning

49th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. William C. Alberger

77th New York Infantry

Capt. Nathan S. Babcock

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2nd Division Artillery

Capt. Romeyn M. Ayres

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Battery B, Maryland Light Artillery

Lieut. Theodore J. Vanneman

1st Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery

Capt. Andrew Cowan

Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery

Lieut. Leonard Martin

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