Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia

Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia - Multiple units conduct operations on the line of the North Anna River in Hanover County, Virginia from May 22-26, 1864.
* Also referred to by its several smaller skirmishes and engagement names, sometimes by day:
** Combat at Ox Ford, Virginia (May 24)
** Combat at Jericho Ford/Mills/Bridge, Virginia (May 23, 25)
** Action at Quarles'/Quarle's Mill, Virginia (May 23)
** Combat at Hanover Junction, Virginia
** Combat at Telegraph Road Bridge, Virginia
== Sub-Operations ==
* May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
** May 24, 1864 - Combat at Ox Ford, Virginia
** May 25, 1864 - Engagement at Jericho Ford, Virginia
== Union Troops ==
* NOTE: Order of battle copied from Spotsylvania - commander data needs verification (last commander names kept, maybe more shifting happened)
* Ulysses S. Grant (Lieutenant General, General-in-Chief of the Union armies
 
 
 (AoP) Overall Command
* George G. Meade, Major General
General Staff:
* Chief of Staff: Andrew A. Humphreys, Major General
* Assistant Adjutant General: Seth Williams, Brigadier General
* Chief Quartermaster: Rufus Ingalls, Brigadier General
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units
General Headquarters	Provost GuardMarsena R. Patrick, Brigadier General	
* 1st Massachusetts Cavalry (Companies C and D)
* 80th New York Infantry
* 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
* 68th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 114th Pennsylvania Infantry
General Headquarters	Engineer Troops 	
* 50th New York Engineers
* 1st United States Engineer Battalion
General Headquarters	Guards and Orderlies 	
* Oneida (Independent) Cavalry Company
General Headquarters	Guards and Orderlies 	
 	Guards and Orderlies 	
 	Guards and Orderlies 	
 
 
 (AoP) 2nd Corps
* Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General
Escort:
* 1st Vermont Cavalry (Company M)
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units 	
1st DivisionFrancis C. Barlow, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeNelson A. Miles, Colonel 	
* 26th Michigan Infantry
* 61st New York Infantry
* 81st Pennsylvania InfantryH. Boyd McKeen, Colonel
* 140th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 183rd Pennsylvania Infantry	
1st DivisionFrancis C. Barlow, Brigadier General 	2nd BrigadeThomas Alfred Smyth, Colonel 	
* 28th Massachusetts Infantry
* 63rd New York Infantry
* 69th New York Infantry
* 88th New York Infantry
* 116th Pennsylvania Infantry	
1st DivisionFrancis C. Barlow, Brigadier General 	3rd BrigadeClinton D. MacDougall, Colonel 	
* 39th New York Infantry
* 52nd New York Infantry
** 7th New York Infantry (detachment, attached)
* 57th New York Infantry
* 111th New York InfantryClinton D. MacDougall, Colonel
* 125th New York Infantry
* 126th New York Infantry	
1st DivisionFrancis C. Barlow, Brigadier General 	4th BrigadeJohn R. Brooke, Colonel 	
* 2nd Delaware Infantry
* 64th New York Infantry
* 66th New York Infantry
* 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 145th Pennsylvania InfantryHiram L. Brown, Colonel
* 148th Pennsylvania Infantry	
2nd DivisionJohn Gibbon, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeJoshua T. Owen, Brigadier General 	
* 152nd New York Infantry
* 69th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 71st Pennsylvania Infantry
* 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 106th Pennsylvania Infantry	
2nd DivisionJohn Gibbon, Brigadier General 	3rd BrigadeSamuel S. Carroll, ColonelTheodore G. Ellis, Colonel''	
* 14th Connecticut InfantryTheodore G. Ellis, Colonel
* (II) 1st Delaware Infantry
* 14th Indiana Infantry
* 12th New Jersey Infantry
* 10th New York Infantry
* 108th New York Infantry
* (II) 4th Ohio Infantry
* (II) 8th Ohio Infantry
* 7th West Virginia Infantry	
2nd DivisionJohn Gibbon, Brigadier General 	Provost Guard 	
* 2nd Minnesota Sharpshooter Company	
2nd DivisionJohn Gibbon, Brigadier General 	3rd DivisionDavid B. Birney, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeThomas W. Egan, Colonel''	
* 20th Indiana Infantry
* 3rd Maine Infantry
* 40th New York InfantryThomas W. Egan, Colonel
* 86th New York Infantry
* 124th New York Infantry
* 99th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 110th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 141st Pennsylvania Infantry
* 2nd United States Sharpshooters
2nd BrigadeJohn S. Crocker, Colonel 	3rd DivisionDavid B. Birney, Brigadier General 	
* 4th Maine Infantry
* 17th Maine Infantry
* (I) 3rd Michigan Infantry
* 5th Michigan Infantry
* 93rd New York Infantry
* 57th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 63rd Pennsylvania InfantryJames F. Ryan, Captain
* 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 1st United States Sharpshooters	
4th DivisionAssigned as the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 3rd Division May 13, Mott taking command of the former and Brewster of the latter brigade (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 2, pages 709 and 711)Gershom Mott, Brigadier General	1st BrigadeRobert McAllister, Colonel 	
* 16th Massachusetts Infantry
* 5th New Jersey Infantry
* 6th New Jersey Infantry
* 7th New Jersey Infantry
* 8th New Jersey Infantry
* 11th New Jersey InfantryRobert McAllister, Colonel
* 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 115th Pennsylvania Infantry	
4th DivisionAssigned as the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 3rd Division May 13, Mott taking command of the former and Brewster of the latter brigade (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 2, pages 709 and 711)Gershom Mott, Brigadier General	2nd BrigadeWilliam R. Brewster, Colonel 	
* 11th Massachusetts Infantry
* 70th New York Infantry
* 71st New York Infantry
* 72nd New York Infantry
* 73rd New York Infantry
* 74th New York Infantry
* 120th New York Infantry
* 84th Pennsylvania Infantry	
 	Artillery BrigadeJohn C. Tidball, Colonel 	
* 6th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery F")
* 10th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 1st New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery A")
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery G
* 4th New York Heavy Artillery
* 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery F
* 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery A
* 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery B
* 4th United States Artillery / Battery K
* 5th United States Artillery / Battery C
* 5th United States Artillery / Battery I	
 
 
 (AoP) 5th Corps
* Gouverneur K. Warren, Major General
* Provost Guard
** (II) 12th New York Infantry (battalion)
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units
1st DivisionCharles Griffin, Brigadier General	1st BrigadeRomeyn B. Ayres, Brigadier General 	
* 140th New York Infantry
* 146th New York Infantry
* 91st Pennsylvania Infantry
* 155th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 2nd United States Infantry / Companies B/C/F/H/I/K
* 11th United States Infantry Companies B/C/D/E/F/G (1st Battalion)
* 12th United States Infantry 
** Companies A/B/C/D/G (1st Battalion)
** Companies A/C/D/F/H (2nd Battalion)
* 14th United States Infantry (1st Battalion)
* 17th United States Infantry
** Companies A/C/D/G/H (1st Battalion)
** Companies A/B/C (2nd Battalion)
1st DivisionCharles Griffin, Brigadier General	2nd BrigadeJacob B. Sweitzer, Colonel 	
* 9th Massachusetts Infantry
* 22nd Massachusetts InfantryWilliam S. Tilton, Colonel
** 2nd Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company
* 32nd Massachusetts Infantry
* (I) 4th Michigan Infantry
* 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
1st DivisionCharles Griffin, Brigadier General	3rd BrigadeJoseph J. Bartlett, Brigadier General 	
* 20th Maine Infantry
* 18th Massachusetts Infantry
* (II) 1st Michigan Infantry
* 16th Michigan Infantry
** Brady's (Independent) Sharpshooter Company
* 44th New York Infantry
* 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 118th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd DivisionSamuel M. Jackson, Colonel 	1st Brigade 	
* 1st Pennsylvania (Reserve) InfantryWilliam C. Talley, Colonel
* 2nd Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
* 6th Pennsylvania (Reserve) InfantryWellington H. Ent, Colonel
* 7th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
* 11th Pennsylvania (Reserve) InfantrySamuel M. Jackson, Colonel
* 13th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
3rd DivisionSamuel M. Jackson, Colonel 	3rd BrigadeJoseph W. Fisher, Colonel 	
* 5th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
* 10th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
* 12th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry
3rd DivisionSamuel M. Jackson, Colonel 	? BrigadeFrom former 2nd Division 	
* 12th Massachusetts InfantryJames L. Bates, Colonel
* 83rd New York Infantry
* 97th New York Infantry
* (II) 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 88th Pennsylvania Infantry
4th DivisionLysander Cutler, Brigadier General	1st BrigadeWilliam W. Robinson, Colonel 	
* (II) 7th Indiana Infantry
* 19th Indiana Infantry
* 24th Michigan Infantry
* 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion
* 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
* 6th Wisconsin Infantry
* 7th Wisconsin Infantry
4th DivisionLysander Cutler, Brigadier General	2nd BrigadeJames C. Rice, Brigadier GeneralEdward B. Fowler, Colonel	
* 76th New York Infantry
* 84th New York InfantryEdward B. Fowler, Colonel
* 95th New York Infantry
* 147th New York Infantry
* 56th Pennsylvania Infantry
4th DivisionLysander Cutler, Brigadier General	3rd BrigadeEdward S. Bragg, Colonel 	
* 121st Pennsylvania Infantry
* 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 150th Pennsylvania Infantry
4th DivisionLysander Cutler, Brigadier General	4th(?) BrigadeFrom former 2nd DivisionPeter Lyle, Colonel 	
* 16th Maine Infantry
* 13th Massachusetts Infantry
* 39th Massachusetts Infantry
* 104th New York Infantry
* 90th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 107th Pennsylvania Infantry
 	Artillery BrigadeCharles S. Wainwright, Colonel 	
* 3rd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 5th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery D
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery E
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery H
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery L
* 4th New York Heavy Artillery (2nd Battalion)
* 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery / Battery B
* 4th United States Artillery / Battery B
* 4th United States Artillery / Battery D
Reporting directly to Corps Commander 	Reporting directly to Corps Commander 	
* 1st Maryland Infantry (U)
* 4th Maryland Infantry (U)Richard N. Bowerman, Colonel
* 7th Maryland Infantry (U)Charles E. Phelps, Colonel
* 8th Maryland Infantry (U)
 
 
 (AoP) 6th Corps
* John Sedgwick, Major General
* Horatio G. Wright, Brigadier General
Escort:
* 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry / Company A
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units
1st DivisionDavid A. Russell, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeWilliam H. Penrose, Colonel 	
* (II) 1st New Jersey Infantry
* (II) 2nd New Jersey InfantryCharles Wiebecke, Lieutenant Colonel
* (II) 3rd New Jersey Infantry
* (II) 4th New Jersey Infantry
* 10th New Jersey Infantry
* 15th New Jersey Infantry
1st DivisionDavid A. Russell, Brigadier General 	2nd BrigadeEmory Upton, Colonel 	
* 5th Maine Infantry
* 121st New York Infantry
* 95th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 96th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st DivisionDavid A. Russell, Brigadier General 	3rd BrigadeHenry L. Eustis, Brigadier General	
* 6th Maine Infantry
* 49th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 119th Pennsylvania Infantry
* (I) 5th Wisconsin Infantry
1st DivisionDavid A. Russell, Brigadier General 	4th BrigadeNelson Cross, Colonel 	
* 65th New York Infantry
* 67th New York Infantry
* 122nd New York Infantry
* 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)
2nd DivisionThomas H. Neill, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeFrank Wheaton, Brigadier General 	
* 62nd New York Infantry
* 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 98th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 139th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd DivisionThomas H. Neill, Brigadier General 	2nd BrigadeLewis A. Grant, Colonel 	
* 1st Vermont Heavy ArtilleryJoined May 14, 1864
* 2nd Vermont Infantry
* 3rd Vermont Infantry
* 4th Vermont Infantry
* 5th Vermont Infantry
* 6th Vermont Infantry
2nd DivisionThomas H. Neill, Brigadier General 	3rd BrigadeDaniel D. Bidwell, Colonel 	
* 7th Maine Infantry
* 43rd New York Infantry
* 49th New York InfantryGeorge W. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel
* 77th New York Infantry
* 61st Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd DivisionThomas H. Neill, Brigadier General 	4th BrigadeOliver Edwards, Colonel 	
* 7th Massachusetts Infantry
* 10th Massachusetts Infantry
* 37th Massachusetts InfantryOliver Edwards, Colonel
* 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
3rd DivisionJames B. Ricketts, Brigadier General	1st BrigadeWilliam S. Truex, Colonel 	
* 14th New Jersey Infantry
* 106th New York Infantry
* 151st New York Infantry
* 87th Pennsylvania InfantryJohn W. Schall, Colonel
* 10th Vermont Infantry
3rd DivisionJames B. Ricketts, Brigadier General	2nd BrigadeBenjamin F. Smith, Colonel 	
* 6th Maryland Infantry (U)
* 110th Ohio Infantry
* 122nd Ohio Infantry
* 126th Ohio Infantry
* 67th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 138th Pennsylvania Infantry
 	Artillery BrigadeCharles H. Tompkins, Colonel	
* 4th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery D")
* 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 1st New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 3rd New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 4th New York Heavy Artillery
* 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery C
* 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery E
* 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery / Battery G
* 5th United States Artillery / Battery MOriginally referenced in Dyer as 4th United States Artillery / Battery M, likely incorrect
 
 
 (AoP) 9th Corps
* Ambrose E. Burnside, Major GeneralThe IX Corps was under the direct orders of Lieutenant General Grant until May 24, 1864, when it was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. (see: Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVI, Part 3, page 169)
** Chief of Staff: John G. Parke, Major
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units
1st DivisionThomas L. Crittenden, Major General 	1st BrigadeJames Ledlie, Brigadier General 	
* 35th Massachusetts Infantry
* 56th Massachusetts InfantryStephen M. Weld (Jr.), Lieutenant Colonel
* 57th Massachusetts Infantry
* 59th Massachusetts Infantry
* 4th United States Infantry
* 10th United States Infantry
1st DivisionThomas L. Crittenden, Major General 	2nd BrigadeGilbert P. Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel	
* 3rd Maryland Infantry (U)Gilbert P. Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel
* 21st Massachusetts Infantry
* 100th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st DivisionThomas L. Crittenden, Major General 	Provisional BrigadeElisha G. Marshall, Colonel 	
* 2nd New York Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
* 14th New York Heavy Artillery
* 24th New York Cavalry (dismounted)
* 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery
1st DivisionThomas L. Crittenden, Major General 	Artillery 	
* 2nd Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery B")
* 14th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
2nd DivisionRobert B. Potter, Brigadier General 	1st BrigadeJohn I. Curtin, Colonel 	
* 36th Massachusetts Infantry
* 58th Massachusetts Infantry
* 51st New York Infantry
* 45th Pennsylvania InfantryJohn I. Curtin, Colonel
* 48th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 7th Rhode Island Infantry
2nd DivisionRobert B. Potter, Brigadier General 	2nd BrigadeSimon Goodell Griffin, Colonel 	
* 2nd Maryland Infantry (U) (Detachment)
* 31st Maine Infantry
* 32nd Maine Infantry
* 6th New Hampshire Infantry
* 9th New Hampshire Infantry
* 11th New Hampshire Infantry
* 17th Vermont Infantry
2nd DivisionRobert B. Potter, Brigadier General 	Artillery 	
* (II) 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 19th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
3rd DivisionOrlando B. Wilcox, Brigadier General	1st BrigadeJohn F. Hartranft, Colonel 	
* 2nd Michigan InfantryWilliam Humphrey, Colonel
* 8th Michigan Infantry
* 17th Michigan Infantry
* 27th Michigan Infantry
* 109th New York Infantry
* 51st Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd DivisionOrlando B. Wilcox, Brigadier General	2nd BrigadeWilliam Humphrey, Colonel 	
* 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
* 20th Michigan Infantry
* 79th New York Infantry
* (II) 60th Ohio Infantry
* 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd DivisionOrlando B. Wilcox, Brigadier General	Artillery 	
* 7th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery G")
* 34th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
Reporting directly 	Cavalry 	
* 3rd New Jersey Cavalry
* 22nd New York CavalryNot present - Escorted ambulance trains to Fredericksburg May 9, and picket duty there until May 28
* 2nd Ohio Cavalry
* 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Reporting directly 	 	
Reporting directly 	 	
 
 
 (AoP) Cavalry Corps
* Philip H. Sheridan, Major General
Cavalry Corps absent on expedition toward Richmond from May 9, 1864 - Order of battle not included here
 
 
 (AoP) Artillery
* Henry Jackson Hunt, Brigadier GeneralChief of Artillery to the whole Army1st Brigade Horse Artillery detached with Cavalry Corps; 2nd Brigade Horse Artillery attached to the Artillery Reserve (see: Hunt's report)
Division 	Brigade 	Regiments andSmaller Units
Artillery ReserveDisbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864Henry S. Burton, Colonel	1st BrigadeTransferred to 5th Corps on May 13, 1864J. Howard Kitching, Colonel	
* 6th New York Heavy Artillery
* 15th New York Heavy Artillery
** 1st Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
Artillery ReserveDisbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864Henry S. Burton, Colonel	2nd BrigadeJohn A. Tompkins, Major 	
* 5th Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery E")
* 1st New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery A")
* 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery B")
* 12th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery B
Artillery ReserveDisbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864Henry S. Burton, Colonel	3rd BrigadeRobert H. Fitzhugh, Major 	
* 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
* 15th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery C
* 11th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
* 1st Ohio Light Artillery / Battery H
Artillery ReserveDisbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864Henry S. Burton, Colonel	2nd Brigade Horse ArtilleryDunbar R. Ransom, Captain 	
* 1st United States Artillery / Battery E
* 1st United States Artillery / Battery G
* 1st United States Artillery / Battery H
* 1st United States Artillery / Battery I
* 1st United States Artillery / Battery K
Artillery ReserveDisbanded and distributed among the infantry corps May 16, 1864Henry S. Burton, Colonel	Artillery ParkFreeman McGilvery, Lieutenant Colonel 	
* 15th New York Heavy Artillery
 
 
 Other Units
* Other units listed on Dyer summary or other part of order of battle 
* 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery
* 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
* 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
* 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery
* 2nd New York Heavy Artillery
* 7th New York Heavy Artillery
* 8th New York Heavy Artillery
* 9th New York Heavy Artillery
* 15th New York Engineers
* 46th New York Infantry
* 155th New York Infantry
* 164th New York Infantry
* 170th New York Infantry
* 182nd New York Infantry
* 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
* (II) 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 50th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry
* 114th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 140th Pennsylvania Infantry
* 36th Wisconsin Infantry
* 5th United States Artillery / Battery D
* 1st United States Engineer Battalion
* 2nd United States Artillery / Battery GNot originally listed on Dyer summary
* 8th United States InfantryNot originally listed on Dyer summary
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== Confederate Troops ==
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== Casualties ==
* Union loss: 186 killed, 942 wounded, 165 captured and missing = Total 1,293
== Notes ==
== Sources ==
* (Pages 639, 643, 889, 890, 937)
* Wikipedia - Battle of North Anna
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