Army of the Potomac
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade Photo by Matthew Brady Major General George G. Meade Provost Guard: Brigadier General George N. Macy 1st Indiana Cavalry 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, Companies C and D 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry 11th United States Infantry, 1st Battalion 14th United States Infantry, 2nd Battalion Headquarters Guard 3rd United States Infantry Quartermaster's Guard Independent Company, Oneida (New York) Cavalry Engineer Brigade:Brigadier General Henry W. Benham 15th New York Engineers (9 companies) 50th New York Engineers Independent Brigade:Brigadier General Charles H. T. Collis 1st Massachusetts Cavalry (8 companies) 61st Massachusetts Infantry 80th New York Infantry (20th Militia) 68th Pennsylvania Infantry 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Artillery:Brigadier General Henry J. Hunt Siege Train:Brigadier General Henry W. Abbot 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery ConnecticutLight Artillery, 3rd Battery Artillery Reserve:Brigadier General William Hays (in command from April 6) Maine Light Artillery, Companies B, C, D and F New York Light Artillery, 12th Battery 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Company H 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Company F 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Company E Vermont Light Artillery, 3rd Battery
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Did You Know?
General George Armstrong Custer, of Little Bighorn fame, received the flag of truce at Appomattox Court House that brought about a cessation of hostilities leading to the surrender meeting between Lee and Grant. The Original Truce Flag is exhibited at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.