Union Order of Battle

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Colored Units at the Battle of New Market Heights are linked to a brief regimental history.

TENTH ARMY CORPS.
Maj. Gen. DAVID B. BIRNEY.

FIRST DIVISION.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. ALFRED H. TERRY.

First Brigade.
Col. FRANCIS B. POND.

39th Illinois
62d Ohio
67th Ohio
85th Pennsylvania

Second Brigade.
Col. JOSEPH C. ABBOTT.

Third Brigade.
Col. HARRIS M. PLAISTED.

10th Connecticut
11th Maine
1st Maryland Cavalry (dismounted)
24th Massachusetts
100th New York

SECOND DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. ROBERT S. FOSTER

First Brigade.
Col. RUFUS DAGGETT.

3d New York
112th New York.
117th New York
142d New York

Second Brigade.
Col. GALUSHA PENNYPACKER

47th New York
48th New York
76th Pennsylvania
97th Pennsylvania
203d Pennsylvania

Third Brigade.
Col. LOUIS BELL.

13th Indiana (three companies)
9th Maine
4th New Hampshire
115th New York
169th New York

COLORED BRIGADE.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM BIRNEY.

ARTILLERY BRIGADE.
Lieut. Col. RICHARD H. JACKSON.

Connecticut Light, 1st Battery
New Jersey Light, 4th Battery
New Jersey Light, 5th Battery
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery E
3d Rhode Island Light, Battery C
1st United States, Batteries C and D
1st United States, Battery M
3d United States, Battery
4th United States, Battery D

UNASSIGNED

4th Massachusetts Cavalry, 1st and 3d Battalions.

THIRD DIVISION. (XVIII Corps - Attached)
Brig. Gen. CHARLES J. PAINE.

Sharpshooters

First Brigade.
Col. JOHN H. HOLMAN.

1st U.S. Colored Troops
22d U.S. Colored Troops
37th U.S. Colored Troops

Second Brigade.
Col. ALONZO G. DRAPER.

Third Brigade.
Col. SAMUEL A. DUNCAN. (Wounded, September 29th)
Col. JOHN W. AMES.

4th U.S. Colored Troops
6th U. S. Colored Troops

Unattached.