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Gettysburg OOB Source Gettysburg OOB Source: Gettysburg 1863 by Carl Smith (Copyright, Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1998) North Union Army of the Potomac (MG George G. Meade) 112,735 total, 95,799 engaged General HQ (Provost Marshal M. Patrick) 1528 Guards & Orderlies (Oneida NY Cav.) 42 93rd NY (detachments) 148 8th U.S. 401 2nd PA Cavalry 489 6th PA (cos. E & I) 81 Regular Cav. Det. From 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th U.S. 15 Signal Corps 51 Engineers (not present) ? 15th NY ? 50th NY ? U.S. Battalion of Engineers ? I Corps (MG John F. Reynolds) (MG Abner Doubleday) (MG John Newton) 12596 General HQ 1st Maine Cav. (Co. L) 57 B/121st PA 306 1st Division (BG James S. Wadsworth) 3860 1st (Iron) Brigade (BG Solomon Meredith) (Col. W.W. Robinson) 1829 2nd WI 302 6th WI 344 7th WI 364 19th IN 308 24th MI 496 2nd Brigade (BG Lysander Cutler) 2020 84th NY (14th Brooklyn Militia) 318 147th NY 380 76th NY 375 95th NY 241 56th PA 252 7th IN 437 2nd Division (BG John C. Robinson) 3027 1st Brigade (BG Gabriel R. Paul) 1829 94th NY 411 104th NY 309 11th PA 292 107th PA 255 16th ME 298 13th MA 284 2nd Brigade (MG Henry Baxter) 1198 12th MA 261 83rd NY (9th Militia) 215 97th NY 236 88th PA 274 90th PA 208 3rd Division (MG Abner Doubleday) (BG Thomas A. Rowley) 4711 Provost Guard 149th PA (Co. C) 60 1st Brigade (BG T. Rowley) (Col. Chapman Biddle) 1387 80th NY 287 121st PA 263 142nd PA 362 151st PA 467 2nd "Bucktail" Brigade (Col. Roy Stone) 1314 143rd PA 465 149th PA 450 150th PA 397 3rd Brigade (BG George T. Stannard) 1950 12th VT (guarding baggage) 641 13th VT 636 14th VT 647 15th VT (guarding baggage) 637 16th VT 661 I Corps Artillery Brigade (Col. Chas. S. Wainwright) 621 B 2nd Maine Btty 117 6/3R E 5th Maine Lt. Btty 119 6/N B 1st PA Lt. Arty 114 4/3R E&L 1st NY Lt. Arty 141 6/3R B 4th U.S. 123 6/N II Corps (MG Winfield S. Hancock) (BG John Gibbon) (BG Wm. Hays) 11509 General HQ 6th NY Cavalry/D&K 64 A,B,K/53rd PA 70 1st Division (BG John C. Caldwell) 3400 Provost Guard 116th PA (Co. B) 32 53rd Pa 70 1st Brigade (Col. E.E. Cross) 932 81st PA 175 148th PA 468 5th NH 182 61st NY 104 2nd "Irish" Brigade (Col. Patrick Kelly) 532 63rd NY 75 69th NY 75 116th PA 66 88th NY 90 28th MA 224 3rd Brigade (BG Samuel K. Zook) 975 52nd NY 134 57th NY 175 66th NY 147 140th PA 515 4th Brigade (Col. John R. Brook) 852 53rd PA 136 145th PA 202 27th CT 75 64th NY 204 2nd DE 234 2nd Division (BG John F. Griffin) (BG William F. Harrow) 3606 Provost Guard 1st MN (Co. C) 56 Unattached 1st MA SS 42 1st Brigade (BG William F. Harrow) 1378 19th ME 439 15th MA 239 82nd NY (2nd Militia) 335 1st MN (2nd MN SS attached) 330 + 32 2nd Brigade (BG Alexander S. Webb) 1208 69th PA 284 71st PA 261 72nd PA 380 106th PA 280 3rd Brigade (Col. Norman J. Hall) 922 19th MA 163 20th MA 243 7th MI 165 42nd NY 197 59th NY 152 3rd Division (BG Alexander Hays) 3760 Provost Guard 10th NY Bttn. 82 1st Brigade (Col. Samuel S. Carroll) 1036 Bde. Provost Guard 8th OH & detached troops 36 4th OH 229 8th OH 209 14th IN 236 7th WV 319 2nd Brigade (Col. Thomas A. Smyth) 1134 14th CT 200 1st DE 288 12th NJ 444 108th NY 200 3rd Brigade (Col. George L. Willard) 1508 39th NY 269 111th NY 390 125th NY 392 126th NY 455 II Corps Artillery Brigade (Capt. J.G. Hazard) 603 A 1st RI 117 6/3R B 1st RI 129 6/N A 4th U.S. 126 6/3R I 1st U.S. 113 6/N B 1st NY Lt. Arty (14th NY Btty attached) 114 6/3R III Corps (MG Daniel E. Sickles) 10726 General HQ 6th New York Cav. (Co. A) 51 1st Division (MG David B. Birney) (BG J.H. Hobart Ward) 5090 1st Brigade (BG Charles K. Graham) 1516 57th PA 207 63rd PA 246 68th PA 320 105th PA 274 114th PA 259 141st PA 209 2nd Brigade (BG J. Hobart Ward)(Col. Hiram Berdan) 2187 3rd ME 210 4th ME 287 1st US Sharpshooters 313 2nd US Sharpshooters 169 86th NY 286 124th NY 238 20th IN 401 99th PA 277 3rd Brigade (Col. P. Regis de Trobriand) 1387 3rd MI 237 5th MI 216 17th ME 350 40th NY 431 110th PA 152 2nd Division (BG Andrew A. Humphreys) 4960 1st Brigade (BG Joseph B. Carr) 1718 1st MA 321 11th MA 286 16th MA 245 26th PA 365 84th PA guarding baggage 11th NJ 275 12th NH 224 2nd Brigade (Col. William R. Brewster) 1842 70th NY 288 71st NY 248 72nd NY 305 73rd NY 349 74th NY 266 120th NY 383 3rd Brigade (Col. George C. Burling) 1396 5th NJ 206 6th NJ 207 7th NJ 275 8th NJ 170 115th PA 182 2nd NH 354 III Corps Artillery Brigade (Capt. George E. Randolph) 616 B 2nd NJ 143 6/10P E 1st RI 108 6/N K 4th U.S. 121 6/N D 1st NY Lt. 116 6/N 4th NY Lt. 126 6/10P V Corps (MG George Sykes) 10997 General HQ 12th NY (cos. D&E) 109 17th PA Cav. (cos. D&H) 70 1st Division (BG James Barnes) 3420 1st Brigade (Col. William S. Tilton) 655 18th MA 139 22nd MA 137 1st MI 145 118th PA 233 2nd Brigade (Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer) 1423 9th MA 412 32nd MA 242 4th MI 342 62nd PA 426 3rd Brigade (Col. Strong Vincent) 1336 20th ME 386 44th NY 391 83rd PA 295 16th MI 263 2nd Division (BG Romeyn B. Ayres) 4002 1st Brigade (Col. Hannibal Day) 1553 3rd U.S. 300 4th U.S. 173 6th U.S. 150 12th U.S. 415 14th U.S. 513 2nd Brigade (Col. S. Burbank) 953 2nd U.S. 197 7th U.S. 116 10th U.S. 93 11th U.S. 286 17th U.S. 260 3rd Brigade (BG S.H. Weed) 1491 140th NY 449 146th NY 456 91st PA 220 155th PA 362 3rd Division (BG Samuel W. Crawford) 2949 1st Brigade (Col. William McCandless) 1235 1st PA Reserves 379 2nd PA Reserves 233 6th PA Reserves 324 13th PA Reserves 298 2nd Brigade Not Present, Left In Washington 3rd Brigade (Col. Joseph W. Fisher) 1709 5th PA Reserves 285 9th PA Reserves 322 10th PA Reserves 401 11th PA Reserves 327 12th PA Reserves 373 V Corps Artillery Brigade (Capt. Augustus P. Martin) 432 D 5th U.S. 68 6/10P I 5th U.S. 71 4/3R C 1st NY 62 4/3R L 1st OH 113 6/N C 3rd MA Lt. 115 6/N VI Corps (MG John Sedgwick) 13917 General HQ 1st NJ Cav. (Co. L) 54 1st PA (Co. H) 32 1st MA Cav. 250 1st Division (BG H.G. Wright) 4199 Provost Guard 4th NJ (cos. A,C,H) 80 1st Brigade (BG A. Torbert) 1304 1st NJ 253 2nd NJ 357 3rd NJ 282 15th NJ 410 2nd Brigade (BG Joseph J. Bartlett) 1325 95th PA 309 96th PA 309 5th ME 293 121st NY 410 3rd Brigade (BG David A. Russell) 1484 49th PA 276 119th PA 404 6th ME 378 5th WI 420 2nd Division (BG Albion P. Howe) 3666 1st Brigade No First Brigade In Division 2nd Brigade (Col. Lewis A. Grant) 1888 2nd VT 444 3rd VT 365 4th VT 437 5th VT 295 6th VT 331 3rd Brigade (BG Thomas H. Neill) 1775 33rd NY 60 43rd NY 370 49th NY 359 77th NY 368 61st PA 386 7th ME 216 3rd Division (MG John Newton) (BG Frank Wheaton) 4768 1st Brigade (BG Alexander Shaler) 1770 65th NY 277 67th NY 349 122nd NY 396 23rd PA 467 82nd PA 278 2nd Brigade (Col. Henry L. Eustis) 1623 7th MA 320 10th MA 361 37th MA 593 2nd RI 348 3rd Brigade (Col. David J. Nevin) 1369 93rd PA 234 98th PA 351 102nd PA 103 w/wagons on July 3rd 139th PA 443 62nd NY 237 VI Corps Artillery Brigade (Col. Charles H. Tompkins) 935 D 2nd U.S. 112 6/N G 2nd U.S. 113 6/N C 1st RI 116 6/3R G 1st RI 126 6/10P 1st Btty NY Lt. 103 6/3R 3rd Btty NY Lt. 111 6/10P A 1st MA Lt. 135 6/N F 5th U.S. 116 6/10P XI Corps (MG Oliver Otis Howard) 9226 General HQ 1st IN Cav. (cos. I&K) 52 8th NY 40 17th PA Cav. (Co. K) 36 1st Division (BG F.C. Barlow) (BG Adelbert Ames) 2477 1st Brigade (Col. Leopold von Gilsa) 1136 41st NY 218 54th NY 189 68th NY 230 153rd PA 497 2nd Brigade (BG Adelbert Ames) 1337 25th OH 220 75th OH 269 107th OH 458 17th CT 386 2nd Division (BG Adoplh von Steinwehr) 2897 Provost Guard 29th NY 36 1st Brigade (Col. Charles R. Coster) 1217 27th PA 283 73rd PA 290 134th NY 400 154th NY 239 2nd Brigade (Col.
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