SHENANDOAH CAMPAIGN - EARLY'S RETREAT FROM WASHINGTON
(July 8, 1864 - August 1, 1864)


Kernstown


FEDERAL COMMAND AT COOL SPRINGS
Major General Horatio G. Wright
(commanding all forces pursuing Early)

The Army of West Virginia
Bvt. Major General George Crook
(in field command)

Colonel Joseph Thoburn
in command of:
(1st Infantry Division)
(3rd brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division)
(a Provisional Brigade of Dismounted Cavalry)

1st Infantry Division:
 
1st Brigade:
Colonel George Wells
2nd Brigade:
Colonel Joseph Thoburn
1st NY Heavy Artillery (Infantry equipped)
Companies A,B,C,D, 1st Bttn,
Lt. Col. Edward Murray
1st West Virginia
Lt. Col. Jacob Weddle
34th Mass
Capt. George Thompson
4th West Virginia
Lt. Col John L. Vance
116th Ohio
Col. James Washburn
12th West Virginia
Col. William Curtis
123rd Ohio
Col. William Wilson
18th Connecticut
Col. William G. Ely
170th Ohio National Guard
(100 day regiment)
Lt. Col. Higgins
2nd Maryland Eastern Shore
Col. Robert Rodgers
2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade
Col. Robert Bruce

2nd Infantry Division:
3rd Brigade:
Col. Daniel Frost
11th West Virginia
Col. Daniel Frost
15th West Virginia
Lt Col. T. Morris
54th Pennsylvania
Major Enoch Yutzy

Provisional Brigade of Dismounted Cavalry:
Lt. Col. Samuel B. Young

ARTILLERY:

1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery E
Captain Alexander C. Moore

VI Army Corps

ARTILLERY:


1st Rhode Island Lt Arty
Battery C
Lt. Jacob H. Lamb
1st Rhode Island Lt Arty
Battery G
Capt. George W. Adams
5th United States Artillery
Battery L
Lt. Gulian V. Weir

Across the Shenandoah River, in reserve, 3,250 men from the VI Army Corps, under Brig. General James B. Ricketts, remainder of the VI Corps in the rear, and four brigades of the XVIIII Corps under Major General William H. Emory. (16,700 men)


THE CONFEDERATE COMMAND at COOL SPRINGS
Lt. General Jubal Early
in Command

2nd Army Corps of the Valley

Major General Robert E. Rodes' Division: (Rodes in Command)
 
Cox's Brigade
B.Gen Wm R. Cox
Grime's Brigade
Colonel Owens
Battle's Brigade
Col. Pickens
Dole's Brigade
Colonel Cook
1st North Carolina 2nd North Carolina
Bttn
3rd Alabama 4th Georgia
2nd North Carolina 32nd North Carolina 5th Alabama 12th Georgia
3rd North Carolina 43rd North Carolina 6th Alabama 21st Georgia
4th North Carolina 45th North Carolina 12th Alabama 44th Georgia
14th North Carolina 53rd North Carolina 61st Alabama
30th North Carolina

Major General John B. Gordon's Division: (Maj. General John C. Breckenridge in command)
 
 
Evan's Brigade:
Colonel Atkinson
York's Brigade:
Brig. Gen Zebulon York
Stonewall Brigade:
Col. J.H.S. Funk
13th Georgia 1st Louisiana 2nd Virginia
26th Georgia 2nd Louisiana 4th Virginia
31st Georgia 10th Louisiana 5th Virginia
38th Georgia 14th Louisiana 27th Virginia
60th Georgia 15th Louisiana 33rd Virginia
61st Georgia
12th Georgia

 
Jone's Brigade:
Col. Dungan
Steuart's Brigade:
Lt Col. Saunders
21st Virginia 10th Virginia
25th Virginia 23rd Virginia
42nd Virginia 37th Virginia
44th Virginia
48th Virginia
50th Virginia

Brigadier General Gabriel Wharton's Division: (Wharton in command)
 
Wharton's Brigade: Echol's Brigade: Smith's Brigade:
45th Virginia 22nd Virginia 36th Virginia
51st Virginia 23rd Virginia 60th Virginia
30th Virginia Battalion 26th Virginia 45th Virginia Battalion

ARTILLERY:
Battalion of Lt. Col. John Floyd King



 
 
 
 
 
Lewisburg Battery
Capt Thomas A. Bryan
Monroe Battery
Capt. George B. Chapman
Wise Legion Battery
Capt. William M. Lowry

Reserve: Ramseur's Infantry Division and Vaughn's Cavalry Brigade.
 
 

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