MAJOR GENERAL JOHN POPE, Commanding, Army of Virginia
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Third Corps, Army of the Potomac
(Attached to Army of Virginia)
MAJOR GENERAL SAMUEL P. HEINTZELMAN
First Division
MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP KEARNY (killed in action)
First Brigade
(Arrived at close of battle on the right of Poe’s brigade. Held the Union line until early morning when ordered to withdraw)
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN C. ROBINSON
20th Indiana
63rd Pennsylvania
105th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade
BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID B. BIRNEY
3rd Maine
4th Maine
1st New York
38th New York
40th New York
101st New York
57th Pennsylvania
Third Brigade
(Arrived at close of battle and occupied the ground held by Birney’s brigade. Held position on the left of Robinson’s brigade until 2:30 a.m.)
COLONEL ORLANDO M. POE
2nd Michigan
3rd Michigan
5th Michigan
37th New York
99th Pennsylvania
Artillery
Battery E, 1st Rhode Island
Battery K, 1st U.S. [not engaged]
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IX Corps, Army of the Potomac
(Attached to Army of Virginia)
MAJOR GENERAL JESSE J. RENO
First Division
BRIGADIER GENERAL ISAAC I. STEVENS (killed in action)
First Brigade
COLONEL BENJAMIN C. CHRIST
8th Michigan
50th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade
COLONEL DANIEL LEASURE
46th New York (5 companies)
100th Pennsylvania
Third Brigade
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DAVID MORRISON
28th Massachusetts
79th New York
Artillery
Battery E, 2nd U.S.
8th Battery, Massachusetts Light
Second Division
MAJOR GENERAL JESSE L. RENO
First Brigade
COLONEL JAMES NAGLE
2nd Maryland (remained near RR cut east of Ox Road)
48th Pennsylvania (remained near RR cut east of Ox Road)
6th New Hampshire (fought with Steven’s Division)
Second Brigade
COLONEL EDWARD FERRERO
21st Massachusetts
51st New York
51st Pennsylvania
Artillery
Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Light
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Source:
Paul Taylor, He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862 (Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 2003), 136-138.
Edward T. Wenzel, Chronology of the Civil War in Fairfax County, Part I, (Centreville, VA: Bull Run Civil War Round Table, 2015), 321-322.
MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, Commanding, Army of Northern Virginia
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JACKSON’S WING
(a.k.a. “Left Wing”)
MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS J. “STONEWALL” JACKSON
JACKSON’S DIVISION
BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM E. STARKE
First Brigade - “Stonewall Brigade”
(Formerly Winder’s Brigade)
COLONEL A. J. GRIGSBY
2nd Virginia
4th Virginia
5th Virginia
27th Virginia
33rd Virginia
Second Brigade - “Campbell’s Brigade”
(Brigade detached near Chantilly to block Union forces marching from Centreville. They skirmished at Rocky Run, but did not fight at Ox Hill.)
COLONEL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON
21st Virginia
42nd Virginia
48th Virginia
1st Virginia Battalion
Third Brigade
COLONEL ALEXANDER G. TALIAFERRO
47th Alabama
48th Alabama
10th Virginia
23rd Virginia
37th Virginia
Fourth Brigade - “Starke’s Brigade”
COLONEL LEROY A. STAFFORD
1st Louisiana
2nd Louisiana
9th Louisiana
10th Louisiana
15th Louisiana
“Coppens” Louisiana Battalion
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HILL’S LIGHT DIVISION
MAJOR GENERAL AMBROSE P. HILL
Branch’s Brigade
MAJOR GENERAL LAWRENCE O’BRYAN BRANCH
7th North Carolina
18th North Carolina
28th North Carolina
33rd North Carolina
37th North Carolina
Thomas Brigade
COLONEL EDWARD L. THOMAS
14th Georgia
35th Georgia
45th Georgia
49th Georgia
Pender’s Brigade
BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM DORSEY PENDER
16th North Carolina
22nd North Carolina
34th North Carolina
38th North Carolina
Gregg’s Brigade
BRIGADIER GENERAL MAXCY GREGG
1st South Carolina
1st South Carolina (Orr) Rifles
12th South Carolina
13th South Carolina
14th South Carolina
Archer’s Brigade
(In reserve)
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES J. ARCHER
5th Alabama Battalion
19th Georgia
1st Tennessee (Provincial Army)
7th Tennessee
14th Tennessee
Field’s Brigade
COLONEL JOHN M. BROCKENBROUGH
40th Virginia
47th Virginia
55th Virginia
22nd Virginia Battalion
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EWELL’S DIVISION
BRIGADIER GENERAL ALEXANDER R. LAWTON
Lawton’s Brigade
(In reserve)
COLONEL MARCELLUS DOUGLASS
13th Georgia
26th Georgia
31st Georgia
38th Georgia
60th Georgia
61st Georgia
Trimble’s Brigade
CAPTAIN WILLIAM F. BROWN (killed in action)
15th Alabama
12th Georgia
21st Georgia
21st North Carolina
1st North Carolina Battalion
Early’s Brigade
BRIGADIER GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY
13th Virginia
25th Virginia
31st Virginia
44th Virginia
49th Virginia
52nd Virginia
58th Virginia
Hays’ Brigade
COLONEL HENRY B. STRONG
5th Louisiana
6th Louisiana
7th Louisiana
8th Louisiana
14th Louisiana
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CAVALRY DIVISION
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES EWELL BROWN (Jeb) STUART
Fitz Lee’s Brigade
BRIGADIER GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE
1st Virginia
3rd Virginia
4th Virginia
5th Virginia
9th Virginia
Robertson’s Brigade
(Remained near Chantilly during the battle; not engaged.)
BRIGADIER GENERAL BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON
2nd Virginia (ordered to Leesburg on September 1 by Gen. Robert E. Lee)
6th Virginia
7th Virginia
12th Virginia
17th Virginia Battalion
Artillery
Pelham’s Virginia Battery
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Note 1. General Wade Hampton’s Cavalry Brigade and Hart’s South Carolina Battery arrived from Richmond on September 2, and helped pursue the retreating Federal army.
Note 2. The division artilleries of the Left Wing were positioned one mile northwest of the battlefield and were not engaged as the action was screened by thick woods.
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Sources:
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. 12, Pt. 2, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885), 548-550.
David A. Welker, Tempest at Ox Hill, (Da Capo Press, 2002) 248-254.
Edward T. Wenzel, Chronology of the Civil War in Fairfax County, Part I, (Centreville, VA: Bull Run Civil War Round Table, 2015), 320-323 and 332-333.
UNION ARTILLERY IN ACTION AT OX HILL
First Division, IX Corps, AP:
2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery E (two 20-pound Parrott guns) and MA Light Artillery, 8th Battery (two smoothbores), Lt. Samuel N. Benjamin (4 guns)
Second Division, IX Corps, AP:
PA Light Artillery, Independent Battery D, Capt. George W. Durell (3 guns)
First Division, III Corps, AP:
1st RI Light Artillery, Battery E, Capt. George E. Randolph (4 guns)
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CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY IN ACTION NEAR OX HILL AT ROCKY RUN AND DIFFICULT RUN
Jackson’s Division, Left Wing:
Capt. Robert S. Rice’s “Eighth Star” (VA) battery (engaged Federal troops at Rocky Run on the Chantilly-Centreville road) (2 guns)
Stuart’s Cavalry:
Pelham’s (VA) Battery (Stuart Horse Artillery), Maj. John Pelham (engaged Federal forces at Difficult Run) (2 guns)
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ARTILLERY CLOSE-AT-HAND, BUT NOT ENGAGED
Union Artillery at Ox Hill
First Division, III Corps, AP:
Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery, Capt. William M. Graham (4-6 guns)
Union Artillery on Jermantown ridge
Torbert’s brigade, VI Corps, AP:
NJ Light Artillery, 1st Battery, Capt. William Hexamer (2 guns detached with wagon train) (4 guns)
Hinks brigade, II Corps, AP:
1st RI Light Artillery, Battery A, Capt. John A. Tompkins (4-6 guns)
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery I, Lt. Edmund Kirby (4-6 guns)
Patrick’s brigade, III Corps, AV:
1st NY Light Artillery, Battery L (Capt. John A. Reynolds)
(4-6 guns)
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Confederate Artillery West of Ox Hill
The following batteries prepared for action on some low hills north of the Little River Turnpike. The location was on either side of the Fairfax County Parkway about 650 yards south of Fair Oaks Hospital. These batteries did not engage due to the character of the ground (i.e., lack of sufficient elevation and no view of the battlefield).
Total Confederate artillery west of Ox Hill: 21 batteries or about 80 some guns. Exact number of guns uncertain.
Jackson’s Division (8 batteries):
Brockenbrough’s (MD) battery
Carpenter’s (VA) battery
Caskie’s battery, Hampden (VA) Artillery
Cutshaw’s (VA) battery
Poague’s battery, Rockbridge (VA) Artillery
Raine’s battery, Lee (VA) Artillery; Rice’s (VA) battery*
Wooding’s battery, Danville (VA) Artillery
*Note: Two guns of Rice’s battery detached to engage at Rocky Run.
Ewell’s Division (6 batteries):
Balthis’ battery, Staunton (VA) Artillery
Brown’s battery, “Chesapeake” (MD) Artillery
D’Aquin’s battery, Louisiana Guard Artillery
Dement’s (MD) battery
Johnson’s (VA) battery
Latimer’s battery, Richmond (VA) Artillery
Hill’s Light Division (7 batteries):
Braxton’s battery, Fredericksburg (VA) Artillery
Crenshaw’s Richmond (VA) battery
Davidson’s battery, Richmond “Letcher” Artillery (VA)
Fleet’s battery, Middlesex (VA) Artillery
Latham’s battery, Branch (NC) Artillery
McIntosh’s battery, Pee Dee (SC) Arty
Pegram’s battery, Richmond (VA) “Purcell” Artillery
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Sources:
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. 12, Pt. 2, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885), 249-262 and 548-551.
David A. Welker, Tempest at Ox Hill, (Da Capo Press, 2002) 248-254.
Edward T. Wenzel, Chronology of the Civil War in Fairfax County, Part I, (Centreville, VA: Bull Run Civil War Round Table, 2015), 320-323, 332-333 and 340.