Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chantilly of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Army of Virginia

III Corps, Army of the Potomac

MG Samuel P. Heintzelman

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Philip Kearny (k)
     BG David B. Birney

1st Brigade


   BG John C. Robinson

2nd Brigade


   BG David B. Birney

3rd Brigade


   Col Orlando M. Poe

Artillery

IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

MG Jesse L. Reno

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Isaac Stevens (k)
     Col Benjamin C. Christ

1st Brigade


   Col Benjamin C. Christ

2nd Brigade


   Col Daniel Leasure

3rd Brigade


   Ltc David Morrison

Second Division
     MG Jesse L. Reno

1st Brigade


   Col James Nagle

2nd Brigade


   Col Edward Ferrero

References

  • Taylor, Paul. He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862. White Mane Books: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 2003. ISBN 1-57249-329-1
  • Todd, William. The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders NY Volunteers in The War of The Rebellion 1861-1865, page 212. Press of Brandow, Barton and Co., Albany, N.Y., 1886. Reprinted in 1997, Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington St., Salem, Massachusetts 01970