1862 - Peninsula Campaign Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William Hays, USV (Captain, USA, 2nd U.S. Artillery), of Tennessee
Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery (
2nd Regiment of Artillery) Commander: Captain John C. Tidball, USA, of Ohio • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant
Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr., USA, of New Jersey • Rear (Left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant
William Neil Dennison, USA, of Ohio • Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Robert Clarke, USA, of Pennsylvania • Chief of Line of Caissons: First Sergeant Frank Battery B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain James Madison Robertson, USA, of New Hampshire • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant
John Moulder Wilson, USA, of Washington, DC • Rear (Left) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant
Carle Augustus Woodruff, USA, of New York • Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Albert Oliver Vincent, USA, of Ohio • Chief of Line of Caissons: First Lieutenant Perry Bly, 9th New York Cavalry (on TDY) Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain
Henry Benson, USA, of New Jersey • Lead (right) Section – First Lieutenant
John Whitney Barlow, USA, of New York • Rear (left) Section – First Lieutenant
Peter Conover Hains, USA, of New Jersey • Center Section – Second Lieutenant Robert Hunter Chapin, USA, of New York Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain
Horatio Gates Gibson, USA, of Pennsylvania • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant William Duncan Fuller, USA, of Maine • Rear (Left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton, USA, of Virginia • Center Section Chief: First Lieutenant Henry Meinell, USA, of New York • Chiefs of Line of Caissons: Second Lieutenant William D'Wolf, USA, of Illinois, (mortally wounded at
Williamsburg, May 4, 1862; Died of wounds, June 3, 1862); Second Lieutenant Francis Lowell Dutton Russell, USA, of Massachusetts (on TDY from 4th US Artillery) • Battery Wagon & Forge: Lieutenant J.W. Upham, 9th New York Cavalry (on TDY)
1863 - Gettysburg Campaign First Brigade, Horse Artillery Commander: Captain
James Madison Robertson, USA Acting Assistant Adjutant General: First Lieutenant J.H. Bell, 6th New York Cavalry Batteries of the First Brigade:
9th Michigan Battery, US Volunteers (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: Captain Jabez James Daniels, USV • Lead (right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Addison Kidder, USV • Rear (left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Luther R. Smith, USV • Center Section Chief: Lt. Lewis R Rage, USV • Chief of Line of Caissons: Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Lumbocker, USV(?) Independent Battery, 6th New York Light Artillery, US Volunteers (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) (formerly the Artillery Company K, 9th New York State Militia, and the 83rd New York Infantry Regiment) Commander: Captain Joseph W. Martin, USV • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Moses P. Clark, USV • Rear (Left) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant J. Wade Wilson, USV • Center Section Chief: First Sergeant James E. Tileson, USV Batteries B & L, 2nd US Artillery (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: First Lieutenant Edward Heaton, USA Battery M, 2nd US Artillery (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: First Lieutenant
Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr., USA Battery E, 4th US Artillery (4 -3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: First Lieutenant
Samuel Sherer Elder, USA
Second Brigade, Horse Artillery Commander: Captain John Caldwell Tidball, USA Batteries of the Second Brigade: Battery
E &
G, 1st US Artillery (4 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: Captain
Alanson Merwin Randol, USA • Lead (Right) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant James Chester, USA • Rear (Left) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant Ernest L. Kinney, USA
1st U.S. Light Artillery, Battery K (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: Captain
William Montrose Graham, USA • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Theophie Bhyrd von Michalowski, USA Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery (6 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: Second Lieutenant
John Haskell Calef, USA • Lead (Right) Section Chief: Second Lieutenant John William Roder, USA • Rear (left) Section Chief: First Sergeant Joseph Newman, USA • Center Section Chief: Sergeant Charles Pergel, USA Battery C, 3rd US Artillery (6 - 3-inch Ordnance Rifles)* Commander: First Lieutenant William Duncan Fuller, USA • Lead (Right) Section Chief: First Lieutenant Henry Meinell, USA • Rear (Left) Section Chief: First Lieutenant James Rigney Kelly, USA • Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant James Madison Lancaster, USA • First Sergeant – First Sergeant Daniel Munger, USA Light Battery H, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, US Volunteers (2 - 3-inch Ordnance rifles) Commander: Captain William D. Rank, USV • Lead (Right) Section Chief: William M. Runkel, USV • Rear (Left) Section Chief: Thomas B. Nelson, USV • Center Section Chief: Second Lieutenant John A. Light, USV • Note: Battery C, 3rd US Artillery was not present during the battle of Gettysburg
1864 - Overland Campaign The Horse Artillery remained organized into two brigades until June, when it was reduced to one. The units that were cut from the ranks left their best equipment with the remaining units, and reported to Washington, DC for further orders, elsewhere. The following are the final list of command and staff and order of battle of the larger organization and the list for the reduced roster.
January – June, 1864 First Brigade, Horse Artillery Commander: Captain James Madison Robertson, USA (Brevet Colonel) Quartermaster: Captain William Goldie, USV (formerly Captain, 56th Illinois Infantry) Commissary of Subsistence: Captain Henry Loud Cranford, USV (formerly First Lieutenant, 84th New York Infantry) Organization: 9th Battery, Michigan Light Artillery Commander: Captain Jabez Daniels, USV 6th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Commander: Captain Joseph W. Martin, USV Batteries B & L, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Edward Heaton, USA Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major)
Edward Bancroft Williston, USA Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr., USA Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Captain)
Rufus King, Jr., USA Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain Samuel Elder, USA
Second Brigade, Horse Artillery Commander: Captain John Caldwell Tidball, USA (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, USA; Colonel, 4th New York Artillery, USV) Quartermaster: Captain Ira F. Payson, USV (died, July 30, 1864) Commissary of Subsistence: First Lieutenant (Brevet Captain) William Murray Maynadier, USA Organization: Battery E & G, 1st U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Frank Sands French, USA Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) William Montrose Graham, USA Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Robert Clarke, USA Section Chiefs: First Lieutenants John H. Calef, USA; N.A. Cameron, USV (TDY from
4th New York Heavy Artillery); and B.J. (Benjamin Franklin) Littlefield, USV (former US Sharpshooter, on TDY from 4th New York Heavy Artillery) Battery G, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) John Hartwell Butler, USA Battery C, 3rd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) William Duncan Fuller, USA
From June 1864 Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac Commander – Captain (Brevet Colonel) James M. Robertson, USA Organization: Batteries H &
I, 1st U.S. Artillery Commander: Captain (Brevet Major) Alanson M. Randol, USA Battery K, 1st U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) John Egan, USA
Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Robert Clarke, USA Batteries B&L, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Edward Heaton, USA Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) Edward B. Williston, USA Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) Alexander C.M. Pennington, Jr., USA Batteries C, F,&K, 3rd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) James Rigney Kelly, USA (formerly enlisted Engineers Artificer and later enlisted 3rd Artillery Sergeant) Batteries C&E, 4th U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Charles Lane Fitzhugh, USA, (later Colonel, 6th New York Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier General, USA and USV)
Units separated & sent to Washington, D.C. for further orders Batteries E & G, 1st U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant David Essex Porter, USA Battery G, 2nd U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant (Brevet Major) William Neil Dennison, USA Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery Commander: First Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr., USA 6th New York Independent Battery Commander: Captain Joseph W. Martin, USV
1865 By 1865, the Horse Artillery Brigade still existed on paper, but the various units were dispersed and assigned to a number of commands, as was the typical practice of regular foot artillery in the field. ==See also==