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The opposing forces in the Lynchburg expedition.


The Union Army.--Maj.-Gen. David Hunter.

first infantry division, Brig.-Gen. Jeremiah C. Sullivan.

First Brigade, Col. Augustus Moor, Col. Geo. D. Wells: 34th Mass. (transferred from 2d Brigade Julie 8th), Col. George D. Wells, Capt. George W. Thompson; 28th Ohio (sent to the rear with prisoners, etc., June 8th), Lieut.-Col. Gottfried Becker; 116th Ohio, Col. James Washburn; 123d Ohio, Col. William T. Wilson; A, B, C, and D, 5th N. Y. Hvy. Arty., Lieut.-Col. Edward Murray. Second Brigade, Col. Joseph Thoburn: 18th Conn. (transferred from 1st Brigade June 8th), Col. William G. Ely; 1st W. Va., Lieut.-Col. Jacob Weddle; 12th W. Va., Col. William B. Curtis. Unassigned: 2d Md, (Eastern Shore), Col. Robert S. Rodgers; 2d Md. (Potomac Home Brigade), Lieut.-Col. G. Ellis Porter.

Second infantry division, Brig.-Gen. George Crook.

First Brigade, Col. Rutherford B. Hayes: 23d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. James M. Comly; 36th Ohio, Col. Hiram F. Duval; 5th W. Va., Col. A. A. Tomlinson; 13th W. Va., Col. William R. Brown. Second Brigade, Col. Carr B. White: 12th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Jonathan D. Hines; 91st Ohio, Col. John A. Turley, Lieut.-Col. Benjamin F. Coates; 9th W. Va., Col. Isaac H. Duval; 14th W. Va., Col. Daniel D. Johnson. Third Brigade, Col. Jacob M. Campbell: 54th Pa. (transferred from 2d Brigade, 1st Division, June 9th), Col.-Jacob M. Campbell, Maj. Enoch D. Yutzy; 3d and 4th Pa. Reserves (battalion), Capt. Abel T. Sweet; 11th W. Va. (6 co's), Col. Daniel Frost; 15th W. Va., Lieut.-Col. Thomas Morris. Artillery. 1st Ky., Capt. Daniel W. Glassie; 1st Ohio, Lieut. George P. Kirtland.

artillery, Capt. Henry A. Du Pont: B, Md.,----30th N. Y., Capt. Alfred von Kleiser; D, 1st W. Va., Capt. John Carlin; B, 5th U. S.,----.

first cavalry division, Maj.-Gen. Julius Stahel, Brig.-Gen. Alfred N. Duffie.

First Brigade, Col. William B. Tibbits: st N. Y. (Lincoln),----; 1st N. Y. (Veteran),----; 21st N. Y.,----; 1st Md., P. H. B.,----. Second Brigade, Col. John E. Wynkoop: 15th N. Y.,----; 20th Pa.,----; 22d Pa.,----.

Second cavalry division, Brig.-Gen. William W. Averell.

First Brigade, Col. James N. Schoonmaker: 8th Ohio, Col. Alpheus S. Moore; 14th Pa.,----. Second Brigade, Col. John H. Oley: 34th Ohio (mounted infantry),----; 3d W. Va.,----; 5th W. Va.,----; 7th W. Va.,----. Third Brigade, Col. William H. Powell: 1st W. Va.,----; 2d W. Va.,----.

Hunter started on this expedition with about 8500 men of all arms. After uniting with Crook and Averell at Staunton his force was about 18,000 strong.


The Confederate Army.

The forces resisting Hunter's advance were commanded by Generals W. E. Jones (killed at Piedmont), J. C. Vaughn, John McCausland, W. L. Jackson, and J. D. Imboden. General John C. Breckinridge's division and Jubal A. Early's corps arrived at Lynchburg in time to defend the place against Hunter's meditated attack.

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