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It is probable, however, that General Grant's main reliance was upon the Army of the Potomac, which, powerful in numbers, and in a high state of efficiency, discipline, and morale, had never been better fitted to take the field. At the time General Grant came to Virginia, it was reorganized into three corps--the Second, under Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, the Fifth, under Major-General Gouverneur K. Warren, and the Sixth, under Major-General John Sedgwick.1 The

1 In the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac, the Second, Fifth, and Sixth corps were consolidated into two divisions. The first and second divisions of the Third Corps were transferred to the Second Corps, preserving their badges and distinctive marks. The third division of the Third Corps was transferred permanently to the Sixth Corps. The three divisions forming the old First Corps, consolidated into two divisions, were transferred to the Fifth Corps, preserving their badges and distinctive marks. The reorganized army then stood as follows:

Fifth Corps.

First Division, Brigadier-General Charles Griffin.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General James Barnes.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General J. J. Bartlett.

Third Brigade, Brigadier-General R. B. Ayres

Second Division, Brigadier-General J. C. Robinson.

First Brigade, Colonel Leonard.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General Henry Baxter.

Third Brigade, Colonel Dennison.

Third Division, Brigadier-General S. W. Crawford.

First Brigade, Colonel W. McCandless.

Second Brigade, Colonel J. W. Fisher.

Fourth Division, Brigadier-General J. S. Wadsworth.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General L. Cutler.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General J. C. Rice.

Third Brigade, Colonel Roy Stone.

Inspector-General and Chief of Staff Lieut.—Colonel H. C. Bankhtad.

Chief of Artillery, Colonel C. S. Wainwright.

Second Corps.

First Division, Brigadier-General F. C. Barlow

First Brigade, Colonel N. A. Miles.

Second Brigade, Colonel T. A. Smythe.

Third Brigade, Colonel R. Frank.

Fourth Brigade, Colonel J. R. Brooke.

Second Division, Brigadier-General John Gibbon.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General A. S. Webb.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General J. P. Owens.

Third Brigade, Colonel S. S. Carroll.

Third Division, Major-General D. B. Birney.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General J. H. Ward.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General A. Hays.

Fourth Division, Brigadier-General J. B. Carr.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General G. Mott.

Second Brigade, Colonel W. R. Brewster.

Inspector-General and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Morgan

Chief of Artillery, Colonel J. C. Tidball.

Sixth Corps.

First Division, Brigadier-General H. G. Wright.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General A. T. A. Torbert.

Second Brigade, Colonel E. Upton.

Third Brigade, Colonel H. Burnham.

Fourth Brigade, Brigadier-General A. Shaler.

Second Division, Brigadier-General G. W. Getty.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General F. Wheaton.

Second Brigade, Colonel L. A. Grant.

Third Brigade, Brigadier-General T. H. Neill.

Fourth Brigade, Brigadier-General A. L. Eustis.

Third Division, Brigadier-General H. Prince.

First Brigade, Brigadier-General W. H. Morris.

Second Brigade, Brigadier-General D. A. Russell.

Inspector-General and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel M T. McMahon

Chief of Artillery, Colonel C. H. Tompkins.


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