The Armies at Gettysburg > The Army of the Potomac


Organization of the 2nd Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Gettysburg.

The 2nd Corps had 45 infantry regiments and 5 artillery batteries at the Battle of Gettysburg, organized into three divisions of three or four brigades each plus an artillery brigade.

Major General Winfield S. Hancock (wounded July 3) (monument)
Brigadier General John Gibbon (wounded July 3) (monument)
Brigadier General William Hays (monument)strength: 11,350 men, 28 guns
casualties: 795 killed, 3,195 wounded, 380 missing, 4,370 total

Headquarters escort
6th New York Cavalry, Companies D & K
Captain Riley Johnson



1st Division (monument)
Brigadier General John C. Caldwell
strength: 3,320 men
casualties: 185 killed, 880 wounded, 210 missing, 1,275 total


1st Brigade (monument)
Colonel Edward E. Cross (mortally wounded July 2)
Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen
strength: 855 men
casualties: 55 killed, 260 wounded, 15 missing, 330 total

5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Hapgood

61st New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel K. Oscar Broady

81st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen (temporarily transferred to 148th Pennsylvania on June 30)
Lieutenant Colonel Amos Stroh

148th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen (temporarily transferred from 81st Pennsylvania on June 30, ^ July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert MacFarlane


2nd Brigade (monument)
Colonel Patrick Kelly
strength: 530 men
casualties:30 killed, 110 wounded, 60 missing, 200 total

28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Richard Byrnes

63rd New York Infantry Battalion (2 Companies)  (monument)
Captain Thomas Touhy

69th New York Infantry Battalion (2 Companies) (monument)
Captain Richard Moroney (wounded July 2)
1st Lieutenant James J. Smith

88th New York Infantry Battalion (2 Companies) (monument)
Captain Denis F. Burke

116th Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion (4 Companies) (monument)
Major St. Claire A. Mulholland


3rd Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Samuel K. Zook (killed July 2) (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Freudenberg (wounded July 2)
Colonel Patrick Roberts (killed July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel John Fraser
strength: 975 men
casualties: 50 killed, 225 wounded, 80 missing, 355 total

52nd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Freudenberg (^ July 2)
Major Edward Venuti (killed July 2)
Captain William Scherrer

57th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred B. Chapman

66th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Orlando H. Morris (wounded July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel John S. Hammell (wounded July 2)
Major Peter A. Nelson

140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Patrick Roberts (^ July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel John Fraser (^ July 2)
Major Thomas Rodgers


4th Brigade (monument)
Colonel John R. Brooke (wounded July 2)
strength: 1,060 men
casualties: 55 killed, 285 wounded, 50 missing, 390 total

27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Merwin (killed July 2) (monument)
Major James H. Coburn

2nd Delaware Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel William P. Baily

64th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Daniel G. Bingham (wounded July 2)
Major Leman W. Bradley

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Richards McMichael

145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Hiram L. Brown (wounded July 2)
Captain John W. Reynolds (wounded July 2)
Captain Moses W. Oliver



2nd Division (monument)
Brigadier General John Gibbon (^ July 1, wounded July 3) (monument)
Brigadier General William Harrow
strength: 3,610 men
casualties: 335 killed, 1,200 wounded, 100 missing, 1,645 total


First Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General William Harrow (^ July 3)
Colonel Francis E. Heath (wounded July 3)
strength: 1,365 men
casualties: 145 killed, 575 wounded, 50 missing, 770 total

19th Maine Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Edward Francis Heath (^ July 3)
Lt. Colonel Henry W. Cunningham

15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel George H. Ward (mortally wounded July 2) (monument)
Lt. Colonel George C. Joslyn

1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment (monument)
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters attached
Colonel William Colville, Jr. (wounded July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Adams (wounded July 2)
Major Mark Downie (wounded July 2)
Captain Nathan S. Mesick (killed July 3)
Captain Wilson B. Farrell (mortally wounded July 3)
Captain Henry C. Coates

82nd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel James Huston (mortally wounded July 2)
Captain John Darrow


Second Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Alexander Webb (wounded July 3) (monument)
strength: 1,225 men
casualties: 115 killed, 335 wounded, 40 missing, 490 total

69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Dennis O’Kane (mortally wounded July 3)
Lieutenant Colonel Martin Tschudy (wounded July 3)
Major James M. Duffy (wounded July 3)
Captain William Davis

71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Richard Penn Smith

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Dewitt C. Baxter (wounded July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Heiser

106th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Curry


Third Brigade (monument)
Colonel Norman J. Hall
strength: 920 men
casualties: 70 killed, 280 wounded, 15 missing, 365 total

19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Arthur F. Devereux

20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Paul J. Revere (mortally wounded July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel George N. Macy(wounded July 3)
Captain Henry L. Abbott

1st Massachusetts Sharp Shooter Company (monument)
Lieutenant Emerson L. Bicknell

7th Michigan Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Amos E. Steele (killed July 3)
Major Sylvanus W. Curtis

42nd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel James E. Mallon

59th New York Infantry Battalion (companies A-D) (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Max Thoman (mortally wounded July 3)
Captain William McFadden



3rd Division (monument)
Brigadier General Alexander Hays (monument)
strength: 3,645 men
casualties: 240 killed, 985 wounded, 65 missing, 1,290 total


First Brigade (monument)
Colonel Samuel S. Carroll
strength: 940 men
casualties: 40 killed, 165 wounded, 5 missing, 210 total

14th Indiana Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel John Coons

4th Ohio Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard W. Carpenter

8th Ohio Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Sawyer (wounded July 3)

7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel jonathan H. Lockwood (wounded July 3)


Second Brigade (monument)
Colonel Thomas A. Smyth (wounded July 1)
strength: 1,105 men
casualties: 60 killed, 275 wounded, 25 missing, 360 total

14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (monument)
Major Theodore G. Ellis

1st Delaware Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Harris (arrested July 2)
Captain M.W.B. Ellegood (killed July 2)
Captain Thomas B. hizar (wounded July 2)
1st Lieutenant William Smith (mortally wounded July 3)
1st Lieutenant John T. Dent

12th New Jersey Infantry Regiment (monument)
Major John T. Hill

10th New York Infantry Battalion (monument)
Major George F. Hopper

108th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce


Third Brigade (monument)
Colonel George L. Willard (killed July 2) (monument)
Colonel Eliakim Sherrill (mortally wounded July 3)
Colonel Clinton MacDougall
strength: 1,510 men
casualties: 140 killed, 540 wounded, 35 missing, 715 total

39th New York Infantry Battalion (Companies A-D) (monument)
Major Hugo Hildebrandt (wounded July 3)

111th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Clinton MacDougall (^ July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M. Lusk (wounded July 3)
Captain Aaron P. Seeley

125th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Levin Crandall

126th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Eliakim Sherrill (^ July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel James M. Bull (^ July 3)



Artillery Brigade (monument)
Captain John G. Hazard
strength: 650 men and 28 guns
casualties: 27 killed, 119 wounded, 3 missing, 149 total

1st New York Artillery, Battery B (monument)
Captain James M. Rorty (killed July 3)
Lieutenant Albert S. Sheldon (wounded July 3)
Lieutenant Robert E. Rogers
4 10″ Parrott Rifles

Rhode Island Battery A (monument)
Captain William A. Arnold
6 3″ Ordnance Rifles

Rhode Island Battery B (monument)
Lieutenant T. Fred Brown (wounded July 2)
Lieutenant Walter S. Perrin
6 Napoleons

1st United States Artillery Battery I (monument)
1st Lieutenant George A. Woodruff (mortally wounded July 3)
2nd Lieutenant Tully McRae
6 Napoleons

4th United States Artillery Battery A (monument)
1st Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing (killed July 3) (Medal of Honor)
Sergeant Frederick Fuger (Medal of Honor)
6 3″ Ordnance Rifles