862cj: Union Army Battle of Fair Oaks 31 May – 1 June 1862

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                           Union Army
                       Battle of Fair Oaks https://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/wp-admin/post-new.php
                      31 May - 1 June 1862 


Commanding General: Major General George B.McClellan


II Army Corps: Major General E.V.Sumner
Provost Guard: K/6th New York Cavalry
     1st Division: Major General I.B.Richardson
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General O.O.Howard
               5th New Hampshire Regiment
               61st New York Regiment
               64th New York Regiment
               81st Pennsylvania Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General T.F.Meagher
               63rd New York Regiment
               69th New York Regiment
               88th New York Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General W.H.French
               52nd New York Regiment
               57th New York Regiment
               66th New York Regiment
               53rd Pennsylvania Regiment
          Artillery: Captain G.W.Hazzard
               1st New York Light, Battery B
               1st New York Light, Battery G
               4th U.S., Battery A
               4th U.S., Battery C
     2nd Division: Major General J.Sedgwick
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General W.A.Gorman
               1st Minnesota Regiment
               15th Massachusetts Regiment
               34th New York Regiment
               82nd New York Regiment
               1st Co/Massachusetts Sharpshooters
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General W.W.Burns
               69th Pennsylvania Regiment
               71st Pennsylvania Regiment
               72nd Pennsylvania Regiment
               106th Pennsylvania Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General N.J.T.Dana
               19th Massachusetts Regiment
               20th Massachusetts Regiment
               7th Michigan Regiment
               42nd New York Regiment
          Artillery: Colonel C.H.Tompkins
               1st Rhode Island Light, Battery A
               1st Rhode Island Light, Battery B
               1st Rhode Island Light, Battery G
               1st U.S., Battery I     
     

III Army Corps: Brigadier General S.P.Heintzelman
          Cavalry: Colonel W.W.Averell
               3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment     
     2nd Division: Brigadier General J. Hooker
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General C.Grover
               1st Massachusetts Regiment
               11th Massachusetts Regiment
               26th Pennsylvania Regiment
               2nd New Hampshire Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General D.E.Sickles
               70th New York Regiment
               71st New York Regiment
               72nd New York Regiment
               73rd New York Regiment
               74th New York Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General F.E.Patterson
               5th New Jersey Regiment
               6th New Jersey Regiment
               7th New Jersey Regiment
               8th New Jersey Regiment
          Artillery: Major C.S.Wainwright
               1st New York Light, Battery D
               New York Light Artillery, 4th Battery 
               New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery 
               1st U.S. Artillery, Battery H
     3rd Division: Brigadier General P. Kearny
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General C.D.Jameson
               87th New York Regiment
               57th Pennsylvania Regiment
               63rd Pennsylvania Regiment
               105th Pennsylvania Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General D.B.Birney
               3rd Maine Regiment
               4th Maine Regiment
               38th New York Regiment
               40th New York Regiment
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General H.G.Berry
               37th New York Regiment
               2nd Michigan Regiment
               3rd Michigan Regiment
               5th Michigan Regiment
          Artillery:
               1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery E
               1st New Jersey Light Artillery, Battery B
               2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery G


IV Army Corps: Brigadier General E.D.Keyes
     1st Division: Brigadier General D.N.Couch
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General J.J.Peck
               55th New York Regiment
               62nd New York Regiment
               93rd Pennsylvania Regiment
               98th Pennsylvania Regiment
               102nd Pennsylvania Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General J.J.Abercrombie
               65th New York Regiment
               67th New York Regiment
               23nd Pennsylvania Regiment
               31st Pennsylvania Regiment
               61st Pennsylvania Regiment          
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General C.Devens
               7th Massachusetts Regiment
               10th Massachusetts Regiment
               36th New York Regiment
               2nd Rhode Island Regiment
          Artillery: Major R.M.West
               1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery C
               1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery D
               1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery E
               1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery H
     2nd Division: Brigadier General Silas Casey
          1st Brigade: Brigadier General H.M.Nagles
               11th Maine Regiment
               56th New York Regiment               
               100th New York Regiment
               52nd Pennsylvania Regiment
               104th  Pennsylvania Regiment
          2nd Brigade: Brigadier General H.W.Wessells
               96th New York Regiment
               85th Pennsylvania Regiment
               101st Pennsylvania Regiment
               103rd Pennsylvania Regiment               
          3rd Brigade: Brigadier General I.N.Palmer
               81st New York Regiment               
               85th New York Regiment               
               92nd New York Regiment               
               98th New York Regiment               
          Artillery: Colonel G.d.Bailey
               1st New York Light Artillery, Battery A
               1st New York Light Artillery, Battery H
               New York Light Artillery, 7th Battery 
               New York Light Artillery, 8th Battery
     Unattached:
               1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E


U.S.  War Department,  The War of the Rebellion, 
A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and 
Confederate Armies,  Government Printing Office; 
Washington, D.C., 1882

Source: George Nafziger Order of Battle Collection

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    David Beers

    One of four ancestors served in the Civil War. Balthasar Graff (listed as Balsar, Graft in the muster rollcall) died at Fortress monroe, Va. of wounds received at Fair Oaks, may, 31, 1862. Balthasar Graff served with the 103d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company G. Thanks for the additional information regarding who he stood next to during the Battle of Fair Oaks.

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