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                Union Forces Defending Washington
                         31 August 1862 

Military Defenses of Washington:  Brigadier General J.G.Barnard

South of the Potomac: Brigadier General A.W.Whipple
          (610/15,360)
     14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
     16th Maine Infantry Regiment
     35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
     9th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
     11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
     107th New York Infantry Regiment
     108th New York Infantry Regiment
     120th New York Infantry Regiment
     124th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     125th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     127th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     130th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     132nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     Pennsylvania Engineers (l co)
     Wisconsin Heavy Artillery (Cpt. Langworthy's Company)
     1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
     3rd New York Artillery Battalion
     4th New York Heavy Artillery (8 cos)
     12th New York Battery 

North of the Potomac: Lieutenant Colonel J.A.Haskin
          (303/7,586)
     17th Maine Infantry Regiment
     18th Maine Infantry Regiment
     19th Maine Infantry Regiment
     17th Michigan Infantry Regiment
     113th Michigan Infantry Regiment
     B/26th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     F/27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
     135th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Note:
     9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment (departed 8/25) 
     10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment (departed 8/25) 
     71st New York Militia (departed 8/30) 

District of Washington: Brigadier General J.S.Wadsworth
     2nd District of Columbia Infantry Regiment
     10th New Jersey Infantry Regiment
     11th New York Cavalry Regiment
     26th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 
     F/27th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 
     135th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 
          Headquarters (4/0)
          Infantry (39/825)
          Cavalry (20/316)
          Provost Guards (46/1,453)
 Provisional Brigade: Brigadier Silas Casey (47/1,052)
     11th Connecticut Cavalry Regiment 
     Keystone (Pennsylvania) Battery, Cpt. M.Hastings





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