Battle of Shepherdstown
Saturday, Sept. 20, 1862

Orders of Battle

Scenario researched by Scott Mingus, Sr.


Confederate

Elements of Jackson's Left Wing

Hill's "Light Division" Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill +2

First line - Brig. Gen. Maxey Gregg +1

Pender's Brigade - Brig. Gen. William Dorsey Pender +1
16 NC - 202 men, 7 figures, RM, elite
22 NC - 189 men, 6 figures, RM, elite
34 NC - 161 men, 5 figures, RM, elite
38 NC - 155 men, 5 figures, RM, elite

Gregg's Brigade - Col. 0. E. Edwards +1
1 SC Provisional Army - 187 men, 6 figures, RM, elite
1 SC Orr's Rifles - 208 men, 7 figures, RM, elite

Deployed as a skirmish line fronting the brigade's advance
12 SC - 180 men, 6 figures, RM, elite
13 SC - 160 men, 5 figures, RM, elite
14 SC - 200 men, 7 figures, RM, elite

Thomas' Georgia Brigade - Col. Edward L. Thomas + 1
14 GA - 157 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
35 GA - 190 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran
45 GA - 178 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran
49 GA - 209 men, 7 figures, RM, veteran

Second Line - Brig. Gen. James J. Archer +1 (2 inches / 100 yards behind first line)

Archer's Brigade - Col. Peter Turney + 1
5 AL Battalion / 19 GA - 122 men, 4 figures, RM, elite
1 TN Provisional Army - 120 men, 4 figures, RM, elite
7 TN - 121 men, 4 figures, RM, elite
14 TN - 125 men, 4 figures, RM, elite

Branch's Brigade - Col. James H. Lane +1
7 NC - 127 men, 4 figures, RM, veteran
18 NC - 129 men, 4 figures, RM, veteran
28 NC - 169 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran
33 NC - 190 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran
37 NC - 164 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran

Field's Brigade - Col. John G. Brockenbrough +1
40 VA - 162 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
47 VA - 139 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
55 VA - 141 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
22 VA Battalion - 155 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran

Division Artillery - not engaged

Union

Elements of Porter's Fifth (V) Army Corps

Elements of 1st Div. - Maj. Gen. George W. Morell +2

1st Brigade - Col. James Batties
2 ME - 173 men, 5 figures, RM, elite
18 MA - 282 men, 9 figures, RM, veteran
22 MA - 166 men, 6 figures, RM, green
2nd Co. MA Sharpshooters, 50 men, 2 figures, SS rifles, elite attached to 22nd Mass.
1 MI - 152 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
13 NY "Rochester Regiment" - 160 men, 5 fgiures, RM, Veteran
25 NY "Union Rangers" - 153 men, 5 figures, RM, veteran
118 PA "Corn Exchange Regiment"- 737 men. 25 figures, RM, green (Only half may fire, as 50% of the guns were defective)

Elements of Divisional Artillery (may not cross the river)
Waterman's Battery C, 1st Rhode Island Light 2 sections 129 SB Napoleons, veteran
Hazlett's Battery D, 5th United States 3 sections 109 Parrott Rifles, elite

Elements of 2nd Division - Brig. Gen. George Sykes +1

2nd Brigade - Major Charles S. Lovell +1
1 / 6 US - 182 men, 6 figures, RM, veteran
2 / 10 US - 402 men, 13 figures, RM, veteran
11 US - 249 men, 8 figures, RM, veteran In skirmish formation
17 US - 3 09 men, 10 figures, RM, veteran

3rd Brigade - Col. Gouverneur K. Warren +1
5 NY "Duryea's Zouaves" - 208 men, 7 figures, RM, green (Col. Winslow of the 5th NY in his official report stated that raw recruits composed "the greater part" of his command at Shepherdstown; hence the GREEN rating for a veteran unit that had previously seen much hard fighting.)
10 NY "National Zouaves" - 315 men, 11 figures, RM, veteran

Division Artillery (May not cross the river) - set up in woods on bluff east of Grove House
Randol's Batteries E and G, 1st US 2 sections 12# SB Napoleons, veteran
Weed's Battery I, 5th US 2 sections 3" Rodman Rifles, elite
Van Reed's Battery K, 5th US 2 sections 12# SB Napoleons, veteran

Elements of 3rd Division

Division Artillery (may not cross the river)
Barnes' Battery C, 1st New York Light 2 sections 3" Ordnance Rifles, veteran
Robinson's Battery L, 1st Ohio Light 3 sections 12# SB Napoleons, veteran

Unattached
1st US Sharpshooters - 234 men, 8 figures, SS Rifles, elite In skirmish formation; historically did not cross the river during this fight

© Scott Mingus 2003. This scenario may not be photocopied or otherwise reproduced without written permission of the author and from Marek/Janci Design. Excerpted from "Undying Courage - Antietam in Miniature: Volume 2"

Battle of Shepherdstown Saturday, Sept. 20, 1862


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