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  • 862bq: Union Forces Army of the Potomac March-April 1862

    Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Union Forces Army of the Potomac March-April 1862 Forces Sent to the Peninsula Cavalry Reserve: Brigadier General P.St. G. Cooke Emory’s Brigade: 5th US Cavalry Regiment 6th US Cavalry Regiment 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment Blake’s Brigade: 1st US Cavalry Regiment 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry […]

  • 862ag: Union Army of the Potomac 6 February 1862

    Back to the George Nafziger American Civil War Order of Battle Collection Union Army of the Potomac 6 February 1862 Stone’s Division: Gorman’s Brigade: 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment (966) 2nd New York State Militia (832) Brigade: Colonel Grosvenor 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment (990) 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (637) Andrew Sharpshooters (639) Burn’s Brigade: 69th Pennsylvania […]

  • Army of the Potomac Ordnance at the Battle of Fredericksburg

    I was browsing the web for Quarterly Ordnance Returns (i.e. the type and number of weapons each unit had at a given time) for the Army of the Potomac. I found a gem at the Fredericksburg National Battlefield site. Historian Eric Mink apparently transcribed the Ordnance returns for the Army of the Potomac for the […]

  • Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862

    Army of the Potomac, Volume III: McClellan’s First Campaign, March – May 1862 by Russel Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 864 pages Publisher: Savas Beatie (February 28, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1932714251 ISBN-13: 978-1932714258 Details, they say the devil is in the details and they might be right.  I am convinced that history is in the […]

  • Review: Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862

    Army of the Potomac, Volume II: McClellan Takes Command, September 1861-February 1862 by Russel H. Beatie Product Details Hardcover: 672 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press (November 9, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306812525 ISBN-13: 978-0306812521 Russell H. Beatie is writing what should become the classic series on The Army of the Potomac.  This is the second […]

  • Review: Army of the Potomac, Vol. 3 by Russel H. Beatie

    Russel H. Beatie. Army of the Potomac, Volume 3: McClellan’s First Campaign March 1862-May 1862. New York: Savas Beatie LLC; First Edition (2007). 723 pp., 36 maps, notes, index. ISBN: 1-932714-25-1 $45.00 (Hardcover w/DJ). Note: I’m getting around to viewing this one a little late. I thought I’d give readers some links to other reviews […]