1st Cavalry Division Order of Battle, Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863

Here’s a table I created of the three brigades in Brig. Gen. John Buford’s 1st Cavalry Division for the Gettysburg Battle.  The strength numbers are taken directly from the June 30, 1863 Present For Duty Rosters filled out by each regiment (making these numbers much more accurate than most other sources you see).  The Rosters are courtesy of my old friend, the late George Rummel III.  Also included are the casualty counts.

This table gives the student a clear idea of which companies were detailed to various duties, and the “strength on the line” of each regiment.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC CAVALRY CORPS

FIRST DIVISION

Brigadier General John Buford

All “strength” numbers denote fighting effectives, taken from the actual June 30, 1863
“Present for Duty” rosters, courtesy of George A. Rummel III.
These numbers, as well as the casualty counts, are much more accurate than any other source commonly available.

First Brigade Colonel William Gamble 8th Illinois (12 Companies – A through M) Major John Lourie Beveridge Strength: 25 Officers, 537 Enlisted Losses: 1 killed, 5 wounded, 1 missing 12th Illinois (5 Companies – A, E, F, H, I) Strength: 12 Officers, 253 Enlisted Men Losses: 4 killed, 10 wounded, 6 missing 3rd Indiana (6 Companies – A through F) Colonel George Henry Chapman (command of both regiments) Strength: 17 Officers, 393 Enlisted Losses: 6 killed, 21 wounded, 5 missing (Companies G, H, I & K – assigned to Army of the Cumberland; Companies L & M assigned in Indiana) 8th New York Lt. Colonel William Lester Markell Strength: 22 Officers, 685 Enlisted Men Losses: 2 killed, 22 wounded, 16 missing

Second Brigade Colonel Thomas Casimer Devin 6th New York Major William Elliot Beardsley Strength: 14 Officers, 292 Enlisted Losses: 1 killed, 3 wounded, 8 missing (Company A – 3rd Corps Headquarters, Companies D & K – 2nd Corps Headquarters, Companies F & H – at Yorktown VA, Company L – Provost Guard 1st Cav. Div. 2nd Brig.) 9th New York (10 Companies – A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, K, M) Colonel William Sackett Strength: 31 Officers, 394 Enlisted Losses: 2 killed, 2 wounded, 7 missing (Companies D & L – 12th Corps Headquarters) 17th Pennsylvania Colonel Josiah Holcomb Kellogg Strength: 464 Losses: 4 missing (Companies D & H – 5th Corps Headquarters, Company K – 11th Corps Headquarters) 3rd West Virginia (2 Companies – A & C) Captain Seymour Beach Conger Strength: 5 Officers, 59 Enlisted Losses: 1 wounded, 1 captured, 2 missing (Field & Staff, Troops D, E, F, G, H & I assigned to Department of West Virginia; Troop B assigned to unknown location; Troops K, L & M not mustered)

Regulars – Reserve Brigade Brigadier General Wesley Merritt 1st United States (10 Companies – A, B, C, E, F, H, I, K, L, M) Captain Richard S.C. Lord Number: 15 Officers, 443 Enlisted Losses: 1 killed, 9 wounded, 5 missing (Companies D & G were detached and serving at Fort Larned, Kansas) 2nd United States Captain Theophilus Francis Rodenbough Strength: 407 Losses: 3 killed, 7 wounded, 7 missing 5th United States (11 Companies – No Company L) Captain Julius Wilmot Mason Strength: 306 Losses: 4 wounded, 1 missing 6th Pennsylvania (9 Company Detachment) Major James Henry Haseltine Strength: 16 Officers, 337 Enlisted Losses: 3 killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing (Companies E & I detached to Army Headquarters) 6th United States Major Samuel Henry Starr Strength: 14 Officers, 410 Enlisted Losses: 6 killed, 28 wounded, 208 captured (Not on the field, involved in fight at Fairfield, PA on July 3; Troops D & K temporarily detached to the Provost Marshal at Pleasonton’s Headquarters)