The Civil War in the East

U.S. Army - Army of the Potomac - Second Army Corps

First Division

Brigadier General I. B. Richardson

 

         
   
   
         

Created March 3, 1862 and announced March 13, 1862

First Brigade

Brigadier General O. O. Howard

5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment

 

from Howard's Brigade, Sumner's Division

61st New York Infantry Regiment

 

64th New York Infantry Regiment

 

81st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Colonel James Miller

Second (Irish) Brigade

Brigadier General T. F. Meagher

63rd New York Infantry Regiment

 

 

from Meagher's Brigade, Sumner's Division

 

69th New York Infantry Regiment

 

88th New York Infantry Regiment

 

Third Brigade

Brigadier General W. H. French

52nd New York Infantry Regiment

 

from French's Brigade, Sumner's Division

57th New York Infantry Regiment

 

66th New York Infantry Regiment

 

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Colonel John R. Brooke

Artillery

 

Battery B, 1st New York Artillery

 

from Sumner's Division

Battery G, 1st New York Artillery

 

from Sumner's Division

Co. A, 2nd Battalion, New York Artillery

 

 

4th United States Artillery,
Batteries A & C

 

from Sumner's Division