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U.S. Army - Army of the Potomac
Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman
The death of Kearney at the Battle of Chantily and the transfer of Hooker to command the First Corps changed both division commanders. The corps was assigned to the Washington Defenses during the Maryland Campaign and missed the Battle of Antietam.
Bde. Gen. Philip Kearney (k 9/1)
Bde. Gen. David Birney (9/1 - 9/13)
Bde. Gen. George Stoneman (after 9/13)
1st Brigade
Bde. Gen. John C. Robinson
2nd Brigade
Bde. Gen. David B. Birney (9/1 & after 9/13)
Colonel J. H. H. Ward (9/1 - 9/13)
3rd Brigade
Colonel Orlando Poe
Brigadier General H. G. Berry
Bde. Gen. Joseph Hooker (until 9/5)
Bde. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles
Brigadier General C. Grover (until 9/16)
Brigadier General J. B. Carr
Colonel Nelson Taylor (until 9/5)
Colonel George B. Hall
Bde. Gen. F. E. Patterson
1st New York Artillery, Battery D
6th New York Independent Battery