title: First Winchester Union order of battle
text: # First Winchester Union order of battle
  
  The following United States Army units and commanders fought in the First Battle of Winchester (May 25, 1862) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
  
  ## Abbreviations used
  
  ### Military rank
  
  * MG = Major General
  * BG = Brigadier General
  * Col = Colonel
  * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  * Cpt = Captain
  * Lt = Lieutenant
  
  ### Other
  
  * c = captured
  
  ## Union Forces near Winchester
  
  MG Nathaniel P. Banks
  
  ### Department of the Shenandoah
  
  MG Nathaniel P. Banks
  
  | Division | Brigade | Regiment or Other |
  | - | - | - |
  | First Division   BG Alpheus S. Williams | First Brigade   Col Dudley Donnelly | 5th Connecticut: Ltc George D. Chapman 28th New York: Ltc Edwin Franklin Brown 46th Pennsylvania: Col Joseph F. Knipe |
  | First Division   BG Alpheus S. Williams | Third Brigade   Col George Henry Gordon | 27th Indiana: Col Silas Colgrove 2nd Massachusetts: Ltc George L. Andrews 29th Pennsylvania: Col John K. Murphy (c), Cpt Samuel M. Zulich 3rd Wisconsin: Col Thomas H. Ruger |
  | First Division   BG Alpheus S. Williams | Cavalry Attachment | 1st Michigan Cavalry (5 companies): Col Thornton F. Brodhead, Maj Angelo Paldi |
  | First Division   BG Alpheus S. Williams | Artillery Attachment   Cpt Robert B. Hampton | Battery M, 1st New York Light Artillery: Lt James H. Peabody Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Lt J. Presley Fleming Battery F, 4th U.S. Light Artillery: Lt Franklin B. Crosby |
  | Attached independent units |
  | Attached independent units | Cavalry Brigade   BG John P. Hatch | 1st Maine Cavalry (2nd Battalion): Ltc Calvin S. Douty 1st Maryland Cavalry (5 companies): Ltc Charles Wetschky 5th New York Cavalry: Col Othneil De Forest 1st Vermont Cavalry: Col Charles H. Tompkins |
  | Attached independent units | Various Units   BG John W. Geary | 10th Maine: Col George L. Beal 8th New York Cavalry (5 companies, dismounted): Ltc Charles R. Babbitt Pennsylvania Zouaves d'Afrique: Cpt Charles H. T. Collis Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Lt Charles A. Atwell |
  