ORDER OF BATTLE
FOR THE
CAVALRY DIVISION
OF
BRIG. GEN. JOHN BUFORD
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
JULY 1, 1863
CAVALRY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
FIRST DIVISION
Brig. Gen. John Buford
FIRST BRIGADE
Col. William Gamble
Unit
Commander
Strength
KIA
WIA
MIA
% Loss
Carbine
8th Ill. Cav.
Maj. John Beverage
470
1K
5W
1M
02%
Sharps
12th Ill. Cav.
Col. George Chapman
233
4K
10W
6M
9%
Burnside
(4 cos)
3rd Ind. Cav.
""
313
6K
21W
5M
10%
Gallager & Sharps (6 cos)
8th NY Cav
Lt Col. Wm. Markell
580
2K
22W
16M
7%
Sharps
SECOND BRIGADE
Col. Thomas C. Devin
Unit
Commander
Strength
KIA
WIA
MIA
Loss
Carbine
6th NY Cav
Maj. William Beardsley
218
0
1
8
4%
Sharps
9th NY Cav
Col. William Sackett
367
2
2
7
3%
Sharps
17th PA Cav.
Col. Josiah Kellogg
464
0
0
4
.9%
Merrill & Smith
RESERVE BRIGADE *
Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
Unit
Commander
Strength
KIA
WIA
MIA
Loss
Carbine
6th PA Cav.
Maj. James Haseltine
242
3
7
2
5%
Sharps
1st US Cav.
Capt. Richard Lord Capt. Eugene Baker
362
1
9
5
4%
Sharps
2nd US Cav.
Capt. Theophilus Rodenbough Capt. George Gordon
407
3
7
7
4%
Sharps
5th US Cav
Capt. Julius Mason 3
306
0
4
1
2%
Sharps
6th US Cav.
Maj. Samuel Starr
471
6
28
208
51%
Sharps
Capt. George Cram
Lieut. Louis Carpenter
Lieut. Niclolas Nolan
Capt. Ira Clafin
* Note : Merritt's Brigade was left to guard the roads from Fairfield
and Cashtown, PA in the Emmittsburg, MD area, in case the Confederates
were in the process of a turning movement via this route that would outflank
the AoP's I, XI, and III Corps.
Sources: _The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion_, Series
1, Volume XXVII, Parts 1-3; _Regimental Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg_
by John W. Busey and David G. Martin. _Ready...Aim... Fire!: Small Arms
Ammunition in the Battle of Gettysburg_ by Dean Thomas. And War Department
historical plaques on the Gettysburg Battlefield. [Copied from materials
of the 1994 A.L.B.G. Fall Battlefield Seminar]