United States Regulars

In the Gettysburg Campaign of June-July 1863, the Regular Army portion of the Army of the Potomac included cavalry, artillery, infantry, and engineers. Its artillery, consisting of 26 batteries, was distributed over the field among the several army corps and placed where its services were most needed under Brigadier General Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery. Four regiments of cavalry under Brigadier General Wesley Merritt took position on the right flank of the Confederate line of battle. Eleven regiments of infantry were on the field, ten with the Second Division of the Fifth Corps and one at Army of the Potomac headquarters, and a battalion of U.S. Engineers served under Captain George H. Mendell. Casualties were 12 officers and 159 enlisted men killed, 62 officers and 661 enlisted men wounded, and 6 officers and 275 enlisted men missing.

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