Total troops involved at gettysburg?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
Some info for reference purposes
3-5 regiments make a brigade
3-4 Brigades form a division
2-3 Division form a Corps
Engaged refers to an estimate of men in the unit between July 1st and July 3rd 1863
Casualties refers to soldiers reported killed, wounded, missing, or captured
Union
Army of the Potomac
Total Engaged 93,534/Casualties: 22,813
Infantry
1st Corps: 12,222 engaged/6,059 casualties
2nd Corps: 11,347 engaged/4,369 casualties
3rd Corps: 10,675 engaged/4,211 casualties
5th Corps: 11,019 engaged/2187 casualties
6th Corps: 13,601 engaged/242 casualties
11th Corps: 9,221 engaged/3,807 casualties
12th Corps: 9,788 engaged/1,082 casualties
Artillery
Reserve 2,376 engaged/242 casualties
1st Corps: 596 men engaged/106 casualties
2nd Corps: 605 engaged/149 casualties
3rd Corps: 596 engaged/106 casualties
5th corps: 432 engaged/43 casualties
6th corps: 937 engaged/12 casualties
11th corps: 604 engaged/69 casualties
12th corps: 391 engaged/9 casualties
Cavalry
1st Division: 4,073 engaged/176 casualties
2nd Division: 2,614 engaged/56 casualties
3rd Division: 3902 engaged/ 355 casualties
Cavalry Artillery
2nd Division: 52 engaged/0 casualties
3rd Division: 769 engaged/23 casualties
Confederate
Army of Northern Virginia
Total 70,226 engaged/22,874 casualties
Infantry
1st Army Corps: 20,935 engaged/7,739 casualties
includes artillery reserve of 918 engaged/169 casualties
2nd Army Corps: 20,503 engaged/6,777 casualties
includes artillery reserve of 648 engaged/74 casualties
3rd Corps: 22,026 engaged/8,049 casualties
includes artillery reserve of 736 engaged/99 casualties
Cavalry
JEB Stuarts Division 6,702 engaged/285 casualties
includes horse artillery of 628 engaged/4 casualties
Confederate Cavalry no present July 1-3 1863
Imboden's Command: 2,250 men
Robertson's Brigade: 966 men
Jones' Brigade: 1,743 men
Source(s):
Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage by Noah Andre Trudeau pgs. 565-595
