Below is a list of all the Union units that were in Stafford during the First Federal Occupation. Major General Irvin McDowell (above) commanded the Department of the Rappahannock.
Brig. Gen. Rufus King’s Division:
Brig. Gen. C. C. Augur’s (1st) Brigade: 22nd, 24th, 30th, 84th New York Infantry and 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters
Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick’s (2nd) Brigade: 21st, 23rd, 35th, 80th New York Infantry
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon’s Brigade: 19th Indiana and 2nd, 6th, 7th Wisconsin Infantry
Cavalry: 2nd New York (Harris Light) (8 companies) Div. Artillery: (4 batteries)
Brig. Gen. G. A. McCall’s Division:
Brig. Gen. John F. Reynolds’ (1st) Brigade Div. Artillery: (4 batteries)
Brig. Gen. G. G. Meade’s (2nd) Brigade
Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour’s (3rd) Brigade
Brig. Gen. E. O. C. Ord’s Division:
Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts’ (1st) Brigade Div. Artillery: (4 batteries)
Brig. Gen. Abram Duryea’s (2nd) Brigade
Brig. Gen. G. L. Hartsuff’s (3rd) Brigade
Cavalry: 1st Maine and 1st Rhode Island
Maj. Gen. James Shields’ Division:
Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball’s (1st) Brigade Div. Artillery: (5 batteries)
Brig. Gen. Orris S. Ferry’s (2nd) Brigade
Brig. Gen. Erastur B. Tyler’s (3rd) Brigade
Separate Brigades:
Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday’s Brigade
Brig. Gen. John Geary’s Brigade (mixed infantry, cavalry and artillery)
Brig. Gen. George D. Bayard’s Cavalry Brigade: 1st New Jersey, 1st Pennsylvania, and 1st Pennsylvania Rifles (last is an infantry battalion)
3rd Maine Battery (as pontoniers)
Headquarters Guard: 2nd New York (Harris Light) Cavalry (remaining 2 companies)