One of three brigades in Buford’s Division of the Cavalry Corps.

Commander: Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt (June 16, 1836 – December 3, 1910). USMA 1860 from New York. After the war, he served with the 9th Cavalry and was superintendent at West Point.

Strength: 1,321

Losses: 49; 7 killed, 27 wounded, 15 missing.

Monuments and Memorials of the Reserve Brigade