One of three brigades in Newton’s Division of the Sixth Corps.

Commander: Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton (May 8, 1833 – June 18, 1903). Career soldier from Rhode Island. Served in the post-war army, rising to the rank of major general.

Strength: 1,369

Losses: 53; 2 killed, 51 wounded.

Monuments and Memorials of Wheaton’s Brigade