One of two divisions in the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac.

Commander: Maj. Gen. David B. Birney (May 29, 1825 – October 18, 1864). Born in Alabama; lawyer in Philadelphia. He became ill with what was likely typhoid fever during the Petersburg Campaign and died in the fall of 1864.

Strength: 5,095

Losses: 2,011; 271 killed, 1,384 wounded; 356 missing.

Monuments and Memorials of Birney’s Division