Battle of Franklin order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin of the American Civil War on November 30, 1864. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Cpt = Captain
- Bvt = Brevet
Other
- k = killed
- mw = mortally wounded
- w = wounded
Army of the Ohio
IV Corps
MG David S. Stanley (w)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
BG Walter C. Whitaker |
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3rd Brigade
BG William Grose |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdycke |
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2nd Brigade
Col John Quincy Lane |
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3rd Brigade |
| |
Third Division[5] |
1st Brigade
Col Abel D. Streight |
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2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post |
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3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery
Cpt Lyman Bridges |
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XXIII Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery |
| |
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
Col John S. Casement |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry Corps
Escort:
- 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Joseph Hedges
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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Fifth Division
|
1st Brigade
Col Robert R. Stewart |
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2nd Brigade
Col Datus E. Coon |
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Sixth Division |
1st Brigade
Col Horace Capron |
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2nd Brigade
Col James Biddle |
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See also
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records 1894, pp. 1197–1205.
- ^ Sword 1992, p. 204.
- ^ Veteran Detachment 27th Illinois attached.
- ^ Not engaged.
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf3.htm#17th, Dyer's Compendium
- ^ Sword 1992, p. 149.
- ^ Sword 1992, p. 254.
- ^ Schofield was the official corps commander but assigned temporary command of the corps to Cox during the battle.
- ^ Boatner 1959, p. 199: "On 6 June '64 the 1st Div. was broken up and its troops assigned to the other two divisions."
- ^ Sword 1992, p. 289: Cooper's brigade was marching from Centerville, Tenn. and would arrive at Nashville on 8 December.
- ^ Reilly temporarily commanded the division during the battle while Cox was assigned to command the corps.
- ^ Unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve.
- ^ Guarding wagons at the bridge.
References
- Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
- "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies". Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1894. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Sword, Wiley (1992). The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, & Nashville. New York, N.Y.: University Press of Kansas for HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7006-0650-5.
- Battle of Franklin: Union order of battle (Civil War Trust)