Chattanooga campaign order of battle: Union
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The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major general
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Military Division of the Mississippi
-
Grant -
Rawlins
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: BG John A. Rawlins
- Chief of Transportation: Col Joseph D. Webster[5]
Army of the Cumberland
-
Thomas -
Reynolds -
Granger: IV Corps -
Palmer: XIV Corps -
Hooker: XI, XII Corps
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Joseph J. Reynolds
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG William D. Whipple
General Headquarters:
- 1st Ohio Sharpshooter: Cpt Gershom M. Barber
- 10th Ohio: Ltc William M. Ward
IV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division[6]
|
2nd Brigade |
|
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Escort |
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade[9] |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
|
XIV Corps
MG John M. Palmer
Escort:
- 1st Ohio Cavalry, Company L: Cpt John D. Barker
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade[16]
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade[20] |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade[22] |
|
| 2nd Brigade[23]
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade[24]
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Artillery Reserve
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
|
Second Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
|
Cavalry Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division[27] |
2nd Brigade
|
|
Engineers and garrison
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
Engineer troops
|
Engineer Brigade |
|
| Pioneer Brigade
|
| |
|
Chattanooga garrison
|
Post of Chattanooga
|
|
Hooker's Command
- Chief of Staff: MG Daniel A. Butterfield
Escort:
- 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
XI Corps
MG Oliver O. Howard
General Headquarters:
- 8th New York, Independent Company: Cpt Anton Bruhn
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
XII Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division[31]
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Army of the Tennessee
-
Sherman -
Blair: XV Corps
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XV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| Artillery
|
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade[37]
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery
|
|
XVII Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
|
Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 14-24
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 80-90
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 808-812
- ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 558
- ^ The First Brigade and Battery M, 4th United States Artillery, at Bridgeport Alabama; the 115th Illinois and 84th Indiana, of the Second Brigade, and 5th Indiana Battery, at Shellmound, Tennessee, and the 30th Indiana and 77th Pennsylvania, of the Third Brigade, and Battery H, 4th United States Artillery, at Whiteside's, Tennessee
- ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Hicks' report)
- ^ a b c d e Temporarily in command of a demi-brigade
- ^ The 51st Indiana was between Nashville and Chattanooga en route to join the brigade
- ^ Commanded part of time 6th Indiana and 5th Kentucky (see: Berry's report)
- ^ Succeeded Lieutenant Colonel Langdon in command of the 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Stafford's report)
- ^ Commanded part of time 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Foy's and Stafford's report)
- ^ Wounded but remained on the field
- ^ Commanded part of time 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
- ^ Succeeded Colonel Wiley in command of the 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
- ^ After Colonel Stoughton assumed command, Colonel Moore (69th Ohio) took command of the 19th Illinois, 11th Michigan and 69th Ohio and Major John R. Edie (15th United States) of the 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th United States (see: Stoughton's and Moore's reports).
- ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Johnson's report)
- ^ a b Assumed command November 25, 1863
- ^ Took command of the regular infantry detachments at Missionary Ridge
- ^ During the engagements of 23, 24, and 25 November 1863 was in line of battle holding fort and breastworks at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- ^ a b c Temporarily attached to Second Division, Fourth Army Corps
- ^ 14th Michigan detached at Columbia, Tennessee
- ^ 3rd Ohio detached at Kelley's Ferry, Tennessee River
- ^ 18th Kentucky detached at Brown's Ferry, Tennessee
- ^ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Cumberland
- ^ Temporarily attached to Third Division, Fourth Army Corps
- ^ Corps headquarters and the First and Second Brigades and 18th Indiana Battery, of the First Division, at and about Alexandria, Tennessee; the Third Brigade at Caperton's Ferry, Tennessee River. The First and Third Brigades, and the Chicago Board, of Trade Battery, of the Second Division, at Maysville, Alabama.
- ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 505
- ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 507
- ^ Major General Joseph Hooker, commanding Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps had under his immediate command the First Division, Fourth Corps, the Second Division, Twelfth Corps, portions of the Fourteenth Corps, and the First Division, Fifteenth Corps.
- ^ The First Division engaged in guarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from Wartrace Bridge, to Bridgeport, Alabama, etc. Major General Henry W. Slocum, the corps commander, had his headquarters at Tullahoma, Tennessee.
- ^ Disabled November 24, 1863
- ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Randoll's report)
- ^ Chief of Artillery, Twelfth Corps
- ^ General Sherman had under his immediate command the Eleventh Corps and the Second Division, Fourteenth Corps, of the Army of the Cumberland; the Second and Fourth Divisions, Fifteenth Corps.
- ^ The Third Division, Brigadier General James M. Tuttle commanding, at Memphis, La Grange, and Pocahontas, Tennessee.
- ^ 15th Michigan detached at Scottsborough, Alabama
- ^ Succeeded Colonel Benjamin D. Dean November 25, 1863
References
- Eicher, John H. and David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
- 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.