Chattanooga campaign order of battle: Union

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

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Military rank

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Other

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Military Division of the Mississippi

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MG Ulysses S. Grant

General Staff:

Army of the Cumberland

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MG George H. Thomas

General Staff:

General Headquarters:

  • 1st Ohio Sharpshooter: Cpt Gershom M. Barber
  • 10th Ohio: Ltc William M. Ward

IV Corps

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MG Gordon Granger

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division[6]
     BG Charles Cruft

2nd Brigade


   BG Walter C. Whitaker

3rd Brigade


   Col William Grose

Escort

Second Division
     MG Philip H. Sheridan

1st Brigade


   Col Francis T. Sherman

2nd Brigade[9]


   BG George D. Wagner

3rd Brigade


   Col Charles G. Harker

Artillery


   Cpt Warren P. Edgarton

Third Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood

1st Brigade


   BG August Willich

2nd Brigade


   BG William B. Hazen

3rd Brigade


   BG Samuel Beatty

Artillery


   Cpt Cullen Bradley

XIV Corps

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MG John M. Palmer
Escort:

  • 1st Ohio Cavalry, Company L: Cpt John D. Barker
Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     BG Richard W. Johnson

1st Brigade


   BG William P. Carlin

2nd Brigade[16]


   BG John H. King[17]
   Col Marshall F. Moore
   Col William L. Stoughton[18]

3rd Brigade[20]


   BG John C. Starkweather

Artillery

Second Division
     BG Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade[22]


   BG James D. Morgan

2nd Brigade[23]


   BG John Beatty

3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel McCook Jr.

Artillery


   Cpt William A. Hotchkiss

Third Division
     BG Absalom Baird

1st Brigade


   BG John B. Turchin

2nd Brigade


   Col Ferdinand Van Derveer

3rd Brigade[24]


   Col Edward H. Phelps (k)
   Col William H. Hays

Artillery


   Cpt George R. Swallow

Artillery Reserve

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BG John M. Brannan[25]

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     Col James Barnett

1st Brigade


   Maj Charles S. Cotter

2nd Brigade

Second Division

1st Brigade


   Cpt Josiah W. Church

2nd Brigade


   Cpt Arnold Sutermeister

Cavalry Corps

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Division Brigade Regiments and others

Second Division[27]

2nd Brigade


   Col Eli Long

Engineers and garrison

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Division Brigade Regiments and others

Engineer troops
     BG William F. Smith

Engineer Brigade


   Col Timothy R. Stanley[28]

Pioneer Brigade


   Col George P. Buell

  • 1st Battalion: Cpt Charles J. Stewart
  • 2nd Battalion: Cpt Correll Smith
  • 3rd Battalion: Cpt William Clark

Chattanooga garrison
     BG James B. Steedman[29]

Post of Chattanooga


   Col John G. Parkhurst

Hooker's Command

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MG Joseph Hooker[30]

Escort:

XI Corps
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MG Oliver O. Howard
General Headquarters:

  • 8th New York, Independent Company: Cpt Anton Bruhn
Division Brigade Regiments and others

Second Division
     BG Adolph von Steinwehr

1st Brigade


   Col Adolphus Buschbeck

2nd Brigade


   Col Orland Smith

Third Division
     MG Carl Schurz

1st Brigade


   BG Hector Tyndale

2nd Brigade


   Col Wladimir Krzyzanowski

3rd Brigade


   Col Frederick Hecker

Artillery


   Maj Thomas W. Osborn

XII Corps
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Division Brigade Regiments and others

Second Division[31]
     BG John W. Geary

1st Brigade


   Col Charles Candy[32]
   Col William R. Creighton (k)
   Col Thomas J. Ahl

2nd Brigade


   Col George A. Cobham Jr.

3rd Brigade


   Col David Ireland

Artillery


   Maj John A. Reynolds[34]

Army of the Tennessee

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MG William T. Sherman[35]

XV Corps

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MG Francis P. Blair[36]

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     BG Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade


   BG Charles R. Woods

2nd Brigade


   Col James A. Williamson

Artillery


   Cpt Henry H. Griffiths

Second Division
     BG Morgan L. Smith

1st Brigade


   BG Giles A. Smith (w)
   Col Nathan W. Tupper

2nd Brigade


   BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn

Artillery

Fourth Division
     BG Hugh B. Ewing

1st Brigade


   Col John M. Loomis

2nd Brigade[37]


   BG John M. Corse (w)
   Col Charles C. Walcutt

3rd Brigade


   Col Joseph R. Cockerill

Artillery


   Cpt Henry Richardson

XVII Corps

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Division Brigade Regiments and others

Second Division
     BG John E. Smith

1st Brigade


   Col Jesse I. Alexander

2nd Brigade


   Col Green B. Raum (w)
   Col Francis C. Deimling
   Col Clark R. Wever

3rd Brigade


   BG Charles L. Matthies (w)
   Col Benjamin D. Dean[18]
   Col Jabez Banbury[38]

Artillery


   Cpt Henry Dillon

Notes

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  1. ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 14-24
  3. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 80-90
  4. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 2, pages 808-812
  5. ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 558
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Hicks' report)
  8. ^ a b c d e Temporarily in command of a demi-brigade
  9. ^ The 51st Indiana was between Nashville and Chattanooga en route to join the brigade
  10. ^ Commanded part of time 6th Indiana and 5th Kentucky (see: Berry's report)
  11. ^ Succeeded Lieutenant Colonel Langdon in command of the 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Stafford's report)
  12. ^ Commanded part of time 23rd Kentucky and 1st Ohio (see: Foy's and Stafford's report)
  13. ^ Wounded but remained on the field
  14. ^ Commanded part of time 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
  15. ^ Succeeded Colonel Wiley in command of the 41st Ohio and 93rd Ohio (see: Kimberly's and Smith's report)
  16. ^ 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).
  17. ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Johnson's report)
  18. ^ a b Assumed command November 25, 1863
  19. ^ Took command of the regular infantry detachments at Missionary Ridge
  20. ^ During the engagements of 23, 24, and 25 November 1863 was in line of battle holding fort and breastworks at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  21. ^ a b c Temporarily attached to Second Division, Fourth Army Corps
  22. ^ 14th Michigan detached at Columbia, Tennessee
  23. ^ 3rd Ohio detached at Kelley's Ferry, Tennessee River
  24. ^ 18th Kentucky detached at Brown's Ferry, Tennessee
  25. ^ Chief of Artillery, Army of the Cumberland
  26. ^ Temporarily attached to Third Division, Fourth Army Corps
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 505
  29. ^ John H. Eicher and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands, page 507
  30. ^ 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.
  31. ^ 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.
  32. ^ Disabled November 24, 1863
  33. ^ Relinquished command on account of sickness (see: Randoll's report)
  34. ^ Chief of Artillery, Twelfth Corps
  35. ^ 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.
  36. ^ The Third Division, Brigadier General James M. Tuttle commanding, at Memphis, La Grange, and Pocahontas, Tennessee.
  37. ^ 15th Michigan detached at Scottsborough, Alabama
  38. ^ Succeeded Colonel Benjamin D. Dean November 25, 1863

References

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  • 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.