Champion Hill Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, returns of casualties[2] and reports.[3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant

XIII Corps

MG John A. McClernand
Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Ninth Division
     BG Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade

   BG Theophilus T. Garrard

17th Brigade

   Col Daniel W. Lindsey

Artillery
Cavalry
  • 3rd Illinois Cavalry (Companies A, E, & K): Cpt John L. Campbell

Tenth Division
     BG Andrew J. Smith

1st Brigade

   BG Stephen G. Burbridge

2nd Brigade

   Col William J. Landram

Artillery
Cavalry
  • 4th Indiana Cavalry (Company C): Cpt Andrew P. Gallagher

Twelfth Division
     BG Alvin P. Hovey

1st Brigade

   BG George F. McGinnis

2nd Brigade

   Col James R. Slack

Artillery
Cavalry
  • 1st Indiana Cavalry (Company C): Lt James L. Carey

Fourteenth Division
     BG Eugene A. Carr

1st Brigade

   BG William P. Benton

2nd Brigade

   BG Michael K. Lawler

Artillery
Unattached units

XV Corps

MG William T. Sherman

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division [attached to XIII Corps]
     MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

1st Brigade

   Col Giles A. Smith

2nd Brigade

   Col Thomas Kilby Smith

Artillery

XVII Corps

MG James B. McPherson

Provisional Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John S. Foster

  • 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Companies A & B): Lt W. B. Cummins
  • 4th Missouri Cavalry (Company F): Lt A. Mueller
  • 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
     MG John A. Logan

1st Brigade

   BG John E. Smith

2nd Brigade

   BG Mortimer D. Leggett

3rd Brigade

   BG John Dunlap Stevenson

Artillery

Seventh Division
     BG Marcellus M. Crocker[4]
     BG Isaac F. Quinby

1st Brigade

   Col John B. Sanborn

2nd Brigade

   Col Samuel A. Holmes

3rd Brigade

   Col George B. Boomer

Artillery

   Cpt Frank C. Sands

See also

Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 7-11 and The Battle of Champion Hill website (Order of Battle)
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 725-726
  4. Quinby returned to the field on the morning of May 16. However, Crocker was left in command as he was already deploying the division for battle. Quinby stayed with the army until the battle was decided, then assumed command. Quinby’s Official Report

References