Atlanta Campaign Union order of battle (Second Phase)

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1]

This order of battle covers the second phase of the campaign, from July 17 - September 8, 1864. The period from May 1 - July 17, 1864 is listed separately. For the engagement on July 22, 1864 see: Atlanta Union order of battle

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG William T. Sherman
Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
Headquarters Guard: 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lieut. William McCrory

Army of the Cumberland

MG George Henry Thomas
Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan
Escort: Company I, 1st Ohio Cavalry: Lieut. Henry C. Reppert

IV Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard[2]
MG David S. Stanley[3]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG David S. Stanley
     BG William Grose[4]
     BG Nathan Kimball[5]

 1st Brigade


   Col Isaac M. Kirby
2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob E. Taylor
3rd Brigade


   BG William Grose[8]
   Col Sidney Post[9]
   Col John Bennett[10]

Second Division
     BG John Newton

 1st Brigade


   BG Nathan Kimball
   Col Emerson Opdycke[12]
2nd Brigade


   Col John Blake
   BG George D. Wagner[14]
3rd Brigade


   BG Luther P. Bradley

Third Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood (w September 2)
     Col Sidney Post[16]

 1st Brigade


   Col William H. Gibson
   Col Charles Hotchkiss[17]
2nd Brigade


   BG William B. Hazen[21]
   Col Oliver Payne[22]
   Col Sidney Post[23]
3rd Brigade


   Col Frederick Knefler

Corps Artillery Brigade[28]
     Maj Thomas Osborn
     Cpt Lyman Bridges[29]


  Cpt Theodore Thomasson[30]
  Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed[31]
  Cpt Cullen Bradley[32]

XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer[33]
BG Richard W. Johnson[34]
BG Jefferson C. Davis[35]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    BG Richard W. Johnson
    BG John H. King[36]
    BG William P. Carlin[37]

 1st Brigade


   Col Anson G. McCook[38]
   BG William P. Carlin[39]
   Col Marion Taylor[40]
2nd Brigade


   BG John H. King
   Maj John Edie[43]
3rd Brigade


   Col Marshall Moore
  

Second Division
     BG Jefferson C. Davis
     BG James D. Morgan[46]

 1st Brigade


   BG James D. Morgan
   Col Charles Lum
2nd Brigade


   Col John G. Mitchell
3rd Brigade


   Col Caleb J. Dilworth (w September 1)
   Ltc James Langley

Third Division
     BG Absalom Baird

 1st Brigade


   Col Moses Walker
2nd Brigade


   Col Newell Gleason
3rd Brigade


   Col George P. Este

Corps Artillery Brigade[52]
     Maj Charles Houghtaling


   Cpt Lucius Drury
   Cpt Charles Barnett
   Cpt George Estep

XX Corps

MG Joseph Hooker[54]
BG Alpheus S. Williams[55]
MG Henry Slocum[56]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alpheus S. Williams
     BG Joseph F. Knipe[57]

 1st Brigade


   BG Joseph F. Knipe
   Col Warren Packer[58]
2nd Brigade


   BG Thomas H. Ruger
3rd Brigade


   Col James S. Robinson
   Col Horace Broughton

Second Division
     BG John W. Geary

 1st Brigade


   Col Charles Candy
   Col Ario Pardee[59]
2nd Brigade


   Col Patrick Jones
   Col George Mindil[60]
  • 33rd New Jersey
  • 119th New York
  • 134th New York
  • 154th New York
  • 73rd Pennsylvania
  • 109th Pennsylvania
3rd Brigade


   Col David Ireland
  • 60th New York
  • 102nd New York
  • 137th New York
  • 149th New York
  • 29th Pennsylvania
  • 111th Pennsylvania

Third Division
     BG William T. Ward

 1st Brigade


   Col Benjamin Harrison
2nd Brigade


   Col John Coburn
3rd Brigade


   Col James Wood
Corps Artillery Brigade[61]


     Maj John A. Reynolds


   Cpt John D. Woodbury
   Cpt Charles Aleshire
   Cpt Marco B. Gary

Unattached Units
    

 Reserve Brigade


   Col Heber Le Favour
  
Pontooniers


   Col George P. Buell
Siege Artillery


   Cpt Arnold Sutermeister

Cavalry Corps

BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Edward M. McCook

 1st Brigade


   Col Joseph B. Dorr[62]
   Col John T. Croxton[63]
   Ltc James Brownlow[64]
2nd Brigade


   Ltc Horace Lamson[65]
   Ltc William Torrey (w July 30)[66]
3rd Brigade[67]


   Col John Faulkner
   Col Louis Watkins[68]
Artillery
  • 18th Indiana Horse Artillery Battery

Second Division
     BG Kenner Garrard

 1st Brigade


   Col Robert Minty
2nd Brigade


   Col Eli Long (w August 20)
   Col Beroth Eggleston
3rd (Lightning) Brigade


   Col Abram Miller
Artillery

Third Division
     BG Judson Kilpatrick

 1st Brigade


   Ltc Robert Klein
2nd Brigade


   Maj Thomas Sanderson
   Ltc Fielder Jones[69]
3rd Brigade


   Col Eli Murray
Artillery

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson (k July 22)
MG John A. Logan[70]
MG Oliver O. Howard[71]
Escort: 4th Company Ohio Cavalry, B Company, 1st Ohio Cavalry

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith[72]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Charles R. Woods
     MG Peter J. Osterhaus[73]

 1st Brigade


   Col Milo Smith[74]
   BG Charles R. Woods[75]
2nd Brigade


   Col James A. Williamson
3rd Brigade


   Col Hugo Wangelin
Artillery


   Maj Clemens Landgraeber

Second Division
     BG Morgan L. Smith
     BG Joseph Lightburn[76]
     BG William Hazen[77]

 1st Brigade


   BG Giles A. Smith[78]
   Col James Martin[79]
   Col Theodore Jones[80]
2nd Brigade


   BG Joseph Lightburn (w August 24)
   Col Wells Jones[82]
Artillery


   Cpt Francis De Gress

Third Division[84]
  BG John E. Smith

 1st Brigade


   Col Jesse I. Alexander[85]
   Col Joseph McCown[86]
  • 63rd Illinois
  • 93rd Illinois (from mid-August)
  • 48th Indiana
  • 59th Indiana
  • 4th Minnesota
  • 18th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


   Col Green B. Raum
  • 13th Illinois (detachment)[87]
  • 56th Illinois
  • 10th Iowa (from mid-August)
  • 17th Iowa
  • 10th Missouri
  • 24th Missouri (one company)[88]
  • 26th Missouri (from mid-August)
  • 80th Ohio
3rd Brigade[89]


   Col Jabez Banbury
   Col Benjamin Dean[90]
  • 93rd Illinois
  • 10th Iowa
  • 26th Missouri
Artillery


   Cpt Henry Dillon
  • Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th Battery
  • Wisconsin Light Artillery, 12th Battery
Cavalry


  
  • 5th Ohio Cavalry
  • Company F, 4th Missouri Cavalry (Escort to BG John E. Smith)

Fourth Division
     BG William Harrow

 1st Brigade


   Colonel Reuben Williams
   Col John M. Oliver[91]
2nd Brigade


   BG Charles C. Walcutt
3rd Brigade[93]


   Col John M. Oliver
Artillery


   Maj John T. Cheney
   Cpt Henry Griffiths[94]
   Cpt Josiah Burton[95]

XVI Corps

MG Grenville M. Dodge (w August 19)
BG Thomas E. G. Ransom[96] Escort: Company A, 52nd Illinois

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Thomas W. Sweeny
     BG Elliott W. Rice[97]
     BG John M. Corse[98]

 1st Brigade


   BG Elliott W. Rice
2nd Brigade


   Col August Mersy
   Col Robert Adams[99]
3rd Brigade[100]


   Col Henry J. B. Cummings
   Col Richard Rowett[101]
Artillery


   Cpt Frederick Welker

Fourth Division
     BG James C. Veatch[103]
     BG John W. Fuller[104]
     BG Thomas E. G. Ransom[105]

 1st Brigade


   BG John W. Fuller
   Col John Morill (w July 22)[106]
   Ltc Henry McDowell[107]
2nd Brigade


   BG John W. Sprague
3rd Brigade[108]


   Col James H. Howe
   Col William Grower[109]
   Col John Tillson[110]
Artillery


   Cpt George Robinson

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Escort: Company G, 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry;[112] Company G, 11th Illinois Cavalry[113]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
     BG Mortimer D. Leggett[114]

 1st Brigade


   BG Manning F. Force (w July 22)
   Col George Bryant[115]
2nd Brigade


   Col Robert K. Scott[118]
   Ltc Greenberry Wiles[119]
3rd Brigade


   Col Adam G. Malloy
Artillery


   Cpt William S. Williams

Fourth Division
     BG Walter Q. Gresham (w July 20)
     Col William Hall[121]
     BG Giles A. Smith[122]

 1st Brigade


   Col Benjamin Potts
2nd Brigade


   Col John Logan
3rd Brigade


   Col William Hall
   Col John Shane[123]
   BG William W. Belknap[124]
Artillery


   Cpt Edward Spear

Army of the Ohio (XXIII Corps)

MG John M. Schofield
Escort: Company G, 7th Ohio Cavalry

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Milo S. Hascall

 1st Brigade


   BG Joseph A. Cooper
2nd Brigade


   Col William E. Hobson
   Col John R. Bond[128]
  • 107th Illinois
  • 80th Indiana
  • 129th Indiana (from August 11)
  • 13th Kentucky
  • 23rd Michigan
  • 111th Ohio
  • 118th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col Silas A. Strickland
4th Brigade[130]


   Col Peter T. Swaine
Artillery


   Cpt Joseph C. Shields

Third Division
     BG Jacob D. Cox

 1st Brigade


   BG James W. Reilly
2nd Brigade


   Col Daniel Cameron
   Col John Casement[136]
3rd Brigade


   Col Israel Stiles
4th Brigade[142]


   Col Richard F. Barter
Dismounted Cavalry[146]


   Col Eugene Crittenden
Artillery


   Maj Henry W. Wells

Stoneman's Cavalry Division[147]
     MG George Stoneman[148]
     Col Horace Capron[149]

 1st Brigade[150]


   Col Israel Garrard
  • 9th Michigan Cavalry
  • 7th Ohio Cavalry
2nd Brigade[151]


   Col James Biddle[152]
   Col Thomas Butler
  • 5th Indiana Cavalry
  • 6th Indiana Cavalry
3rd Brigade


   Col Horace Capron
  • 14th Illinois Cavalry
  • 8th Michigan Cavalry
  • McLaughlin's Ohio Squadron
Independent Brigade


   Col Alexander Holeman
  • 1st Kentucky Cavalry
  • 11th Kentucky Cavalry
Artillery

Cavalry Division[153]
     Col Israel Garrard

 Mounted Brigade


   Col George Acker
   Col William Hamilton[154]
Dismounted Brigade


   Col Horace Capron
  • 14th Illinois Cavalry
  • 16th Illinois Cavalry[155]
  • 5th Indiana Cavalry
  • 6th Indiana Cavalry[156]
  • 12th Kentucky Cavalry[157]

Strengths

The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.[158]

Army Corps April 30 May 31 June 30 July 31 August 31
Army of the Cumberland IV Corps 20,538 17,227 14,956 13,519 12,118
XIV Corps 22,696 23,448 19,607 18,014 15,249
XX Corps 20,721 16,801 14,672 12,578 12,413
Cavalry Corps 8,983 9,848 9,477 8,427 7,638
Total 72,938 67,324 58,712 52,538 47,418
Army of the Tennessee XV Corps 12,517 12,497 11,788 9,133 8,670
XVI Corps 11,863 10,361 10,744 9,345 7,818
XVII Corps - [159] 9,775 9,262 6,800 5,935
Total 34,155 32,633 31,794 25,278 22,423
Army of the Ohio XXIII Corps 9,854 9,971 12,906 11,960 9,981
Cavalry Division 2,951 2,886 2,658 1,899 1,936
Total 12,805 12,857 15,564 13,859 11,917
Military Division of the Mississippi Grand Total 110,123 112,814 106,070 91,675 81,758

Notes

  1. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, pages 89-114
  2. ↑ Assumed command of the Army of the Tennessee July 27
  3. ↑ From July 27
  4. ↑ From July 27 to August 4. Promoted to Brigadier General July 27
  5. ↑ From August 4
  6. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division August 19
  7. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade, August 19
  8. ↑ In command until July 27, then again from August 4 to September 4
  9. ↑ From July 27 to August 4
  10. ↑ From September 4
  11. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade, August 16
  12. ↑ From August 4
  13. ↑ Detached at Dalton from May 14
  14. ↑ Resumed command July 25
  15. ↑ Mustered out August 25; veterans and recruits transferred to 79th Illinois
  16. ↑ From September 2
  17. ↑ From August 25
  18. ↑ Mustered out August 1
  19. ↑ Mustered out August 25
  20. ↑ Mustered out August 2
  21. ↑ Transferred to Army of the Tennessee August 17
  22. ↑ From August 17 to 19
  23. ↑ From August 19
  24. ↑ Mustered out August 19
  25. ↑ Transferred to 4th Division, XX Corps July 25
  26. ↑ Transferred to 4th Division, XX Corps August 9
  27. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division August 19
  28. ↑ Organized July 26
  29. ↑ From July 30
  30. ↑ Previously 1st Division artillery commander
  31. ↑ Previously 2nd Division artillery commander
  32. ↑ Previously 3rd Division artillery commander
  33. ↑ Resigned command August 6
  34. ↑ From August 7 to August 22. Promoted Major General and assumed command of cavalry of the Military Division of the Mississippi
  35. ↑ From August 22
  36. ↑ From August 7 to August 17
  37. ↑ From August 17
  38. ↑ Ordered to Chattanooga July 27 with 2nd Ohio
  39. ↑ From August 2 to August 17
  40. ↑ From July 27 to August 2 and from August 17
  41. ↑ Ordered to Chattanooga July 27
  42. ↑ Ordered to Marietta July 28
  43. ↑ From August 7 to August 17
  44. ↑ Ordered to Chattanooga August 25
  45. ↑ Ist and 2nd Battalions consolidated for tactical purposes August 11
  46. ↑ From July 23 (during Davis' illness) and from August 22 (after Davis' appointment to corps command)
  47. ↑ Transferred to 4th Division, XVI Corps August 20
  48. ↑ Employed mainly in guarding trains
  49. ↑ Guarding trains until July 20
  50. ↑ Mustered out August 3
  51. ↑ Remained at Ringgold
  52. ↑ Organized July 24; re-organized back into 3 battalions August 27
  53. ↑ Mustered out August 14
  54. ↑ Asked to be relieved of his command, July 27
  55. ↑ From July 28 to August 27
  56. ↑ From August 27
  57. ↑ From July 28 to August 27
  58. ↑ From July 28 to August 27
  59. ↑ From August 4
  60. ↑ From August 8
  61. ↑ Organized July 27
  62. ↑ Captured July 30
  63. ↑ From July 20 to July 27 and again from August 12, promoted to Brigadier General
  64. ↑ From July 30 to August 12
  65. ↑ Until July 21, resumed command July 30
  66. ↑ From July 21 to July 30, when wounded and captured
  67. ↑ At Wauhatchie, La Fayette, Calhoun, Dalton, Resaca, and other points in the rear of the army
  68. ↑ From August 10
  69. ↑ From August 6
  70. ↑ From July 22 to July 27
  71. ↑ From July 27
  72. ↑ From July 22 to July 27
  73. ↑ From August 15
  74. ↑ Until August 15, then again from August 22
  75. ↑ From August 15 to August 22, then reassigned to 3rd Division, XVII Corps
  76. ↑ From July 22 to July 27
  77. ↑ From August 17
  78. ↑ Assigned to 4th Division, XVII Corps July 20
  79. ↑ From July 20 to August 4
  80. ↑ From August 4
  81. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade August 4
  82. ↑ From July 22 to July 27 and again from August 24
  83. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 4
  84. ↑ Assigned railroad and rear guard duty mainly in the Cartersville, Ga. area
  85. ↑ Resigned September 1
  86. ↑ From September 1
  87. ↑ Attached to 56th Illinois
  88. ↑ Attached to 10th Missouri
  89. ↑ Broken up mid-August and units transferred to 1st and 2nd Brigades
  90. ↑ From July 25
  91. ↑ From August 4
  92. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade August 4
  93. ↑ Broken up August 4 and units transferred to 1st Brigade
  94. ↑ Mustered out August 11
  95. ↑ From August 11
  96. ↑ From August 20
  97. ↑ From July 25 to July 26
  98. ↑ From July 26
  99. ↑ From July 24
  100. ↑ At Rome, GA
  101. ↑ From August 15
  102. ↑ At Rome, GA
  103. ↑ Sick from July 17
  104. ↑ From July 17 to August 4 and again from August 20
  105. ↑ From August 4 to August 20
  106. ↑ From July 17 to July 22
  107. ↑ From July 22 to August 4 and again from August 20
  108. ↑ At Decatur, AL until August 7 when it joined the army at Atlanta, GA
  109. ↑ From July 21 to August 20
  110. ↑ From August 20
  111. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Division, XIV Corps August 20
  112. ↑ Until July 24
  113. ↑ From August 11
  114. ↑ Sick from August 23
  115. ↑ From July 22
  116. ↑ Division provost guard July 24
  117. ↑ At Etowah Bridge
  118. ↑ Captured July 22
  119. ↑ From July 22
  120. ↑ Detachments of 14th Wisconsin, 81st and 95th Illinois
  121. ↑ From July 20 to July 21
  122. ↑ From July 21
  123. ↑ Temporarily on July 21
  124. ↑ From July 31. Promoted to Brigadier General July 30
  125. ↑ At Altoona and Kenesaw
  126. ↑ At Kenesaw from July 11
  127. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  128. ↑ From August 15
  129. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 11
  130. ↑ Formerly 2nd Brigade, 1st Division; disbanded August 11
  131. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  132. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade August 11
  133. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 11
  134. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 11
  135. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  136. ↑ From July 31
  137. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  138. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 11
  139. ↑ Transferred to 1st Brigade August 11
  140. ↑ Mustered out August 11
  141. ↑ Detach from August 11
  142. ↑ Formerly 1st Brigade, 1st Division; disbanded August 11
  143. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  144. ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade August 11
  145. ↑ Transferred to 3rd Brigade August 11
  146. ↑ Transferred to Cavalry Division August 22
  147. ↑ Reorganized August 11; see below
  148. ↑ Captured July 31
  149. ↑ From August 1 to August 11
  150. ↑ Joined army in the field July 27
  151. ↑ Originally 1st Brigade until July 31
  152. ↑ Captured July 31
  153. ↑ As reorganized August 11
  154. ↑ From August 16 to August 23
  155. ↑ Detached as provost guard for XXIII Corps August 16
  156. ↑ Ordered to Nashville for remount August 23
  157. ↑ Detached as cattle guard August 21
  158. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, pages 115-117
  159. ↑ Not present

References

  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
  • Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008. ISBN 978-0-7006-1569-8
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