Atlanta campaign order of battle: First phase, Union
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 period of May 7 – July 17, 1864. The period July 17 – September 8, 1864, is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
editMilitary rank
edit- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
Other
edit- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Military Division of the Mississippi
editMG William T. Sherman
Chief of Staff: BG Joseph D. Webster
Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
Headquarters Guard: 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lieut. William McCrory
Army of the Cumberland
editMG George Henry Thomas
Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan
Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
Escort: Company I, 1st Ohio Cavalry: Lieut. Henry C. Reppert
IV Corps
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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Second Division
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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XIV Corps
edit| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade |
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Second Division
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Third Division
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1st Brigade |
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XX Corps
edit| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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Unattached Units
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Reserve Brigade |
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| Pontooniers
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| Siege Artillery |
Cavalry Corps
editBG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade[60]
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| Artillery |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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| Artillery | ||
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
Army of the Tennessee
editMG James B. McPherson
Escort: 4th Company Ohio Cavalry; Company B, 1st Ohio Cavalry
XV Corps
edit| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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Second Division
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1st Brigade | |
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| Artillery
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Third Division[76]
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1st Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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| Cavalry
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Fourth Division
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1st Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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XVI Corps
editMG Grenville M. Dodge
Escort: 1st Alabama Cavalry;[86] Company A, 52nd Illinois
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade[89]
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| Artillery
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Fourth Division
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1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 3rd Brigade[93]
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| Artillery
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XVII Corps
editMG Francis P. Blair Jr.
Escort: Company M, 1st Ohio Cavalry;[95] Company G, 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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Third Division
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1st Brigade | |
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| 3rd Brigade
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Fourth Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade[101]
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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MG John M. Schofield
BG Jacob Dolson Cox[108]
Escort: Company G, 7th Ohio Cavalry
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade[110]
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| 2nd Brigade[111]
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| Artillery | ||
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade[125]
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade[133]
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| Dismounted Cavalry[135]
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| Artillery
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Stoneman's Cavalry Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade[138]
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| Independent Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Strengths
editThe following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.[139]
| Army | Corps | April 30 | May 31 | June 30 | July 31 | August 31 |
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| 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 | - [140] | 9,775 | 9,262 | 6,800 | 5,935 | |
| Total | 24,380 | 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
edit- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, pages 89-114
- ^ From June 10
- ^ Mustered out May 29.
- ^ Mustered out June 3.
- ^ From June 30
- ^ Exchanged places with 45th Ohio in 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XXIII Corps
- ^ Assumed command May 22
- ^ Detached at Dalton from May 14
- ^ Sick July 10–25
- ^ In command July 10–25
- ^ Mustered out June 10; veterans and recruits transferred to the 42nd Illinois Infantry.
- ^ Relieved June 24
- ^ On veteran furlough until June 28
- ^ Mustered out June 6.
- ^ Sick from May 23
- ^ Absent from May 29 to June 6 and June 18 to July 18
- ^ Sick July 3
- ^ In command from July 3
- ^ May 29 to June 6 and June 18 to July 18
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough May 11
- ^ Temporarily assigned from July 15
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough May 9
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough May 15
- ^ Employed mainly in guarding trains
- ^ Employed mainly in guarding trains
- ^ Sick from July 15
- ^ In command from July 15
- ^ Mustered out June 9
- ^ Mustered out June 28
- ^ Mustered out June 10. Non-veterans attached to 92nd Ohio.
- ^ Absent sick from June 27
- ^ From June 27
- ^ Mustered out May 22
- ^ Part of time detached at Marietta
- ^ Remained at Ringgold
- ^ In command from July 3 to 17
- ^ Non-veterans mustered out July 22.
- ^ Ordered to Nashville July 6
- ^ Transferred from Nashville, TN, on July 21.
- ^ Mustered out on June 11; veterans and recruits were transferred to the 5th Ohio Infantry.
- ^ Mustered out May 23
- ^ Assumed command May 22
- ^ Assumed command June 7
- ^ Mustered out May 23; veterans and recruits transferred to the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry.
- ^ Absent May 15 to June 6
- ^ Relieved of command May 16
- ^ In command from May 16 to June 6
- ^ Non-veterans mustered out July 12; consolidated with 102nd New York Infantry July 12.
- ^ Transferred from 2nd Division, IV Corps on June 24
- ^ In command from June 29
- ^ Future 23rd President of the United States. In command from May 15 until Ward returned from wound, and again from June 29.
- ^ Transferred to 3rd Brigade, May 29
- ^ Mustered out May 27
- ^ Ordered to Chattanooga June 17
- ^ Mustered out May 27; 75 soldiers whose enlistments had not expired were assigned to the 18th Ohio Infantry.
- ^ Ordered to Chattanooga, June 17
- ^ Ordered to Franklin, TN on June 29
- ^ Captured May 9
- ^ Captured May 26
- ^ At Wauhatchie, La Fayette, Calhoun, Dalton, Resaca, and other points in the rear of the army
- ^ From July 5
- ^ Operating in northern Alabama until June 6
- ^ Sick from June 14
- ^ In command May 13 to May 21
- ^ In command May 21 to July 23
- ^ In command May 13 to May 21
- ^ Sick from July 15
- ^ From July 15
- ^ From July 15
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough June 16
- ^ Veterans mustered out June 16 (four companies) and June 30 (five companies), leaving only company K.
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough May 22
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough May 10
- ^ Transferred from 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, May 12
- ^ Consolidated with Battery A July 12
- ^ Assigned railroad and rear guard duty mainly in the Cartersville, Ga. area
- ^ Attached to 56th Illinois from June 11
- ^ Attached to 10th Missouri
- ^ Assumed command of U.S. forces at Decatur, AL from May 13
- ^ In command May 15 to May 31
- ^ In command from June 1
- ^ Transferred to Department of the Cumberland July 12
- ^ Joined June 3
- ^ Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, May 12
- ^ From May 20
- ^ At Rome from June 24
- ^ In command from May 16 to May 23
- ^ In command from May 23
- ^ At Rome, GA from May 22
- ^ Resigned June 20
- ^ At Rome, GA from May 22
- ^ Mustered out May 22
- ^ At Decatur, AL until August 7 when it joined the army at Atlanta, GA
- ^ From July 3
- ^ Until June 18
- ^ At Etowah Bridge
- ^ Transferred from 4th Division July 10
- ^ Transferred to 4th Division July 10
- ^ Detachments of 14th Wisconsin, 81st and 95th Illinois
- ^ At Etowah Bridge until July 17
- ^ At Altoona from June 8 to July 13
- ^ Consolidated into veteran battalion with 15th Illinois July 5
- ^ Joined July 5, and subsequently consolidated into a battalion of two companies
- ^ At Altoona June 8 to July 11
- ^ At Altoona and Kenesaw
- ^ At Kenesaw from July 11
- ^ Joined the army in Georgia June 8
- ^ In command May 26–27
- ^ On leave from June 9; troops temporarily assigned to 2nd and 3rd Divisions
- ^ Attached to 3rd Division from June 9; sometimes designated as 4th Brigade, 3rd Division
- ^ Attached to 2nd Division from June 9; sometimes designated as 4th Brigade, 2nd Division
- ^ Transferred from 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps on June 22
- ^ Attached to 3rd Division from June 9
- ^ Attached to 2nd Division from June 9; transferred to Cavalry Division July 6
- ^ On leave from May 18
- ^ In command from June 4
- ^ Transferred to 2nd Brigade June 8
- ^ Transferred to 2nd Brigade June 8
- ^ Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps June 22
- ^ Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division May 16
- ^ Sick from June 18
- ^ In command from June 18
- ^ Provost guard at corps headquarters from July 11
- ^ Joined brigade on May 11 and transferred to 1st Brigade June 8
- ^ Joined army May 28, and designated as Provisional Brigade until June 8
- ^ In command May 26–27
- ^ In command May 14 to 16 and May 18 to 21
- ^ In command May 17 to 18, then assumed command of 2nd Division
- ^ In command May 21 to June 4
- ^ In command from June 4
- ^ Joined from veteran furlough June 4
- ^ Transferred to newly formed 3rd Brigade June 5
- ^ Organized June 5
- ^ Transferred to District of Kentucky June 17
- ^ Assigned June 21
- ^ Assigned to 3rd Division, XXIII Corps June 21
- ^ Assigned to 3rd Division, XXIII Corps June 21
- ^ Joined army in the field June 28
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, pages 115-117
- ^ Not present
References
edit- 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