Atlanta campaign Union order of battle facts for kids

For the engagement on July 22, 1864, see Atlanta Union order of battle.

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.

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
- Military rank
- Other
Military Division of the Mississippi
Strengths

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG 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

MG 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

MG Oliver O. Howard

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division MG David S. Stanley	1st Brigade BG Charles Cruft Col Isaac M. Kirby	21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana 81st Indiana 1st Kentucky (until May 29) 2nd Kentucky (until June 3) 90th Ohio 101st Ohio: Col Isaac M. Kirby
	2nd Brigade BG Walter C. Whitaker Col Jacob E. Taylor	96th Illinois 115th Illinois 35th Indiana 84th Indiana 21st Kentucky 40th Ohio: Col Jacob E. Taylor 45th Ohio (from June 22) 51st Ohio 99th Ohio (until June 22): Col Peter T. Swaine
	3rd Brigade Col William Grose	59th Illinois 75th Illinois 80th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania
	Artillery Cpt Peter Simonson (k June 16) Cpt Samuel M. McDowell (k June 27) Cpt Theodore Thomasson	5th Indiana Light Battery Independent Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Samuel M. McDowell
Second Division BG John Newton	1st Brigade Col Francis T. Sherman BG Nathan Kimball	36th Illinois: Col Silas Miller 44th Illinois: Col Wallace W. Barrett 73rd Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Motherspaw 74th Illinois: Col Jason Marsh 88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Chandler (k June 27), Col Francis T. Sherman (c July 7) 28th Kentucky: Ltc J. Rowan Boone (until May 28) 2nd Missouri: Col Bernard Laiboldt 15th Missouri: Col Joseph Conrad 24th Wisconsin: Ltc Theodore S. West
	2nd Brigade BG George D. Wagner Col John Blake	100th Illinois 40th Indiana: Col John Blake 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky (from May 28) 26th Ohio 97th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Charles G. Harker (mw June 27) BG Luther P. Bradley	22nd Illinois (until June 10) 27th Illinois 42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky 64th Ohio 65th Ohio 125th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Charles Aleshire Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed	Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Battery A, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed
Third Division BG Thomas J. Wood	1st Brigade BG August Willich (w May 15) Col William H. Gibson	25th Illinois 35th Illinois (from June 6) 89th Illinois 32nd Indiana 8th Kansas (from June 28) 15th Ohio 49th Ohio: Col William H. Gibson 15th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG William B. Hazen	6th Indiana 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky 23rd Kentucky 1st Ohio 6th Ohio (until June 6) 41st Ohio 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Samuel Beatty Col Frederick Knefler	79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky 17th Kentucky 13th Ohio 19th Ohio 59th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Cullen Bradley	Bridges' Illinois Light Battery 6th Ohio Light Battery

XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Richard W. Johnson (w May 28) BG John H. King	1st Brigade BG William P. Carlin Col Anson G. McCook	104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky 2nd Ohio: Col Anson G. McCook 33rd Ohio 94th Ohio 10th Wisconsin 21st Wisconsin: Col H. C. Hobart; Maj M. H. Fitch (from July 4)
	2nd Brigade BG John H. King Col William Stoughton	11th Michigan: Col William Stoughton 69th Ohio (from May 11 until July 15): Col Marshall F. Moore Regular Detachment: Maj John R. Edie 1st Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Albert B. Dod 2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry: Cpt William C. McManus 1st Battalion, 16th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Alexander H. Stanton 2nd Battalion, 16th U.S. Infantry: Cpt R. Peabody Barry 1st Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry: Cpt George W. Smith 2nd Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Henry Haymond 19th U.S. Infantry (6 companies): Cpt James Mooney
	3rd Brigade Col Benjamin Scribner	37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 69th Ohio (from July 15) 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania (from May 9) 1st Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Lucius Drury	Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Battery I, 1st Ohio
Second Division BG Jefferson C. Davis	1st Brigade BG James D. Morgan	10th Illinois 16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan (from May 15) 14th Michigan (from June 14)
	2nd Brigade Col John G. Mitchell	34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel McCook, Jr. (mw June 27) Col Oscar F. Harmon (mw June 27) Col Caleb J. Dilworth	85th Illinois: Col Caleb J. Dilworth 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois: Col Oscar F. Harmon 22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Charles Barnett	Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment) 5th Wisconsin Light Battery
Third Division BG Absalom Baird	1st Brigade BG John B. Turchin Col Moses B. Walker	19th Illinois (until June 9) 24th Illinois (until June 28) 82nd Indiana 23rd Missouri (from July 10) 11th Ohio (until June 10) 17th Ohio 31st Ohio: Col Moses B. Walker 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Ferdinand Van Derveer Col Newell Gleason	75th Indiana 87th Indiana: Col Newell Gleason 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 9th Ohio (until May 22) 35th Ohio 105th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col George P. Este	10th Indiana 74th Indiana 10th Kentucky 18th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt George Estep	7th Indiana Light Battery 19th Indiana Light Battery

XX Corps

MG Joseph Hooker

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams	1st Brigade BG Joseph F. Knipe Col Warren W. Packer	5th Connecticut: Col Warren W. Packer 3rd Maryland (detachment) 123rd New York 141st New York 46th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade BG Thomas H. Ruger	27th Indiana 2nd Massachusetts 13th New Jersey 107th New York 150th New York 3rd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col James S. Robinson	82nd Illinois 101st Illinois 45th New York 143rd New York 61st Ohio 82nd Ohio 31st Wisconsin (from July 21)
	Artillery Cpt John D. Woodbury	Battery I, 1st New York Light Artillery Battery M, 1st New York Light Artillery
Second Division BG John W. Geary	1st Brigade Col Charles Candy	5th Ohio 7th Ohio (until June 11) 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col Adolphus Buschbeck Col John T. Lockman Col Patrick Henry Jones	33rd New Jersey 119th New York: Col John T. Lockman 134th New York 154th New York: Col Patrick Henry Jones 27th Pennsylvania (until May 23): 73rd Pennsylvania 109th Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Col David Ireland (w May 15) Col William Rickards, Jr Col George A. Cobham	60th New York 78th New York 102nd New York 137th New York 149th New York 29th Pennsylvania: Col William Rickards, Jr 111th Pennsylvania: Col George A. Cobham
	Artillery Cpt William Wheeler (k June 22) Cpt Charles Aleshire	13th New York Light Battery Battery E, Pennsylvania Light
Third Division MG Daniel Butterfield BG William T. Ward	1st Brigade BG William T. Ward (w May 15) Col Benjamin Harrison	102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois 70th Indiana: Col Benjamin Harrison 79th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col John Coburn	20th Connecticut (until May 29) 33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col James Wood	20th Connecticut (from May 29) 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio 73rd Ohio 26th Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Marco B. Gary	Battery I, 1st Michigan Light Battery C, 1st Ohio Light
Unattached Units	Reserve Brigade Col Joseph W. Burke Col Heber Le Favour	10th Ohio 9th Michigan 22nd Michigan (from May 31): Col Heber Le Favour
	Pontooniers Col George P. Buell	58th Indiana Pontoon Battalion (until June 17)
	Siege Artillery Cpt Arnold Sutermeister	11th Indiana Battery

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	8th Iowa Cavalry 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (from June 30) 2nd Michigan Cavalry 1st Tennessee Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Oscar H. LaGrange Ltc James Stewart Ltc Horace Lamson	2nd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc James Stewart 4th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Horace Lamson 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Louis Watkins Col John K. Faulkner	4th Kentucky Cavalry 6th Kentucky Cavalry 7th Kentucky Cavalry: Col John K. Faulkner
	Artillery	18th Indiana Horse Artillery Battery
Second Division BG Kenner Garrard	1st Brigade Col Robert Minty	4th Michigan Cavalry 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th U.S. Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Eli Long	1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col John T. Wilder Col Abram Miller	98th Illinois Mounted Infantry 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry: Col Abram Miller
	Artillery	Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Third Division BG Judson Kilpatrick (w May 13) Col Eli Murray Col William W. Lowe	1st Brigade Ltc Robert Klein	3rd Indiana Cavalry (four companies) 5th Iowa Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Charles Smith	8th Indiana Cavalry (from July 27) 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (from July 27) 10th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Eli Murray Col Smith D. Atkins	92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry: Col Smith D. Atkins 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson
Escort: 4th Company Ohio Cavalry; Company B, 1st Ohio Cavalry

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus BG Charles R. Woods	1st Brigade BG Charles R. Woods Col Milo Smith	26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith 30th Iowa 27th Missouri 76th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col James A. Williamson	4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 31st Iowa
	3rd Brigade Col Hugo Wangelin	3rd Missouri 12th Missouri 17th Missouri 29th Missouri 31st Missouri 32nd Missouri
	Artillery Maj Clemens Landgraeber	Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light 4th Ohio Light Battery
Second Division BG Morgan L. Smith	1st Brigade BG Giles A. Smith	55th Illinois (from June 16) 111th Illinois 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri 8th Missouri 57th Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG Joseph Lightburn	83rd Indiana 30th Ohio (from May 22) 37th Ohio (from May 10) 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio (from May 12) 54th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Francis De Gress	Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Battery B, 1st Illinois Light (until July 12) Battery H, 1st Illinois Light
Third Division BG John E. Smith	1st Brigade Col Jesse I. Alexander	63rd Illinois 48th Indiana 59th Indiana 4th Minnesota 18th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col Green B. Raum	13th Illinois (detachment) 56th Illinois 17th Iowa 10th Missouri 24th Missouri (one company) 80th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Charles L. Matthies Col Benjamin D. Dean Col Jabez Banbury	93rd Illinois 5th Iowa (until July 12): Col Jabez Banbury 10th Iowa 26th Missouri: Col Benjamin D. Dean
	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	26th Illinois 90th Illinois 12th Indiana 100th Indiana
	2nd Brigade BG Charles C. Walcutt	40th Illinois (from June 3) 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 6th Iowa 46th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col John M. Oliver	48th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 53rd Ohio (until May 12) 70th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Henry H. Griffiths Maj John T. Cheney	Battery F, 1st Illinois Light 1st Iowa Light Battery

XVI Corps

MG Grenville M. Dodge
Escort: 1st Alabama Cavalry; Company A, 52nd Illinois

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Second Division BG Thomas W. Sweeny	1st Brigade BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa
	2nd Brigade Col Patrick E. Burke (mw May 16) Ltc Robert N. Adams Col August Mersy	9th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Col August Mersy 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio: Ltc Robert N. Adams
	3rd Brigade Col Moses M. Bane Col Henry J.B. Cummings	7th Illinois (from July 9) 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa: Col Henry J.B. Cummings
	Artillery Cpt Frederick Welker	Battery B, 1st Michigan Light Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Battery I, 1st Missouri Light (until May 22)
Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch	1st Brigade BG John W. Fuller	64th Illinois 18th Missouri 27th Ohio 39th Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG John W. Sprague	35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col James H. Howe	25th Indiana 17th New York 32nd Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Jerome B. Burrows Cpt George Robinson	Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt George Robinson 14th Ohio Light Battery Battery F, 2nd U.S.

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Escort: Company M, 1st Ohio Cavalry; Company G, 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett	1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force	20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin (from July 10) 16th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col Robert K. Scott	20th Ohio 32nd Ohio (until July 10) 68th Ohio 78th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Adam G. Malloy	17th Wisconsin Worden's Battalion
	Artillery Cpt William S. Williams	Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Michigan Light 3rd Ohio Light Battery
Fourth Division BG Walter Q. Gresham	1st Brigade Col William L. Sanderson Col Benjamin F. Potts	32nd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies) 32nd Ohio (from July 10) 12th Wisconsin (until July 10)
	2nd Brigade Col George C. Rogers	14th Illinois 15th Illinois (until July 5) 41st Illinois (from July 5) 53rd Illinois
	3rd Brigade Col William Hall	11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa
	Artillery Cpt Edward Spear	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light 1st Minnesota Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light 10th Ohio Light Battery 15th Ohio Light Battery

Army of the Ohio (XXIII Corps)

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

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Alvin P. Hovey	1st Brigade Col Richard F. Barter	120th Indiana 124th Indiana 128th Indiana
	2nd Brigade Col John McQuiston Col Peter T. Swaine	123rd Indiana 129th Indiana 130th Indiana 99th Ohio (from June 22): Col Peter T. Swaine
	Artillery	23rd Indiana Light Battery 24th Indiana Light Battery
Second Division BG Henry M. Judah BG Milo S. Hascall	1st Brigade BG Nathaniel C. McLean BG Joseph A. Cooper	80th Indiana (until June 8) 91st Indiana (from June 4) 13th Kentucky (until June 8) 25th Michigan 45th Ohio (from June 8 until June 22) 3rd Tennessee 6th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade BG Milo S. Hascall Col John R. Bond Col William E. Hobson	107th Illinois 80th Indiana (from June 8) 13th Kentucky (from June 8): Col William E. Hobson 23rd Michigan 45th Ohio (from May 11 until June 8) 111th Ohio: Col John R. Bond 118th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Silas A. Strickland	14th Kentucky 20th Kentucky 27th Kentucky 50th Ohio: Col Silas A. Strickland
	Artillery Cpt Joseph C. Shields	22nd Indiana Light Battery (from June 29) Battery F, 1st Michigan Light 19th Ohio Light Battery
Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox Col James W. Reilly	1st Brigade Col James W. Reilly Col James W. Gault	112th Illinois (from May 11) 16th Kentucky: Col James W. Gault 100th Ohio 104th Ohio 8th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade BG Mahlon D. Manson (w May 14) Col John S. Hurt BG Milo S. Hascall Col John S. Casement Col Daniel Cameron	65th Illinois (from June 4): Col Daniel Cameron 63rd Indiana: Col Israel N. Stiles 65th Indiana 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hurt 103rd Ohio: Col John S. Casement 5th Tennessee (until June 5)
	3rd Brigade BG Nathaniel McLean Col Robert K. Byrd Col Israel N. Stiles	11th Kentucky 12th Kentucky 1st Tennessee: Col Robert K. Byrd 5th Tennessee
	Dismounted Cavalry Col Eugene Crittenden	16th Illinois Cavalry 12th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery Maj Henry W. Wells	15th Indiana Light Battery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light
Stoneman's Cavalry Division MG George Stoneman	1st Brigade Col James Biddle	16th Illinois Cavalry (until June 21) 5th Indiana Cavalry 6th Indiana Cavalry 12th Kentucky Cavalry (until June 21)
	2nd 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	24th Indiana Light Battery (from July 6)

Strengths

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

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	-	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

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