Atlanta campaign Union order of battle, second phase 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 second phase of the campaign, July 17 – September 8, 1864. The period May 1 – July 17, 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 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
MG David S. Stanley

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division MG David S. Stanley BG William Grose BG Nathan Kimball	1st Brigade Col Isaac M. Kirby	21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana 81st Indiana 90th Ohio 101st Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Jacob E. Taylor	59th Illinois (from August 16 to August 19) 96th Illinois 115th Illinois 35th Indiana 84th Indiana (until August 19) 21st Kentucky 23rd Kentucky (from August 19) 40th Ohio 45th Ohio 51st Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG William Grose Col Sidney Post Col John Bennett	59th Illinois (until August 16) 75th Illinois 80th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 84th Indiana (from August 19) 77th Pennsylvania
Second Division BG John Newton	1st Brigade BG Nathan Kimball Col Emerson Opdycke	36th Illinois 44th Illinois 73rd Illinois 74th Illinois 88th Illinois 2nd Missouri 15th Missouri 24th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col John Blake BG George D. Wagner	100th Illinois 40th Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky 26th Ohio 97th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Luther P. Bradley	27th Illinois (until August 25) 42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky 64th Ohio 65th Ohio 125th Ohio
Third Division BG Thomas J. Wood (w September 2) Col Sidney Post	1st Brigade Col William H. Gibson Col Charles Hotchkiss	25th Illinois (until August 1) 35th Illinois (until August 25) 89th Illinois 32nd Indiana (until August 2) 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio 15th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG William B. Hazen Col Oliver Payne Col Sidney Post	59th Illinois (from August 19) 6th Indiana (until August 19) 5th Kentucky (until July 25) 6th Kentucky (until August 9) 23rd Kentucky (until August 19) 1st Ohio 41st Ohio 71st Ohio (from August 31) 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Frederick Knefler	79th Indiana 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky 17th Kentucky 13th Ohio 19th Ohio 59th Ohio
Corps Artillery Brigade Maj Thomas Osborn Cpt Lyman Bridges	Cpt Theodore Thomasson Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed Cpt Cullen Bradley	Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Bridges' Illinois Light Battery 5th Indiana Light Battery Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Battery M, 1st Ohio Light (from July 26) 6th Ohio Light Battery Battery B, Pennsylvania Light

XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer
BG Richard W. Johnson
BG Jefferson C. Davis

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Richard W. Johnson BG John H. King BG William P. Carlin	1st Brigade Col Anson G. McCook BG William P. Carlin Col Marion Taylor	104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky 2nd Ohio 33rd Ohio 94th Ohio 10th Wisconsin 21st Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG John H. King Maj John Edie	11th Michigan 1st Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry 2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry 16th U.S. Infantry (4 companies) 1st Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry 2nd Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry 19th U.S. Infantry (5 companies)
	3rd Brigade Col Marshall Moore	37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 69th Ohio 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania 1st Wisconsin
Second Division BG Jefferson C. Davis BG James D. Morgan	1st Brigade BG James D. Morgan Col Charles Lum	10th Illinois (until August 20) 16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan 14th Michigan 17th New York (from August 20)
	2nd Brigade Col John G. Mitchell	34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Caleb J. Dilworth (w September 1) Ltc James Langley	85th Illinois 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois 22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio
Third Division BG Absalom Baird	1st Brigade Col Moses Walker	82nd Indiana 23rd Missouri 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Newell Gleason	75th Indiana 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 35th Ohio (until August 3) 105th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col George P. Este	10th Indiana 74th Indiana 10th Kentucky 18th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio
Corps Artillery Brigade Maj Charles Houghtaling	Cpt Lucius Drury Cpt Charles Barnett Cpt George Estep	Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery 7th Indiana Light Battery 19th Indiana Light Battery 20th Indiana Light Battery (from August 14) 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment) Battery I, 1st Ohio (until August 14) 5th Wisconsin Light Battery

XX Corps

MG Joseph Hooker
BG Alpheus S. Williams
MG Henry Slocum

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams BG Joseph F. Knipe	1st Brigade BG Joseph F. Knipe Col Warren Packer	5th Connecticut 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 Col Horace Broughton	82nd Illinois 101st Illinois 143rd New York 61st Ohio 82nd Ohio 31st Wisconsin
Second Division BG John W. Geary	1st Brigade Col Charles Candy Col Ario Pardee Jr.	5th Ohio 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania: Col Ario Pardee
	2nd Brigade Col Patrick Henry Jones Col George W. Mindil	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	102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois 70th Indiana 79th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col John Coburn	33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col James Wood	20th Connecticut 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio 73rd Ohio 26th Wisconsin
Corps Artillery Brigade Maj John A. Reynolds	Cpt John D. Woodbury Cpt Charles Aleshire Cpt Marco B. Gary	Battery I, 1st Michigan Light Battery I, 1st New York Light Battery M, 1st New York Light 13th New York Light Battery Battery C, 1st Ohio Light Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Battery K, 5th United States (from August 25)
Unattached Units	Reserve Brigade Col Heber Le Favour	9th Michigan 22nd Michigan
	Pontooniers Col George P. Buell	58th Indiana
	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 Col John T. Croxton Ltc James Brownlow	8th Iowa Cavalry 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 1st Tennessee Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Ltc Horace Lamson Ltc William Torrey (w July 30)	2nd Indiana Cavalry 4th Indiana Cavalry 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col John Faulkner Col Louis Watkins	4th Kentucky Cavalry 6th Kentucky Cavalry 7th Kentucky Cavalry
	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 (w August 20) Col Beroth Eggleston	1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd (Lightning) Brigade Col Abram Miller	98th Illinois Mounted Infantry 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry
	Artillery	Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Third Division BG Judson Kilpatrick	1st Brigade Ltc Robert Klein	3rd Indiana Cavalry (four companies) 5th Iowa Cavalry (from July 27)
	2nd Brigade Maj Thomas Sanderson Ltc Fielder Jones	8th Indiana Cavalry (from July 27) 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (from July 27) 10th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Eli Murray	92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery

Army of the Tennessee

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

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division BG Charles R. Woods MG Peter J. Osterhaus	1st Brigade Col Milo Smith BG Charles R. Woods	26th Iowa 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 BG Joseph Lightburn BG William Hazen	1st Brigade BG Giles A. Smith Col James Martin Col Theodore Jones	55th Illinois 111th Illinois (until August 4) 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri Company K, 8th Missouri 30th Ohio (from August 4) 57th Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG Joseph Lightburn (w August 24) Col Wells Jones	83rd Indiana 30th Ohio (until August 4) 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Francis De Gress	Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Illinois Light
Third Division BG John E. Smith	1st Brigade Col Jesse I. Alexander Col Joseph McCown	63rd Illinois 93rd Illinois (from mid-August) 48th Indiana 59th Indiana 4th Minnesota 18th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col Green B. Raum	13th Illinois (detachment) 56th Illinois 10th Iowa (from mid-August) 17th Iowa 10th Missouri 24th Missouri (one company) 26th Missouri (from mid-August) 80th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Jabez Banbury Col Benjamin Dean	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	26th Illinois 48th Illinois (from August 4) 90th Illinois 12th Indiana 99th Indiana (from August 4) 100th Indiana (until August 4) 15th Michigan (from August 4) 70th Ohio (from August 4)
	2nd Brigade BG Charles C. Walcutt	40th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 100th Indiana (from August 4) 6th Iowa 46th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col John M. Oliver	48th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio
	Artillery Maj John T. Cheney Cpt Henry Griffiths Cpt Josiah Burton	Battery F, 1st Illinois Light 1st Iowa Light Battery

XVI Corps

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

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Second Division BG Thomas W. Sweeny BG Elliott W. Rice BG John M. Corse	1st Brigade BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa
	2nd Brigade Col August Mersy Col Robert Adams	9th Illinois Mounted Infantry 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Henry J. B. Cummings Col Richard Rowett	7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa
	Artillery Cpt Frederick Welker	Battery B, 1st Michigan Light Battery H, 1st Missouri Light
Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch BG John W. Fuller BG Thomas E. G. Ransom	1st Brigade BG John W. Fuller Col John Morill (w July 22) Ltc Henry McDowell	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 Col William Grower Col John Tillson	10th Illinois (from August 20) 25th Indiana 17th New York Veteran (until August 20) 32nd Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt George Robinson	Battery C, 1st Michigan Light 14th Ohio Light Battery Battery F, 2nd United States

XVII Corps

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

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett	1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force (w July 22) Col George Bryant	20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col Robert K. Scott Ltc Greenberry Wiles	20th Ohio 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 (w July 20) Col William Hall BG Giles A. Smith	1st Brigade Col Benjamin Potts	53rd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies) 32nd Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col John Logan	14th and 15th Illinois 32nd Illinois 41st Illinois (two companies)
	3rd Brigade Col William Hall Col John Shane BG William W. Belknap	11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa
	Artillery Cpt Edward Spear	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light 1st Minnesota Light Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light 10th Ohio Light Battery 15th Ohio Light Battery

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	91st Indiana (until August 11) 130th Indiana (from August 11) 14th Kentucky (from August 11) 25th Michigan 99th Ohio (from August 11) 3rd Tennessee 6th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade Col William E. Hobson Col John R. Bond	107th Illinois 80th Indiana 129th Indiana (from August 11) 13th Kentucky 23rd Michigan 111th Ohio 118th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Silas A. Strickland	91st Indiana (from August 11) 123rd Indiana (from August 11) 14th Kentucky (until August 11) 20th Kentucky 27th Kentucky 50th Ohio
	4th Brigade Col Peter T. Swaine	123rd Indiana 129th Indiana 130th Indiana 99th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Joseph C. Shields	22nd Indiana Light Battery Battery F, 1st Michigan Light 19th Ohio Light Battery
Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox	1st Brigade BG James W. Reilly	112th Illinois (until August 11) 11th Kentucky (from August 11) 12th Kentucky (from August 11) 16th Kentucky 100th Ohio 104th Ohio 8th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade Col Daniel Cameron Col John Casement	65th Illinois 63rd Indiana (until August 11) 65th Indiana 124th Indiana (from August 11) 24th Kentucky 103rd Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Israel Stiles	112th Illinois (from August 11) 63rd Indiana (from August 11) 120th Indiana (from August 11) 128th Indiana (from August 11) 11th Kentucky 12th Kentucky 1st Tennessee (until August 11) 5th Tennessee (until August 11)
	4th Brigade Col Richard F. Barter	120th Indiana 124th Indiana 128th Indiana
	Dismounted Cavalry Col Eugene Crittenden	16th Illinois Cavalry 12th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery Maj Henry W. Wells	15th Indiana Light Battery 23rd Indiana Light Battery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light
Stoneman's Cavalry Division MG George Stoneman Col Horace Capron	1st Brigade Col Israel Garrard	9th Michigan Cavalry 7th Ohio Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col James Biddle Col Thomas H. 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	24th Indiana Light Battery
Cavalry Division Col Israel Garrard	Mounted Brigade Col George Acker Col William Hamilton	9th Michigan Cavalry 7th Ohio Cavalry McLaughlin's Ohio Squadron 24th Indiana Light Battery
Cavalry Division Col Israel Garrard	Dismounted Brigade Col Horace Capron	14th Illinois Cavalry 16th Illinois Cavalry 5th Indiana Cavalry 6th Indiana Cavalry 12th Kentucky Cavalry

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	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

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