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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.

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

  • 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

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

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
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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