Franklin II Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

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[edit] Abbreviations Used

[edit] Military Rank

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Union army

MG John M. Schofield

[edit] IV Corps

MG David S. Stanley

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Nathan Kimball

1st Brigade


   Col Isaac M. Kirby

  • 21st Illinois
  • 38th Illinois
  • 31st Indiana
  • 81st Indiana
  • 90th Ohio
  • 101st Ohio
2nd Brigade


   BG Walter C. Whittaker

  • 96th Illinois
  • 115th Illinois
  • 35th Indiana
  • 21st Kentucky
  • 23rd Kentucky
  • 40th Ohio
  • 45th Ohio
  • 51st Ohio
3rd Brigade


   BG William Grose

  • 75th Illinois
  • 80th Illinois
  • 84th Illinois
  • 9th Indiana
  • 30th Indiana
  • 36th Indiana
  • 84th Indiana
  • 77th Pennsylvania

Second Division
     BG George D. Wagner

1st Brigade


   Col Emerson Opdycke

  • 36th Illinois
  • 44th Illinois
  • 73rd Illinois
  • 74th/88th Illinois
  • 125th Ohio
  • 24th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


   Col John Q. Lane

  • 100th Illinois
  • 40th Indiana
  • 57th Indiana
  • 28th Kentucky
  • 26th Ohio
  • 97th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col. Joseph Conrad

  • 42nd Illinois
  • 51st Illinois
  • 79th Illinois
  • 15h Missouri
  • 64th Ohio
  • 65th Ohio

Third Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood (not engaged)

1st Brigade


   Col Abel D. Streight

  • 89th Illinois
  • 51st Indiana
  • 8th Kansas
  • 15th Ohio
  • 49th Ohio
2nd Brigade


   Col P. Sidney Post

  • 59th Illinois
  • 41st Ohio
  • 71st Ohio
  • 93rd Ohio
  • 124th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col Frederick Knefler

  • 79th Indiana
  • 86th Indiana
  • 13th Ohio
  • 19th Ohio
Artillery


   Cpt Lyman Bridges

  • Bridges Illinois Battery
  • 1st Kentucky Battery
  • Battery A, 1st Ohio Light
  • Battery G, 1st Ohio Light
  • 6th Ohio Battery
  • Battery A, 20th Ohio Light
  • Battery B, Pennsylvania Light
  • Battery M, 4th U.S.

[edit] XXIII Corps

BG Jacob D. Cox (Schofield was the designated corps commander but assigned temporary command of the corps to Cox during the battle)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Thomas H. Ruger

2nd Brigade


   Col Orlando H. Moore

  • 107th Illinois
  • 80th Indiana
  • 129th Indiana
  • 23rd Michigan
  • 24th Missouri
  • 111th Ohio
  • 118th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col Silas Strickland

  • 72nd Illinois
  • 44th Missouri
  • 50th Ohio
  • 183rd Ohio

Third Division
     BG James A. Reilly (Reilly was given temporary division command during the battle while Cox was assigned to command the corps)

1st Brigade


   BG James A. Reilly

  • 12th Kentucky
  • 16th Kentucky
  • 100th Ohio
  • 104th Ohio
  • 175th Ohio (Unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve)
  • 8th Tennessee
2nd Brigade


   Col John S. Casement

  • 65th Illinois
  • 65th Indiana
  • 124th Indiana
  • 103rd Ohio (Guarding wagons at the bridge)
  • 5th Tennessee
3rd Brigade


   Col Israel N. Stiles

  • 112th Illinois
  • 63rd Indiana
  • 120th Indiana
  • 128th Indiana
1st Ohio Battery D (at Fort Granger)

[edit] Cavalry Corps

MG James H. Wilson
Escort:

4th U.S. Cavalry
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
    

1st Brigade


   BG John T. Croxton

  • 8th Iowa Cavalry
  • 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  • 2nd Michigan Cavalry
  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry

Fifth Division
     BG Edward Hatch

1st Brigade


   Col Robert R. Stewart

  • 3rd Illinois Cavalry
  • 11th Indiana Cavalry
  • 12th Missouri Cavalry (at Brentwood)
  • 10th Tennessee Cavalry (at Brentwood)
2nd Brigade


   Col Datus E. Coon

  • 2nd Iowa Cavalry
  • 6th Illinois Cavalry
  • 7th Illinois Cavalry
  • 9th Illinois Cavalry
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry

Sixth Division
     BG Richard W. Johnson

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas J. Harrison

  • 16th Illinois Cavalry
  • 5th Iowa Cavalry
  • 7th Ohio Cavalry
2nd Brigade


   Col James Biddle

  • 14th Illinois Cavalry
  • 6th Indiana Cavalry
  • 8th Michigan Cavalry
  • 3rd Tennessee

Seventh Division (at Brentwood)
     BG Joseph F. Knipe

1st Brigade


   Bvt. BG John H. Hammond

  • 9th Indiana Cavalry
  • 10th Indiana Cavalry
  • 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry
  • 2nd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 4th Tennessee Cavalry
2nd Brigade (dismounted)


   Col M. L. Johnson

  • 12th Indiana Cavalry
  • 13th Indiana Cavalry
  • 6th Tennessee Cavalry

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