Atlanta Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) of the American Civil War.

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Military Rank

Other

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG William T. Sherman

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson (k)
MG John A. Logan

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade

Col Milo Smith

2nd Brigade

Col James A. Williamson

3rd Brigade

Col Hugo A. von Wangelin (w)

  • 3rd Missouri
  • 12th Missouri
  • 17th Missouri
  • 31st Missouri
  • 32nd Missouri
Artillery

Maj Clemens Landgrauber

Second Division
BG Morgan L. Smith
BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn

1st Brigade

Col James S. Martin

2nd Brigade

BG Joseph Lightburn
Col Wells S. Jones

Artillery

Cpt Francis DeGress

Fourth Division
BG William Harrow

1st Brigade

Col Reuben Williams

2nd Brigade

Col Charles C. Walcutt

3rd Brigade

Col John M. Oliver

Artillery

Cpt Henry H. Griffiths

XVI Corps (Left Wing)

MG Grenville M. Dodge

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
BG Thomas W. Sweeny

1st Brigade

BG Elliott W. Rice

2nd Brigade

Col August Mersy (w)
Ltc Robert N. Adams

3rd Brigade

Col Henry J. B. Cummings
(garrison duty at Rome)

Artillery

Cpt Frederick Welker

  • Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery

Fourth Division
BG John W. Fuller

1st Brigade

Col John Morrill

2nd Brigade

Col John W. Sprague
(engaged at Decatur)

Artillery

Cpt Jerome B. Burrows

  • Battery C, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
  • Battery F, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
BG Mortimer D. Leggett

1st Brigade

BG Manning F. Force

2nd Brigade

Col Robert K. Scott (w)
Ltc Greenbury F. Wiles

3rd Brigade

Col Adam G. Malloy

  • 17th Wisconsin
  • 14th Wisconsin
  • Worden's Battalion
Artillery

Cpt William S. Williams

Fourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith

1st Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Potts

2nd Brigade

Col John Logan
(on garrison duty in northern Georgia)

3nd Brigade

Col William Hall

Artillery

Cpt Edward Spear

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