Atlanta Campaign 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.[1]
This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - June 27, 1864. For the engagement on July 22, 1864 see: Atlanta Union order of battle
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
Union Army
Military Division of the Mississippi
MG William T. Sherman
Army of the Cumberland
IV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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XIV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Second Division
|
1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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XX Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| Artillery
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Second Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Unattached Units
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Reserve Brigade
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| Pontooniers
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| Siege Artillery | ||
Army of the Tennessee
XV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
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1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Second Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division[16]
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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| Cavalry
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Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade | ||
| 3rd Brigade[21]
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| Artillery
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XVI Corps
MG Grenville M. Dodge (w)
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade | |
| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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XVII Corps
MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 1st Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Army of the Ohio
MG John M. Schofield
XXIII Corps
MG John M. Schofield
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| Artillery | ||
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Second Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Dismounted Cavalry
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| Artillery
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Cavalry Corps
BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Second Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery | ||
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery | ||
Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXVIII, Part 1, pages 89-114
- ↑ Mustered out June 18, 1864.
- ↑ Mustered out June 19, 1864.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out August 13, 1864.
- ↑ Mustered out July 7, 1864; veterans and recruits transferred to the 42nd Illinois Infantry.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 1864.
- ↑ Mustered out June 23, 1864.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out June 21, 1864.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 22, 1864.
- ↑ The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), O.R. 203, Col. Francis H. West, Thirty–first Wisconsin Infantry pp 111-112.
- ↑ Mustered out on July 11, 1864; veterans and recruits were transferred to the 50th Ohio Infantry.
- ↑ Mustered out May 23, 1864; veterans and recruits transferred to the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 12, 1864; consolidated with 102nd New York Infantry July 12, 1864.
- ↑ Mustered out June 3, 1864; 75 soldiers whose enlistments had not expired were assigned to the 18th Ohio Infantry.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out June 30, 1864.
- ↑ Assigned railroad and rear guard duty mainly in the Cartersville, Ga. area
- ↑ transferred to Dept of the Cumberland July 12
- ↑ from Aug 4, 1864.
- ↑ Transferred to 2nd Brigade Aug 4.
- ↑ Joined June 3.
- ↑ Brigade dissolved Aug 4. Regiments transferred to 1st Brigade.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out August 28, 1864.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 27, 1864.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 1, 1864; newer recruits consolidated with the 15th Illinois.
- ↑ Non-veterans mustered out July 1, 1864.
- ↑ 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864.
- ↑ 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864.
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008. ISBN 978-0-7006-1569-8