Battle of Franklin (1863) order of battle

The following Union and Confederate army units and commanders fought in the battle of Franklin on April 10, 1863. Organization is compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War.

For the battle of Franklin fought on November 30, 1864 see: Battle of Franklin (1864) Union order of battle and Battle of Franklin (1864) Confederate order of battle.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Union

Army of Kentucky

MG Gordon Granger[1]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Baird's Division
     BG Absalom Baird[2]

1st Brigade


   Col John Coburn[3]

  • 33rd Indiana
  • 85th Indiana
  • 19th Michigan
  • 18th Kentucky
  • 22nd Wisconsin
  • 9th Ohio Battery
2nd Brigade


   Col Smith D. Atkins

  • 92nd Illinois
  • 96th Illinois
  • 115th Illinois
  • 84th Indiana
  • 40th Ohio: Cpt Charles G. Matchett
  • 18th Ohio Battery
3rd Brigade


   Col William P. Reid

  • 78th Illinois: William H. Bennison[4]
  • 98th Ohio: Ltc John S. Pearce
  • 113th Ohio: Ltc Darius Warner
  • 121st Ohio: Ltc Henry B. Banning
  • 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery M
4th Brigade


   BG George Crook

  • 11th Ohio
  • 26th Ohio
  • 89th Ohio
  • 92nd Ohio
  • 18th Kentucky
  • 21st Indiana
Unattached
  • 124th Ohio
  • 125th Ohio

Gilbert's Division
     BG Charles C. Gilbert[5]

Not brigaded
  • 78th Illinois[6]
  • Further composition unknown

1st Cavalry Division
     BG David S. Stanley[7]

1st Brigade


   Ltc William B. Sipes[8]

  • 4th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt James B. McIntire
  • 4th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Josiah B. Parke
  • 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc William B. Sipes
  • 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Galbraith
  • 1st Ohio Battery: Lt Newell
2nd Brigade


   Ltc Oliver P. Robie

  • 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Robert Klein
  • 3rd Ohio Cavalry
  • 4th Ohio Cavalry
3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel M. Ray[9]

  • 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry
  • 4th Indiana Cavalry

Attached cavalry

4th Cavalry Brigade (Dept. of the Cumberland)


   BG Green Clay Smith

  • 2nd Michigan Cavalry
  • 6th Kentucky Cavalry: Col Louis D. Watkins
  • 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Thomas J. Jordan
  • 4th Kentucky Cavalry

Confederate

Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee

MG Earl Van Dorn[10]

Brigade Regiments and Other
First Brigade

   BG Frank Armstrong

  • 3rd Arkansas Cavalry
  • 4th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry
  • Sanders’ Battalion
  • Escort (James H. Polk’s Company)
Second Brigade

   Col Starnes

  • 3rd Tennessee Cavalry
  • 9th Tennessee Cavalry
  • Escort (Detachment, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry)
Unattached
  • Freeman’s Battery
  • Forrest’s escort

Reference

  1. Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Major General Gordon Granger, U.S. Army, commanding Army of Kentucky". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 222. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  2. Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company. p. 450.
  3. Col John Coburn and all field officers were taken prisoner at the Battle of Thompson's Station and the remnants likewise captured at the Battle of Brentwood.
  4. Reece, Jasper (1901). "Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois". archive.org. Phillips Bros., State Printers. pp. 3 and 23. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  5. Cullum's Register
  6. Civil War Archive
  7. Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Report of Major General David S. Stanley, U.S. Army, commanding cavalry". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 234. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  8. Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Lieut. Col. William B. Sipes, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanding Second Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 236. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  9. Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 238. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  10. Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 239. Retrieved June 29, 2014.