The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle (December 15–16, 1864). The Union force was a conglomerate of units from several different departments provisionally attached to George H. Thomas’ Department of the Cumberland. The IV Corps and the District of Etowah were permanently attached to the Department of the Cumberland while the Cavalry Corps had been attached to the Army of the Cumberland until October 1864 when it was transferred to the Military Division of the Mississippi. The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the Ohio and Smith’s Corps (formerly known as the Right Wing-XVI Corps) was detached from the Department of the Tennessee. Other brigades and regiments from the Army of the Tennessee which were unable to rejoin their respective commands were organized into the Provisional Division and attached to the District of the Etowah.
The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
- w = wounded
- mw= mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Cumberland
MG George H. Thomas, Commanding
Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
IV Corps
Main article: IV Corps (Union Army)
BG Thomas J. Wood
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and others |
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First Division
BG Nathan Kimball
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1st Brigade
Col Isaac M. Kirby
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- 21st Illinois: Cpt William H. Jamison
- 38th Illinois: Cpt Andrew M. Pollard
- 31st Indiana: Col John T. Smith
- 81st Indiana: Maj Edward G. Mathey
- 90th Ohio: Ltc Samuel N. Yeoman
- 101st Ohio: Ltc Bedan B. McDonald
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Walter C. Whitaker
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- 96th Illinois: Maj George Hicks
- 115th Illinois: Col Jesse Hale Moore
- 35th Indiana: Ltc Augustus G. Tassin
- 21st Kentucky: Ltc James C. Evans
- 23rd Kentucky: Ltc George W. Northup
- 45th Ohio: Ltc John H. Humphrey
- 51st Ohio: Ltc Charles H. Wood
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| 3rd Brigade
BG William Grose
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- 75th Illinois: Col John E. Bennett
- 80th Illinois: Cpt James Cunningham
- 84th Illinois: Ltc Charles H. Morton
- 9th Indiana: Col Isaac C. B. Suman
- 30th Indiana: Cpt Henry W. Lawton
- 36th Indiana (one company): Lt John P. Swisher
- 84th Indiana: Maj John C. Taylor
- 77th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas E. Rose
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Second Division
BG Washington Lafayette Elliott
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1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdycke
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- 36th Illinois: Maj Levi P. Holden
- 44th Illinois: Cpt Alonzo W. Clark
- 74th Illinois: Cpt Wilson Burroughs
- 74th-88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Smith
- 125th Ohio: Maj Joseph Bruff
- 24th Wisconsin: Cpt William Kennedy
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| 2nd Brigade
Col John Q. Lane
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- 100th Illinois: Ltc Charles M.Hammend
- 40th Indiana: Ltc Henry Leaming
- 57th Indiana: Ltc Willis Blanch (w), Maj John S. McGraw
- 28th Kentucky: Maj George W. Barth, Ltc J. Rowan Boone
- 26th Ohio: Cpt William Clark
- 97th Ohio: Ltc Milton Barnes (w), Cpt Clarkson C. Nichols
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Joseph Conrad
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- 42nd Illinois: Ltc Edgar D. Swain
- 51st Illinois: Cpt Albert M. Tilton
- 79th Illinois: Col Allen Buckner
- 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst
- 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert Carson Brown
- 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow Smith
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Third Division
BG Samuel Beatty
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1st Brigade
Col Abel D. Streight
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- 89th Illinois: Ltc William D. Williams
- 51st Indiana: Cpt William W. Scearce
- 8th Kansas: Ltc John Conover
- 15th Ohio: Col Frank Askew (w), Ltc John McClenahan
- 49th Ohio: Maj Luther M. Strong (w), Cpt Daniel Hartsough
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post (w)
Ltc Robert L. Kimberly
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- 59th Illinois: Maj James M. Stookey
- 41st Ohio: Ltc Robert L. Kimberly, Cpt Ezra Dunham
- 71st Ohio: Ltc James H. Hart (w), Cpt William H. McClure
- 93rd Ohio: Ltc Daniel Bowman
- 124th Ohio: Ltc James Pickands
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Knefler
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- 79th Indiana: Ltc George W. Parker
- 86th Indiana: Col George F. Dick
- 13th Ohio (four companies): Maj Joseph T. Snider
- 19th Ohio: Ltc Henry G. Stratton
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| Artillery
Maj Wilbur F. Goodspeed
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- 25th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Frederick C. Sturm
- Battery A, 1st Kentucky Light: Cpt Theodore S. Thomasson
- Battery E, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Peter De Vries
- Battery G, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Alexander Marshall
- 6th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt Aaron P. Baldwin
- Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Jacob Ziegler
- Battery M, 4th U.S. Light: Lt Samuel Canby
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XXIII Corps
Main article: XXIII Corps (Union Army)
MG John M. Schofield
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and others |
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Second Division
MG Darius N. Couch
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1st Brigade
BG Joseph A. Cooper
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- 130th Indiana: Col Charles S. Parrish
- 26th Kentucky: Col Cicero Maxwell
- 25th Michigan: Cpt Samuel L. Demarest
- 99th Ohio: Ltc John E. Cummins
- 3rd Tennessee: Col William Cross
- 6th Tennessee: Ltc Edward Maynard
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Orlando H. Moore
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- 107th Illinois: Cpt John W. Wood
- 80th Indiana: Ltc Alfred D. Owen
- 129th Indiana: Col Charles A. Zollinger
- 23rd Michigan: Col Oliver L. Spaulding
- 111th Ohio: Ltc Isaac R. Sherwood
- 118th Ohio: Maj Edgar Sowers
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| 3rd Brigade
Col John Mehringer
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- 91st Indiana: Ltc Charles H. Butterfield
- 123rd Indiana: Col John C. McQuiston
- 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie
- 183rd Ohio: Col George W. Hoge
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Third Division
BG Jacob D. Cox
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1st Brigade
Col Charles C. Doolittle
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- 12th Kentucky: Ltc Laurence H. Rousseau
- 16th Kentucky: Cpt Jacob Miller
- 100th Ohio: Ltc Edwin L. Hayes
- 104th Ohio: Col Oscar W. Sterl
- 8th Tennessee: Cpt James W. Berry
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| 2nd Brigade
Col John S. Casement
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- 65th Illinois: Ltc W. Scott Stewart
- 65th Indiana: Ltc John W. Hammond
- 124th Indiana: Col John M. Orr
- 103rd Ohio: Cpt Henry S. Pickands
- 5th Tennessee: Ltc Nathaniel Witt
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Israel N. Stiles
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- 112th Illinois: Maj Tristram T. Dow
- 63rd Indiana: Ltc Daniel Morris
- 120th Indiana: Maj John M. Barcus
- 128th Indiana: Ltc Jasper Packard
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| Artillery |
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- 15th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Alonzo D. Harvey
- 19th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Frank Wilson
- 23rd Battery, Indiana Light: Lt Aaron A. Wilber
- Battery D, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Giles J. Cockerill
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MG Andrew J. Smith
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and others |
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First Division
BG John McArthur
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1st Brigade
Col William L. McMillen
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- 114th Illinois: Cpt John M. Johnson
- 93rd Indiana: Col DeWitt C. Thomas, Cpt Charles A. Hubbard
- 10th Minnesota: Ltc Samuel P. Jennison (w), Cpt Edwin C. Sanders
- 72nd Ohio: Ltc Charles G. Eaton
- 95th Ohio: Ltc Jefferson Brumback
- Cogswell's Battery Illinois Light Artillery: Lt S. Hamilton McClaury
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Lucius F. Hubbard
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- 5th Minnesota: Ltc William B. Gere
- 9th Minnesota: Col Josiah F. Marsh
- 11th Missouri: Ltc Eli Bowyer (w), Maj Modesta J. Green
- 8th Wisconsin: Ltc William B. Britton
- 2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph R. Reed
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Sylvester G. Hill (k)
Col William R. Marshall
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- 12th Iowa: Ltc John H. Stibbs
- 35th Iowa: Maj William Dill, Cpt Abraham N. Snyder
- 7th Minnesota: Col William R. Marshall, Ltc George Bradley
- 33rd Missouri: Ltc William H. Heath
- Battery I, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Stephen H. Julian
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Second Division
BG Kenner Garrard
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1st Brigade
Col David Moore
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- 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney
- 122nd Illinois: Ltc James F. Drish
- 89th Indiana: Ltc Hervey Craven
- 21st Missouri: Ltc Edwin Moore
- 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Samuel G. Calfee
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| 2nd Brigade
Col James I. Gilbert
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- 58th Illinois: Maj Robert W. Healy
- 27th Iowa: Ltc Jed Lake
- 32nd Iowa: Ltc Gustavus A. Eberhart
- 10th Kansas (four companies): Cpt William C. Jones
- 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Edward H. Wolfe
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- 49th Illinois: Col Phineas Pease
- 117th Illinois: Ltc Jonathan Merriam
- 52nd Indiana: Ltc Zalmon S. Main
- 178th New York: Cpt John B. Gandolfo
- Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt John W. Lowell
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Third Division
Col Jonathan B. Moore
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1st Brigade
Col Lyman M. Ward
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- 72nd Illinois: Cpt James A. Sexton
- 40th Missouri: Col Samuel A. Holmes
- 14th Wisconsin: Maj Eddy F. Ferris
- 33rd Wisconsin: Ltc Frederick S. Lovell
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Leander Blanden
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- 81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers
- 95th Illinois: Ltc William Avery
- 44th Missouri: Ltc Andrew J. Barr
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| Artillery |
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- 14th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Francis W. Morse
- Battery A, 2nd Missouri Light: Lt John Zepp
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Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)
MG James B. Steedman
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and others |
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Provisional Division
BG Charles Cruft
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1st Brigade
Col Benjamin Harrison
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- 3 battalions detached from the XX Corps
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| 2nd Brigade [Army of the Tennessee]
Col Adam Gale Malloy
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- Consisted of men on detached duty from the Army of the Tennessee
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| 2nd Brigade
Col John G. Mitchell
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- Consisted of men on detached duty from the XIV Corps
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| 3rd Brigade
Ltc Charles H. Grosvenor
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- 68th Indiana: Ltc Harvey J. Espy
- 18th Ohio: Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor (k), Cpt John M. Benedict (w), Lt Charles Grant
- 2nd Battalion, XIV Army Corps, Cpt D. H. Henderson (w)
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| Artillery |
- 20th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Milton A. Osborne
- 18th Ohio Battery: Cpt Charles C. Aleshire
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U.S.C.T.
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1st Colored Brigade
Col Thomas J. Morgan
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- 14th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Henry C. Corbin
- 16th U.S. Colored Troops: Col William B. Gaw
- 17th U.S. Colored Troops: Col William R. Shafter
- 18th U.S. Colored Troops (battalion): Maj Lewis D. Joy
- 44th U.S. Colored Troops (battalion): Col Lewis Johnson
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| 2nd Colored Brigade
Col Charles R. Thompson
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- 12th U S. Colored Troops: Ltc William R. Sellon, Cpt Henry Hegner
- 13th U.S. Colored Troops: Col John A. Hottenstein
- 100th U.S. Colored Troops: Maj Collin Ford
- 1st Battery, Kansas Light Artillery: Cpt Marcus D. Tenney
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Post of Nashville
BG John F. Miller
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2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, XX Corps
Col Edwin C. Mason
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- 142nd Indiana: Col John M. Comparet
- 45th New York: Ltc Adolphus Dobke
- 176th Ohio: Ltc William B. Nesbitt
- 179th Ohio: Col Harley H. Sage
- 182nd Ohio: Col Lewis Butler
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| Unattached |
- 3rd Kentucky (part)
- 28th Michigan: Col William W. Wheeler
- 173rd Ohio: Col John R. Hurd
- 78th Pennsylvania (detachment): Maj Henry W. Torbett
- Veteran Reserve Corps: Col Frank P. Cahill
- 44th Wisconsin (battalion): Ltc Oliver C. Bissell
- 45th Wisconsin (battalion): --
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| Garrison Artillery
Maj John J. Ely
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- Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light: Lt Lyman A. White
- 2nd Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt James S. Whicher
- 4th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Benjamin F. Johnson
- 12th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt James E. White
- 21st Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Abram Piatt Andrew
- 22nd Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Edward W. Nicholson
- 24th Battery, Indiana Light: Lt Hiram Allen
- Battery F, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Byron D. Paddock
- Battery A, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Charles W. Scovill
- Battery E, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Frank B. Reckard
- 20th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt William Backus
- Battery C, 1st Tennessee Light: Lt Joseph Grigsby
- Battery D, 1st Tennessee Light: Cpt Samuel D. Leinart
- Battery A, 3rd U.S. Colored Light: Cpt Josiah V. Meigs
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| Quartermaster's Division
BG James L. Donaldson
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- Composed of quartermaster's employees
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Cavalry Corps
Main article: Cavalry Corps (Union Army) § Western Cavalry Corps
MG James H. Wilson
Escort:
- 4th United States: Lt. Joseph Hedges
| Division |
Brigade |
Regiments and others |
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1st Division
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1st Brigade
BG John T. Croxton
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- 8th Iowa: Col Joseph B. Dorr
- 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Col Robert M. Kelly
- 2nd Michigan: Ltc Benjamin Smith
- 1st Tennessee: Ltc Calvin M. Dyer
- Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt George I. Robinson
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| 2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky |
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5th Division
BG Edward Hatch
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1st Brigade
Col Robert R. Stewart
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- 3rd Illinois: Ltc Robert H. Carnahan
- 11th Indiana: Ltc Abram Sharra
- 12th Missouri: Col Oliver Wells
- 10th Tennessee: Maj William P. Story (mw), Maj James T. Abernathy
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Datus E. Coon
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- 6th Illinois: Ltc John Lynch
- 7th Illinois: Maj John M. Graham
- 9th Illinois: Cpt Joseph W. Harper
- 2nd Iowa: Maj Charles C. Horton
- 12th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George Spalding (w)
- Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Joseph A. McCartney
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6th Division
BG Richard W. Johnson
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1st Brigade
Col Thomas J. Harrison
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- 16th Illinois: Maj Charles H. Beeres
- 5th Iowa: Ltc Harlon Baird
- 7th Ohio: Col Israel Garrard
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| 2nd Brigade
Col James Biddle
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- 14th Illinois: Maj Haviland Tompkins
- 6th Indiana: Maj Jacob S. Stephens
- 8th Michigan: Col Elisha Mix
- 3rd Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Cunningham
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| Artillery |
- Battery I, 4th United States: Lt Frank G. Smith
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7th Division
BG Joseph F. Knipe
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1st Brigade
BG John H. Hammond
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- 9th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson
- 10th Indiana: Ltc Benjamin Q. A. Gresham
- 19th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
- 2nd Tennessee: Ltc William R. Cook
- 4th Tennessee: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson
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- 12th Indiana: Col Edward Anderson
- 13th Indiana: Ltc William T. Pepper
- 6th Tennessee: Col Fielding Hurst
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| Artillery |
- 14th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt William C. Myers
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Mississippi River Squadron
10th District
Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch
| Class |
Vessel |
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River monitor
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U.S.S. Neosho
Lieutenant Samuel Howard
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Ironclad
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U.S.S. Carondelet
Acting Master Charles W. Miller
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Tinclad
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U.S.S. Silver Lake
Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle
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U.S.S. Brilliant
Lieutenant Charles Perking
Acting Master John H. Rice
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U.S.S. Reindeer
Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford
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U.S.S. Moose
Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch
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U.S.S. Fairplay
Acting Master George J. Groves
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U.S.S. Springfield
Acting Master Edmond Morgan
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