Battle of Atlanta order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Military Division of the Mississippi

See main article: Military Division of the Mississippi. MG William T. Sherman

Army of the Tennessee

See main article: Army of the Tennessee. MG James B. McPherson (k)
MG John A. Logan

XV Corps

See main article: XV Corps (Union Army). MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith

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First Division
BG Charles R. Woods
1st Brigade
Col Milo Smith
  • 26th Iowa
  • 30th Iowa
  • 76th Ohio
2nd Brigade
Col James A. Williamson
  • 4th Iowa
  • 9th Iowa
  • 25th Iowa
  • 31st Iowa
3rd Brigade
Col Hugo A. von Wangelin (w)
  • 3rd Missouri
  • 12th Missouri
  • 17th Missouri
  • 31st Missouri
  • 32nd Missouri
Artillery
Maj Clemens Landgraeber
  • Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
  • 4th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
Second Division
BG Morgan L. Smith
BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn
1st Brigade
Col James S. Martin
  • 55th Illinois
  • 111th Illinois
  • 116th Illinois
  • 6th Missouri
  • 8th Missouri
2nd Brigade
BG Joseph Lightburn
Col Wells S. Jones
  • 83rd Indiana
  • 30th Ohio
  • 37th Ohio
  • 47th Ohio
  • 53rd Ohio
  • 54th Ohio
Artillery
Cpt Francis DeGress
  • Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Fourth Division
BG William Harrow
1st Brigade
Col Reuben Williams
  • 26th Illinois
  • 90th Illinois
  • 100th Illinois
  • 12th Indiana
2nd Brigade
Col Charles C. Walcutt
  • 40th Illinois
  • 103rd Illinois
  • 97th Indiana
  • 6th Iowa
  • 46th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Col John M. Oliver
Artillery
Cpt Henry H. Griffiths

XVI Corps (left wing)

See main article: XVI Corps (Union Army). MG Grenville M. Dodge

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Second Division
BG Thomas W. Sweeny
1st Brigade
BG Elliott W. Rice
2nd Brigade
Col August Mersey (w)
Ltc Robert N. Adams
  • 9th Illinois (Mounted)
  • 12th Illinois
  • 66th Illinois
  • 81st Ohio
3rd Brigade
BG William Vandever
(garrison duty at Rome)
  • 7th Illinois[1]
  • 50th Illinois
  • 57th Illinois
  • 39th Iowa
Artillery
Cpt Frederick Welker
Fourth Division
BG John W. Fuller
1st Brigade
Col John Morrill
  • 64th Illinois
  • 18th Missouri
  • 27th Ohio
  • 39th Ohio
2nd Brigade
Col John W. Sprague
(engaged at Decatur)
  • 35th New Jersey
  • 43rd Ohio
  • 63rd Ohio
  • 25th Wisconsin
Artillery
Cpt Jerome B. Burrows
  • Battery C, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
  • Battery F, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery

XVII Corps

See main article: XVII Corps (Union Army). MG Francis P. Blair Jr.

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Third Division
BG Mortimer D. Leggett
1st Brigade
BG Manning F. Force (w)
Col George E. Bryant
  • 20th Illinois
  • 30th Illinois
  • 31st Illinois
  • 12th Wisconsin
  • 16th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
Col Robert K. Scott (w)
Ltc Greenbury F. Wiles
  • 20th Ohio
  • 68th Ohio
  • 78th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Col Adam G. Malloy
  • 17th Wisconsin
  • Worden's Battalion
    • Detachment, 14th Wisconsin
        • Detachment, 81st Illinois Detachment, 95th Illinois
Artillery
Cpt William S. Williams
  • Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
  • 3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
Fourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith
1st Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Potts
2nd Brigade
Col John A. Logan
(on garrison duty in northern Georgia)
  • 14th Illinois[2]
  • 15th Illinois
  • 41st Illinois
3rd Brigade
Col William Hall
  • 11th Iowa
  • 13th Iowa
  • 15th Iowa
  • 16th Iowa
Artillery
Cpt Edward Spear

References

Notes and References

  1. Non-veterans mustered out July 29, 1864.
  2. Consolidated with 15th Illinois January 7, 1864.