Battle of Nashville order of battle: Union explained

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^[1] during the battle (December 15–16, 1864).^[2] 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^[3] 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.^[4] The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the Ohio^[5] and Smith’s Corps (formerly known as the Right Wing-XVI Corps)^[6] was detached from the Department of the Tennessee.^[7] 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

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw= mortally wounded
• k = killed

Army of the Cumberland

See main article: Army of the Cumberland. MG George H. Thomas, Commanding

Headquarters

• Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple

IV Corps

See main article: IV Corps (Union Army). BG Thomas J. Wood

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division     BG Nathan Kimball	1st Brigade   Col Isaac M. Kirby	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
	2nd Brigade   BG Walter C. Whitaker	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
	3rd Brigade   BG William Grose	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
Second Division     BG Washington Lafayette Elliott	1st Brigade   Col Emerson Opdycke	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
	2nd Brigade   Col John Q. Lane	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
	3rd Brigade   Col Joseph Conrad	42nd Illinois: Ltc Edgar D. Swain 51st Illinois: Cpt Albert M. Tilton 79th Illinois:^[8] Col Allen Buckner 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert Carson Brown 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow Smith
Third Division     BG Samuel Beatty	1st Brigade   Col Abel D. Streight	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
	2nd Brigade   Col Philip S. Post (w)   Ltc Robert L. Kimberly	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
	3rd Brigade   Col Frederick Knefler	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
Artillery   Maj Wilbur F. Goodspeed		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

XXIII Corps

See main article: XXIII Corps (Union Army). MG John M. Schofield

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Second Division     MG Darius N. Couch	1st Brigade   BG Joseph A. Cooper	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
	2nd Brigade   Col Orlando H. Moore	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
	3rd Brigade   Col John Mehringer	91st Indiana: Ltc Charles H. Butterfield 123rd Indiana: Col John C. McQuiston 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie 183rd Ohio: Col George W. Hoge
Third Division     BG Jacob D. Cox	1st Brigade   Col Charles C. Doolittle	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
	2nd Brigade   Col John S. Casement	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
	3rd Brigade   Col Israel N. Stiles	112th Illinois: Maj Tristram T. Dow 63rd Indiana: Ltc Daniel Morris 120th Indiana: Maj John M. Barcus 128th Indiana: Ltc Jasper Packard
Artillery		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

Detachment, Army of the Tennessee

MG Andrew J. Smith^[9]

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First Division     BG John McArthur	1st Brigade   Col William L. McMillen	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
	2nd Brigade   Col Lucius F. Hubbard	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
	3rd Brigade   Col Sylvester G. Hill (k)   Col William R. Marshall	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
Second Division   BG Kenner Garrard	1st Brigade   Col David Moore	119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney 122nd Illinois: Ltc James F. Drish 89th Indiana: Ltc Hervey Craven 21st Missouri:^[10] Ltc Edwin Moore 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Samuel G. Calfee
	2nd Brigade   Col James I. Gilbert	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
	3rd Brigade   Col Edward H. Wolfe	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^[11]
Third Division   Col Jonathan B. Moore	1st Brigade   Col Lyman M. Ward	72nd Illinois: Cpt James A. Sexton 40th Missouri: Col Samuel A. Holmes 14th Wisconsin: Maj Eddy F. Ferris 33rd Wisconsin: Ltc Frederick S. Lovell
	2nd Brigade   Col Leander Blanden	81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers 95th Illinois: Ltc William Avery 44th Missouri: Ltc Andrew J. Barr
Artillery		14th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Francis W. Morse Battery A, 2nd Missouri Light: Lt John Zepp

Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)

MG James B. Steedman

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Provisional Division^[12]     BG Charles Cruft	1st Brigade   Col Benjamin Harrison	3 battalions detached from the XX Corps
	2nd Brigade [Army of the Tennessee]^[13]   Col Adam Gale Malloy	Consisted of men on detached duty from the XVII Corps
	2nd Brigade   Col John G. Mitchell	Consisted of men on detached duty from the XIV Corps
	3rd Brigade   Ltc Charles H. Grosvenor	68th Indiana:^[14] Ltc Harvey J. Espy 18th Ohio:^[15] Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor (k), Cpt John M. Benedict (w), Lt Charles Grant 2nd Battalion, XIV Army Corps, Cpt D. H. Henderson (w)
	Artillery	20th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Milton A. Osborne 18th Ohio Battery: Cpt Charles C. Aleshire
U.S.C.T.^[16]	1st Colored Brigade   Col Thomas J. Morgan	14th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Henry C. Corbin 16th U.S. Colored Troops:^[17] 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
	2nd Colored Brigade   Col Charles R. Thompson	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
Post of Nashville     BG John F. Miller	2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, XX Corps   Col Edwin C. Mason	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
	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): --
	Garrison Artillery   Maj John J. Ely	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
	Quartermaster's Division   BG James L. Donaldson	Composed of quartermaster's employees

Cavalry Corps

MG James H. Wilson

Escort:

• 4th United States: Lt. Joseph Hedges

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1st Division^[18]	1st Brigade   BG John T. Croxton	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
	2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky
5th Division     BG Edward Hatch	1st Brigade   Col Robert R. Stewart	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
	2nd Brigade   Col Datus E. Coon	6th Illinois: Ltc John Lynch^[19] 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
6th Division     BG Richard W. Johnson	1st Brigade   Col Thomas J. Harrison	16th Illinois: Maj Charles H. Beeres 5th Iowa: Ltc Harlon Baird 7th Ohio: Col Israel Garrard
	2nd Brigade   Col James Biddle	14th Illinois: Maj Haviland Tompkins 6th Indiana: Maj Jacob S. Stephens 8th Michigan: Col Elisha Mix 3rd Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Cunningham
	Artillery	Battery I, 4th United States: Lt Frank G. Smith
7th Division   BG Joseph F. Knipe	1st Brigade   BG John H. Hammond	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
	2nd Brigade   Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson	12th Indiana: Col Edward Anderson 13th Indiana: Ltc William T. Pepper 6th Tennessee: Col Fielding Hurst
	Artillery	14th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt William C. Myers

Mississippi River Squadron

See main article: Mississippi River Squadron.

10th District

Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch^[20]

width=40%	Class	width=60%	Vessel
River monitor	U.S.S. Neosho   Lieutenant Samuel Howard
Ironclad	U.S.S. Carondelet   Acting Master Charles W. Miller
Tinclad	U.S.S. Silver Lake   Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle
	U.S.S. Brilliant   Lieutenant Charles Perking Acting Master John H. Rice
	U.S.S. Reindeer   Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford
	U.S.S. Moose   Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch
	U.S.S. Fairplay   Acting Master George J. Groves
	U.S.S. Springfield   Acting Master Edmond Morgan

Notes

1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 90-96
3. Eicher p.585
4. Eicher p.863
5. Eicher p.863
6. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 53-54 and pages 1197-1205
7. Eicher p.492
8. Veteran detachment 27th Illinois attached.
9. The Smith's Corps: formerly known (until November 30, 1864) as the Right Wing-XVI Corps. See http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0093&q1=right+wing&node=waro0093%3A3&view=image&seq=77&size=100 and http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0093&q1=right+wing&node=waro0093%3A3&view=image&seq=1221&size=100.
10. Detachment 24th Missouri attached.
11. Chief of division artillery.
12. Composed mainly of detachments belonging to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Army Corps, which had been unable to rejoin their proper commands serving with General Sherman's army on the march through Georgia (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94)
13. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 102
14. Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
15. Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
16. Reported directly, separate of Cruft's Provisional Division; Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 103
17. Detached with pontoon train.
18. The Second and Third Brigades of this division, under the division commander, Brigadier General E. M. McCook, were absent on an expedition into Western Kentucky (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 95)
19. Disabled.
20. http://civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/states/tn/nv/places/dt25_06a.htm Franklin-Nashville Campaign

References

• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880 - 1901.
• Eicher, John H. and David J., Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001.
• McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press), 2004.
• Sword, Wiley. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 1992.
• Franklin-Nashville Campaign website
• Battle of Nashville Preservation Society website - Nashville Naval Battle
• Nashville page, Civil War Home site