Carolinas campaign order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Carolinas 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]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Union Forces

MG William T. Sherman
Headquarters guard:

Engineers:

Artillery: Bvt MG William Farquhar Barry

Right Wing, Army of the Tennessee

MG Oliver O. Howard
Escort:

Pontoon Train Guard:

XV Corps

See main article: XV Corps (Union Army). MG John A. Logan

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First Division
    Bvt MG Charles R. Woods
1st Brigade  Bvt BG William Burnham Woods
2nd Brigade  Col Robert Francis Catterson
3rd Brigade  Col George A. Stone
Second Division
    MG William Babcock Hazen
1st Brigade  Col Theodore Jones
2nd Brigade  Col Wells S. Jones
3rd Brigade  BG John Morrison Oliver
3rd Division
    Bvt MG John E. Smith
1st Brigade  BG William Thomas Clark
2nd Brigade  Col Clark R. Wever  
4th Division
    Bvt MG John M. Corse
1st Brigade  BG Elliott W. Rice
2nd Brigade  Col Robert N. Adams
3rd Brigade  Col Frederick J. Hurlbut
Unassigned
  • 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry: Col Joseph S. Gage
  • 110th US Colored Troops: Maj William C. Hawley, Cpt Thomas Kennedy, Cpt Zachary C. Wilson, Cpt Jacob Kemnitzer
Artillery  Ltc William H. Ross

XVII Corps

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

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First Division
    MG Joseph A. Mower
    BG Manning F. Force
1st Brigade  BG John W. Fuller
2nd Brigade  BG John W. Sprague
3rd Brigade  Col Charles H. DeGroat
  Bvt BG John Tillson
Third Division
    Bvt MG Mortimer Dormer Leggett
1st Brigade  BG Charles Ewing
2nd Brigade  BG Robert Kingston Scott
Fourth Division
    Bvt MG Giles Alexander Smith
1st Brigade  BG Benjamin F. Potts
3rd Brigade  BG William W. Belknap
Artillery  Maj Frederick Welker
Unassigned

Left Wing, Army of Georgia

MG Henry W. Slocum
Pontoniers:

XIV Corps

See main article: XIV Corps (Union Army). Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis
Provost guard: Ltc E. Hibbard Topping

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First Division
    BG Charles C. Walcutt
1st Brigade  Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG George P. Buell
3rd Brigade  Col Henry A. Hambright
2nd Division
    Bvt MG James D. Morgan
Provost Guard:
1st Brigade  BG William Vandever
2nd Brigade  BG John G. Mitchell
3rd Brigade  Ltc James W. Langley
3rd Division
    Bvt MG Absalom Baird
1st Brigade  Col Morton C. Hunter
2nd Brigade  Col Newell Gleason
3rd Brigade  Ltc Hubbard K. Milward
  BG George S. Greene
Artillery  Maj Charles Houghtaling

XX Corps

See main article: XX Corps (Union Army). Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
MG Joseph A. Mower

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First Division
    BG Nathaniel J. Jackson
    Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
1st Brigade  BG James L. Selfridge
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG William Hawley
3rd Brigade  BG James S. Robinson
Second Division
    Bvt MG John W. Geary
1st Brigade  Col George W. Mindil
  Bvt BG Ario Pardee Jr.
2nd Brigade  Col Patrick Henry Jones
3rd Brigade  Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum
Third Division
    Bvt MG William Thomas Ward
1st Brigade  Col Henry Case
  Bvt BG Benjamin Harrison
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG Daniel Dustin
3rd Brigade  Bvt BG William Cogswell
Artillery  Maj John A. Reynolds
  Cpt Charles E. Winegar
  • Battery I, 1st New York: Cpt Charles E. Winegar, Lt Warren L. Scott
  • Battery M, 1st New York: Cpt Edward P. Newkirk
  • Battery C, 1st Ohio: Lt Jerome B. Stephens
  • Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan

Center, Army of the Ohio

MG John M. Schofield
Escort:

Signal Corps: Cpt Edmund H. Russell
Engineers:

Artillery: Ltc Terance J. Kennedy

X Corps

See main article: X Corps (Union Army). MG Alfred H. Terry
Escort: Company I, 20th New York Cavalry: Cpt John J. Carroll

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First Division
    Bvt MG Henry Warner Birge
1st Brigade  at Morehead City
2nd Brigade  at Wilmington
3rd Brigade  Col Nicholas W. Day
Artillery
Second Division
    Bvt MG Adelbert Ames
1st Brigade  Col Rufus Daggett
2nd Brigade  Col William B. Coan
  Col John S. Littell
3rd Brigade  Col G. Frederick Granger
Artillery
  • 16th New York Battery: Cpt Richard H. Lee
Third Division
    BG Charles Jackson Paine
1st Brigade  Bvt BG Delevan Bates
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG Samuel A. Duncan
Unattached
  • Battery E, 3rd US Artillery: Lt John R. Myrick

XXIII Corps

See main article: XXIII Corps (Union Army). MG Jacob Dolson Cox
Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure
Provost Guard:

Artillery: Ltc George W. Schofield, Cpt Giles J. Cockerill

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First Division
    Bvt MG Thomas H. Ruger
1st Brigade  Bvt BG Israel N. Stiles
2nd Brigade  Col John C. McQuiston
3rd Brigade  Col Minor T. Thomas
Artillery
Second Division
    MG Darius N. Couch
    BG Joseph Alexander Cooper
1st Brigade  Col Orlando H. Moore
  BG Joseph A. Cooper
2nd Brigade  Col John Mehringer
3rd Brigade  Col Silas A. Strickland
Artillery
Third Division
    BG James W. Reilly
    BG Samuel P. Carter
Provost Guard:
1st Brigade  Col Oscar W. Sterl
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG John S. Casement
3rd Brigade  Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson
Artillery
Third Division - Cavalry
    Bvt MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
1st Brigade  Bvt BG Thomas J. Jordan
2nd Brigade  Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins
3rd Brigade  Col Michael Kerwin
  Bvt BG Thomas T. Heath
Artillery

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVII, Part 1, pages 46-60