Knoxville campaign order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 23, 1863 under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Engagements fought during this time included the battles of Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders and the siege of Knoxville. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign and return of casualties. 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 = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed

Army of the Ohio

See main article: Army of the Ohio. MG Ambrose E. Burnside (March 25–December 11, 1863)
MG John G. Foster (December 11, 1863 – February 9, 1864)

General Headquarters (Staff: 14 officers)

• Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
• Escort: 6th Indiana Cavalry: Col James Biddle

IX Corps

See main article: IX Corps (Union Army). BG Robert B. Potter

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	177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns	1st Brigade   Col David Morrison	36th Massachusetts: Maj William E. Draper 8th Michigan: Ltc Ralph Ely 79th New York: Cpt William S. Montgomery 45th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis M. Hills
		2nd Brigade   Col Benjamin C. Christ	29th Massachusetts: Col Ebenezer W. Pierce 27th Michigan: Maj William B. Wright 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serieri 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Overton, Jr.
		3rd Brigade   Col Daniel Leasure   Col William Humphrey	2nd Michigan: Maj Cornelius Byington (mw) 17th Michigan: Ltc Lorin L. Comstock (k) 20th Michigan: Maj Byron M. Cutcheon 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson
		Artillery	34th New York Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer four 3-inch Ordnance rifles Battery D, 1st Rhode Island: Cpt William W. Buckley six 12-pounder Napoleons
Second Division     Col Joshua K. Sigfried     Col John F. Hartranft	150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns	1st Brigade   Col Thomas B. Allard   Col Joshua K. Sigfried	2nd Maryland: Col Thomas B. Allard 21st Massachusetts: Ltc George P. Hawkes 48th Pennsylvania: Maj Joseph A. Gilmour
		2nd Brigade   Ltc Edwin Schall	35th Massachusetts: Maj Nathaniel Wales 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Leander W. Cogswell 51st Pennsylvania: Maj William J. Bolton
		3rd Brigade   Col Wilson C. Lemert	86th Ohio: Maj William Kraus 129th Ohio: Col Howard D. John 22nd Ohio Battery: Lt Amos B. Alger 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Wheeler
		Artillery	15th Indiana Battery: Cpt John C. H. von Sehlen 3-inch Ordnance rifles Batteries L and M, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Lt Erskine Gittings four 10-pounder Parrott rifles Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin four 20-pounder Parrott rifles
Unassigned^[1]	31 officers 551 men 4 guns	not brigaded	79th New York (re-assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division) Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery (re-assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division) 6th Indiana Cavalry (assigned as headquarters escort)

XXIII Corps

See main article: XXIII Corps (Union Army). BG Mahlon D. Manson (September 24–December 20, 1863)
Jacob Dolson Cox (December 21, 1863 – February 8, 1864)

General Headquarters (Staff and escort: 14 officers, 95 men)

• Chief of Engineers: Col Orlando M. Poe
• McLaughlin's Ohio Cavalry Squadron: Maj Richard Rice

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First Division     BG Jeremiah Boyle	450 officers 9,659 men 96 guns	Kentucky garrisons	various units
Second Division     BG Julius White	191 officers 3,308 men 12 guns	1st Brigade   Col Samuel R. Mott	80th Indiana Infantry Col James L. Culbertson 16th Kentucky Infantry Col James W. Gault 25th Michigan Infantry Cpt Samuel L. Demarest 118th Ohio Infantry Ltc Thomas L. Young Elgin Illinois Battery Cpt Andrew M. Wood six guns 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry Col Robert K. Byrd
		2nd Brigade   Col Marshall W. Chapin	107th Illinois: Ltc Francis H. Lowry 13th Kentucky: Col William E. Hobson 23rd Michigan: Maj William W. Wheeler 111th Ohio Infantry: Colonel John R. Bond, Maj Isaac R. Sherwood Henshaw's Illinois Battery: Cpt Edward C. Henshaw two 3.8-inch James rifles, four 6-pounder brass guns
Third Division     BG Milo S. Hascall	168 officers 3,646 men 16 guns	1st Brigade   Col James W. Reilly	44th Ohio: Maj Alpheus S. Moore 100th Ohio: Col Patrick S. Slevin 104th Ohio: Ltc Oscar W. Sterl Battery D, 1st Ohio: Lt William H. Pease four 3-inch Ordnance rifles
		2nd Brigade   Col Daniel Cameron	65th Illinois: Ltc William S. Stewart 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hunt 103rd Ohio: Cpt John T. Philpot Rigby's Indiana Battery: Cpt Hubbard T. Thomas six 3-inch Ordnance rifles
Corps Artillery	12 officers 290 men 12 guns	Reserve Artillery   Cpt Andrew J. Konkle	24th Indiana Battery: Cpt Joseph A. Sims 3.8-inch James rifles 19th Ohio Battery: Cpt Joseph C. Shields six 12-pounder Napoleons
Engineers	3 officers, 185 men	Not brigaded	Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure
Unattached	Strength listed under Left Wing Forces	Provisional Brigade   Col William A. Hoskins	12th Kentucky: Ltc Lawrence H. Rousseau, Maj Joseph M. Owens 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve

Cavalry Corps

BG James M. Shackelford
BG Samuel D. Sturgis (December 12, 1863 – April 15, 1864)

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Strength	width=15%	Brigade	width=30%	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG William P. Sanders (mw)     Col Frank Wolford	345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns	1st Brigade   Col Frank Wolford   Ltc Silas Adams	1st Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Silas Adams 12th Kentucky Cavalry: Maj James B. Harrison Law's Howitzer Battery:
		2nd Brigade   Ltc Emory S. Bond	112th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Maj Tristram T. Dow 8th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Henry C. Edgerly 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry: Col Benjamin Runkle 15th Indiana Battery: Lt Alonzo D. Harvey
		3rd Brigade   Col Charles D. Pennebaker	11th Kentucky Cavalry: Col S. Palace Love 27th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Ltc John H. Ward
Second Division     Col John W. Foster		1st Brigade   Col James P. T. Carter   Col Israel Garrard	2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 7th Ohio Cavalry: Maj James McIntyre 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Maj Daniel A. Carpenter Battery M, 2nd Illinois: Cpt John C. Phillips
		2nd Brigade   Col John W. Foster   Col Felix W. Graham   Col Horace Capron	14th Illinois Cavalry: Col Horace Capron 5th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Thomas H. Butler 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry: Cpt Walter G. Hodge 9th Ohio Cavalry: Maj William D. Hamilton 8th Tennessee Cavalry: Maj John M. Sawyers Colvin's Illinois Battery: Cpt John H. Colvin four guns

Left Wing Forces

BG Orlando B. Willcox

Notes

Citations

References

• Book: Boatner, Mark M. III . Mark M. Boatner III

. Mark M. Boatner III . The Civil War Dictionary . 1959 . David McKay Company Inc. . New York, N.Y. . 0-679-50013-8 .

• Book: Eicher . John H. . Eicher . David J. . David J. Eicher . Civil War High Commands . Stanford University Press . 2001 . 0-8047-3641-3 .
• Book: Hess, Earl J. . The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee . 2013 . University of Tennessee Press . Knoxville, Tenn. . 978-1-57233-995-8 .
• Web site: . A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXI, Part I . U.S. Government Printing Office . Washington, D.C. . 1890 . January 17, 2022 . 811–817 . .

Notes and References

1. Unassigned IX Corps units were reassigned as shown in italics.