Battle of Franklin (1864) Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin (1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Cpt = Captain
• Bvt = Brevet

Other

• w = wounded

Army of the Ohio

MG John M. Schofield

IV Corps

MG David S. Stanley (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Nathan Kimball	1st Brigade    Col Isaac M. Kirby    (K-2, W-8, M-4 =14)	21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana 81st Indiana 90th Ohio 101st Ohio
	2nd Brigade    BG Walter C. Whitaker    (K-0, W-5, M-4 =9)	96th Illinois 115th Illinois 35th Indiana 21st Kentucky 23rd Kentucky 40th Ohio 45th Ohio 51st Ohio
	3rd Brigade    BG William Grose    (K-3, W-24, M-10 =37)	75th Illinois 80th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 84th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania
Second Division      BG George D. Wagner	1st Brigade    Col Emerson Opdycke    (K-16, W-125, M-65 =206)	36th Illinois 44th Illinois 73rd Illinois 74th/88th Illinois 125th Ohio 24th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade    Col John Q. Lane    (K-29, W-269, M-340 =638)	100th Illinois 40th Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky 26th Ohio 97th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col. Joseph Conrad    (K-7, W-125, M-265 =397)	42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 15th Missouri 64th Ohio 65th Ohio
Third Division(not engaged)      BG Thomas J. Wood	1st Brigade    Col Abel D. Streight	89th Illinois 51st Indiana 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio
	2nd Brigade    Col P. Sidney Post	59th Illinois 41st Ohio 71st Ohio 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Frederick Knefler	79th Indiana 86th Indiana 13th Ohio (battalion) 19th Ohio
	Artillery    Cpt Lyman Bridges	Bridges' Illinois Battery 1st Kentucky Battery Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Battery G, 1st Ohio Light 6th Ohio Battery 20th Ohio Battery Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Battery M, 4th U.S. Light

XXIII Corps

BG Jacob D. Cox

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG Thomas H. Ruger	2nd Brigade    Col Orlando H. Moore     (K-21, W-89, M-12 =122)	107th Illinois 80th Indiana 129th Indiana 23rd Michigan 24th Missouri 111th Ohio 118th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Silas Strickland    (K-73, W-178, M-280 =531)	72nd Illinois 44th Missouri 50th Ohio 183rd Ohio
Third Division      BG James W. Reilly	1st Brigade    BG James W. Reilly    (K-33, W-130, M-70 =233)	12th Kentucky 16th Kentucky 100th Ohio 104th Ohio 175th Ohio (unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve) 8th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade    Col John S. Casement    (K-3, W-16, M-0 =19)	65th Illinois 65th Indiana 124th Indiana 103rd Ohio (guarding wagons at the bridge) 5th Tennessee
	3rd Brigade    Col Israel N. Stiles    (K-11, W-51, M-21 =83)	112th Illinois 63rd Indiana 120th Indiana 128th Indiana
		Battery D, 1st Ohio Light (at Fort Granger)

Cavalry Corps

MG James H. Wilson
Escort:

• 4th U.S. Cavalry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division	1st Brigade    BG John T. Croxton	8th Iowa Cavalry 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 2nd Michigan Cavalry 1st Tennessee Cavalry
Fifth Division      BG Edward Hatch	1st Brigade    Col Robert R. Stewart	3rd Illinois Cavalry 11th Indiana Cavalry 12th Missouri Cavalry (at Brentwood) 10th Tennessee Cavalry (at Brentwood)
	2nd Brigade    Col Datus E. Coon	2nd Iowa Cavalry 6th Illinois Cavalry 7th Illinois Cavalry 9th Illinois Cavalry 12th Tennessee Cavalry
Sixth Division      BG Richard W. Johnson	1st Brigade    Col Thomas J. Harrison	16th Illinois Cavalry 5th Iowa Cavalry 7th Ohio Cavalry
	2nd Brigade    Col James Biddle	14th Illinois Cavalry 6th Indiana Cavalry 8th Michigan Cavalry 3rd Tennessee
Seventh Division (at Brentwood)      BG Joseph F. Knipe	1st Brigade    Bvt BG John H. Hammond	9th Indiana Cavalry 10th Indiana Cavalry 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry 2nd Tennessee Cavalry 4th Tennessee Cavalry
	2nd Brigade (dismounted)    Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson	12th Indiana Cavalry 13th Indiana Cavalry 6th Tennessee Cavalry

Sources

• The Franklin Civil War Roundtable
• Save the Franklin Battlefield, Inc.
• Battle of Franklin - massive web site/blog