Stones River Union order of battle
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River 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] the casualty returns[2] and the reports.[3]
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[edit] Abbreviations
[edit] Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Sgt = Sergeant
[edit] Other
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed
- (c) = captured
[edit] XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland)
MG William S. Rosecrans
General Staff:[4]
- Chief of Artillery and Ordnance: Col James Barnett
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Julius P. Garesché (k)
- Chief Quartermaster: Ltc John W. Taylor
- Chief Commissary: Ltc Samuel Simmons
- Judge-Advocate-General: Maj Ralston Skinner
- Inspector of Artillery: Cpt Jeremiah H. Gilman
- Assistant Inspector General: Cpt James Curtis
- Provost Marshal General: Cpt William M. Wiles
- Chief of Topographical Engineers: Cpt Nathaniel Michler
- Signal Corps: Cpt Jesse Merill
Provost Guard:
- 10th Ohio: Ltc Joseph W. Burke
General Escort:
- Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: Lt Thomas S. Maple
[edit] Right Wing
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
Col P. Sidney Post |
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| Escort |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
BG August Willich (w&c) |
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| 2nd Brigade
BG Edward N. Kirk (mw) |
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Philemon P. Baldwin |
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| Artillery[8] |
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| Cavalry |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
BG Joshua W. Sill (k) |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Frederick Schaefer (k) |
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| 3rd Brigade
Col George W. Roberts (k) |
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| Artillery[9]
Cpt Henry Hescock |
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| Escort |
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[edit] Center
- Provost Guard: 9th Michigan: Col John G. Parkhurst
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Scribner |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col John Beatty |
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| 4th Brigade
Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd |
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| Artillery[11]
Cpt Cyrus O. Loomis |
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| Cavalry |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
BG James G. Spears |
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
Col John F. Miller |
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| Artillery |
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Third Division[19] |
1st Brigade
Col Moses B. Walker |
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| Artillery |
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[edit] Left Wing
- Chief of Artillery: Cpt John Mendenhall[20]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade
BG Milo S. Hascall |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col George D. Wagner |
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| Artillery[22]
Maj Seymour Race |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col William B. Hazen |
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| 3rd Brigade
Col William Grose |
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| Artillery
Cpt William E. Standart |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
Col Samuel Beatty |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col James P. Fyffe |
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| 3rd Brigade
Col Samuel W. Price |
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| Artillery
Cpt George R. Swallow |
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[edit] Cavalry
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Cavalry Division |
1st Brigade
Col Robert H. G. Minty |
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| 2nd Brigade
Col Lewis Zahm |
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Reporting directly |
Reserve Cavalry |
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| Unattached |
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[edit] Engineers
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Engineers |
Pioneer Brigade |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, page 174-182
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, page 207-217
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099
- ^ see Rosecrans' report
- ^ Turned over command to Captain McDonald on account of sickness on January 3, 1863 (see Kirby's report)
- ^ The 2nd Minnesota was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 5th Wisconsin to the 1st Brigade, and 8th Wisconsin to the 3rd Brigade
- ^ Turned over command to Major Dysart on account of sickness on December 30, 1862 (see Dysart's report)
- ^ The 5th Indiana was attached to the 3rd Brigade, Battery A, 1st Ohio to the 1st Brigade and Battery E, 1st Ohio to the 2nd Brigade
- ^ Battery C, 1st Illinois was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 4th Indiana to the 1st Brigade, and Battery G, 1st Missouri to the 2nd Brigade
- ^ The Third Division (exept the First Brigade), Fourth Division and Fifth Division detached
- ^ Battert A, Kentucky, was attached to the 3rd Brigade, Battery A, 1st Michigan, to the 2nd Brigade, and Battery H, 5th United States, to the 4th Brigade
- ^ Temporarily attached from the First Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
- ^ Temporarily attached from the 1st Tennessee (see Spears' report)
- ^ Temporarily attached from the Second Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
- ^ Temporarily attached from the Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
- ^ Disabled December 31, 1862
- ^ Joined at 5 p.m December 31, 1862 and took command (see Elliott's report)
- ^ Attached to Second Brigade
- ^ The First Brigade, (except the Twelfth Kentucky) and Battery D, 1st Michigan were the only troops of this division engaged in the battle of Stone's River
- ^ Cullum's Register
- ^ Arrested for intoxication by Colonel Wagner on December 30, 1862 (see Wagner's and Leaming's report)
- ^ The 8th Indiana Battery was attached to the 1st Brigade, the 10th Indiana Battery to 2nd Brigade, and the 6th Ohio Battery to the 3rd Brigade
[edit] References
- The Battle of Murfreesboro
- Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0-252-06229-2.
- 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.
