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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

This order of battle covers the period of May 7 - June 27, 1864. For the engagement on July 22, 1864 see: Atlanta Union order of battle

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Union Army

Military Division of the Mississippi
MG William T. Sherman

Army of the Cumberland

MG George Henry Thomas

IV Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division MG David S. Stanley	1st Brigade BG Charles Cruft Col Isaac M. Kirby	21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana 81st Indiana 1st Kentucky mustered out June 18,1864 2nd Kentucky mustered out June 19,1864 90th Ohio 101st Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG Walter C. Whitaker	96th Illinois 115th Illinois 35th Indiana 84th Indiana 21st Kentucky 40th Ohio non veterans mustered out from October 7,1864, veterans and recruit transferred to 51st Ohio 51st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col William Grose	59th Illinois 75th Illinois 80th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana non veterans mustered out August 13,1864 84th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania
	Artillery Cpt Peter Simonson (k June 16) Cpt Theodore Thomasson	5th Indiana Light Battery Battery B, Pennsylvania Light
Second Division BG John Newton	1st Brigade Col Francis T. Sherman BG Nathan Kimball	36th Illinois 73rd Illinois 88th Illinois 44th Indiana 28th Kentucky (until May 28) 2nd Missouri mustered our October 1,1864 15th Missouri 24th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG George D. Wagner	100th Illinois 40th Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky (from May 28) 97th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Charles G. Harker (mw June 27) BG Luther P. Bradley	22nd Illinois mustered out July 7,1864 veterans and recruit to 42nd Ill. 27th Illinois mustered out September 20,1864 veterans and recruit to 9th Ill. 42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky mustered out from October 10,1864 64th Ohio 125th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Charles Aleshire Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed	Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Battery A, 1st Ohio Light
Third Division BG Thomas J. Wood	1st Brigade BG August Willich (w) Col William H. Gibson	25th Illinois mustered out September 5,1864 35th Illinois mustered out September 27,1864 89th Illinois 32nd Indiana 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio 124th Ohio 15th Wisconsin mustered out from 01/12/1864
	2nd Brigade BG William B. Hazen	59th Illinois 6th Indiana mustered out September 22,1864 veterans transferred to 68 ind. 5th Kentucky 6th Kentucky mustered out from September 23,1864 23rd Kentucky 1st Ohio 6th Ohio mustered out June 23,1864 41st Ohio 71st Ohio 93rd Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG Samuel Beatty Col Frederick Knefler	79th Indiana 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky mustered out December 15,1864 17th Kentucky mustered out January 23,1865 13th Ohio non veterans mustered out june 1864 19th Ohio 59th Ohio non veterans nustered out October 31,1864
	Artillery Cpt Cullen Bradley	Bridges' Illinois Light Battery 6th Ohio Light Battery

XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Richard W. Johnson (w May 28) BG John H. King	1st Brigade BG William P. Carlin Col Anson G. McCook	104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky mustered out January 14,1865 2nd Ohio mustered out October 10,1864 veterans transferred to 18 Ohio 33rd Ohio 94th Ohio 10th Wisconsin mustered out September 30,1864 veterans transferred to 21st Wisc. 21st Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG John H. King Col William Stoughton	11th Michigan mustered out September 30,1864, veterans and recruits trasferred to New 11th Michigan 15th U.S. Infantry (6 companies) 15th U.S. Infantry (9 companies) 16th U.S. Infantry (4 companies) 18th U.S. Infantry (8 companies) 18th U.S. Infantry (4 companies) 19th U.S. Infantry (5 companies)
	3rd Brigade Col Benjamin Scribner Col Josiah Given	37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania 1st Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Lucius Drury	1st Illinois Light Battery Battery I, 1st Ohio
Second Division BG Jefferson C. Davis	1st Brigade BG James D. Morgan	10th Illinois 16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan 14th Michigan 17th New York
	2nd Brigade Col John G. Mitchell	34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel McCook, Jr. (mw) Col Oscar F. Harmon Col Caleb J. Dilworth	85th Illinois 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois 22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Charles Barnett	2nd Illinois Light Battery 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment) 5th Wisconsin Light Battery

XX Corps

MG Joseph Hooker

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alpheus S. Williams	1st Brigade BG Joseph F. Knipe	5th Connecticut 3rd Maryland (detachment) 123rd New York 141st New York 46th Pennsylvania 3rd Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade BG Thomas H. Ruger	27th Indiana 2nd Massachusetts 13th New Jersey 107th New York 150th New York
	3rd Brigade Col James S. Robinson	82nd Illinois 101st Illinois 45th New York 143rd New York 61st Ohio 82nd Ohio 31st Wisconsin (Transferred from Nashville, TN, on July 21, 1864.)^[1]
	Artillery Cpt John D. Woodbury	Battery I, 1st New York Light Battery M, 1st New York Light
Second Division BG John W. Geary	1st Brigade Col Charles Candy	5th Ohio 7th Ohio (Mustered out on July 11, 1864.) ^[2] 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col Adolphus Buschbeck Col John T. Lockman	33rd New Jersey 119th New York 134th New York 154th New York 27th Pennsylvania (Mustered out on May 23, 1864^[2] 73rd Pennsylvania 109th Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Col David Ireland (w May 15) Col George A. Cobham	60th New York 78th New York 102nd New York 137th New York 149th New York 29th Pennsylvania 111th Pennsylvania
Third Division MG Daniel Butterfield	1st Brigade BG William T. Ward	102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois 70th Indiana 79th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col John Coburn	20th Connecticut (until May 29) 33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col James Wood	20th Connecticut (from May 29) 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio 73rd Ohio 26th Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Marco B. Gary	Battery I, 1st Michigan Light Battery C, 1st Ohio Light
Unattached Units	Reserve Brigade Col Joseph W. Burke Col Heber Le Favour	10th Ohio mustered out June 3,1864, 75 soldiers that enlistment not expired, assigned to 18th Ohio 9th Michigan 22nd Michigan
	Pontooniers Col George P. Buell	58th Indiana Pontoon Battalion (until June 17)
	Siege Artillery Cpt Arnold Sutermeister	11th Indiana Battery

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus	1st Brigade BG Charles R. Woods	26th Iowa 30th Iowa 27th Missouri 76th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col James A. Williamson	4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 31st Iowa
	3rd Brigade Col Hugo Wangelin	3rd Missouri 12th Missouri 17th Missouri 29th Missouri 31st Missouri 32nd Missouri
	Artillery Maj Clemens Landgraeber	Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light 4th Ohio Light Battery
Second Division BG Morgan L. Smith	1st Brigade BG Giles A. Smith	55th Illinois 111th Illinois 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri 8th Missouri 57th Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG Joseph Lightburn	83rd Indiana 30th Ohio 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col John M. Oliver	48th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Frances DeGress	Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Illinois Light

XVI Corps

MG Grenville M. Dodge (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG Thomas W. Sweeny	1st Brigade BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa
	2nd Brigade Col Patrick E. Burke (mw May 16) Ltc Robert N. Adams Col August Mersy	9th Illinois Mounted Infantry 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Moses M. Bane Col Henry J. B. Cummings	7th Illinois non veterans mustered out July 29,1864 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa
Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch	1st Brigade BG John W. Fuller	64th Illinois 18th Missouri 27th Ohio 39th Ohio
	2nd Brigade BG John W. Sprague	35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col William T. C. Grower	25th Indiana 17th New York 32nd Wisconsin
	Artillery Cpt Jerome B. Burrows	Battery C, 1st Michigan Light 14th Ohio Light Battery Battery F, 2nd U.S.

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett	1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force	20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin
	1st Brigade Col Robert K. Scott	20th Ohio 32nd Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Adam G. Malloy	17th Wisconsin Worden's Battalion
	Artillery Cpt William S. Williams	Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Michigan Light 3rd Ohio Battery
Fourth Division BG Walter Q. Gresham (w July 20)	1st Brigade Col William L. Sanderson	32nd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies) 12th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col George C. Rogers	14th Illinois 15th Illinois 32nd Illinois 41st Illinois 53rd Illinois
	3rd Brigade Col William Hall	11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa 15th Ohio Light Battery
	Artillery Cpt Edward Spear	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light 1st Minnesota Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light 10th Ohio Light Battery

Army of the Ohio

MG John M. Schofield

XXIII Corps

MG John M. Schofield

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Alvin P. Hovey (division disbanded June 9; units reassigned to Second and Third Divisions)	1st Brigade Col Richard Barter	120th Indiana 124th Indiana 130th Indiana 99th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col John McQuiston Col Peter T. Swaine	123rd Indiana 129th Indiana
	Artillery	23rd Indiana Light Battery 24th Indiana Light Battery
Second Division BG Henry M. Judah BG Milo S. Hascall	1st Brigade BG Nathaniel C. McLean BG Joseph A. Cooper	80th Indiana (until June 8) 91st Indiana 13th Kentucky (until June 8) 25th Michigan 45th Ohio (June 8–22) 3rd Tennessee 6th Tennessee
	2nd Brigade BG Milo S. Hascall Col John R. Bond Col William E. Hobson	107th Illinois 80th Indiana (from June 8) 13th Kentucky (from June 8) 45th Ohio (May 11-June 8) 111th Ohio 118th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Silas A. Strickland	14th Kentucky 20th Kentucky 27th Kentucky 50th Ohio
	Artillery Cpt Joseph C. Shields	22nd Indiana Light Battery 1st Michigan Light Battery 19th Ohio Light Battery
Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox Col James W. Reilly	1st Brigade Col James W. Reilly Maj James W. Gault	112th Illinois 16th Kentucky 24th Kentucky 100th Ohio 103rd Ohio 104th Ohio 5th Tennessee (until June 5) 8th Tennessee 63rd Indiana 65th Indiana
	2nd Brigade BG Mahlon D. Manson Col John S. Hurt Col John Casement Col Daniel Cameron	65th Illinois
	3rd Brigade BG Nathaniel McLean Col Robert K. Byrd Col Israel Stiles	11th Kentucky 12th Kentucky 1st Tennessee 5th Tennessee
	Dismounted Cavalry Col Eugene Crittenden	16th Illinois Cavalry 12th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery Maj Henry W. Wells	15th Indiana Light Battery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light

Cavalry Corps

BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Edward M. McCook	1st Brigade Col Joseph B. Dorr	8th Iowa Cavalry 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry 2nd Michigan Cavalry 1st Tennessee Cavalry 1st Wisconsin Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Oscar LaGrange Ltc James Stewart Ltc Horace Lamson	2nd Indiana Cavalry 4th Indiana Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Louis Watkins	4th Kentucky Cavalry 6th Kentucky Cavalry 7th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery	18th Indiana Horse Artillery Battery
Second Division BG Kenner Garrard	1st Brigade Col Robert Minty	4th Michigan Cavalry 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th U.S. Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Col Eli Long	1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col John T. Wilder	98th Illinois Mounted Infantry 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry
	Artillery	Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Third Division BG Judson Kilpatrick Col Eli Murray	1st Brigade Ltc Robert Klein	3rd Indiana Cavalry 5th Iowa Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Ltc Charles Smith	8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Eli Murray Col Smith Adkins	92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery

Notes

^ The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), O.R. 203, Col. Francis H. West, Thirty–first Wisconsin Infantry pp 111-112.
^ ^a ^b The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, Series I, Volume XXXVIII; Part 1 – Reports, etc. Official Report No. 2, Organization of the Union forces, page 98

References

Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008. ISBN 978-0-7006-1569-8

[1] The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), O.R. 203, Col. Francis H. West, Thirty–first Wisconsin Infantry pp 111-112.

[OR2-page98-2] The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, Series I, Volume XXXVIII; Part 1 – Reports, etc. Official Report No. 2, Organization of the Union forces, page 98

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