Battle of Franklin order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin (1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2] 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
MG David S. Stanley (w)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
BG Walter C. Whitaker |
| |
3rd Brigade
BG William Grose |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdycke |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Third Division[4] |
1st Brigade
Col Abel D. Streight |
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2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post |
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3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery
Cpt Lyman Bridges |
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Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division[7] |
2nd Brigade |
|
3rd Brigade |
| |
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade
Col John S. Casement |
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3rd Brigade |
|
Cavalry Corps
Escort:
- 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Joseph Hedges
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division |
1st Brigade |
|
Fifth Division
|
1st Brigade
Col Robert R. Stewart |
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2nd Brigade
Col Datus E. Coon |
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Sixth Division |
1st Brigade
Col Thomas J. Harrison |
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2nd Brigade
Col James Biddle |
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Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 1197-1205
- ^ Veteran Detachment 27th Illinois attached.
- ^ Not engaged.
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf3.htm#17th, Dyer's Compendium
- ^ Schofield was the official corps commander but assigned temporary command of the corps to Cox during the battle.
- ^ 1st Brigade at Ford and not engaged
- ^ Reilly temporarily commanded the division during the battle while Cox was assigned to command the corps.
- ^ Unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve.
- ^ Guarding wagons at the bridge.
References
- 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.
- Battle of Franklin: Union order of battle (Civil War Trust)