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The following
which were unable to rejoin their respective commands were organized into the Provisional Division and attached to the District of the Etowah.
The
Confederate order of battle
is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Other
Army of the Cumberland
MG George H. Thomas , Commanding
Headquarters
Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
IV Corps
BG Thomas J. Wood
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division
BG Nathan Kimball
1st Brigade
Col Isaac M. Kirby
21st Illinois
: Cpt William H. Jamison
38th Illinois
: Cpt Andrew M. Pollard
31st Indiana
: Col John T. Smith
81st Indiana
: Maj Edward G. Mathey
90th Ohio
: Ltc Samuel N. Yeoman
101st Ohio
: Ltc Bedan B. McDonald
2nd Brigade
BG Walter C. Whitaker
96th Illinois
: Maj George Hicks
Jesse Hale Moore
35th Indiana : Ltc Augustus G. Tassin
21st Kentucky
: Ltc James C. Evans
23rd Kentucky
: Ltc George W. Northup
45th Ohio
: Ltc John H. Humphrey
51st Ohio
: Ltc Charles H. Wood
3rd Brigade
BG William Grose
75th Illinois
: Col John E. Bennett
80th Illinois
: Cpt James Cunningham
84th Illinois
: Ltc Charles H. Morton
9th Indiana : Col Isaac C. B. Suman
Henry W. Lawton
36th Indiana
(one company): Lt John P. Swisher
84th Indiana
: Maj John C. Taylor
77th Pennsylvania
: Col Thomas E. Rose
Second Division
BG Washington Lafayette Elliott
1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdycke
36th Illinois
: Maj Levi P. Holden
44th Illinois
: Cpt Alonzo W. Clark
74th Illinois
: Cpt Wilson Burroughs
88th Illinois
: Ltc George W. Smith
125th Ohio
: Maj Joseph Bruff
24th Wisconsin
: Cpt William Kennedy
2nd Brigade
Col John Q. Lane
100th Illinois
: Ltc Charles M.Hammend
40th Indiana
: Ltc Henry Leaming
57th Indiana
: Ltc Willis Blanch (w ), Maj John S. McGraw
28th Kentucky
: Maj George W. Barth, Ltc J. Rowan Boone
26th Ohio
: Cpt William Clark
97th Ohio
: Ltc Milton Barnes (w ), Cpt Clarkson C. Nichols
3rd Brigade
Col Joseph Conrad
42nd Illinois
: Ltc Edgar D. Swain
51st Illinois
: Cpt Albert M. Tilton
Col Allen Buckner
15th Missouri
: Cpt George Ernst
64th Ohio
: Ltc Robert Carson Brown
65th Ohio
: Maj Orlow Smith
Third Division
BG Samuel Beatty
1st Brigade
Col
Abel D. Streight
89th Illinois
: Ltc William D. Williams
51st Indiana
: Cpt William W. Scearce
8th Kansas
: Ltc John Conover
15th Ohio
: Col Frank Askew (w ), Ltc John McClenahan
49th Ohio
: Maj Luther M. Strong (w ), Cpt Daniel Hartsough
2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post (w )
Ltc Robert L. Kimberly
59th Illinois
: Maj James M. Stookey
41st Ohio
: Ltc Robert L. Kimberly, Cpt Ezra Dunham
71st Ohio
: Ltc James H. Hart (w ), Cpt William H. McClure
93rd Ohio
: Ltc Daniel Bowman
124th Ohio
: Ltc James Pickands
3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Knefler
79th Indiana
: Ltc George W. Parker
86th Indiana
: Col George F. Dick
13th Ohio
(four companies): Maj Joseph T. Snider
19th Ohio
: Ltc Henry G. Stratton
Artillery
Maj Wilbur F. Goodspeed
XXIII Corps
MG
John M. Schofield
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
Second Division
MG Darius N. Couch
1st Brigade
BG Joseph A. Cooper
130th Indiana : Col Charles S. Parrish
26th Kentucky
: Col Cicero Maxwell
25th Michigan
: Cpt Samuel L. Demarest
99th Ohio
: Ltc John E. Cummins
3rd Tennessee
: Col William Cross
6th Tennessee
: Ltc Edward Maynard
2nd Brigade
Col Orlando H. Moore
107th Illinois
: Cpt John W. Wood
80th Indiana
: Ltc Alfred D. Owen
129th Indiana : Col Charles A. Zollinger
23rd Michigan
: Col Oliver L. Spaulding
111th Ohio
: Ltc Isaac R. Sherwood
118th Ohio
: Maj Edgar Sowers
3rd Brigade
Col John Mehringer
Third Division
BG Jacob D. Cox
1st Brigade
Col
Charles C. Doolittle
12th Kentucky
: Ltc Laurence H. Rousseau
16th Kentucky
: Cpt Jacob Miller
100th Ohio
: Ltc Edwin L. Hayes
104th Ohio
: Col Oscar W. Sterl
8th Tennessee
: Cpt James W. Berry
2nd Brigade
Col John S. Casement
65th Illinois
: Ltc W. Scott Stewart
65th Indiana : Ltc John W. Hammond
124th Indiana : Col John M. Orr
103rd Ohio
: Cpt Henry S. Pickands
5th Tennessee
: Ltc Nathaniel Witt
3rd Brigade
Col Israel N. Stiles
Artillery
MG Andrew J. Smith [9]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division
BG John McArthur
1st Brigade
Col William L. McMillen
114th Illinois:
Cpt John M. Johnson
93rd Indiana : Col DeWitt C. Thomas, Cpt Charles A. Hubbard
10th Minnesota
: Ltc Samuel P. Jennison (w ), Cpt Edwin C. Sanders
72nd Ohio
: Ltc Charles G. Eaton
95th Ohio
: Ltc Jefferson Brumback
Cogswell's Battery Illinois Light Artillery : Lt S. Hamilton McClaury
2nd Brigade
Col
Lucius F. Hubbard
3rd Brigade
Col Sylvester G. Hill (k )
Col
William R. Marshall
12th Iowa
: Ltc John H. Stibbs
35th Iowa
: Maj William Dill, Cpt Abraham N. Snyder
7th Minnesota
: Col William R. Marshall, Ltc George Bradley
33rd Missouri
: Ltc William H. Heath
Battery I, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Stephen H. Julian
Second Division
BG Kenner Garrard
1st Brigade
Col David Moore
2nd Brigade
Col
James I. Gilbert
58th Illinois
: Maj Robert W. Healy
27th Iowa
: Ltc Jed Lake
32nd Iowa
: Ltc Gustavus A. Eberhart
10th Kansas
(four companies): Cpt William C. Jones
3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery : Lt Thomas J. Ginn
3rd Brigade
Col Edward H. Wolfe
49th Illinois
: Col Phineas Pease
117th Illinois
: Ltc Jonathan Merriam
52nd Indiana : Ltc Zalmon S. Main
178th New York
: Cpt John B. Gandolfo
Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt John W. Lowell
[11]
Third Division
Col Jonathan B. Moore
1st Brigade
Col Lyman M. Ward
72nd Illinois
: Cpt James A. Sexton
40th Missouri : Col Samuel A. Holmes
14th Wisconsin
: Maj Eddy F. Ferris
2nd Brigade
Col Leander Blanden
81st Illinois
: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers
95th Illinois
: Ltc William Avery
44th Missouri : Ltc Andrew J. Barr
Artillery
Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)
MG James B. Steedman
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
Provisional Division[12]
BG Charles Cruft
1st Brigade
Col Benjamin Harrison
2nd Brigade [Army of the Tennessee][13]
Col Adam Gale Malloy
Consisted of men on detached duty from the XVII Corps
2nd Brigade
Col John G. Mitchell
Consisted of men on detached duty from the XIV Corps
3rd Brigade
Ltc Charles H. Grosvenor
68th Indiana :[14] Ltc Harvey J. Espy
Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor (k ), Cpt John M. Benedict (w ), Lt Charles Grant
2nd Battalion, XIV Army Corps, Cpt D. H. Henderson (w )
Artillery
U.S.C.T. [16]
1st Colored Brigade
Col Thomas J. Morgan
2nd Colored Brigade
Col Charles R. Thompson
12th U S. Colored Troops
: Ltc William R. Sellon, Cpt Henry Hegner
13th U.S. Colored Troops
: Col John A. Hottenstein
100th U.S. Colored Troops: Maj Collin Ford
1st Battery, Kansas Light Artillery : Cpt Marcus D. Tenney
Post of Nashville
BG
John F. Miller
2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, XX Corps
Col Edwin C. Mason
142nd Indiana : Col John M. Comparet
45th New York
: Ltc Adolphus Dobke
176th Ohio
: Ltc William B. Nesbitt
179th Ohio
: Col Harley H. Sage
182nd Ohio
: Col Lewis Butler
Unattached
Garrison Artillery
Maj John J. Ely
Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light : Lt Lyman A. White
2nd Battery, Indiana Light : Cpt James S. Whicher
4th Battery, Indiana Light : Cpt Benjamin F. Johnson
12th Battery, Indiana Light : Cpt James E. White
21st Battery, Indiana Light : Cpt Abram Piatt Andrew
22nd Battery, Indiana Light : Cpt Edward W. Nicholson
24th Battery, Indiana Light : Lt Hiram Allen
Battery F, 1st Michigan
Light: Cpt Byron D. Paddock
Battery A, 1st Ohio Light : Lt Charles W. Scovill
Battery E, 1st Ohio Light : Lt Frank B. Reckard
20th Battery, Ohio Light
: Cpt William Backus
Battery C, 1st Tennessee Light : Lt Joseph Grigsby
Battery D, 1st Tennessee Light : Cpt Samuel D. Leinart
Battery A, 3rd U.S. Colored Light: Cpt Josiah V. Meigs
Quartermaster's Division
BG James L. Donaldson
Composed of quartermaster's employees
Cavalry Corps
MG James H. Wilson
Escort :
4th United States: Lt. Joseph Hedges
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
1st Division[18]
1st Brigade
BG John T. Croxton
2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky
5th Division
BG Edward Hatch
1st Brigade
Col Robert R. Stewart
3rd Illinois
: Ltc Robert H. Carnahan
11th Indiana: Ltc Abram Sharra
12th Missouri
: Col Oliver Wells
10th Tennessee
: Maj William P. Story (mw ), Maj James T. Abernathy
2nd Brigade
Col Datus E. Coon
6th Division
BG Richard W. Johnson
1st Brigade
Col Thomas J. Harrison
16th Illinois
: Maj Charles H. Beeres
5th Iowa
: Ltc Harlon Baird
7th Ohio
: Col Israel Garrard
2nd Brigade
Col James Biddle
14th Illinois
: Maj Haviland Tompkins
6th Indiana
: Maj Jacob S. Stephens
8th Michigan
: Col Elisha Mix
3rd Tennessee
: Maj Benjamin Cunningham
Artillery
7th Division
BG Joseph F. Knipe
1st Brigade
BG John H. Hammond
9th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson
10th Indiana
: Ltc Benjamin Q. A. Gresham
19th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
2nd Tennessee
: Ltc William R. Cook
4th Tennessee
: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
2nd Brigade
Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson
12th Indiana: Col Edward Anderson
13th Indiana: Ltc William T. Pepper
6th Tennessee
: Col Fielding Hurst
Artillery
14th Battery, Ohio Light
: Lt William C. Myers
Mississippi River Squadron
10th District
Lt. Commander
Class
Vessel
River monitor
U.S.S. Neosho
Lieutenant Samuel Howard
Ironclad
U.S.S. Carondelet
Acting Master Charles W. Miller
Tinclad
U.S.S. Silver Lake
Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle
U.S.S. Brilliant
Lieutenant Charles Perking Acting Master John H. Rice
U.S.S. Reindeer
Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford
U.S.S. Moose
Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch
U.S.S. Fairplay
Acting Master George J. Groves
U.S.S. Springfield
Acting Master Edmond Morgan
Notes
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 90-96
^ Eicher p.585
^ Eicher p.863
^ Eicher p.863
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 53-54 and pages 1197-1205
^ Eicher p.492
^ Veteran detachment 27th Illinois attached.
^ The Smith's Corps: formerly known (until November 30, 1864) as the Right Wing-XVI Corps . See [1] and [2] .
24th Missouri
attached.
^ Chief of division artillery.
^ Composed mainly of detachments belonging to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Army Corps, which had been unable to rejoin their proper commands serving with General Sherman's army on the march through Georgia (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94 )
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 102
^ Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
^ Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
^ Reported directly, separate of Cruft's Provisional Division; Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 103
^ Detached with pontoon train.
^ The Second and Third Brigades of this division, under the division commander, Brigadier General E. M. McCook, were absent on an expedition into Western Kentucky (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 95 )
^ Disabled.
^ Franklin-Nashville Campaign and Battle of Nashville Preservation Society - Nashville Naval Battle
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.
Eicher, John H. and
McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press), 2004.
Sword, Wiley. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 1992.
Franklin-Nashville Campaign website
Battle of Nashville Preservation Society website - Nashville Naval Battle
Nashville page, Civil War Home site