The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Military Division of the Mississippi MG William T. Sherman
Headquarters Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
Escort 7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt William McCory
Army of the Cumberland
MG George Henry Thomas
Headquarters Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan
IV Corps
MG David S. Stanley
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Nathan Kimball 1st Brigade
Col Isaac M. Kirby 21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana: Col John Thomas Smith 81st Indiana 90th Ohio 101st Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col Jacob E. Taylor 96th Illinois 115th Illinois: Col Jesse Hale Moore 35th Indiana 21st Kentucky 51st Ohio 3rd Brigade
BG William Grose 75th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 84th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania Artillery
Cpt Theodore Thomasson 5th Indiana Light Battery Battery B, Pennsylvania LightSecond Division
BG John Newton 1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdyke 36th Illinois 73rd Illinois 88th Illinois 44th Indiana 24th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
BG George D. Wagner 100th Illinois 40th Indiana 51st Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky 26th Ohio 97th Ohio 3rd Brigade
BG Luther P. Bradley 42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky 64th Ohio 65th Ohio 125th Ohio Artillery
Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Battery A, 1st Ohio LightThird Division
BG Thomas J. Wood 1st Brigade
Col Charles T. Hotchkiss 89th Illinois 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio 15th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post 59th Illinois 41st Ohio 71st Ohio 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Knefler 79th Indiana 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky 17th Kentucky 13th Ohio 19th Ohio 59th Ohio Artillery
Cpt Cullen Bradley Bridges' Illinois Light Battery 6th Ohio Light Battery
XIV Corps
BG Jefferson C. Davis
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG William Passmore Carlin 1st Brigade
Col Marion Taylor 104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky 33rd Ohio 21st Wisconsin: Maj Michael H. Fitch 2nd Brigade
Maj John R. Edie 15th U.S. Infantry (6 companies): Cpt Horace Jewett 15th U.S. Infantry (9 companies): Cpt William S. McManus 16th U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt R. Peabody Barry 18th U.S. Infantry (8 companies): Cpt Lymann M. Kellogg (w), Cpt Robert Hull 19th U.S. Infantry (5 companies): Cpt James Mooney 3rd Brigade
Col Marshall F. Moore 37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 69th Ohio 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania 1st Wisconsin Artillery
Cpt Lucius Drury 1st Illinois Light Battery Battery I, 1st OhioSecond Division
BG James D. Morgan 1st Brigade
Col Charles M. Lum 16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan 14th Michigan: Col Henry R. Mizner 17th New York 2nd Brigade
Col John G. Mitchell 34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 109th OhioThis is an error. The 109th Ohio Infantry did not complete organization. Further research is necessary to determine which Ohio unit this should be. 113th Ohio 121st Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col Caleb J. Dilworth (w) Sept 1 Ltc James W. Langley 85th Illinois 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois: Ltc James W. Langley 22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio Artillery
Cpt Charles Barnett Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment) 5th Wisconsin Light BatteryThird Division
BG Absalom BairdBaird won the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 1, 1864 (Eicher p.113) 1st Brigade
Col Moses B. Walker 82nd Indiana: Col Morton C. Hunter 23rd Missouri 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio: Col Benjamin D. Fearing 2nd Brigade
Col Newell Gleason 75th Indiana 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 105th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col George P. Este (w) 10th Indiana 74th Indiana 10th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio
Cavalry Corps BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG Kenner Garrard 1st Brigade
Col Robert Minty 4th Michigan Cavalry 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th U.S. Cavalry 2nd Brigade
Col Beroth Bullard Eggleston 1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry 3rd Brigade
Col Abram O. Miller 98th Illinois Mounted Infantry 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry Artillery Chicago Board of Trade BatteryThird Division
BG Judson Kilpatrick 1st Brigade
Ltc Robert Klein 3rd Indiana Cavalry 5th Iowa Cavalry 2nd Brigade
Ltc Fiedler A. Jones 8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry 3rd Brigade
Col Eli Murray 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry Artillery 10th Wisconsin Battery
Army of the Tennessee
MG Oliver O. Howard
XV Corps
MG John A. Logan
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Peter J. Osterhaus 1st Brigade
Col Milo Smith 26th Iowa 30th Iowa 27th Missouri 76th Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col James A. Williamson (w) Sept 1 4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 31st Iowa 3rd Brigade
Col Hugo von 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 BatterySecond Division
BG William B. Hazen 1st Brigade
Col Theodore Jones 55th Illinois 116th Illinois 6th Missouri 8th Missouri 30th Ohio 57th Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col Wells S. Jones 83rd Indiana 11th Illinois 30th Ohio 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio Artillery
Cpt Francis DeGress Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Illinois LightFourth Division
BG William Harrow 1st Brigade
Col John M. Oliver 12th Indiana 48th Illinois 90th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio 2nd Brigade
BG Charles C. Walcutt 26th Illinois 40th Illinois 100th Indiana 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 6th Iowa 46th Ohio
XVI Corps
BG Thomas E. G. Ransom
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG John M. Corse 1st Brigade
BG Elliott W. Rice 52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa 2nd Brigade
Col Robert N. Adams 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio 3rd BrigadeStationed at Rome, Georgia
Col Frederick J. Hurlbut 7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa Artillery
Capt Frederick Welker Battery H, 1st Missouri Light ArtilleryFourth Division
BG John W. Fuller 1st Brigade
Ltc Henry T. McDowell 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 John Tillson 10th Illinois 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. Artillery
XVII Corps
MG Francis P. Blair Jr.
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersThird Division
BG Charles R. Woods 1st Brigade
Col George E. Bryant 20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles 20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col Adam G. Malloy 17th Wisconsin Worden's Battalion Detachment, 14th Wisconsin Detachment, 81st Illinois Detachment, 95th Illinois Artillery
Cpt William S. Williams Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Michigan Light 3rd Ohio BatteryFourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith 1st Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Potts 32nd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies) 32nd Ohio 2nd BrigadeDetached on guard duty in northern Georgia
Col John Logan 14th Illinois 15th Illinois 32nd Illinois 41st Illinois 3rd Brigade
BG William Worth Belknap 11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa Artillery
Cpt William Clayton Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light 1st Minnesota Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light 10th Ohio Light Battery 15th Ohio Light Battery
Notes
References Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . 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.