Savannah campaign order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Savannah campaign (or Sherman's March to the Sea) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIV, pages 19-25

Abbreviations used

Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant Bvt = Brevet

Union Forces MG William T. Sherman, Commanding

Headquarters guard: 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt James Cox

Engineers: 1st Missouri Engineers (5 companies): Ltc William Tweeddale

Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee) MG Oliver O. Howard Escort: Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry: Lt John A. McQueen 4th Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John L. King

XV Corps

MG Peter J. Osterhaus

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Charles R. Woods 1st Brigade

Col Milo Smith 12th Indiana: Maj Elbert D. Baldwin 26th Iowa: Maj John Lubbers 27th Missouri: Col Thomas Curley 29th Missouri: Ltc Joseph S. Gage 31st Missouri/32nd Missouri Battalion: Ltc Abraham J. Seay 76th Ohio: Col William B. Woods 2nd Brigade

BG Charles C. WalcuttWounded November 22. (w),

Col Robert F. Catterson 26th Illinois: Cpt George H. Reed 40th Illinois: Ltc Hiram W. Hall 103rd Illinois: Maj Asias Willison 97th Indiana: Col Robert F. Catterson, Cpt George Elliott 100th Indiana: Maj Ruel M. Johnson 6th Iowa: Ltc William H. Clune 46th Ohio: Ltc Isaac N. Alexander 3rd Brigade

Col James A. Williamson 4th Iowa: Ltc Samuel D. Nichols 9th Iowa: Cpt Paul McSweeney 25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone 30th Iowa: Ltc Aurelius Roberts 31st Iowa: Ltc Jeremiah W. JenkinsSecond Division

MG William Babcock Hazen 1st Brigade

Col Theodore Jones 55th Illinois: Cpt Charles A. Andress 116th Illinois: Ltc John E. Maddux 127th Illinois: Cpt Charles Schryver 6th Missouri: Ltc Delos Van Deusen 8th Missouri, (two companies): Cpt John W. White 30th Ohio: Cpt Emory W. Muenscher 57th Ohio: Maj John McClure 2nd Brigade

Col Wells S. JonesWounded December 13 (w),

Col James Stewart Martin 111th Illinois: Col James Stewart Martin, Maj William M. Mabry 83rd Indiana: Ltc George H. Scott 47th Ohio: Col Augustus C. Parry 53rd Ohio: Cpt David H. Lasley 54th Ohio: Ltc Israel T. Moore 3rd Brigade

BG John Morrison Oliver 48th Illinois: Maj Edward Adams 90th Illinois: Ltc Owen Stuart 99th Indiana: Ltc John M. Berkey 15th Michigan: Ltc Frederick S. Hutchinson 70th Ohio: Ltc Henry L. Philips3rd Division

Bvt MG John E. Smith 1st Brigade

Col Joseph B. McCown 63rd Illinois: Ltc James Isaminger 93rd Illinois:Non-veterans 18th Wisconsin attached. Ltc Nicholas C. Buswell 48th Indiana: Ltc Edward J. Wood 59th Indiana: Ltc Jefferson K. Scott 4th Minnesota: Col John Eaton Tourtellotte 2nd Brigade

Bvt. BG Green B. Raum    56th Illinois: Cpt James P. Files 10th Iowa: Ltc Paris P. Henderson 26th Missouri:Detachment 10th Missouri attached. Col Benjamin D. Dean 80th Ohio: Ltc Pren Metham4th Division

BG John M. Corse 1st Brigade

BG Elliott W. Rice 52nd Illinois: Maj Wesley Boyd, Ltc Jerome D. Davis 66th Indiana: Ltc Roger Martin 2nd Iowa: Col Noel B. Howard 7th Iowa: Ltc James C. Parrott 2nd Brigade

Col Robert N. Adams 12th Illinois: Ltc Henry Van Sellar 66th Illinois: Ltc Andrew K. Campbell 81st Ohio: Maj William C. Henry 3rd Brigade

Col Frederick J. Hurlbut 7th Illinois: Ltc Hector Perrin 50th Illinois: Cpt Henry Horn 57th Illinois: Maj Frederick A. Battey 39th Iowa: Ltc Joseph M. Griffiths Artillery

Maj Charles J. Stolbrand Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Albert F. R. Arndt Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Lt John F. Brunner 12th Wisconsin Light Battery: Cpt William Zickerick

XVII Corps

MG Francis Preston Blair Jr. Escort: Company G, 11th Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

MG Joseph A. Mower     1st Brigade

BG John W. Fuller 64th Illinois: Cpt Joseph S. Reynolds 18th Missouri: Ltc Charles S. Sheldon 27th Ohio: Cpt James Morgan 39th Ohio: Cpt Daniel Weber 2nd Brigade

BG John W. Sprague 35th New Jersey: Col John J. Cladek 43rd Ohio: Col Wager Swayne 63rd Ohio: Maj John W. Fouts 25th Wisconsin: Ltc Jeremiah McLain Rusk 3rd Brigade  

Col John Tillson 10th Illinois: Ltc McLain F. Wood 25th Indiana: Maj James S. Wright 32nd Wisconsin: Col Charles H. De GroatSecond Division

BG Mortimer Dormer LeggettProvost Guard 20th Illinois: Cpt Henry King 1st Brigade

BG Manning F. Force 30th Illinois: Ltc William C. Rhoades 31st Illinois: Ltc Robert N. Pearson 45th Illinois: Maj John O. Duer 12th Wisconsin: Ltc James Kerr Proudfit 16th Wisconsin: Maj William F. Dawes 2nd Brigade

Col Robert Kingston Scott 20th Ohio: Cpt Lyman N. Ayres 68th Ohio: Ltc George E. Welles 78th Ohio: Col Greenbury F. Wiles 17th Wisconsin: Maj Patrick H. McCauleyThird Division

BG Giles Alexander Smith 1st Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Potts 14th Illinois (battalion)/15th Illinois: Lt Alonzo J. Gillespie 41st Illinois (battalion): Maj Robert H. McFadden 53rd Illinois: Col John W. McClanahan 23rd Indiana: Col George S. Babbitt 53rd Indiana: Cpt Henry Duncan 32nd Ohio: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets 3rd Brigade

BG William W. Belknap 32nd Illinois: Maj Henry Davidson 11th Iowa: Cpt Benjamin Beach 13th Iowa: Cpt Justin C. Kennedy 15th Iowa: Maj George Pomutz 16th Iowa: Cpt Crandall W. Williams Artillery

Maj Allen C. Waterhouse Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Henry Shier 1st Minnesota Light Battery: Lt Henry Hurter 15th Ohio Light Battery: Lt George R. Caspar

Left Wing (Army of Georgia) MG Henry W. Slocum

Pontoniers: 58th Indiana: Col George P. Buell

XIV Corps

Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG William P. Carlin 1st Brigade

Col Harrison C. Hobart 104th Illinois: Ltc Douglas Hapeman 42nd Indiana: Cpt Gideon R. Kellams 88th Indiana: Ltc Cyrus E. Briant 33rd Ohio: Cpt Joseph Hinson 94th Ohio: Ltc Rue P. Hutchins 21st Wisconsin: Ltc Michael H. Fitch 2nd Brigade

Ltc Joseph H. Brigham 13th Michigan: Ltc Theodoric R. Palmer 21st Michigan: Maj Benton D. Fox 69th Ohio: Cpt Lewis El Hicks 3rd Brigade

Col Henry A. Hambright,Sick from November 18.

Ltc David Miles 38th Indiana: Cpt James H. Low 21st Ohio: Ltc Arnold McMahan 74th Ohio: Maj Joseph Fisher, Maj Robert P. Findley 79th Pennsylvania: Ltc David Miles, Maj Michael H. Locher2nd Division

BG James D. Morgan 1st Brigade

Col Robert F. Smith 16th Illinois: Ltc James B. Cahill 60th Illinois: Col William B. Anderson 10th Michigan: Col Charles M. Lum 14th Michigan: Maj Thomas C. Fitzgibbon 17th New York: Ltc Joel O. Martin 2nd Brigade

Ltc John S. Pearce 34th Illinois: Cpt Peter Ege 78th Illinois: Ltc Maris R. Vernon 98th Ohio: Cpt James R. McLaughlin 108th Ohio: Maj Frederick Beck 113th Ohio: Cpt Toland Jones 121st Ohio: Maj Aaron B. Robinson 3rd Brigade

Ltc James W. Langley 85th Illinois: Maj Robert G. Rider 86th Illinois: Ltc Allen R. Fahnestock 110th Illinois (four companies), Ltc E. Hibbard Topping 125th Illinois: Cpt George W. Cook 22nd Indiana: Cpt William H. Snodgrass 37th Indiana (1 company): Lt Socrates Carver 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy3rd Division

BG Absalom Baird 1st Brigade

Col Morton C. Hunter 82nd Indiana: Ltc John M. Matheny 23rd Missouri: Ltc Quin Morton 17th Ohio: Ltc Benjamin H. Showers 31st Ohio: Cpt Michael Stone 89th Ohio: Ltc William H. Glenn 92nd Ohio:Company A, 24th Illinois attached. Col Benjamin D. Fearing 2nd Brigade

Col Newell Gleason 75th Indiana: Maj Cyrus J. McCole 87th Indiana: Ltc Edwin P. Hammond 101st Indiana: Ltc Thomas Doan 2nd Minnesota: Ltc Judson W. Bishop 105th Ohio: Ltc George T. Perkins 3rd Brigade

Col George P. Este 74th Indiana: Ltc Thomas Morgan 18th Kentucky: Ltc Hubbard K. Milward 14th Ohio: Ltc Albert Moore 38th Ohio: Cpt Charles M. Gilbert Artillery

Maj Charles Houghtaling Battery C, 1st Illinois Light:Detachment 11th Ohio Infantry attached. Lt Joseph R. Channel Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Alonzo W. Coe 19th Indiana Light Battery: Cpt William P. Stackhouse 5th Wisconsin Light Battery: Lt Joseph McKnight

XX Corps

BG Alpheus S. Williams

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Nathaniel J. Jackson  1st Brigade

BG James L. Selfridge 5th Connecticut: Ltc Henry W. Daboll 123rd New York: Ltc James C. Rogers 141st New York: Cpt William Merrell 46th Pennsylvania: Maj Patrick Griffith 2nd Brigade

Col Ezra A. Carman 2nd Massachusetts: Col William Cogswell 13th New Jersey: Maj Frederick H. Harris 107th New York: Cpt Charles J. Fox, Ltc Allen N. Sill 150th New York: Maj Alfred B. Smith 3rd Wisconsin: Col William Hawley 3rd Brigade

Col James S. Robinson 82nd Illinois: Maj Ferdinand H. Rolshausen 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins 61st Ohio: Cpt John Garrett 82nd Ohio: Ltc David Thomson 31st Wisconsin: Col Francis H. WestSecond Division

BG John W. Geary 1st Brigade

Col Ario Pardee Jr. 5th Ohio: Ltc Robert Kirkup 29th Ohio: Maj Myron T. WrightWounded December 19. 66th Ohio: Ltc Eugene Powell 28th Pennsylvania: Col John H. Flynn 147th Pennsylvania:Detachment Battery E, Pennsylvania Artillery, attached. Ltc John Craig 2nd Brigade

Col Patrick Henry Jones 33rd New Jersey: Col George W. Mindil 119th New York: Col John T. Lockman 134th New York: Ltc Allan H. Jackson 154th New York: Maj Lewis D. Warner 73rd Pennsylvania: Maj Charles C. Cresson 3rd Brigade

Col Henry A. Barnum 60th New York: Maj Thomas Elliott 102nd New York: Ltc Harvey S. Chatfield 137th New York: Ltc Koert S. Van Voorhees 149th New York: Maj Nicholas Grumbach 29th Pennsylvania: Col Samuel M. Zulich 111th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas M. WalkerThird Division

BG William Thomas Ward 1st Brigade

Col Franklin C. Smith  102nd Illinois: Maj Hiland H. Clay 105th Illinois: Maj Henry D. Brown 129th Illinois: Col Henry Case 70th Indiana: Ltc Samuel Merrill 79th Ohio: Ltc Azariah W. Doan 2nd Brigade

Col Daniel Dustin 33rd Indiana: Ltc James E. Burton 85th Indiana: Ltc Alexander B. Crane 19th Michigan: Ltc John J. Baker 22nd Wisconsin: Ltc Edward Bloodgood 3rd Brigade

Col Samuel Ross 20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham 33rd Massachusetts: Ltc Elisha Doane 136th New York: Ltc Lester B. Faulkner 55th Ohio: Ltc Edwin H. Powers 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst 26th Wisconsin: Ltc Frederick C. Winkler Artillery

Maj John A. Reynolds   Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Charles E. Winegar Battery M, 1st New York Light: Cpt Edward P. Newkirk Battery C, 1st Ohio Light : Cpt Marco B. Gary,Captured December 12. Lt Jerome B. Stephens Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan

Cavalry Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersThird Division

BG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick 1st Brigade

Colo Eli H. Murray 8th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Fielder A. Jones 2nd Kentucky Cavalry: Cpt Joseph T. Forman, Cpt Robert M. Gilmore 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Robert H. King 5th Kentucky Cavalry: Col Oliver L. Baldwin 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Thomas J. Jordan 2nd Brigade

Col Smith D. Atkins 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry: Ltc Matthew Van Buskirk 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Cpt Charles U. Patton 9th Michigan Cavalry: Col George S. Acker 5th Ohio Cavalry: Col Thomas T. Heath 9th Ohio Cavalry: Col William D. Hamilton 10th Ohio Cavalry: Lt Thomas W. Sanderson McLaughlin's Squadron (Ohio): Cpt John Dalzell Unattached 1st Alabama Cavalry:Serving with the Left Wing. Col George E. Spencer 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Ltc Samuel T. Hughes Artillery 10th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Yates V. Beebe

See also

Georgia in the American Civil War

Notes

References