The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin of the American Civil War on November 30, 1864. Order of battle compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaign. 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
k = killed mw = mortally wounded w = wounded
Army of the Ohio
MG John M. Schofield
IV Corps
MG David S. Stanley (w)
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Nathan Kimball 1st Brigade
Col Isaac M. Kirby (K-2, W-8, M-4 =14) 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. McDanald 2nd Brigade
BG Walter C. Whitaker (K-0, W-5, M-4 =9) 96th Illinois: Maj George Hicks 115th Illinois: Col Jesse Hale Moore 35th Indiana: Ltc Augustus G. Tassin 21st Kentucky: Ltc James C. Evans 23rd Kentucky: Ltc George W. Northup 40th Ohio (six companies): Ltc James Watson 45th Ohio: Ltc John H. Humphrey 51st Ohio: Ltc Charles H. Wood 3rd Brigade
BG William Grose (K-3, W-24, M-10 =37) 75th Illinois: Col John E. Bennett 80th Illinois: Cpt James Cunningham 84th Illinois: Ltc Charles H. Morton 9th Indiana: Col Isaac C. B. Suman 30th Indiana (three companies): Cpt Henry W. Lawton 36th Indiana (one company): Lt John P. Swisher 84th Indiana: Maj John C. Taylor 77th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas E. RoseSecond Division
BG George D. Wagner 1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdycke (K-16, W-125, M-65 =206) 36th Illinois: Ltc Porter C. Olson (k), Maj Levi P. Holden 44th Illinois: Ltc John Russell 73rd Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Motherspaw (mw) 74th/88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Smith 125th Ohio: Cpt Edward P. Bates 24th Wisconsin: Cpt Edwin B. Parsons 2nd Brigade
Col John Quincy Lane (K-29, W-269, M-340 =638) 100th Illinois: Ltc Charles M. Hammond 40th Indiana: Ltc Henry Leaming 57th Indiana: Maj John S. McGraw 28th Kentucky: Ltc J. Rowan Boone 26th Ohio: Cpt William Clark 97th Ohio: Ltc Milton Barnes 3rd Brigade
Col Joseph Conrad (K-7, W-125, M-265 =397) 42nd Illinois: Maj Frederick A. Atwater 51st Illinois: Cpt Merritt B. Atwater 79th Illinois:Veteran Detachment 27th Illinois attached. Col Allen Buckner 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert C. Brown 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow SmithThird DivisionNot engaged.
BG Thomas J. Wood 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 49th Ohio: Maj Luther M. Strong 2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post 59th Illinois: Maj James M. Stookey 41st Ohio: Ltc Robert L. Kimberly 71st Ohio: Col Henry K. McConnell 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 (battalion): Maj Joseph T. Snider 19th Ohio: Ltc Henry G. Stratton 17th Kentucky: Col A. M. Stout http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf3.htm#17th, Dyer's Compendium 40th Missouri: Col Samuel A. Holmes Artillery
Cpt Lyman Bridges Bridges' Illinois Battery: Lt Lyman A. White 1st Kentucky Battery: Cpt Theodore S. Thomasson Battery A, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Charles W. Scovill Battery G, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Alexander Marshall 6th Ohio Battery: Lt Aaron P. Baldwin 20th Ohio Battery: Lt John S. Burdick (mw) Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Jacob Ziegler Battery M, 4th U.S. Light: Lt Samuel Canby
XXIII Corps
BG Jacob D. CoxSchofield was the official corps commander but assigned temporary command of the corps to Cox during the battle.
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG Thomas H. Ruger 1st Brigade
BG Joseph A. Cooper 130th Indiana: Col Charles S. Parrish 25th Michigan: Ltc Benjamin F. Orcutt 99th Ohio: Ltc John E. Cummins 3rd Tennessee: Col William Cross 6th Tennessee (7 cos.): Ltc Edward Maynard 2nd Brigade
Col Orlando H. Moore (K-21, W-89, M-12 =122) 107th Illinois: Col Francis H. Lowry (mw) 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 Silas Strickland (K-73, W-178, M-280 =531) 72nd Illinois: Ltc Joseph Stockton 44th Missouri: Col Robert C. Bradshaw (w) 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie 183rd Ohio: Col George W. Hoge Artillery 22nd Indiana Light: Cpt Edward W. Nicholson Battery F, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Byron D. Paddock 19th Ohio Battery: Lt Frank WilsonThird Division
BG James W. ReillyReilly temporarily commanded the division during the battle while Cox was assigned to command the corps. 1st Brigade
BG James W. Reilly (K-33, W-130, M-70 =233) 12th Kentucky: Ltc Laurence H. Rousseau 16th Kentucky: Ltc John S. White 100th Ohio: Ltc Edwin L. Hayes 104th Ohio: Col Oscar W. Sterl 175th Ohio:Unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve. Ltc Daniel W. McCoy 8th Tennessee: Cpt James W. Berry 2nd Brigade
Col John S. Casement (K-3, W-16, M-0 =19) 65th Illinois: Ltc W. Scott Stewart 65th Indiana: Ltc John W. Hammond 124th Indiana: Col John M. Orr 103rd Ohio:Guarding wagons at the bridge. Cpt Henry S. Pickands 5th Tennessee: Maj David G. Bowers 3rd Brigade
Col Israel N. Stiles (K-11, W-51, M-21 =83) 112th Illinois: Ltc Emery S. Bond 63rd Indiana: Ltc Daniel Morris 120th Indiana: Col Allen W. Prather 128th Indiana: Ltc Jasper Packard Artillery 15th Indiana Light: Cpt Alonzo D. Harvey 23rd Indiana Light: Lt Aaron A. Wilbur Battery D, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Giles J. Cockerill
Cavalry Corps MG James H. Wilson
Escort: 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt Joseph Hedges
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Edward M. McCook 1st Brigade
BG John T. Croxton 8th Iowa Cavalry: Col Joseph B. Dorr 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Col Robert M. Kelly 2nd Michigan Cavalry: Col Benjamin Smith 1st Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Calvin M. DyerFifth Division
BG Edward Hatch 1st Brigade
Col Robert R. Stewart 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Ltc Robert H. Carnahan 11th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Abram Sharra 12th Missouri: Col Oliver Wells 10th Tennessee: Maj William P. Story 2nd Brigade
Col Datus E. Coon 2nd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Charles C. Horton 6th Illinois Cavalry: Ltc John Lynch 7th Illinois Cavalry: Maj John M. Graham 9th Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Joseph W. Harper 12th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George Spalding Battery K, 1st Illinois Light: Lt Isaac W. CurtisSixth Division
BG Richard W. Johnson 1st Brigade
Col Horace Capron 16th Illinois Cavalry: Maj Charles H. Beeres 5th Iowa Cavalry: Maj J. Morris Young 7th Ohio Cavalry: Col Israel Garrard 2nd Brigade
Col James Biddle 14th Illinois Cavalry: Maj Francis M. Davidson 6th Indiana Cavalry: Maj Jacob S. Stephens 8th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Grover S. Wormer 3rd Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Cunningham
See also 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.
Notes
References
Battle of Franklin: Union order of battle (Civil War Trust)