The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the battle (December 15–16, 1864).Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 90-96 The Union force was a conglomerate of units from several different departments provisionally attached to George H. Thomas’ Department of the Cumberland. The IV CorpsEicher p.585 and the District of Etowah were permanently attached to the Department of the Cumberland while the Cavalry Corps had been attached to the Army of the Cumberland until October 1864 when it was transferred to the Military Division of the Mississippi.Eicher p.863 The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the OhioEicher p.863 and Smith’s Corps (formerly known as the Right Wing-XVI Corps)Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 53-54 and pages 1197-1205 was detached from the Department of the Tennessee.Eicher p.492 Other brigades and regiments from the Army of the Tennessee 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 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
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 othersFirst 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 115th Illinois: Col 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 30th Indiana: 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 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 74th-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 79th Illinois:Veteran detachment 27th Illinois attached. Col Allen Buckner 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert Carson Brown 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow SmithThird 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 25th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Frederick C. Sturm Battery A, 1st Kentucky Light: Cpt Theodore S. Thomasson Battery E, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Peter De Vries Battery G, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Alexander Marshall 6th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt Aaron P. Baldwin Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Jacob Ziegler Battery M, 4th U.S. Light: Lt Samuel Canby
XXIII Corps
MG John M. Schofield
Division Brigade Regiments and othersSecond 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 91st Indiana: Ltc Charles H. Butterfield 123rd Indiana: Col John C. McQuiston 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie 183rd Ohio: Col George W. HogeThird 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 112th Illinois: Maj Tristram T. Dow 63rd Indiana: Ltc Daniel Morris 120th Indiana: Maj John M. Barcus 128th Indiana: Ltc Jasper Packard Artillery 15th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Alonzo D. Harvey 19th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Frank Wilson 23rd Battery, Indiana Light: Lt Aaron A. Wilber Battery D, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Giles J. Cockerill
Detachment, Army of the Tennessee MG Andrew J. SmithThe Smith's Corps: formerly known (until November 30, 1864) as the Right Wing-XVI Corps. See and .
Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst 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 5th Minnesota: Ltc William B. Gere 9th Minnesota: Col Josiah F. Marsh 11th Missouri: Ltc Eli Bowyer (w), Maj Modesta J. Green 8th Wisconsin: Ltc William B. Britton 2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph R. Reed 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. JulianSecond Division
BG Kenner Garrard 1st Brigade
Col David Moore 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney 122nd Illinois: Ltc James F. Drish 89th Indiana: Ltc Hervey Craven 21st Missouri:Detachment 24th Missouri attached. Ltc Edwin Moore 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Samuel G. Calfee 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. LowellChief of division artillery.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 33rd Wisconsin: Ltc Frederick S. Lovell 2nd Brigade
Col Leander Blanden 81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers 95th Illinois: Ltc William Avery 44th Missouri: Ltc Andrew J. Barr Artillery 14th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Francis W. Morse Battery A, 2nd Missouri Light: Lt John Zepp
Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah) MG James B. Steedman
Division Brigade Regiments and othersProvisional DivisionComposed 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)
BG Charles Cruft 1st Brigade
Col Benjamin Harrison 3 battalions detached from the XX Corps 2nd Brigade [Army of the Tennessee]Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 102
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:Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94 Ltc Harvey J. Espy 18th Ohio:Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94 Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor (k), Cpt John M. Benedict (w), Lt Charles Grant 2nd Battalion, XIV Army Corps, Cpt D. H. Henderson (w) Artillery 20th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Milton A. Osborne 18th Ohio Battery: Cpt Charles C. AleshireU.S.C.T.Reported directly, separate of Cruft's Provisional Division; Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 103 1st Colored Brigade
Col Thomas J. Morgan 14th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Henry C. Corbin 16th U.S. Colored Troops:Detached with pontoon train. Col William B. Gaw 17th U.S. Colored Troops: Col William R. Shafter 18th U.S. Colored Troops (battalion): Maj Lewis D. Joy 44th U.S. Colored Troops (battalion): Col Lewis Johnson 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. TenneyPost 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 3rd Kentucky (part) 28th Michigan: Col William W. Wheeler 173rd Ohio: Col John R. Hurd 78th Pennsylvania (detachment): Maj Henry W. Torbett Veteran Reserve Corps: Col Frank P. Cahill 44th Wisconsin (battalion): Ltc Oliver C. Bissell 45th Wisconsin (battalion): -- 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