Atlanta campaign Union order of battle
Introduction The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.This order of battle covers the period of May 7 – July 17, 1864.The period July 17 – September 8, 1864, is listed separately.
Abbreviations used ===Military rank===* '''MG''' = Major General* '''BG''' = Brigadier General* '''Col''' = Colonel* '''Ltc''' = Lieutenant Colonel* '''Maj''' = Major* '''Cpt''' = Captain===Other===* '''w''' = wounded* '''mw''' = mortally wounded* '''k''' = killed
Military Division of the Mississippi MG William T. ShermanChief of Staff: BG Joseph D. WebsterChief of Artillery: BG William F. BarryHeadquarters Guard: 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lieut. William McCrory===Army of the Cumberland===MG George Henry ThomasChief of Artillery: BG John M. BrannanChief of Staff: BG William D. WhippleEscort: Company I, 1st Ohio Cavalry: Lieut. Henry C. Reppert====IV Corps====MG Oliver O. Howard Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division    MG David S. Stanley 1st Brigade  BG Charles Cruft  Col Isaac M. Kirby* 21st Illinois* 38th Illinois* 31st Indiana* 81st Indiana* 1st Kentucky (until May 29)* 2nd Kentucky (until June 3)* 90th Ohio* 101st Ohio: Col Isaac M. Kirby 2nd Brigade  BG Walter C. Whitaker  Col Jacob E. Taylor* 96th Illinois* 115th Illinois* 35th Indiana* 84th Indiana* 21st Kentucky* 40th Ohio: Col Jacob E. Taylor* 45th Ohio (from June 22)* 51st Ohio* 99th Ohio (until June 22): Col Peter T. Swaine 3rd Brigade  Col William Grose* 59th Illinois* 75th Illinois* 80th Illinois* 84th Illinois* 9th Indiana* 30th Indiana* 36th Indiana* 77th Pennsylvania Artillery  Cpt Peter Simonson ('''k''' June 16)  Cpt Samuel M. McDowell ('''k''' June 27)  Cpt Theodore Thomasson* 5th Indiana Light Battery* Independent Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Samuel M. McDowellSecond Division    BG John Newton 1st Brigade  Col Francis T. Sherman  BG Nathan Kimball* 36th Illinois: Col Silas Miller* 44th Illinois: Col Wallace W. Barrett* 73rd Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Motherspaw* 74th Illinois: Col Jason Marsh* 88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Chandler ('''k''' June 27), Col Francis T. Sherman ('''c''' July 7)* 28th Kentucky: Ltc J. Rowan Boone (until May 28)* 2nd Missouri: Col Bernard Laiboldt* 15th Missouri: Col Joseph Conrad * 24th Wisconsin: Ltc Theodore S. West 2nd Brigade  BG George D. Wagner  Col John Blake* 100th Illinois* 40th Indiana: Col John Blake* 57th Indiana* 28th Kentucky (from May 28)* 26th Ohio* 97th Ohio 3rd Brigade  BG Charles G. Harker ('''mw''' June 27)  BG Luther P. Bradley* 22nd Illinois (until June 10)* 27th Illinois* 42nd Illinois* 51st Illinois* 79th Illinois* 3rd Kentucky* 64th Ohio* 65th Ohio* 125th Ohio Artillery  Cpt Charles Aleshire  Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed* Battery M, 1st Illinois Light* Battery A, 1st Ohio Light: Cpt Wilbur GoodspeedThird Division    BG Thomas J. Wood 1st Brigade  BG August Willich ('''w''' May 15)   Col William H. Gibson* 25th Illinois* 35th Illinois (from June 6)* 89th Illinois* 32nd Indiana* 8th Kansas (from June 28)* 15th Ohio* 49th Ohio: Col William H. Gibson* 15th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade  BG William B. Hazen* 6th Indiana* 5th Kentucky* 6th Kentucky* 23rd Kentucky* 1st Ohio* 6th Ohio (until June 6)* 41st Ohio* 93rd Ohio* 124th Ohio 3rd Brigade  BG Samuel Beatty  Col Frederick Knefler* 79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler* 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====MG John M. Palmer Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division   BG Richard W. Johnson ('''w''' May 28)   BG John H. King 1st Brigade  BG William P. Carlin  Col Anson G. McCook* 104th Illinois* 42nd Indiana* 88th Indiana* 15th Kentucky* 2nd Ohio: Col Anson G. McCook* 33rd Ohio* 94th Ohio* 10th Wisconsin* 21st Wisconsin: Col H. C. Hobart;  (from July 4) 2nd Brigade  BG John H. King  Col William Stoughton* 11th Michigan: Col William Stoughton* 69th Ohio (from May 11 until July 15): Col Marshall F. Moore* Regular Detachment: Maj John R. Edie** 1st Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Albert B. Dod** 2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry: Cpt William C. McManus** 1st Battalion, 16th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Alexander H. Stanton** 2nd Battalion, 16th U.S. Infantry: Cpt R. Peabody Barry** 1st Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry: Cpt George W. Smith** 2nd Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry: Cpt Henry Haymond** 19th U.S. Infantry (6 companies): Cpt James Mooney 3rd Brigade  Col Benjamin Scribner  * 37th Indiana* 38th Indiana* 21st Ohio* 69th Ohio (from July 15)* 74th Ohio* 78th Pennsylvania* 79th Pennsylvania (from May 9)* 1st Wisconsin Artillery  Cpt Lucius Drury* Battery C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery* Battery I, 1st OhioSecond Division    BG Jefferson C. Davis 1st Brigade  BG James D. Morgan* 10th Illinois* 16th Illinois* 60th Illinois* 10th Michigan (from May 15)* 14th Michigan (from June 14) 2nd Brigade  Col John G. Mitchell* 34th Illinois* 78th Illinois* 98th Ohio* 108th Ohio* 113th Ohio* 121st Ohio 3rd Brigade  Col Daniel McCook, Jr. ('''mw''' June 27)  Col Oscar F. Harmon ('''mw''' June 27)  Col Caleb J. Dilworth* 85th Illinois: Col Caleb J. Dilworth* 86th Illinois* 110th Illinois* 125th Illinois: Col Oscar F. Harmon* 22nd Indiana* 52nd Ohio Artillery  Cpt Charles Barnett* Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light* 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment)* 5th Wisconsin Light BatteryThird Division    BG Absalom Baird 1st Brigade  BG John B. Turchin  Col Moses B. Walker* 19th Illinois (until June 9)* 24th Illinois (until June 28)* 82nd Indiana* 23rd Missouri (from July 10)* 11th Ohio (until June 10)* 17th Ohio* 31st Ohio: Col Moses B. Walker* 89th Ohio* 92nd Ohio 2nd Brigade  Col Ferdinand Van Derveer  Col Newell Gleason* 75th Indiana* 87th Indiana: Col Newell Gleason* 101st Indiana* 2nd Minnesota* 9th Ohio (until May 22)* 35th Ohio* 105th Ohio 3rd Brigade  Col George P. Este* 10th Indiana* 74th Indiana* 10th Kentucky* 18th Kentucky* 14th Ohio* 38th Ohio Artillery  Cpt George Estep* 7th Indiana Light Battery* 19th Indiana Light Battery====XX Corps====MG Joseph Hooker Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division    BG Alpheus S. Williams 1st Brigade  BG Joseph F. Knipe  Col Warren W. Packer* 5th Connecticut: Col Warren W. Packer* 3rd Maryland (detachment)* 123rd New York* 141st New York* 46th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade  BG Thomas H. Ruger* 27th Indiana* 2nd Massachusetts* 13th New Jersey* 107th New York* 150th New York* 3rd Wisconsin 3rd Brigade  Col James S. Robinson* 82nd Illinois* 101st Illinois* 45th New York* 143rd New York* 61st Ohio* 82nd Ohio* 31st Wisconsin (from July 21) Artillery  Cpt John D. Woodbury* Battery I, 1st New York Light Artillery* Battery M, 1st New York Light ArtillerySecond Division    BG John W. Geary 1st Brigade  Col Charles Candy* 5th Ohio* 7th Ohio (until June 11)* 29th Ohio* 66th Ohio* 28th Pennsylvania* 147th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade  Col Adolphus Buschbeck  Col John T. Lockman  Col Patrick Henry Jones* 33rd New Jersey* 119th New York: Col John T. Lockman* 134th New York* 154th New York: Col Patrick Henry Jones* 27th Pennsylvania (until May 23):* 73rd Pennsylvania* 109th Pennsylvania 3rd Brigade  Col David Ireland ('''w''' May 15)  Col William Rickards, Jr  Col George A. Cobham* 60th New York* 78th New York* 102nd New York* 137th New York* 149th New York* 29th Pennsylvania: Col William Rickards, Jr* 111th Pennsylvania: Col George A. Cobham Artillery  Cpt William Wheeler ('''k''' June 22)  Cpt Charles Aleshire* 13th New York Light Battery* Battery E, Pennsylvania LightThird Division    MG Daniel Butterfield    BG William T. Ward 1st Brigade  BG William T. Ward ('''w''' May 15)  Col Benjamin Harrison* 102nd Illinois* 105th Illinois* 129th Illinois* 70th Indiana: Col Benjamin Harrison* 79th Ohio 2nd Brigade  Col John Coburn* 20th Connecticut (until May 29)* 33rd Indiana* 85th Indiana* 19th Michigan* 22nd Wisconsin 3rd Brigade  Col James Wood* 20th Connecticut (from May 29)* 33rd Massachusetts* 136th New York* 55th Ohio* 73rd Ohio* 26th Wisconsin Artillery  Cpt Marco B. Gary* Battery I, 1st Michigan Light* Battery C, 1st Ohio LightUnattached Units     Reserve Brigade  Col Joseph W. Burke  Col Heber Le Favour  * 10th Ohio* 9th Michigan* 22nd Michigan (from May 31): Col Heber Le Favour Pontooniers  Col George P. Buell* 58th Indiana* Pontoon Battalion (until June 17)Siege Artillery  Cpt Arnold Sutermeister* 11th Indiana Battery====Cavalry Corps====BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division    BG Edward M. McCook 1st Brigade  Col Joseph B. Dorr* 8th Iowa Cavalry* 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (from June 30)* 2nd Michigan Cavalry* 1st Tennessee Cavalry 2nd Brigade  Col Oscar H. LaGrange  Ltc James Stewart  Ltc Horace Lamson* 2nd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc James Stewart* 4th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Horace Lamson* 1st Wisconsin Cavalry 3rd Brigade  Col Louis D. Watkins  Col John K. Faulkner* 4th Kentucky Cavalry* 6th Kentucky Cavalry* 7th Kentucky Cavalry: Col John K. Faulkner Artillery* 18th Indiana Horse Artillery BatterySecond Division    BG Kenner Garrard 1st Brigade  Col Robert Minty* 4th Michigan Cavalry* 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry* 4th U.S. Cavalry 2nd Brigade   Col Eli Long* 1st Ohio Cavalry* 3rd Ohio Cavalry* 4th Ohio Cavalry 3rd Brigade  Col John T. Wilder  Col Abram Miller* 98th Illinois Mounted Infantry* 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry* 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry* 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry: Col Abram Miller Artillery* Chicago Board of Trade BatteryThird Division    BG Judson Kilpatrick ('''w''' May 13)    Col Eli Murray    Col William W. Lowe 1st Brigade  Ltc Robert Klein* 3rd Indiana Cavalry (four companies)* 5th Iowa Cavalry 2nd Brigade  Col Charles Smith* 8th Indiana Cavalry (from July 27)* 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (from July 27)* 10th Ohio Cavalry 3rd Brigade  Col Eli Murray  Col Smith D. Atkins* 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry: Col Smith D. Atkins* 3rd Kentucky Cavalry* 5th Kentucky Cavalry Artillery* 10th Wisconsin Battery===Army of the Tennessee===MG James B. McPhersonEscort: 4th Company Ohio Cavalry; Company B, 1st Ohio Cavalry====XV Corps====MG John A. Logan Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division    BG Peter J. Osterhaus    BG Charles R. Woods 1st Brigade  BG Charles R. Woods  Col Milo Smith* 26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith* 30th Iowa* 27th Missouri* 76th Ohio 2nd Brigade  Col James A. Williamson* 4th Iowa* 9th Iowa* 25th Iowa* 31st Iowa 3rd Brigade  Col Hugo 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 Morgan L. Smith 1st Brigade  BG Giles A. Smith* 55th Illinois (from June 16)* 111th Illinois* 116th Illinois* 127th Illinois* 6th Missouri* 8th Missouri* 57th Ohio 2nd Brigade  BG Joseph Lightburn* 83rd Indiana* 30th Ohio (from May 22)* 37th Ohio (from May 10)* 47th Ohio* 53rd Ohio (from May 12)* 54th Ohio Artillery  Cpt Francis De Gress* Battery A, 1st Illinois Light* Battery B, 1st Illinois Light (until July 12)* Battery H, 1st Illinois LightThird Division  BG John E. Smith 1st Brigade  Col Jesse I. Alexander * 63rd Illinois* 48th Indiana* 59th Indiana* 4th Minnesota* 18th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade  Col Green B. Raum* 13th Illinois (detachment)* 56th Illinois* 17th Iowa* 10th Missouri* 24th Missouri (one company)* 80th Ohio 3rd Brigade   BG Charles L. Matthies   Col Benjamin D. Dean   Col Jabez Banbury* 93rd Illinois* 5th Iowa (until July 12): Col Jabez Banbury* 10th Iowa* 26th Missouri: Col Benjamin D. Dean Artillery  Cpt Henry Dillon* Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th Battery* Wisconsin Light Artillery, 12th Battery Cavalry  * 5th Ohio Cavalry* Company F, 4th Missouri Cavalry (Escort to BG John E. Smith)Fourth Division    BG William Harrow 1st Brigade  Colonel Reuben Williams* 26th Illinois* 90th Illinois* 12th Indiana* 100th Indiana 2nd Brigade  BG Charles C. Walcutt* 40th Illinois (from June 3)* 103rd Illinois* 97th Indiana* 6th Iowa* 46th Ohio 3rd Brigade  Col John M. Oliver* 48th Illinois* 99th Indiana* 15th Michigan* 53rd Ohio (until May 12)* 70th Ohio Artillery  Cpt Henry H. Griffiths  Maj John T. Cheney* Battery F, 1st Illinois Light* 1st Iowa Light Battery====XVI Corps====MG Grenville M. DodgeEscort: 1st Alabama Cavalry; Company A, 52nd Illinois Division Brigade Regiments and othersSecond Division    BG Thomas W. Sweeny 1st Brigade  BG Elliott W. Rice* 52nd Illinois* 66th Indiana* 2nd Iowa* 7th Iowa 2nd Brigade  Col Patrick E. Burke ('''mw''' May 16)  Ltc Robert N. Adams  Col August Mersy* 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Col August Mersy* 12th Illinois* 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters)* 81st Ohio: Ltc Robert N. Adams 3rd Brigade  Col Moses M. Bane  Col Henry J.B. Cummings* 7th Illinois (from July 9)* 50th Illinois* 57th Illinois* 39th Iowa: Col Henry J.B. Cummings Artillery  Cpt Frederick Welker* Battery B, 1st Michigan Light* Battery H, 1st Missouri Light* Battery I, 1st Missouri Light (until May 22)Fourth Division    BG James C. Veatch 1st Brigade  BG John W. Fuller* 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 James H. Howe* 25th Indiana* 17th New York* 32nd Wisconsin Artillery  Cpt Jerome B. Burrows  Cpt George Robinson* Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt George Robinson* 14th Ohio Light Battery* Battery F, 2nd U.S.====XVII Corps====MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.Escort: Company M, 1st Ohio Cavalry; Company G, 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry Division Brigade Regiments and othersThird Division    BG Mortimer D. Leggett 1st Brigade  BG Manning F. Force* 20th Illinois* 30th Illinois* 31st Illinois* 45th Illinois* 12th Wisconsin (from July 10)* 16th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade  Col Robert K. Scott* 20th Ohio* 32nd Ohio (until July 10)* 68th Ohio* 78th Ohio 3rd Brigade  Col Adam G. Malloy* 17th Wisconsin* Worden's Battalion Artillery  Cpt William S. Williams* Battery D, 1st Illinois Light* Battery H, 1st Michigan Light* 3rd Ohio Light BatteryFourth Division    BG Walter Q. Gresham 1st Brigade  Col William L. Sanderson  Col Benjamin F. Potts* 32nd Illinois* 23rd Indiana* 53rd Indiana* 3rd Iowa (3 companies)* 32nd Ohio (from July 10)* 12th Wisconsin (until July 10) 2nd Brigade  Col George C. Rogers* 14th Illinois* 15th Illinois (until July 5)* 41st Illinois (from July 5)* 53rd Illinois 3rd Brigade  Col William Hall* 11th Iowa* 13th Iowa* 15th Iowa* 16th Iowa Artillery  Cpt Edward Spear* Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light* 1st Minnesota Battery* Battery C, 1st Missouri Light* 10th Ohio Light Battery* 15th Ohio Light Battery===Army of the Ohio (XXIII Corps)===MG John M. SchofieldBG Jacob CoxEscort: Company G, 7th Ohio Cavalry Division Brigade Regiments and othersFirst Division    BG Alvin P. Hovey   1st Brigade  Col Richard F. Barter* 120th Indiana* 124th Indiana* 128th Indiana 2nd Brigade  Col John McQuiston  Col Peter T. Swaine* 123rd Indiana* 129th Indiana* 130th Indiana* 99th Ohio (from June 22): Col Peter T. Swaine Artillery* 23rd Indiana Light Battery* 24th Indiana Light BatterySecond Division    BG Henry M. Judah    BG Milo S. Hascall 1st Brigade  BG Nathaniel C. McLean  BG Joseph A. Cooper* 80th Indiana (until June 8)* 91st Indiana (from June 4)* 13th Kentucky (until June 8)* 25th Michigan* 45th Ohio (from June 8 until June 22)* 3rd Tennessee* 6th Tennessee 2nd Brigade  BG Milo S. Hascall  Col John R. Bond  Col William E. Hobson* 107th Illinois* 80th Indiana (from June 8)* 13th Kentucky (from June 8): Col William E. Hobson* 23rd Michigan* 45th Ohio (from May 11 until June 8)* 111th Ohio: Col John R. Bond* 118th Ohio 3rd Brigade  Col Silas A. Strickland* 14th Kentucky* 20th Kentucky* 27th Kentucky* 50th Ohio: Col Silas A. Strickland Artillery  Cpt Joseph C. Shields* 22nd Indiana Light Battery (from June 29)* Battery F, 1st Michigan Light* 19th Ohio Light BatteryThird Division    BG Jacob D. Cox    Col James W. Reilly 1st Brigade  Col James W. Reilly  Col James W. Gault* 112th Illinois (from May 11)* 16th Kentucky: Col James W. Gault* 100th Ohio* 104th Ohio* 8th Tennessee 2nd Brigade  BG Mahlon D. Manson ('''w''' May 14)  Col John S. Hurt  BG Milo S. Hascall  Col John S. Casement  Col Daniel Cameron* 65th Illinois (from June 4): Col Daniel Cameron* 63rd Indiana: Col Israel N. Stiles* 65th Indiana* 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hurt* 103rd Ohio: Col John S. Casement* 5th Tennessee (until June 5) 3rd Brigade  BG Nathaniel McLean  Col Robert K. Byrd  Col Israel N. Stiles* 11th Kentucky* 12th Kentucky* 1st Tennessee: Col Robert K. Byrd* 5th Tennessee Dismounted Cavalry  Col Eugene Crittenden* 16th Illinois Cavalry* 12th Kentucky Cavalry Artillery  Maj Henry W. Wells* 15th Indiana Light Battery* Battery D, 1st Ohio LightStoneman's Cavalry Division    MG George Stoneman   1st Brigade  Col James Biddle* 16th Illinois Cavalry (until June 21)* 5th Indiana Cavalry* 6th Indiana Cavalry* 12th Kentucky Cavalry (until June 21) 2nd Brigade  Col Horace Capron* 14th Illinois Cavalry* 8th Michigan Cavalry* McLaughlin's Ohio Squadron Independent Brigade  Col Alexander Holeman* 1st Kentucky Cavalry* 11th Kentucky Cavalry Artillery* 24th Indiana Light Battery (from July 6)
Strengths The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign. Army Corps April 30 May 31 June 30 July 31 August 31 Army of the Cumberland IV Corps 20,538 17,227 14,956 13,519 12,118 XIV Corps 22,696 23,448 19,607 18,014 15,249 XX Corps 20,721 16,801 14,672 12,578 12,413 Cavalry Corps 8,983 9,848 9,477 8,427 7,638 Total 72,938 67,324 58,712 52,538 47,418 Army of the Tennessee XV Corps 12,517 12,497 11,788 9,133 8,670 XVI Corps 11,863 10,361 10,744 9,345 7,818 XVII Corps -  9,775 9,262 6,800 5,935 Total 24,380 32,633 31,794 25,278 22,423 Army of the Ohio XXIII Corps 9,854 9,971 12,906 11,960 9,981 Cavalry Division 2,951 2,886 2,658 1,899 1,936 Total 12,805 12,857 15,564 13,859 11,917 Military Division of the Mississippi Grand Total 110,123 112,814 106,070 91,675 81,758
Notes
References * U.S. War Department,  ''The War of the Rebellion'': ''a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies''. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. * Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). ''Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain'' (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008.