Battle of Franklin (1864) Union order of battle


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG John M. Schofield

IV Corps">IV Corps (Union Army)">IV Corps

MG David S. Stanley
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First 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. McDanald
First Division

BG Nathan Kimball
2nd Brigade

BG Walter C. Whitaker

First Division

BG Nathan Kimball
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 : Lt John P. Swisher
  • 84th Indiana: Maj John C. Taylor
  • 77th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas E. Rose
Second Division

BG George D. Wagner
1st Brigade

Col Emerson Opdycke

  • 36th Illinois: Ltc Porter C. Olson, Maj Levi P. Holden
  • 44th Illinois: Ltc John Russell
  • 73rd Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Motherspaw
  • 74th/88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Smith
  • 125th Ohio: Cpt Edward P. Bates
  • 24th Wisconsin: Cpt Edwin B. Parsons
Second Division

BG George D. Wagner
2nd Brigade

Col John Quincy Lane

  • 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
Second Division

BG George D. Wagner
3rd Brigade

Col Joseph Conrad

  • 42nd Illinois: Maj Frederick A. Atwater
  • 51st Illinois: Cpt Merritt B. Atwater
  • 79th Illinois: Col Allen Buckner
  • 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst
  • 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert C. Brown
  • 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow Smith
Third Division

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
Third Division

BG Thomas J. Wood
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
Third Division

BG Thomas J. Wood
3rd Brigade

Col Frederick Knefler

  • 79th Indiana: Ltc George W. Parker
  • 86th Indiana: Col George F. Dick
  • 13th Ohio : Maj Joseph T. Snider
  • 19th Ohio: Ltc Henry G. Stratton
  • 17th Kentucky: Col A. M. Stout
  • 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
  • Battery B, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Jacob Ziegler
  • Battery M, 4th U.S. Light: Lt Samuel Canby

XXIII Corps">XXIII Corps (Union Army)">XXIII Corps

BG Jacob D. Cox
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Second Division

BG Thomas H. Ruger
1st Brigade

BG Joseph A. Cooper

Second Division

BG Thomas H. Ruger
2nd Brigade

Col Orlando H. Moore

  • 107th Illinois: Col Francis H. Lowry
  • 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
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Ruger
3rd Brigade

Col Silas Strickland

  • 72nd Illinois: Ltc Joseph Stockton
  • 44th Missouri: Col Robert C. Bradshaw
  • 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie
  • 183rd Ohio: Col George W. Hoge
Second Division

BG Thomas H. Ruger
Artillery
  • 22nd Indiana Light: Cpt Edward W. Nicholson
  • Battery F, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Byron D. Paddock
  • 19th Ohio Battery: Lt Frank Wilson
Third Division

BG James W. Reilly
1st Brigade

BG James W. Reilly

  • 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: Ltc Daniel W. McCoy
  • 8th Tennessee: Cpt James W. Berry
Third Division

BG James W. Reilly
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: Maj David G. Bowers
Third Division

BG James W. Reilly
3rd Brigade

Col Israel N. Stiles

  • 112th Illinois: Ltc Emery S. Bond
  • 63rd Indiana: Ltc Daniel Morris
  • 120th Indiana: Col Allen W. Prather
  • 128th Indiana: Ltc Jasper Packard
Third Division

BG James W. Reilly
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:
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First 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. Dyer
Fifth 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
Fifth Division

BG Edward Hatch
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. Curtis
Sixth 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
Sixth Division

BG Richard W. Johnson
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