Nashville Union order of battle


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 organization during the battle. The Union force was a conglomerate of units from several different departments provisionally attached to George H. Thomas’ Department of the Cumberland. The IV Corps 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. The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the Ohio and Smith’s Corps was detached from the Department of the Tennessee. 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 George H. Thomas, Commanding
Headquarters
BG Thomas J. Wood
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. McDonald
First Division

BG Nathan Kimball		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
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 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
Second Division

BG Washington Lafayette Elliott		2nd Brigade

Col John Q. Lane
  • 100th Illinois: Ltc Charles M.Hammend
  • 40th Indiana: Ltc Henry Leaming
  • 57th Indiana: Ltc Willis Blanch, Maj John S. McGraw
  • 28th Kentucky: Maj George W. Barth, Ltc J. Rowan Boone
  • 26th Ohio: Cpt William Clark
  • 97th Ohio: Ltc Milton Barnes, Cpt Clarkson C. Nichols
Second Division

BG Washington Lafayette Elliott		3rd Brigade

Col Joseph Conrad
  • 42nd Illinois: Ltc Edgar D. Swain
  • 51st Illinois: Cpt Albert M. Tilton
  • 79th Illinois: Col Allen Buckner
  • 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst
  • 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert Carson Brown
  • 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow Smith
Third 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, Ltc John McClenahan
  • 49th Ohio: Maj Luther M. Strong, Cpt Daniel Hartsough
Third Division

BG Samuel Beatty		2nd Brigade

Col Philip S. Post

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, Cpt William H. McClure
  • 93rd Ohio: Ltc Daniel Bowman
  • 124th Ohio: Ltc James Pickands
Third Division

BG Samuel Beatty		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
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">XXIII Corps (Union Army)">XXIII Corps

MG John M. Schofield
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

Second 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
Second Division

MG Darius N. Couch		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
Second Division

MG Darius N. Couch		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. Hoge
Third 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
Third Division

BG Jacob D. Cox		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
Third Division

BG Jacob D. Cox		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. Smith
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    First 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, 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
    First Division

    BG John McArthur    		2nd Brigade

    Col Lucius F. Hubbard
    • 5th Minnesota: Ltc William B. Gere
    • 9th Minnesota: Col Josiah F. Marsh
    • 11th Missouri: Ltc Eli Bowyer, Maj Modesta J. Green
    • 8th Wisconsin: Ltc William B. Britton
    • 2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph R. Reed
    First Division

    BG John McArthur    		3rd Brigade

    Col Sylvester G. Hill

    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. Julian
    Second 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: Ltc Edwin Moore
    • 9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Samuel G. Calfee
    Second Division

    BG Kenner Garrard    		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 : Cpt William C. Jones
    • 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
    Second Division

    BG Kenner Garrard    		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. Lowell
    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
    Third Division

    Col Jonathan B. Moore    		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
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    Provisional Division

    BG Charles Cruft    		1st Brigade

    Col Benjamin Harrison
    • 3 battalions detached from the XX Corps
    Provisional Division

    BG Charles Cruft    		2nd Brigade

    Col Adam G. Malloy
    • Consisted of men on detached duty from the Army of the Tennessee
    Provisional Division

    BG Charles Cruft    		2nd Brigade

    Col John G. Mitchell
    • Consisted of men on detached duty from the XIV Corps
    Provisional Division

    BG Charles Cruft    		3rd Brigade

    Ltc Charles H. Grosvenor
    • 68th Indiana: Ltc Harvey J. Espy
    • 18th Ohio: Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor, Cpt John M. Benedict, Lt Charles Grant
    • 2nd Battalion, XIV Army Corps, Cpt D. H. Henderson
    Provisional Division

    BG Charles Cruft    		Artillery
    • 20th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Milton A. Osborne
    • 18th Ohio Battery: Cpt Charles C. Aleshire
    U.S.C.T.1st Colored Brigade

    Col Thomas J. Morgan
    • 14th U.S. Colored Troops: Ltc Henry C. Corbin
    • 16th U.S. Colored Troops: Col William B. Gaw
    • 17th U.S. Colored Troops: Col William R. Shafter
    • 18th U.S. Colored Troops : Maj Lewis D. Joy
    • 44th U.S. Colored Troops : Col Lewis Johnson
    U.S.C.T.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. Tenney
    Post 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
    Post of Nashville

    BG John F. Miller    		Unattached
    • 3rd Kentucky
    • 28th Michigan: Col William W. Wheeler
    • 173rd Ohio: Col John R. Hurd
    • 78th Pennsylvania : Maj Henry W. Torbett
    • Veteran Reserve Corps: Col Frank P. Cahill
    • 44th Wisconsin : Ltc Oliver C. Bissell
    • 45th Wisconsin : --
    Post of Nashville

    BG John F. Miller    		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
    • Battery A, 3rd U.S. Colored Light: Cpt Josiah V. Meigs
    Post of Nashville

    BG John F. Miller    		Quartermaster's Division

    BG James L. Donaldson

    Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps (Union Army)#Western Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps

    MG James H. Wilson
    Escort:
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and others

    1st Division    		1st Brigade

    BG John T. Croxton
    • 8th Iowa: Col Joseph B. Dorr
    • 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Col Robert M. Kelly
    • 2nd Michigan: Ltc Benjamin Smith
    • 1st Tennessee: Ltc Calvin M. Dyer
    • Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt George I. Robinson
    1st Division2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky

    5th Division

    BG Edward Hatch    		1st Brigade

    Col Robert R. Stewart
    • 3rd Illinois: Ltc Robert H. Carnahan
    • 11th Indiana: Ltc Abram Sharra
    • 12th Missouri: Col Oliver Wells
    • 10th Tennessee: Maj William P. Story, Maj James T. Abernathy
    5th Division

    BG Edward Hatch    		2nd Brigade

    Col Datus E. Coon
    • 6th Illinois: Ltc John Lynch
    • 7th Illinois: Maj John M. Graham
    • 9th Illinois: Cpt Joseph W. Harper
    • 2nd Iowa: Maj Charles C. Horton
    • 12th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George Spalding
    • Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Joseph A. McCarthey
    6th Division

    BG Richard W. Johnson    		1st Brigade

    Col Thomas J. Harrison
    • 16th Illinois: Maj Charles H. Beeres
    • 5th Iowa: Ltc Harlon Baird
    • 7th Ohio: Col Israel Garrard
    6th Division

    BG Richard W. Johnson    		2nd Brigade

    Col James Biddle
    • 14th Illinois: Maj Haviland Tompkins
    • 6th Indiana: Maj Jacob S. Stephens
    • 8th Michigan: Col Elisha Mix
    • 3rd Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Cunningham
    6th Division

    BG Richard W. Johnson    		Artillery
    • Battery I, 4th United States: Lt Frank G. Smith
    7th Division

    BG Joseph F. Knipe    		1st Brigade

    BG John H. Hammond
    • 9th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson
    • 10th Indiana: Ltc Benjamin Q. A. Gresham
    • 19th Pennsylvania: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
    • 2nd Tennessee: Ltc William R. Cook
    • 4th Tennessee: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
    7th Division

    BG Joseph F. Knipe    		2nd Brigade

    Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson
    • 12th Indiana: Col Edward Anderson
    • 13th Indiana: Ltc William T. Pepper
    • 6th Tennessee: Col Fielding Hurst
    7th Division

    BG Joseph F. Knipe    		Artillery
    • 14th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt William C. Myers

    [Mississippi River Squadron]

    10th District

    Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch
    ClassVessel

    River monitor    		U.S.S. Neosho

    Lieutenant Samuel Howard

    Ironclad    		U.S.S. Carondelet

    Acting Master Charles W. Miller

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Silver Lake

    Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Brilliant

    Lieutenant Charles Perking
    Acting Master John H. Rice

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Reindeer

    Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Moose

    Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Fairplay

    Acting Master George J. Groves

    Tinclad    		U.S.S. Springfield

    Acting Master Edmond Morgan