Chickasaw Bayou Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called Walnut Hills, fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton repulsed an advance by Union Maj. Gen. William T...

 of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Confederate order of battle
Chickasaw Bayou Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

 is listed separately.

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
    Major general (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier general (United States)
    A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

  • Col = Colonel
    Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
    Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...

  • Maj = Major
    Major (United States)
    In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...

  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Right Wing, XIII Corps

MG William T. Sherman
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division

    
BG Andrew Jackson Smith
Andrew Jackson Smith
Andrew Jackson Smith was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate General S.D...



Escort: Company C, 4th Indiana Cavalry: Cpt Joseph P. Lesslie
1st Brigade
  
BG Stephen Gano Burbridge
Stephen G. Burbridge
-External links:* — Article by Civil War historian/author Bryan S. Bush...

  • 16th Indiana
    16th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 years)
    The 16th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In August 1863, the regiment was converted to mounted infantry for the remainder of the war.-Service:...

    : Col Thomas J. Lucas
  • 60th Indiana: Col Richard Owen
  • 67th Indiana
    67th Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 67th Indiana Infantry was organized at Madison, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 20, 1862 under the command of Colonel Frank Emerson.The...

    : Col Frank Emerson
  • 83rd Ohio
    83rd Ohio Infantry
    The 83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed "The Greyhound Regiment".-Service:...

    : Ltc William H. Baldwin
  • 96th Ohio
    96th Ohio Infantry
    The 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 96th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Delaware in Delaware, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 29, 1862 under the command of Colonel Joseph W...

    : Col Joseph W. Vance
  • 23rd Wisconsin
    23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 23rd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 23rd Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 30, 1862....

    : Col Joseph J. Guppey
2nd Brigade
  
Col William J. Landram
William J. Landram
William Jennings Landram was a lawyer, publisher, and Union officer during the American Civil War. He served in many of the campaigns associated with the XIII Corps often in command of a brigade and occasionally in division command...

  • 77th Illinois
    77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 77th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:77th Regiment Illinois was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 3, 1862....

    : Col David P. Grier
  • 97th Illinois
    97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 97th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 97th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 16, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on July...

    : Col Friend S. Rutherford
  • 108th Illinois
    108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 108th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 108th Illinois Infantry was organized in Peoria, Illinois mustered in for three years service on August 28, 1862 under the command of Colonel John Warner.The regiment was...

    : Col John Warner
  • 131st Illinois: Col George W. Neeley
  • 89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
  • 19th Kentucky
    19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
    The 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 19th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Harwood in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on January 2, 1862 under the...

    : Ltc John Cowan
  • 48th Ohio
    48th Ohio Infantry
    The 48th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 48th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in February 17, 1862 for three years service under the command...

    : Ltc Job R. Parker

Second Division

    
BG Morgan Lewis Smith
Morgan Lewis Smith
Morgan Lewis Smith was a Union general in the American Civil War.-Biography:Smith was born in Oswego County, New York. In 1843 he settled in Indiana, and later had some military experience in the United States Army. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised the 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, of...

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BG David Stuart
David Stuart (politician)
David Stuart was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

1st Brigade
  
Col Giles A. Smith
  • 113th Illinois
    113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 113th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Hancock near Chicago, Illinois and mustered in for three years service on October 1, 1862 under the command of Colonel George B...

    : Col George B. Hoge
  • 116th Illinois
    116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-History:The 116th Illinois Infantry was organized in Decatur, Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 30, 1862 under the command of Colonel Nathan W...

    : Col Nathan W. Tupper
  • 6th Missouri
    6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
    The 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Missouri Infantry was organized at St. Louis, Missouri June 15 - July 9, 1861 and mustered in for three years service....

    : Ltc James H. Blood
  • 8th Missouri: Ltc David C. Coleman
  • 1st Battalion, 13th US: Maj Dudley Chase
4th Brigade
  
BG David Stuart
  
Col Thomas Kilby Smith
Thomas Kilby Smith
Thomas Kilby Smith was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army...

  • 55th Illinois
    55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 55th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is sometimes referred to as the Canton Rifles or the Douglas Brigade 2nd Regiment.-Service:...

    : Ltc Oscar Malmborg
    Oscar Malmborg
    Frans Oscar Malmborg , a veteran of the Mexican War, became famous for his ostentatious manner in training recruits for the American Civil War, primarily the 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in which he served....

  • 127th Illinois
    127th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 127th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 6, 1862 under the command of Colonel John Van...

    : Col John Van Arman
  • 83rd Indiana
    83rd Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 83rd Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 83rd Indiana Infantry was organized at Lawrenceburg, Indiana September 4 - November 5, 1862 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel...

    : Col Benjamin J. Spooner
  • 54th Ohio
    54th Ohio Infantry
    The 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 54th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio in October 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith...

    : Col Thomas Kilby Smith
  • 57th Ohio
    57th Ohio Infantry
    The 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 57th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Vance in Findlay, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 12, 1861 under the command of Colonel William Mungen.The...

    : Col William Mungen
    William Mungen
    William Mungen was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, teacher, editor and publisher from Ohio.-Biography:...


Third Division

    
BG George Washington Morgan
George W. Morgan
George Washington Morgan was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

1st Brigade
  
Col Lionel A. Sheldon
  • 118th Illinois
    118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On June 10, 1863, the regiment was converted to mounted infantry.-Service:...

    : Col John G. Fonda
  • 69th Indiana
    69th Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 69th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 69th Indiana Infantry was organized at Richmond, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 19, 1862 under the command of Colonel Thomas Warren...

    : Col Thomas Warren Bennett
    Thomas W. Bennett (territorial governor)
    Thomas Warren Bennett was governor of Idaho Territory from 1871 to 1875. He also served as a Congressional delegate from the territory from March 4, 1875 to June 23, 1876...

  • 120th Ohio
    120th Ohio Infantry
    The 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 120th Ohio Infantry was organized Mansfield, Ohio and mustered in August 29, 1862 for three years service under the command of Colonel Daniel French.The regiment first served...

    : Col Daniel French
2nd Brigade
  
Col Daniel W. Lindsey
  • 49th Indiana
    49th Regiment Indiana Infantry
    The 49th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 49th Indiana Infantry was organized at Jeffersonville, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 21, 1861 under the command of Colonel John W....

    : Col James Keigwin
  • 7th Kentucky
    7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
    The 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 7th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Camp Dick Robinson and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 22, 1861...

    : Ltc Joel W. Ridgell
  • 114th Ohio
    114th Ohio Infantry
    The 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 114th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Circleville in Circleville, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on September 11, 1862 under the command of Colonel John...

    : Ltc Horatio B. Maynard
3rd Brigade
  
Col John F. DeCourcy
  • 54th Indiana: Col Fielding Mansfield
  • 22nd Kentucky
    22nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
    The 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 22nd Kentucky Infantry was organized at Louisa, Kentucky and mustered in on January 20, 1862....

    : Ltc George W. Monroe (w), Maj William J. Worthington
  • 16th Ohio
    16th Ohio Infantry
    The 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:...

    : Ltc Philip Kershner (w/c)
  • 42nd Ohio
    42nd Ohio Infantry
    The 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 42nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio September through November 1861 and mustered in for three years service on December 7, 1861 under the command of...

    : Ltc Don Albert Pardee
    Don Albert Pardee
    Don Albert Pardee was a United States federal judge.Born in Wadsworth, Ohio, Pardee read law to enter the Bar in 1859, and was in private practice in Medina County, Ohio from 1859 to 1861. He was in the United States Army during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, returning to private...

Artillery
  
  • Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Lanphere
  • 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery
    1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
    The 1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Independent Battery was mustered into service at LaCrosse, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861....

    : Cpt Jacob T. Foster

Fourth Division

    
BG Frederick Steele
Frederick Steele
Frederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his successful campaign to retake much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause.-Early life:Steele was born in Delhi, New...

1st Brigade
  
BG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

  • 13th Illinois
    13th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 13th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed "Fremont's Grey Hounds," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    : Col John B. Wyman (k), Ltc Adam B. Gorgas
  • 29th Missouri: Col John S. Cavender
  • 30th Missouri: Ltc Otto Schadt
  • 31st Missouri: Col Thomas C. Fletcher (w/c), Ltc Samuel P. Simpson (w)
  • 32nd Missouri: Col Francis H. Manter
  • 58th Ohio
    58th Ohio Infantry
    The 58th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 58th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on January 28, 1862 under the command of Colonel Valentine Bausenwein.The...

    : Ltc Peter Dister (k)
  • 4th Ohio Battery
    4th Ohio Battery
    4th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th Ohio Battery was organized in Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 17, 1861 under Captain Louis Hoffman.The battery was attached to Army...

    : Cpt Louis Hoffman
  • Company C, 10th Missouri Cavalry: Lt Daniel W. Ballon
2nd Brigade
  
BG Charles E. Hovey
  • 25th Iowa
    25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 25th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 25th Iowa Infantry was organized at Mount Pleasant, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 27, 1862.The regiment was mustered...

    : Col George A. Stone
  • 31st Iowa
    31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 31st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 31st Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 13, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

    : Col William Smyth
  • 3rd Missouri: Col Isaac F. Shepard
  • 12th Missouri: Col Hugo Wangelin
  • 17th Missouri: Col Francis Hassendeubel
  • 76th Ohio
    76th Ohio Infantry
    The 76th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment served in the Western Theater, primarily as part of the XV Corps in the Army of the Tennessee.-Organization:...

    : Col Charles Robert Woods
    Charles R. Woods
    Charles Robert Woods was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War...

  • 1st Missouri Horse Artillery: Cpt Clemens Landgraeber
3rd Brigade
  
BG John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as governor of Wyoming Territory and governor of Nebraska.-Early life and career:...

  • 4th Iowa
    4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th Iowa Infantry was organized at Council Bluffs, Iowa and mustered into Federal forces on August 8, 1861....

    : Col James Alexander Williamson
    James Alexander Williamson
    James A. Williamson was a politician, and lawyer who served in the Union army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.-Biography:Williamson was born in Columbia, Kentucky in 1829...

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  • 9th Iowa
    9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 9th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861....

    : Ltc William H. Coyl
  • 26th Iowa
    26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 26th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 30, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

    : Col Milo Smith
  • 28th Iowa
    28th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 28th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 28th Iowa Infantry was organized at Iowa City, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 10, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

    : Col William E. Miller
  • 30th Iowa
    30th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 30th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 30th Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on September 20, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

    : Col Charles H. Abbott
  • 34th Iowa
    34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 34th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 34th Iowa Infantry was organized at Burlington, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 15, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

    : Col George W. Clark
  • 1st Iowa Light Artillery
    1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
    The 1st Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    : Cpt Henry H. Griffiths


Unattached units
  • Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Peter P. Wood
  • Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Levi W. Hart
  • Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery
    Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery
    Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    : Cpt Charles G. Cooley
  • 8th Ohio Light Artillery
    8th Ohio Battery
    8th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on March 11, 1862 under Captain Louis Markgraf.The battery was...

    : Lt James F. Putnam
  • 17th Ohio Light Artillery
    17th Ohio Battery
    17th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio and mustered in August 21, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount....

    : Cpt Ambrose A. Blount
  • 3rd Illinois Cavalry
    3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
    The 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 27, 1861....

    : Col Lafayette McCrillis
  • Thielman's Battalion (Illinois)
    Thielman's Independent Cavalry Battalion
    Thielman's Independent Cavalry Battalion was a cavalry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    :
  • 6th Missouri Cavalry
    6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
    The 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Missouri Cavalry was mustered in for three years service on February 14, 1862 by consolidation of Wright's Cavalry Battalion, Wood's Cavalry Battalion, and...

    : Col Clark Wright
  • Patterson's Kentucky Engineers & Mechanics
    Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers
    Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

    : Cpt William F. Patterson
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