Stones River Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland
MG William S. Rosecrans
General Staff:
Provost Guard:
General Escort:
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 Stones River
Battle of Stones River
The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro , was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War...
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
Stones River Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports....
is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
Military rank
- MG = Major GeneralMajor 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 GeneralBrigadier 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 = ColonelColonel (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 ColonelLieutenant 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 = MajorMajor (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 = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
- Sgt = SergeantSergeantSergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Other
- (w) = woundedWounded in actionWounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killedKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
- (c) = capturedPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
XIV Corps (Army of the CumberlandArmy of the CumberlandThe Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War. It was originally known as the Army of the Ohio.-History:...
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MG William S. RosecransGeneral Staff:
- Chief of Artillery and Ordnance: Col James Barnett
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Julius P. GareschéJulius Peter GareschéJulius Peter Garesché was an American professional soldier. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee. The Union Army's Battery Garesché was named for him.-Life:...
(k) - Chief Quartermaster: Ltc John W. Taylor
- Chief Commissary: Ltc Samuel Simmons
- Judge-Advocate-General: Maj Ralston Skinner
- Inspector of Artillery: Cpt Jeremiah H. Gilman
- Assistant Inspector General: Cpt James Curtis
- Provost Marshal General: Cpt William M. Wiles
- Chief of Topographical Engineers: Cpt Nathaniel Michler
- Signal Corps: Cpt Jesse Merill
Provost Guard:
- 10th Ohio10th Ohio InfantryThe 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was also known as the Montgomery Regiment and the Bloody Tenth...
: Ltc Joseph W. Burke
General Escort:
- Anderson TroopAnderson TroopAnderson Troop was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was frequently referred to as "Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry"...
, Pennsylvania Cavalry: Lt Thomas S. Maple
Right Wing
MG Alexander McD. McCookAlexander McDowell McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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First Division BG Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson Columbus Davis was an officer in the United States Army who served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Modoc War. He was the first commander of the Department of Alaska, from 1868 to 1870... |
1st Brigade Col P. Sidney Post |
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2nd Brigade
Col William P. Carlin William P. Carlin William Passmore Carlin was a career soldier from the state of Illinois who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army... |
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3rd Brigade
Col William E. Woodruff William E. Woodruff (soldier) William E. Woodruff was an American soldier who served as colonel of the 25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Woodruff was given temporary brigade and division command in the Army of the Cumberland, but not promoted to brigadier general. He resigned in January... |
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Artillery |
2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on March 21, 1862.... : Cpt William A. Hotchkiss 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery The 5th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.... : Cpt Oscar F. Pinney (mw), Lt Charles B. Humphrey 8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery The 8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Lyons' Pinery Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt Stephen J. Carpenter (k), Sgt Obadiah German, Lt Henry E. Stiles |
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Escort |
2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 9, 1861 under the... , Company G: Cpt Miller R. McCulloch (k), Lt Harvey S. Park |
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Second Division BG Richard W. Johnson Richard W. Johnson Richard W. Johnson was an American soldier, born in Kentucky.-Early career:He graduated at West Point in 1849 and up to the time of the Civil War was employed chiefly on frontier service. In 1861 he was commissioned colonel in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry and soon afterward became a brigadier general... |
1st Brigade BG August Willich August Willich August Willich , born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany. In 1847 he discarded his title of nobility... (w&c) Col William Wallace Col William H. Gibson |
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2nd Brigade
BG Edward N. Kirk Edward N. Kirk Edward Needles Kirk was a Quaker school teacher, attorney, and then a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... (mw) Col Joseph B. Dodge |
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3rd Brigade
Col Philemon P. Baldwin |
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Artillery |
5th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 5th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was often referred to as Simonson's Battery.-Service:... : Cpt Peter Simonson Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 6, 1861... : Lt Edmund B. Belding Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery E, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 7, 1861... : Cpt Warren P. Edgarton (c) |
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Cavalry |
3rd Regiment Indiana Cavalry The 3rd Regiment Indiana Cavalry, also designated the 45th Regiment Indiana Infantry or the 45th Regiment Indiana Volunteers was a military unit from the U.S. state of Indiana that participated in the American Civil War... , Companies G, H, I, and K: Maj Robert Klein |
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Third Division BG Philip Sheridan Philip Sheridan Philip Henry Sheridan was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S... |
1st Brigade BG Joshua W. Sill Joshua W. Sill Joshua Woodrow Sill , was a career officer in the United States Army and brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee. Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was later named in his honor.-Early life and background:Sill was born in Chillicothe, Ohio... (k) Col Nicholas Greusel |
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2nd Brigade
Col Frederick Schaefer Frederick Schaefer Frederick Schaefer was a German revolutionary and Union Army colonel during the American Civil War. He was a brigade commander at the battles of Pea Ridge and Stones River where he was killed in action.-Biography:... (k) Ltc Benard Laiboldt |
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3rd Brigade
Col George W. Roberts (k) Col Luther P. Bradley Luther Prentice Bradley Luther Prentice Bradley was an American soldier who served as a Union general officer during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Artillery
Cpt Henry Hescock |
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Escort |
2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 9, 1861 under the... , Company L: Lt Joseph T. Forman |
Center
MG George H. ThomasGeorge Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater....
- Provost Guard: 9th Michigan9th Michigan Volunteer Infantry RegimentThe 9th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The Ninth Michigan Infantry organized at Fort Wayne , near Detroit, Michigan, from independent companies recruited throughout the state, and mustered into...
: Col John G. Parkhurst
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First Division MG Lovell H. Rousseau |
1st Brigade Col Benjamin F. Scribner |
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2nd Brigade
Col John Beatty John Beatty (congressman) John Beatty was an American banker and statesman from Ohio. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col John C. Starkweather |
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4th Brigade
Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd |
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Artillery
Cpt Cyrus O. Loomis |
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Cavalry |
2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry was organized at Camp Joe Holt and Muldraugh's Hill, Kentucky and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 9, 1861 under the... (6 companies): Maj Thomas P. Nicholas |
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Second Division BG James S. Negley James S. Negley James Scott Negley was an American Civil War General, farmer, railroader, and U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He played a key role in the Union victory at the Battle of Murfreesboro.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG James G. Spears |
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2nd Brigade
Col Timothy R. Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he served during the Civil War as colonel of the 18th Ohio Infantry. He was brevetted brigadier general, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."-External links:* 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry... |
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3rd Brigade
Col John F. Miller |
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Artillery |
Battery "B" Kentucky Light Artillery Battery "B" 1st Kentucky Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was often referred to as Hewitt's Battery.-Service:... : Lt Alban A. Ellsworth Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 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 December 17, 1861... : Lt Alexander Marshall Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 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 December 3, 1861... : Cpt Frederick Schultz |
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Third Division |
1st Brigade Col Moses B. Walker |
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Left Wing
MG Thomas L. CrittendenThomas Leonidas Crittenden
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden was a lawyer, politician, and Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
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First Division BG Thomas J. Wood Thomas J. Wood Thomas John Wood was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... (w) BG Milo S. Hascall |
1st Brigade BG Milo S. Hascall Col George P. Buell |
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2nd Brigade
Col George D. Wagner George D. Wagner George Day Wagner was an Indiana politician, farmer, and soldier, serving as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His controversial actions at the Battle of Franklin in 1864 overshadowed his positive performance earlier in the war.-Early life and career:Wagner was born in... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Charles G. Harker Charles Garrison Harker Charles Garrison Harker was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign... |
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Artillery
Maj Seymour Race |
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Second Division BG John M. Palmer John M. Palmer (politician) John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited... |
1st Brigade BG Charles Cruft Charles Cruft (general) Charles Cruft was a teacher, lawyer, railroad executive, and a Union general during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col William B. Hazen |
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3rd Brigade
Col William Grose William Grose William Grose was a lawyer, politician, author, and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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Artillery
Cpt William E. Standart |
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Third Division BG Horatio P. Van Cleve Horatio P. Van Cleve Horatio Phillips Van Cleve was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... (w) Col Samuel Beatty |
1st Brigade Col Samuel Beatty Samuel Beatty (general) Samuel Beatty was an American soldier, sheriff, and farmer from Ohio. He was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1866, he was awarded the brevet grade of major general of volunteers.... Col Benjamin C. Grider |
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2nd Brigade
Col James P. Fyffe |
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3rd Brigade
Col Samuel W. Price Samuel Woodson Price Samuel Woodson Price was a portrait artist, Union general in the American Civil War, and author.-Early life:... |
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Artillery
Cpt George R. Swallow |
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Cavalry
BG David S. StanleyDavid S. Stanley
David Sloane Stanley was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Franklin.-Early life:...
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Cavalry Division Col John Kennett |
1st Brigade Col Robert H. G. Minty |
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2nd Brigade
Col Lewis Zahm Lewis Zahm Lewis Zahm, sometimes spelled Louis Zahm, was a Union Civil War officer from Ohio who was commissioned a colonel on August 6, 1861, for organizing the 3rd Ohio Cavalry. He was honorably discharged on January 5, 1863. His promotion to brevet brigadier general of volunteers was dated March 13,... |
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Artillery |
Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio in September 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 17, 1861. The regiment was... (1 section): Lt Nathaniel M. Newell |
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Reporting directly |
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Unattached |
U.S. 4th Cavalry Regiment The 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century. It was one of the most effective units of the Army against Indians on the Texas frontier. Today the regiment exists as separate squadrons within the U.S. Army... : Cpt Elmer Otis |
Engineers
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Engineers |
Pioneer Brigade Cpt James St. Clair Morton James St. Clair Morton James St. Clair Morton was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater.-Early Life and Career:... |
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Engineers and Mechanics |
1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics The 1st Regiment Michigan Volunteer Engineers and Mechanics was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Col William P. Innes |