Wauhatchie 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 Wauhatchie
Battle of Wauhatchie
-References:* Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published 1959 by McKay.* Cozzens, Peter. The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. ISBN 0-252-01922-9.* Korn, Jerry, and...

 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
Wauhatchie Confederate order of battle
The following units and commanders fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie of the American Civil War on the Confederate side. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...

 is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns and the reports.

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • 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 = Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A 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...


Other

  • (w) = wounded
    Wounded
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  • (mw) = mortally wounded
  • (k) = killed in action
    Killed in action
    Killed 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...


XI Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard
Oliver O. Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division

    
BG Adolph von Steinwehr
Adolph von Steinwehr
Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr was a German-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Steinwehr was born in Blankenburg, in the Duchy of...

1st Brigade

  
Col Adolphus Buschbeck
Adolphus Buschbeck
Adolphus Buschbeck commanded the 27th Pennsylvania in the Army of the Potomac and a brigade in that army and later in the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

  • 134th New York
  • 154th New York
  • 27th Pennsylvania
  • 73rd Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade

  
Col Orlando Smith
  • 33rd Massachusetts: Col Adin B. Underwood (w), Ltc Godfrey Rider Jr.
  • 136th New York: Col James Wood, Jr.
  • 55th Ohio
    55th Ohio Infantry
    The 55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 55th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp McClellan in Norwalk, Ohio September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service on January 25, 1862 under the command...

  • 73rd Ohio
    73rd Ohio Infantry
    The 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 73rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Chillicothe, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on December 30, 1861 under the command of Colonel Orland Smith.The regiment was...

    : Maj Samuel H. Hurst

Third Division

    
MG Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz
Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,...

1st Brigade

  
BG Hector Tyndale
Hector Tyndale
Hector Tyndale was a Union general during the American Civil War rising to the rank of Brevet Major General of Volunteers. He notably led brigades at the battles of Antietam and Wauhatchie...

  • 101st Illinois
    101st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 101st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 45th New York
  • 143rd New York
  • 61st Ohio
    61st Ohio Infantry
    The 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 61st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on April 23, 1862 under the command of Colonel Newton Schleich.The...

  • 82nd Ohio
    82nd Ohio Infantry
    The 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 82nd Ohio Infantry was organized in Kenton, Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in on December 31, 1861 for three years service under the command of Colonel James...

2nd Brigade

  
Col Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski
Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski was a Polish engineer, politician, and military leader — a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

  • 58th New York
  • 119th New York
  • 141st New York
  • 26th Wisconsin
    26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service September 17, 1862....

3rd Brigade

  
Col Friedrich Hecker
  • 80th Illinois
    80th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 80th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 80th Illinois Infantry was organized at Centralia, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 25, 1862....

     (6 companies)
  • 68th New York
    68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Mostly of German immigrants, it was also known as the Cameron Rifles or the Second German Rifle Regiment...

  • 75th Pennsylvania
Cavalry
  • 1st Alabama
    1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union)
    The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

     (part of one company )
  • 5th Tennessee
    5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
    The 5th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. This regiment was originally recruited as the 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry.-Service:...

    , Company G

  • XII Corps

    Division Brigade Regiments and Others

    Second Division

        
    BG John W. Geary
    John W. Geary
    John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War...

    2nd Brigade

      
    Col George A. Cobham, Jr.
    George A. Cobham, Jr.
    George Ashworth Cobham, Jr. commanded a regiment in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle.-Early life:...

    • 29th Pennsylvania: Col William Rickards, Jr., Ltc Samuel M. Zulick
    • 109th Pennsylvania: Cpt Frederick L. Gimber
    • 111th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas M. Walker (w), Maj John A. Boyle (k)
    3rd Brigade

      
    BG George S. Greene
    George S. Greene
    George Sears Greene was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States. His greatest contribution during the war was his defense of the Union right flank at Culp's...

     (w)

      
    Col David Ireland
    • 60th New York: Col Abel Godard
    • 78th New York: Ltc Herbert von Hammerstein
    • 137th New York: Col David Ireland
      David Ireland (colonel)
      David Ireland was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Commanding the 137th New York Infantry Regiment, he played a key defensive role on Culp's Hill in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

      , Ltc Robert S. Van Vorhees (w), Cpt Milo B. Eldredge
    • 149th New York
      149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      The 149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 149th New York Infantry was organized at Syracuse, N.Y., and mustered in September 18, 1862.-Campaigns:...

      : Ltc Charles B. Randall
    Artillery Brigade

      
    Maj John A. Reynolds
    • Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (two sections): Cpt Charles A. Atwell (mw), Lt Edward R. Geary (mw)
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