- Nashville Union order of battle
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Contents
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- k = killed
Union Army
- Chief-of-Staff BG William D. Whipple
IV Corps
Division Brigade Regiments and Others First Division
BG Nathan Kimball1st 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
2nd Brigade - 96th Illinois: Maj George Hicks
- 115th Illinois: Col Jesse H. 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
3rd Brigade - 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 (one company): Lt John P. Swisher
- 84th Indiana: Maj John C. Taylor
- 77th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas E. Rose
Second Division
BG Washington Lafayette Elliott1st 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
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
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 Beatty1st 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
2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post (w)
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
3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Knefler- 79th Indiana: Ltc George W. Parker
- 86th Indiana: Col George F. Dick
- 13th Ohio (battalion of four companies): 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
MG John M. Schofield
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Second Division
MG Darius N. Couch1st 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
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
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. Cox1st 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
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
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
- 175th Ohio: Col Daniel W. McCoy [at Fort Negley]
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
Division Brigade Regiments and Others First Division
BG John McArthur1st Brigade - 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
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
3rd Brigade
Col Sylvester G. Hill (k)
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 Garrard1st 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
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 (four companies): Cpt William C. Jones
- 3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
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. Moore1st 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
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)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Provisional Division
BG Charles Cruft1st 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 (battalion): Maj Lewis D. Joy
- 44th U.S. Colored Troops: Col Lewis Johnson
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
1st Brigade - 3 battalions detached from the XX Corps
2nd Brigade
Col John G. Mitchell- Consisted of men on detached duty from the Army of the Tennessee
3rd Brigade - 68th Indiana
- 18th Ohio [mustered out of service November 9, 1864]
- 2nd Battalion, XIV Corps
Artillery - 20th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Milton A. Osborne
- 18th Ohio Battery: Cpt Charles C. Aleshire
Miscellaneous - 68th Indiana: Ltc Harvey J Espy
- 18th Ohio: Cpt Ebenezer Grosvenor, Cpt John M. Benedict, Lt Charles Grant
Post of Nashville
BG John F. Miller2nd 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
Unattached - 3rd Kentucky (part)
- 28th Michigan: Col William W. Wheeler
- 173rd Ohio: Col John R. Hurd
- 78th Pennsylvania (battalion, 2 companies): Maj Henry W. Torbett
- Veteran Reserve Corps: Col Frank P. Cahill
- 44th Wisconsin (battalion): Ltc Oliver C. Bissell
- 45th Wisconsin (battalion)
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
Quartermaster’s Division Cavalry Corps
Escort
- 4th United States, Lt. Joseph Hedges
Division Brigade Regiments and Others 1st Division
1st Brigade - 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
- Board of Trade Battery, Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt George I. Robinson
2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky 5th Division
BG Edward Hatch1st 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
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. Johnson1st Brigade
Col Thomas J. Harrison- 16th Illinois: Maj Charles H. Beeres
- 5th Iowa: Ltc Harlon Baird
- 7th Ohio: Col Israel Garrard
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
Artillery - Battery I, 4th United States: Lt Frank G. Smith
7th Division
BG Joseph F. Knipe1st 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
2nd Brigade - 12th Indiana: Col Edward Anderson
- 13th Indiana: Ltc William T. Pepper
- 6th Tennessee: Col Fielding Hurst
Artillery - 14th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt William C. Myers
References
- McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press), 2004. ISBN 1-57233-322-7
- Sword, Wiley. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 1992. ISBN 0-7006-0650-5
- Nashville page, Civil War Home site
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