Knoxville Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 23, 1863 under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Engagements fought during this time included the battles of Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders and the siege of Knoxville. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign[1] and return of casualties.[2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Ohio
General Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
- Escort: 6th Indiana Cavalry: Col James Biddle
IX Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Unattached
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XXIII Corps
General Headquarters
- Chief of Engineers: Col Orlando M. Poe[3]
- McLaughlin's Ohio Cavalry Squadron: Maj Richard Rice
- Engineer Battalion: Cpt O. S. McClure
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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Third Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Artillery
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Provisional Brigade
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Cavalry Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Second Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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Notes
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 812-817 (Troops in the Department of the Ohio, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, U. S. Army, commanding, October 31, 1864)
- ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1,pages 288-293
- ↑ Eicher p.432
- ↑ Mott's brigade did not take an active part in the campaign Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, page 289
- ↑ Official Records
- ↑ Sanders was mortally wounded November 18, 1863 at Campbell's Station (Eicher, p. 610).
- ↑ Eicher p.162
References
- Eicher, John H. and David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.