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Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

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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[1] during the campaign,[2] the casualty returns[3] and the reports.[4]

Abbreviations

Military rank

Other

XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland)

MG William S. Rosecrans, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff:[5]

  • Chief of Artillery and Ordnance: Col James Barnett
  • Chief of Staff: Ltc Julius P. Garesché (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

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard:

General Escort:

Right Wing

MG Alexander McD. McCook

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Center

MG George H. Thomas[11]

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Left Wing

MG Thomas L. Crittenden

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Cavalry

BG David S. Stanley

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Engineers

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. [2]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 174-182
  3. [3]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 207-217
  4. [4]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099
  5. [5]
    see: Rosecrans' report
  6. [6]
    Turned over command to Captain McDonald on account of sickness on January 3, 1863 (see: Kirby's report)
  7. [7]
    The 2nd Minnesota was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 5th Wisconsin to the 1st Brigade, and 8th Wisconsin to the 3rd Brigade
  8. [8]
    Turned over command to Major Dysart on account of sickness on December 30, 1862 (see: Dysart's report)
  9. [9]
    The 5th Indiana was attached to the 3rd Brigade, Battery A, 1st Ohio to the 1st Brigade and Battery E, 1st Ohio to the 2nd Brigade
  10. [10]
    Battery C, 1st Illinois was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 4th Indiana to the 1st Brigade, and Battery G, 1st Missouri to the 2nd Brigade
  11. [11]
    The Third Division (except the First Brigade), Fourth Division and Fifth Division detached
  12. [12]
    Battert A, Kentucky, was attached to the 3rd Brigade, Battery A, 1st Michigan, to the 2nd Brigade, and Battery H, 5th United States, to the 4th Brigade
  13. [13]
    Temporarily attached from the First Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  14. [14]
    Temporarily attached from the 1st Tennessee (see: Spears' report)
  15. [15]
    Temporarily attached from the Second Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  16. [16]
    Temporarily attached from the Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  17. [17]
    Disabled December 31, 1862
  18. [18]
    Joined at 5 p.m December 31, 1862 and took command (see: Elliott's report)
  19. [19]
    Attached to Second Brigade
  20. [20]
    The First Brigade, (except the Twelfth Kentucky) and Battery D, 1st Michigan were the only troops of this division engaged in the battle of Stone's River
  21. [21]
    Cullum's Register
  22. [22]
    Arrested for intoxication by Colonel Wagner on December 30, 1862 (see: Wagner's and Leaming's report)
  23. [23]
    The 8th Indiana Battery was attached to the 1st Brigade, the 10th Indiana Battery to 2nd Brigade, and the 6th Ohio Battery to the 3rd Brigade

References

  • Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0-252-06229-2.
  • The Battle of Murfreesboro
  • 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.
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