Battle of Franklin (1864) Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin (1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Ohio

MG John M. Schofield

IV Corps

MG David S. Stanley (w)

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Nathan Kimball

1st Brigade

   Col Isaac M. Kirby
   (K-2, W-8, M-4 =14)

  • 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. McDanald
2nd Brigade

   BG Walter C. Whitaker
   (K-0, W-5, M-4 =9)

  • 96th Illinois: Maj George Hicks
  • 115th Illinois: Col Jesse Hale Moore
  • 35th Indiana: Ltc Augustus G. Tassin
  • 21st Kentucky: Ltc James C. Evans
  • 23rd Kentucky: Ltc George W. Northup
  • 40th Ohio (six companies): Ltc James Watson
  • 45th Ohio: Ltc John H. Humphrey
  • 51st Ohio: Ltc Charles H. Wood
3rd Brigade

   BG William Grose
   (K-3, W-24, M-10 =37)

  • 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 (three companies): 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 George D. Wagner

1st Brigade

   Col Emerson Opdycke
   (K-16, W-125, M-65 =206)

  • 36th Illinois: Ltc Porter C. Olson (k), Maj Levi P. Holden
  • 44th Illinois: Ltc John Russell
  • 73rd Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Motherspaw (mw)[3]
  • 74th/88th Illinois: Ltc George W. Smith
  • 125th Ohio: Cpt Edward P. Bates
  • 24th Wisconsin: Cpt Edwin B. Parsons
2nd Brigade

   Col John Quincy Lane
   (K-29, W-269, M-340 =638)

  • 100th Illinois: Ltc Charles M. Hammond
  • 40th Indiana: Ltc Henry Leaming
  • 57th Indiana: Maj John S. McGraw
  • 28th Kentucky: Ltc J. Rowan Boone
  • 26th Ohio: Cpt William Clark
  • 97th Ohio: Ltc Milton Barnes
3rd Brigade

   Col Joseph Conrad
   (K-7, W-125, M-265 =397)

  • 42nd Illinois: Maj Frederick A. Atwater
  • 51st Illinois: Cpt Merritt B. Atwater
  • 79th Illinois:[4] Col Allen Buckner
  • 15th Missouri: Cpt George Ernst
  • 64th Ohio: Ltc Robert C. Brown
  • 65th Ohio: Maj Orlow Smith

Third Division[5]


     BG Thomas J. Wood
     

1st 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
  • 49th Ohio: Maj Luther M. Strong
2nd Brigade

   Col Philip S. Post

  • 59th Illinois: Maj James M. Stookey
  • 41st Ohio: Ltc Robert L. Kimberly
  • 71st Ohio: Col Henry K. McConnell
  • 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): Maj Joseph T. Snider
  • 19th Ohio: Ltc Henry G. Stratton
  • 17th Kentucky: Col A. M. Stout [6]
Artillery

   Cpt Lyman Bridges

XXIII Corps

BG Jacob D. Cox[8][9]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division


     BG Thomas H. Ruger

1st Brigade

   BG Joseph A. Cooper[10]

2nd Brigade

   Col Orlando H. Moore
    (K-21, W-89, M-12 =122)

3rd Brigade

   Col Silas Strickland
   (K-73, W-178, M-280 =531)

  • 72nd Illinois: Ltc Joseph Stockton
  • 44th Missouri: Col Robert C. Bradshaw
  • 50th Ohio: Ltc Hamilton S. Gillespie
  • 183rd Ohio: Col George W. Hoge
Artillery

Third Division


     BG James W. Reilly[11]

1st Brigade

   BG James W. Reilly
   (K-33, W-130, M-70 =233)

  • 12th Kentucky: Ltc Laurence H. Rousseau
  • 16th Kentucky: Ltc John S. White
  • 100th Ohio: Ltc Edwin L. Hayes
  • 104th Ohio: Col Oscar W. Sterl
  • 175th Ohio:[12] Ltc Daniel W. McCoy
  • 8th Tennessee: Cpt James W. Berry
2nd Brigade

   Col John S. Casement
   (K-3, W-16, M-0 =19)

3rd Brigade

   Col Israel N. Stiles
   (K-11, W-51, M-21 =83)

Artillery

Cavalry Corps

MG James H. Wilson

Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG Edward M. McCook

1st Brigade

   BG John T. Croxton

Fifth Division


     BG Edward Hatch

1st Brigade

   Col Robert R. Stewart

  • 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Ltc Robert H. Carnahan
  • 11th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Abram Sharra
  • 12th Missouri: Col Oliver Wells
  • 10th Tennessee: Maj William P. Story
2nd Brigade

   Col Datus E. Coon

  • 2nd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Charles C. Horton
  • 6th Illinois Cavalry: Ltc John Lynch
  • 7th Illinois Cavalry: Maj John M. Graham
  • 9th Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Joseph W. Harper
  • 12th Tennessee Cavalry: Col George Spalding
  • Battery K, 1st Illinois Light: Lt Isaac W. Curtis

Sixth Division


     BG Richard W. Johnson

1st Brigade

   Col Horace Capron

  • 16th Illinois Cavalry: Maj Charles H. Beeres
  • 5th Iowa Cavalry: Maj J. Morris Young
  • 7th Ohio Cavalry: Col Israel Garrard
2nd Brigade

   Col James Biddle

  • 14th Illinois Cavalry: Maj Francis M. Davidson
  • 6th Indiana Cavalry: Maj Jacob S. Stephens
  • 8th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Grover S. Wormer
  • 3rd Tennessee: Maj Benjamin Cunningham

Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records 1894, pp. 1197–1205.
  3. Sword 1992, p. 204.
  4. Veteran Detachment 27th Illinois attached.
  5. Not engaged.
  6. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unkyinf3.htm#17th, Dyer's Compendium
  7. Sword 1992, p. 254.
  8. Schofield was the official corps commander but assigned temporary command of the corps to Cox during the battle.
  9. Boatner 1959, p. 199: "On 6 June '64 the 1st Div. was broken up and its troops assigned to the other two divisions."
  10. Sword 1992, p. 289: Cooper's brigade was marching from Centerville, Tenn. and would arrive at Nashville on 8 December.
  11. Reilly temporarily commanded the division during the battle while Cox was assigned to command the corps.
  12. Unassigned, attached by Cox to Reilly as a reserve.
  13. Guarding wagons at the bridge.

References

  • Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies". Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1894. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  • Sword, Wiley (1992). The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, & Nashville. New York, N.Y.: University Press of Kansas for HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7006-0650-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Battle of Franklin: Union order of battle (Civil War Trust)

See also

  • 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, 18801901.
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