Bentonville Union order of battle

The following Union Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Grand Army of the West

MG William T. Sherman, commanding

Headquarters Guard

7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters

Engineers and Mechanics

1st Michigan: Col John B. Yates
1st Missouri (five companies)

Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

MG Oliver O. Howard

Escort

15th Illinois Cavalry

Pontoon Train Guard

14th Wisconsin, Company E

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     Bvt MG Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG William B. Woods

2nd Brigade


   Col Robert F. Catterson

  • 26th Illinois
  • 40th Illinois
  • 103rd Illinois
  • 97th Indiana
  • 100th Indiana: Col Ruel Johnson
  • 6th Iowa
  • 46th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col George A. Stone

2nd Division
     MG William B. Hazen

1st Brigade

Col Theodore Jones

  • 55th Illinois
  • 116th Illinois
  • 127th Illinois
  • 6th Missouri (Companies A and B, 8th Missouri attached): Ltc Delos von Deusen
  • 30th Ohio
  • 57th Ohio
2nd Brigade


   Col Wells S. Jones

  • 111th Illinois
  • 83rd Indiana
  • 37th Ohio
  • 47th Ohio
  • 53rd Ohio
  • 54th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   BG John M. Oliver

3rd Division
     Bvt MG John E. Smith

1st Brigade


   BG William T. Clark

2nd Brigade


   Col Clark R. Wever

4th Division
     Bvt MG John M. Corse

1st Brigade


   BG Elliott W. Rice

2nd Brigade


   Col Robert N. Adams

3rd Brigade


   Col Frederick J. Hurlbut

  • 7th Illinois
  • 50th Illinois
  • 57th Illinois
  • 39th Iowa
Unassigned (not engaged)
  • 110th United States Colored Troops
Artillery


   Ltc William H. Ross

  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress
  • Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Edward B. Wright
  • Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Cpt Charles M. Callahan
  • 12th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt William Zickerick
Unassigned

XVII Corps

MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Escort

11th Illinois Cavalry (Company G)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     MG Joseph A. Mower

1st Brigade


   BG John W. Fuller

2nd Brigade


   Col Milton Montgomery

3rd Brigade


   Col John Tillson

3rd Division
     BG Manning F. Force

Provost Guard
  • 20th Illinois: Ltc Henry King
1st Brigade


   Col Cassius Fairchild

2nd Brigade


   Col Greenberry F. Wiles

4th Division
     Bvt MG Giles A. Smith

1st Brigade


   BG Benjamin F. Potts

3rd Brigade


   BG William W. Belknap

Artillery


   Maj Allen C. Waterhouse

Unassigned
  • 9th Illinois (mounted)

Left Wing (Army of Georgia, Recently the Army of the Cumberland)

MG Henry W. Slocum

Staff:

  • Chief engineer: Lt William Ludlow

Pontoniers

58th Indiana

XIV Corps

Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis

Staff:

  • Chief of Staff Ltc Alexander C. McClurg
  • Inspector General: Ltc Henry G. Litchfield
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     BG William P. Carlin

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart

2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG George P. Buell

3rd Brigade


   Ltc David Miles (w)
   Ltc Arnold McMahon

2nd Division
     BG James D. Morgan

Provost Guard
1st Brigade


   BG William Vandever

2nd Brigade


   BG John G. Mitchell

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Benjamin D. Fearing (w)
   Ltc James W. Langley

  • 86th Illinois: Ltc Allen L. Fahnestock
  • 125th Illinois: Ltc James W. Langley
  • 22nd Indiana: Cpt William h. Snodgrass
  • 37th Indiana (one company)
  • 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy
  • 85th Illinois

3rd Division
     Bvt MG Absalom Baird

1st Brigade


   Col Morton C. Hunter

2nd Brigade


   Ltc Thomas Doan

  • 75th Indiana
  • 87th Indiana
  • 101st Indiana
  • 2nd Minnesota
  • 105th Ohio
3rd Brigade


   Col George P. Este

Artillery


   Maj Charles Houghtaling

XX Corps

Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
     BG Nathaniel J. Jackson

1st Brigade


   Col James L. Selfridge

2nd Brigade


   Col William Hawley

3rd Brigade


   BG James S. Robinson

  • 82nd Illinois: Ltc Edward S. Salomon
  • 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage
  • 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins
  • 82nd Ohio
  • 61st Ohio
  • 31st Wisconsin

2nd Division
     Bvt MG John W. Geary

1st Brigade


   Bvt BG Ario Pardee, Jr.

  • 5th Ohio
  • 29th Ohio
  • 66th Ohio
  • 28th Pennsylvania
  • 147th Pennsylvania
2nd Brigade


   Col George W. Mindil

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum

3rd Division
     Bvt MG William T. Ward

1st Brigade


   Col Henry Case

  • 70th Indiana
  • 79th Ohio
  • 102nd Illinois
  • 105th Illinois
  • 129th Illinois
2nd Brigade


   Col Daniel Dustin

3rd Brigade


   Bvt BG William Cogswell

  • 20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham
  • 33rd Massachusetts
  • 136th New York
  • 55th Ohio: Col Edwin H. Powers
  • 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst
  • 26th Wisconsin: Col Frederick C. Winkler
Artillery


   Maj John A. Reynolds

Cavalry

Division Brigades Regiments and batteries

3rd Division
     Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas J. Jordan

  • 3rd Indiana Cavalry (battalion)
  • 8th Indiana Cavalry
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry
  • 3rd Kentucky Cavalry
  • 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry
2nd Brigade


   Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins

3rd Brigade


   Col George E. Spencer

4th Brigade (provisional)


   Ltc William B. Way

  • 1st Regiment
  • 2nd Regiment
  • 3rd Regiment
Artillery

References

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.

Sources

  • Bentonville Battlefield website
  • Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 1-882810-02-3.
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