Stones River Union order of battle

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

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade


   Col P. Sidney Post

  • 59th Illinois: Cpt Hendrick E. Paine
  • 74th Illinois: Col Jason Marsh
  • 75th Illinois: Ltc John E. Bennett
  • 22nd Indiana: Col Michael Gooding
2nd Brigade


   Col William P. Carlin

  • 21st Illinois: Col John W. S. Alexander (w), Ltc Warren E. McMackin
  • 38th Illinois: Ltc Daniel H. Gilmer
  • 101st Ohio: Col Leander Stem (mw&c), Ltc Moses F. Wooster (mw&c), Maj Isaac M. Kirby,[6] Cpt Bedan B. McDonald
  • 15th Wisconsin: Col Hans C. Heg
3rd Brigade


   Col William E. Woodruff

  • 25th Illinois: Col Thomas D. Williams (k), Cpt Wesford Taggart
  • 35th Illinois: Ltc William P. Chandler
  • 81st Indiana: Ltc John Timberlake
Artillery[7]
Escort
  • 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Miller R. McCulloch (k), Lt Harvey S. Park

Second Division
     BG Richard W. Johnson

1st Brigade


   BG August Willich (w&c)
   Col William Wallace
   Col William H. Gibson

  • 89th Illinois: Ltc Charles T. Hotchkiss
  • 32nd Indiana: Ltc Frank Erdelmeyer
  • 39th Indiana: Ltc Fielder A. Jones
  • 15th Ohio: Col William Wallace, Cpt A. R. Z. Dawson, Col William Wallace
  • 49th Ohio: Col William H. Gibson, Ltc Levi Drake (k), Cpt Samuel F. Gray
2nd Brigade


   BG Edward N. Kirk (mw)
   Col Joseph B. Dodge

  • 34th Illinois: Ltc Hiram W. Bristol,[8] Maj Alexander P. Dysart
  • 79th Illinois: Col Sheridan P. Read (k), Maj Allen Buckner
  • 29th Indiana: Ltc David M. Dunn (c), Maj Joseph P. Collins
  • 30th Indiana: Col Joseph B. Dodge, Ltc Orrin D. Hurd
  • 77th Pennsylvania: Ltc Peter B. Housum (k), Cpt Thomas E. Rose
3rd Brigade


   Col Philemon P. Baldwin

  • 6th Indiana: Ltc Hagerman Tripp
  • 5th Kentucky: Ltc William W. Berry (w)
  • 1st Ohio: Maj Joab A. Stafford
  • 93rd Ohio: Col Charles Anderson (w)
Artillery[9]
Cavalry
  • 3rd Indiana, Companies G, H, I, and K: Maj Robert Klein

Third Division
     BG Philip Sheridan

1st Brigade


   BG Joshua W. Sill (k)
   Col Nicholas Greusel

2nd Brigade


   Col Frederick Schaefer (k)
   Ltc Bernard Laiboldt

  • 44th Illinois: Cpt Wallace W. Barrett (w)
  • 73rd Illinois: Maj William A. Presson
  • 2nd Missouri: Ltc Bernard Laiboldt, Maj Francis Ehrler
  • 15th Missouri: Ltc John Weber
3rd Brigade


   Col George W. Roberts (k)
   Col Fazilo A. Harrington (k)
   Col Luther P. Bradley

  • 22nd Illinois: Ltc Francis Swanwick (w&c), Cpt Samuel Johnson
  • 27th Illinois: Col Fazilo A. Harrington (k), Maj William A. Schmitt
  • 42nd Illinois: Ltc Nathan H. Walworth
  • 51st Illinois: Col Luther P. Bradley, Cpt Henry F. Wescott
Artillery[10]


   Cpt Henry Hescock

Escort
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company L: Lt Joseph T. Forman

Center

MG George H. Thomas[11]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG Lovell Rousseau

1st Brigade


   Col Benjamin F. Scribner

2nd Brigade


   Col John Beatty

  • 42nd Indiana: Ltc James M. Shanklin (c)
  • 88th Indiana: Col George Humphrey (w), Ltc Cyrus E. Briant
  • 15th Kentucky: Col James B. Forman (k), Ltc Joseph R. Snider
  • 3rd Ohio: Ltc Orris A. Lawson
3rd Brigade


   Col John C. Starkweather

4th Brigade


   Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd

Artillery[12]


   Cpt Cyrus O. Loomis

Cavalry
  • 2nd Kentucky (6 companies): Maj Thomas P. Nicholas

Second Division
     BG James S. Negley

1st Brigade


   BG James G. Spears

2nd Brigade


   Col Timothy R. Stanley

3rd Brigade


   Col John F. Miller

  • 37th Indiana: Col James S. Hull (w), Ltc William D. Ward
  • 21st Ohio: Ltc James M. Neibling
  • 74th Ohio: Col Granville Moody (w)
  • 78th Pennsylvania: Col William Sirwell
Artillery

Third Division[20]
     BG Speed S. Fry

1st Brigade


   Col Moses B. Walker

Artillery

Left Wing

MG Thomas L. Crittenden

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood (w)
     BG Milo S. Hascall

1st Brigade


   BG Milo S. Hascall
   Col George P. Buell

  • 100th Illinois: Col Frederick A. Bartleson
  • 58th Indiana: Col George P. Buell, Ltc James T. Embree
  • 3rd Kentucky: Col Samuel McKee (k), Maj Daniel R. Collier
  • 26th Ohio: Cpt William H. Squires
2nd Brigade


   Col George D. Wagner

  • 15th Indiana: Ltc Gustavus A. Wood
  • 40th Indiana: Col John W. Blake,[22] Ltc Elias Neff (w), Maj Henry Leaming
  • 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus C. Hines (w), Ltc George W. Lennard (w), Cpt John S. McGraw
  • 97th Ohio: Col John Q. Lane
3rd Brigade


   Col Charles G. Harker

  • 51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight
  • 73rd Indiana: Col Gilbert Hathaway
  • 13th Michigan: Col Michael Shoemaker
  • 64th Ohio: Ltc Alexander McIlvaine
  • 65th Ohio: Ltc Alexander Cassil (w), Maj Horatio N. Whitbeck (w)
Artillery[23]


   Maj Seymour Race

Second Division
     BG John M. Palmer

1st Brigade


   BG Charles Cruft

  • 31st Indiana: Col John Osborn
  • 1st Kentucky: Col David A. Enyart
  • 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick
  • 90th Ohio: Col Isaac N. Ross
2nd Brigade


   Col William B. Hazen

3rd Brigade


   Col William Grose

  • 84th Illinois: Col Louis H. Waters
  • 36th Indiana: Maj Isaac Kinley (w), Cpt Pyrrhus Woodward
  • 23rd Kentucky: Maj Thomas H. Hamrick
  • 6th Ohio: Col Nicholas L. Anderson (w)
  • 24th Ohio: Col Frederick C. Jones (k), Maj Henry Terry (k), Cpt Enoch Weller (k), Cpt A. T. M. Cockerill
Artillery


   Cpt William E. Standart

Third Division
     BG Horatio P. Van Cleve (w)
     Col Samuel Beatty

1st Brigade


   Col Samuel Beatty
   Col Benjamin C. Grider

2nd Brigade


   Col James P. Fyffe

  • 44th Indiana: Col William C. Williams (c), Ltc Simeon C. Aldrich
  • 86th Indiana: Ltc George F. Dick
  • 13th Ohio: Col Joseph C. Hawkins (k), Maj Dwight Jarvis, Jr.
  • 59th Ohio: Ltc William Howard
3rd Brigade


   Col Samuel W. Price

  • 35th Indiana: Col Bernard F. Mullen
  • 8th Kentucky: Ltc Reuben May, Maj Green B. Broaddus
  • 21st Kentucky: Ltc James C. Evans
  • 51st Ohio: Ltc Richard W. McClain
  • 99th Ohio: Col Peter T. Swaine (w), Ltc John E. Cummins
Artillery


   Cpt George R. Swallow

Cavalry

BG David S. Stanley

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Cavalry Division
     Col John Kennett

1st Brigade


   Col Robert H.G. Minty

  • 2nd Indiana, Company M: Cpt J.A.S. Mitchell
  • 3rd Kentucky: Col Eli H. Murray
  • 4th Michigan: Ltc William H. Dickinson
  • 7th Pennsylvania: Maj John E. Wynkoop
2nd Brigade


   Col Lewis Zahm

Artillery

Reporting directly

Reserve Cavalry
Unattached
  • 4th United States: Cpt Elmer Otis

Engineers

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Engineers

Pioneer Brigade


   Cpt James St. Clair Morton

  • 1st Battalion: Cpt Lyman Bridges (w)
  • 2nd Battalion: Cpt Calvin Hood
  • 3rd Battalion: Cpt Robert Clements
  • Chicago Board of Trade Battery: Cpt James H. Stokes
Engineers and Mechanics

Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 174-182
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 207-217
  4. Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099
  5. see: Rosecrans' report
  6. Turned over command to Captain McDonald on account of sickness on January 3, 1863 (see: Kirby's report)
  7. The 2nd Minnesota was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 5th Wisconsin to the 1st Brigade, and 8th Wisconsin to the 3rd Brigade
  8. Turned over command to Major Dysart on account of sickness on December 30, 1862 (see: Dysart's report)
  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. 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. The Third Division (except the First Brigade), Fourth Division and Fifth Division detached
  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. Temporarily attached from the First Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  14. Temporarily attached from the 1st Tennessee (see: Spears' report)
  15. Temporarily attached from the Second Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  16. Temporarily attached from the Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863
  17. Disabled December 31, 1862
  18. Joined at 5 p.m December 31, 1862 and took command (see: Elliott's report)
  19. Attached to Second Brigade
  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. Cullum's Register
  22. Arrested for intoxication by Colonel Wagner on December 30, 1862 (see: Wagner's and Leaming's report)
  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, 18801901.
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