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Carolinas campaign order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Carolinas campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1]

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Union Forces

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MG William T. Sherman
Headquarters guard:

Engineers:

Artillery: Bvt MG William Farquhar Barry


MG Oliver O. Howard
Escort:

Pontoon Train Guard:


XV Corps

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MG John A. Logan

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     Bvt MG Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade

   Bvt BG William Burnham Woods

2nd Brigade

   Col Robert Francis Catterson

3rd Brigade

   Col George A. Stone

Second Division
     MG William Babcock Hazen

1st Brigade

   Col Theodore Jones

2nd Brigade

   Col Wells S. Jones

3rd Brigade

   BG John Morrison Oliver

3rd Division
     Bvt MG John E. Smith

1st Brigade

   BG William Thomas 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

Unassigned
  • 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry: Col Joseph S. Gage
  • 110th US Colored Troops: Maj William C. Hawley, Cpt Thomas Kennedy, Cpt Zachary C. Wilson, Cpt Jacob Kemnitzer
Artillery

   Ltc William H. Ross

XVII Corps

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MG Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     MG Joseph A. Mower
     BG Manning F. Force

1st Brigade

   BG John W. Fuller

2nd Brigade

   BG John W. Sprague

3rd Brigade

   Col Charles H. DeGroat
   Bvt BG John Tillson

Third Division
     Bvt MG Mortimer Dormer Leggett

1st Brigade

   BG Charles Ewing

2nd Brigade

   BG Robert Kingston Scott

Fourth Division
     Bvt MG Giles Alexander Smith

1st Brigade

   BG Benjamin F. Potts

3rd Brigade

   BG William W. Belknap

Artillery

   Maj Frederick Welker

Unassigned

Left Wing, Army of Georgia

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MG Henry W. Slocum
Pontoniers:


XIV Corps

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Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis
Provost guard: Ltc E. Hibbard Topping

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     BG Charles C. Walcutt

1st Brigade

   Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG George P. Buell

3rd Brigade

   Col Henry A. Hambright

2nd Division
     Bvt MG James D. Morgan
Provost Guard:

1st Brigade

   BG William Vandever

2nd Brigade

   BG John G. Mitchell

3rd Brigade

   Ltc James W. Langley

3rd Division
     Bvt MG Absalom Baird

1st Brigade

   Col Morton C. Hunter

2nd Brigade

   Col Newell Gleason

3rd Brigade

   Ltc Hubbard K. Milward
   BG George S. Greene

Artillery

   Maj Charles Houghtaling

XX Corps

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Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
MG Joseph A. Mower

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     BG Nathaniel J. Jackson
     Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams

1st Brigade

   BG James L. Selfridge

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG William Hawley

3rd Brigade

   BG James S. Robinson

Second Division
     Bvt MG John W. Geary

1st Brigade

   Col George W. Mindil
   Bvt BG Ario Pardee Jr.

2nd Brigade

   Col Patrick Henry Jones

3rd Brigade

   Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum

Third Division
     Bvt MG William Thomas Ward

1st Brigade

   Col Henry Case
   Bvt BG Benjamin Harrison

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG Daniel Dustin

3rd Brigade

   Bvt BG William Cogswell

Artillery

   Maj John A. Reynolds
   Cpt Charles E. Winegar

  • Battery I, 1st New York: Cpt Charles E. Winegar, Lt Warren L. Scott
  • Battery M, 1st New York: Cpt Edward P. Newkirk
  • Battery C, 1st Ohio: Lt Jerome B. Stephens
  • Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan

MG John M. Schofield
Escort:

Signal Corps: Cpt Edmund H. Russell
Engineers:

  • 15th New York (3 companies): Maj Henry V. Slosson

Artillery: Ltc Terance J. Kennedy


X Corps

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MG Alfred H. Terry
Escort: Company I, 20th New York Cavalry: Cpt John J. Carroll

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     Bvt MG Henry Warner Birge

1st Brigade

   at Morehead City

2nd Brigade

   at Wilmington

3rd Brigade

   Col Nicholas W. Day

Artillery

Second Division
     Bvt MG Adelbert Ames

1st Brigade

   Col Rufus Daggett

2nd Brigade

   Col William B. Coan
   Col John S. Littell

3rd Brigade

   Col G. Frederick Granger

Artillery
  • 16th New York Battery: Cpt Richard H. Lee

Third Division
     BG Charles Jackson Paine

1st Brigade

   Bvt BG Delevan Bates

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG Samuel A. Duncan

Unattached
  • Battery E, 3rd US Artillery: Lt John R. Myrick

XXIII Corps

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MG Jacob Dolson Cox
Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure
Provost Guard:

Artillery: Ltc George W. Schofield, Cpt Giles J. Cockerill

Division Brigade Regiments and others

First Division
     Bvt MG Thomas H. Ruger

1st Brigade

   Bvt BG Israel N. Stiles

2nd Brigade

   Col John C. McQuiston

3rd Brigade

   Col Minor T. Thomas

Artillery

Second Division
     MG Darius N. Couch
     BG Joseph Alexander Cooper

1st Brigade

   Col Orlando H. Moore
   BG Joseph A. Cooper

2nd Brigade

   Col John Mehringer

3rd Brigade

   Col Silas A. Strickland

Artillery

Third Division
     BG James W. Reilly
     BG Samuel P. Carter
Provost Guard:

1st Brigade

   Col Oscar W. Sterl

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG John S. Casement

3rd Brigade

   Bvt BG Thomas J. Henderson

Artillery

Third Division - Cavalry
     Bvt MG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

1st Brigade

   Bvt BG Thomas J. Jordan

2nd Brigade

   Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins

3rd Brigade

   Col Michael Kerwin
   Bvt BG Thomas T. Heath

Artillery

Notes

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  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVII, Part 1, pages 46-60

See also

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References

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  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
  • Bradley, Mark L. This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2000. ISBN 0-8078-2565-4