Meridian campaign order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".^[2]

Abbreviations used[edit]

Military rank[edit]

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other[edit]

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Meridian Expedition[edit]

MG William Tecumseh Sherman^[3]

Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company A: Lt Samuel A. Lowe

XVI Corps[edit]

MG Stephen A. Hurlbut^[3]

Union order of battle for XVI Corps^[4]
Division	Brigade	Unit
First Division BG James M. Tuttle^{[note 1]} 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns	1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan^{[note 2]}	114th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John F. King
		93rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj Samuel S. Crowe
		72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles G. Eaton
		95th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson Brumback
	2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower	47th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John D. McClure
		5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment: Col Lucius F. Hubbard
		11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William L. Barnum
		8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc John W. Jefferson
	3rd Brigade Col James L. Geddes	8th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc William B. Bell
		12th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Stibbs
		35th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col Sylvester G. Hill
	Artillery Cpt Nelson T. Spoor	Battery E, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt John A Fitch (1st Brigade)
		2nd Independent Iowa Battery: Lt Joseph R. Reed (2nd Brigade)
		6th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Louis Kern (3rd Brigade)
Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns	1st Brigade Col David Moore	58th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col William F. Lynch
		119th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas J. Kinney
		89th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Col Charles D. Murray
		21st Missouri Infantry Regiment: Maj Edwin Moore
	2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw	14th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold
		27th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col James I. Gilbert
		32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Scott
		24th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James K. Mills
	3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore	49th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc William W. Bishop
		117th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Risdon Moore, Ltc Jonathan Merriam
		52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj William T. Strickland
		178th New York Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Wehler
	Artillery Cpt James M. Cockefair	3rd Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
		9th Independent Indiana Battery: Cpt George R. Brown
		14th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Francis W. Morse
Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns	1st Brigade Col Milton Montgomery	33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William H. Heath
		35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment: Ltc William A. Henry
		25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jeremiah M. Rusk
	2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe	25th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc John Rheinlander
		17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment: Col William T. C. Grower
		32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Maj Charles H. DeGroat
		Battery D, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Cooper

XVII Corps[edit]

MG James B. McPherson^[5]

Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Companies B, C and D: Cpt Garrett L. Collins
Escort: 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster

Union order of battle for XVII Corps^[6]
Division	Brigade	Unit
First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns	3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers	11th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William Hall
		13th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Shane
		15th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William W. Belknap
		16th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Addison H. Sanders
		Batteries C and M, 1st Missouri Artillery: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns	1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force	20th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Daniel Bradley
		31st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Robert N. Pearson
		45th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John O. Duer
		124th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Howe
	2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts	20th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc John C. Fry
		32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets
		68th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc George E. Welles
		78th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles
	3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby	8th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Josiah A. Sheetz
		17th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Francis M. Smith
		30th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Warren Shedd
		7th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William S. Oliver
	Artillery Cpt William S. Williams	Battery H, 1st Michigan Artillery: Lt Marcus D. Elliott
		3rd Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Thomas J. Blackburn
		26th Ohio Independent Battery (detachment): attached to 3rd Ohio
	Escort	2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, Company H: Cpt Ernest J. Meyers
Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns	1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith	41st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Nale
		53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj Rolland H. Allison
		3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Maj George W. Crosley
		33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Col Jonathan B. Moore
	2nd Brigade Col Cyrus Hall	14th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John F. Nolte
		15th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col George C. Rogers
		76th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles C. Jones
	3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham	32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc George H. English
		23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William P. Davis
		53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Jones
		12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc James K. Proudfit
	Artillery Cpt John Wesley Powell	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Lt Walter H. Powell
		7th Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Harlow P. McNaughton
		15th Ohio Independent Battery: Cpt Edward Spear Jr.
	Escort	11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company G: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp
Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns	Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow	5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Maj Abel H. Seley
		11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Lucien H. Kerr
		4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Ltc John H. Peters
		10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Frederick W. Benteen

Smith's Column[edit]

BG William Sooy Smith^[7]

Union order of battle for W. Sooy Smith's column^[8]
Division	Brigade	Unit
Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns	1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr.	2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Franklin Moore
		7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Franklin Moore, Col John P. C. Shanks
		4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Maj Gustav Heinrichs
		2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment: Col Joseph Kargé
		19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
	2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn	6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Mathew H. Starr
		7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc George W. Trafton
		9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Henry B. Burgh
		2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Maj Datus E. Coon
		Battery K, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt Isaac W. Curtis
	3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis	3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Andrew B. Kirkbride
		72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (mounted): Maj Henry M. Carr
		5th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment: Maj Christopher T. Cheek
		2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William R. Cook
		3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Maj John B. Minnis
		4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
	Unattached	4th US Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Charles S. Bowman^{[note 3]}

Yazoo Expedition[edit]

Col James Henry Coates^[9]

Union order of battle for Yazoo expedition^[9]
Brigade	Unit
Brigade Col James Henry Coates	11th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj George C. McKee
	8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent): Ltc Ferdinand E. Peebles
	1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent): Col Embury D. Osband

Notes[edit]

^ Tuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).
^ McMillan's brigade operated with Smith's cavalry near Memphis, 6–15 February. 1st Brigade strength is not counted in 1st Division total (Official Records, p. 168).
^ The 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

Citations[edit]

^ Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.
^ Official Records 1891, pp. 168–172.
^ ^a ^b Official Records 1891, p. 168.
^ Official Records 1891, pp. 168–169, 172.
^ Official Records 1891, p. 170.
^ Official Records 1891, pp. 170–172.
^ Official Records 1891, p. 171.
^ Official Records 1891, pp. 171–172.
^ ^a ^b Official Records 1891, p. 172.

References[edit]

Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXII Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 168–172. OCLC 1154873253. Retrieved August 9, 2022.

[5] Tuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).

[6] McMillan's brigade operated with Smith's cavalry near Memphis, 6–15 February. 1st Brigade strength is not counted in 1st Division total (Official Records, p. 168).

[11] The 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

[FOOTNOTEBoatner1959543–544-1] Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168–172-2] Official Records 1891, pp. 168–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168-3] Official Records 1891, p. 168.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168–169,_172-4] Official Records 1891, pp. 168–169, 172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891170-7] Official Records 1891, p. 170.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891170–172-8] Official Records 1891, pp. 170–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891171-9] Official Records 1891, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891171–172-10] Official Records 1891, pp. 171–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891172-12] Official Records 1891, p. 172.

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