Battle of Nashville order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the battle (December 15–16, 1864).[2] The Union force was a conglomerate of units from several different departments provisionally attached to George H. Thomas’ Department of the Cumberland. The IV Corps[3] and the District of Etowah were permanently attached to the Department of the Cumberland while the Cavalry Corps had been attached to the Army of the Cumberland until October 1864 when it was transferred to the Military Division of the Mississippi.[4] The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the Ohio[5] and Smith’s Corps (formerly known as the Right Wing-XVI Corps)[6] was detached from the Department of the Tennessee.[7] Other brigades and regiments from the Army of the Tennessee which were unable to rejoin their respective commands were organized into the Provisional Division and attached to the District of the Etowah.
The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw= mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Cumberland
MG George H. Thomas, Commanding
Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
IV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
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First Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| Artillery
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XXIII Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
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Second Division |
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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| Artillery |
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Detachment, Army of the Tennessee
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| 3rd Brigade
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Second Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade
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Third Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| |
| Artillery |
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Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
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Provisional Division[12] |
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade [Army of the Tennessee][13]
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| 2nd Brigade
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| 3rd Brigade |
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| Artillery |
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| 1st Colored Brigade
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| 2nd Colored Brigade
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Post of Nashville |
2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, XX Corps
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| Unattached |
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| Garrison Artillery
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| Quartermaster's Division |
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Cavalry Corps
Escort:
- 4th United States: Lt. Joseph Hedges
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
|---|---|---|
|
1st Division[18] |
1st Brigade |
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| 2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky | ||
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5th Division
|
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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6th Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade
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| Artillery |
| |
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7th Division |
1st Brigade
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| 2nd Brigade |
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| Artillery |
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Mississippi River Squadron
10th District
Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch[20]
| Class | Vessel |
|---|---|
| U.S.S. Neosho Lieutenant Samuel Howard | |
| U.S.S. Carondelet Acting Master Charles W. Miller | |
|
Tinclad |
U.S.S. Silver Lake Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle |
| U.S.S. Brilliant Lieutenant Charles Perking | |
| U.S.S. Reindeer Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford | |
| U.S.S. Moose Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch | |
| U.S.S. Fairplay Acting Master George J. Groves | |
| U.S.S. Springfield Acting Master Edmond Morgan |
Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 90-96
- ^ Eicher p.585
- ^ Eicher p.863
- ^ Eicher p.863
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, pages 53-54 and pages 1197-1205
- ^ Eicher p.492
- ^ Veteran detachment 27th Illinois attached.
- ^ The Smith's Corps: formerly known (until November 30, 1864) as the Right Wing-XVI Corps. See [1] and [2].
- ^ Detachment 24th Missouri attached.
- ^ Chief of division artillery.
- ^ Composed mainly of detachments belonging to the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Army Corps, which had been unable to rejoin their proper commands serving with General Sherman's army on the march through Georgia (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94)
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 102
- ^ Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
- ^ Listed under "Miscellaneous" but attached to the 3rd Brigade in the Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 94
- ^ Reported directly, separate of Cruft's Provisional Division; Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 103
- ^ Detached with pontoon train.
- ^ The Second and Third Brigades of this division, under the division commander, Brigadier General E. M. McCook, were absent on an expedition into Western Kentucky (Official Records, Series I, Volume XLV, Part 1, page 95)
- ^ Disabled.
- ^ Franklin-Nashville Campaign and Battle of Nashville Preservation Society - Nashville Naval Battle
References
- 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, 1880–1901.
- Eicher, John H. and David J., Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
- McDonough, James Lee. Nashville: The Western Confederacy’s Final Gamble (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press), 2004. ISBN 1-57233-322-7
- Sword, Wiley. The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin & Nashville (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 1992. ISBN 0-7006-0650-5
- Franklin-Nashville Campaign website
- Battle of Nashville Preservation Society website - Nashville Naval Battle
- Nashville page, Civil War Home site