Jonesborough Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864.

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

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG William T. Sherman

Headquarters

• 7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt William McCory
• Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
• Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster

Army of the Cumberland

MG George Henry Thomas

Headquarters

• Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
• Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan

IV Corps

MG David S. Stanley

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Nathan Kimball	1st Brigade    Col Isaac M. Kirby	21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana: Col John Thomas Smith 81st Indiana 90th Ohio 101st Ohio
	2nd Brigade    Col Jacob E. Taylor	96th Illinois 115th Illinois: Col Jesse Hale Moore 35th Indiana 21st Kentucky 51st Ohio
	3rd Brigade    BG William Grose	75th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 84th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania
	Artillery    Cpt Theodore Thomasson	5th Indiana Light Battery Battery B, Pennsylvania Light
Second Division      BG John Newton	1st Brigade    Col Emerson Opdyke	36th Illinois 73rd Illinois 88th Illinois 44th Indiana 24th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade    BG George D. Wagner	100th Illinois 40th Indiana 51st Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky 26th Ohio 97th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    BG Luther P. Bradley	42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky 64th Ohio 65th Ohio 125th Ohio
	Artillery    Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed	Battery M, 1st Illinois Light Battery A, 1st Ohio Light
Third Division      BG Thomas J. Wood	1st Brigade    Col Charles T. Hotchkiss	89th Illinois 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio 15th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade    Col Philip Sidney Post	59th Illinois 41st Ohio 71st Ohio 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Frederick Knefler	79th Indiana 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky 17th Kentucky 13th Ohio 19th Ohio 59th Ohio
	Artillery    Cpt Cullen Bradley	Bridges' Illinois Light Battery 6th Ohio Light Battery

XIV Corps

BG Jefferson C. Davis

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division     BG William Passmore Carlin	1st Brigade    Col Marion Taylor	104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky 33rd Ohio 21st Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade    Maj John R. Edie	15th U.S. Infantry (6 companies): Cpt Horace Jewett 15th U.S. Infantry (9 companies): Cpt William S. McManus 16th U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt R. Peabody Barry 18th U.S. Infantry (8 companies): Cpt Lymann M. Kellogg (w), Cpt Robert Hull 19th U.S. Infantry (5 companies): Cpt James Mooney
	3rd Brigade    Col Marshall F. Moore	37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 69th Ohio 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania 1st Wisconsin
	Artillery    Cpt Lucius Drury	1st Illinois Light Battery Battery I, 1st Ohio
Second Division      BG James D. Morgan	1st Brigade    Col Charles M. Lum	16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan 14th Michigan 17th New York
	2nd Brigade    Col John G. Mitchell	34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 109th Ohio[1] 113th Ohio 121st Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Caleb J. Dilworth (w) Sept 1    Ltc James W. Langley	85th Illinois 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois 22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio
	Artillery    Cpt Charles Barnett	2nd Illinois Light Battery, Battery I 2nd Minnesota Battery (detachment) 5th Wisconsin Light Battery
Third Division      BG Absalom Baird[2]	1st Brigade    Col Moses B. Walker	82nd Indiana: Col Morton C. Hunter 23rd Missouri 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio: Col Benjamin D. Fearing
	2nd Brigade    Col Newell Gleason	7th Indiana[3] 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 105th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col George P. Estey	10th Indiana 74th Indiana 10th Kentucky 14th Ohio 28th Ohio[4]

Cavalry Corps

BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG Kenner Garrard	1st Brigade    Col Robert Minty	4th Michigan Cavalry 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry 4th U.S. Cavalry
	2nd Brigade    Col Beroth Bullard Eggleston	1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade    Col Abram O. Miller	98th Illinois Mounted Infantry 123rd Illinois Mounted Infantry 17th Indiana Mounted Infantry 72nd Indiana Mounted Infantry
	Artillery	Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Third Division      BG Judson Kilpatrick	1st Brigade    Ltc Robert Klein	3rd Indiana Cavalry 5th Iowa Cavalry
	2nd Brigade    Ltc Fiedler A. Jones	8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade    Col Eli Murray	92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery

Army of the Tennessee

MG Oliver O. Howard

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Peter J. Osterhaus	1st Brigade    Col Milo Smith	26th Iowa 30th Iowa 27th Missouri 76th Ohio
	2nd Brigade    Col James A. Williamson (w) Sept 1	4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 31st Iowa
	3rd Brigade    Col Hugo von Wangelin	3rd Missouri 12th Missouri 17th Missouri 29th Missouri 31st Missouri 32nd Missouri
	Artillery    Maj Clemens Landgraeber	Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light 4th Ohio Light Battery
Second Division      BG William B. Hazen	1st Brigade    Col Theodore Jones	55th Illinois 116th Illinois 6th Missouri 8th Missouri 30th Ohio 57th Ohio
	2nd Brigade    Col Wells Jones	83rd Indiana 11th Illinois 30th Ohio 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio
	Artillery    Cpt Francis DeGress	Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Illinois Light
Fourth Division      BG William Harrow	1st Brigade    Col John M. Oliver	12th Indiana 48th Illinois 90th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio
	2nd Brigade    BG Charles C. Walcutt	26th Illinois 40th Illinois 100th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 6th Iowa 46th Ohio

XVI Corps

BG Thomas E. G. Ransom

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG John M. Corse	1st Brigade    BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa
	2nd Brigade    Col Robert N. Adams	9th Illinois Mounted Infantry 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Frederick J. Hurlbut    Station at Rome GA	7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa
	Artillery    Capt Frederick Welker	Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
Fourth Division      BG John W. Fuller	1st Brigade    Ltc Henry T. McDowell	64th Illinois 18th Missouri 27th Ohio 39th Ohio
	2nd Brigade    BG John W. Sprague	35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade    Col John Tillson	10th Illinois 25th Indiana 17th New York 32nd Wisconsin
	Artillery    Cpt Jerome B. Burrows	Battery C, 1st Michigan Light 14th Ohio Light Battery Battery F, 2nd U.S.

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division      BG Charles R. Woods	1st Brigade    Col George E. Bryant	20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade    Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles	20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio
	3rd Brigade    Col Adam G. Malloy	Detachment, 14th Wisconsin 17th Wisconsin Worden's Battalion
	Artillery    Cpt William S. Williams	Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Battery H, 1st Michigan Light 3rd Ohio Battery
Fourth Division      BG Giles A. Smith	1st Brigade    Col Benjamin F. Potts	32nd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies) 32nd Ohio
	2nd Brigade    Col John Logan    (Guard duty in northern Georgia)	14th Illinois 15th Illinois 32nd Illinois 41st Illinois
	3rd Brigade    BG William Worth Belknap	11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa
	Artillery    Cpt William Clayton	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light 1st Minnesota Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light 10th Ohio Light Battery 15th Ohio Light Battery

Notes

1. This is an error. The 109th Ohio Infantry did not complete organization. Further research is necessary to determine which Ohio unit this should be.
2. Baird won the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 1, 1864 (Eicher p.113)
3. This is an error. The regiment was not in this campaign. Further research is needed.
4. This is an error. The regiment was not in this campaign. Further research is needed.

References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• 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.