Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

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 organizationMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. during the campaign,Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 174-182 the casualty returnsOfficial Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 207-217 and the reports.Official Records, Series I, Volume XX, Part 1, pages 1093-1099

Abbreviations

Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant Sgt = Sergeant

Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured

XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) MG William S. Rosecrans, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters General Staff:see: Rosecrans' report 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: 10th Ohio: Ltc Joseph W. Burke General Escort: Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: Lt Thomas S. Maple

Right Wing MG Alexander McD. McCook

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst 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,Turned over command to Captain McDonald on account of sickness on January 3, 1863 (see: Kirby's report) 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 ArtilleryThe 2nd Minnesota was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 5th Wisconsin to the 1st Brigade, and 8th Wisconsin to the 3rd Brigade 2nd Minnesota Battery: Cpt William A. Hotchkiss 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Oscar F. Pinney (mw), Lt Charles B. Humphrey 8th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Stephen J. Carpenter (k), Sgt Obadiah German, Lt Henry E. Stiles Escort 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Miller R. McCulloch (k), Lt Harvey S. ParkSecond 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 Francis 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,Turned over command to Major Dysart on account of sickness on December 30, 1862 (see: Dysart's report) 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) ArtilleryThe 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 5th Indiana Battery: Cpt Peter Simonson 1st Ohio, Battery A: Lt Edmund B. Belding 1st Ohio, Battery E: Cpt Warren P. Edgarton (c) Cavalry 3rd Indiana, Companies G, H, I, and K: Maj Robert KleinThird Division

BG Philip Sheridan 1st Brigade

BG Joshua W. Sill (k)

Col Nicholas Greusel 36th Illinois: Col Nicholas Greusel, Maj Silas Miller (w&c), Cpt Porter C. Olson 88th Illinois: Col Francis T. Sherman 21st Michigan: Ltc William B. McCreery 24th Wisconsin: Maj Elisha C. Hibbard 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 ArtilleryBattery C, 1st Illinois was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 4th Indiana to the 1st Brigade, and Battery G, 1st Missouri to the 2nd Brigade

Cpt Henry Hescock 1st Illinois, Battery C: Cpt Charles Houghtaling 4th Indiana Battery: Cpt Asahel K. Bush 1st Missouri, Battery G: Cpt Henry Hescock Escort 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company L: Lt Joseph T. Forman

Center MG George H. ThomasThe Third Division (except the First Brigade), Fourth Division and Fifth Division detached

Provost Guard: 9th Michigan: Col John G. Parkhurst

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

MG Lovell Rousseau 1st Brigade

Col Benjamin F. Scribner 38th Indiana: Ltc Daniel F. Griffin 2nd Ohio: Ltc John Kell (k), Maj Anson G. McCook 33rd Ohio: Cpt Ephraim J. Ellis 94th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Frizell (w), Ltc Stephen A. Bassford 10th Wisconsin: Col Alfred R. Chapin 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 24th Illinois: Col Geza Mihalotzy 79th Pennsylvania: Col Henry A. Hambright 1st Wisconsin: Ltc George B. Bingham 21st Wisconsin: Ltc Harrison C. Hobart 4th Brigade

Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd 15th United States, 1st Battalion: Maj John H. King (w), Cpt Jesse Fulmer 16th United States, 1st Battalion, and Company B, 2nd Battalion: Maj Adam J. Slemmer (w), Cpt R. E. A. Crofton 18th United States, 1st Battalion, and Companies A and D, 3rd Battalion: Maj James N. Caldwell 18th United States, 2nd Battalion, and Companies B, C, E, and F, 3rd Battalion: Maj Frederick Townsend 19th United States, 1st Battalion: Maj Stephen D. Carpenter (k), Cpt James B. Mulligan ArtilleryBattert 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

Cpt Cyrus O. Loomis Kentucky, Battery A: Cpt David C. Stone 1st Michigan, Battery A: Lt George W. Van Pelt 5th United States, Battery H: Lt Francis L. Guenther Cavalry 2nd Kentucky (6 companies): Maj Thomas P. NicholasSecond Division

BG James S. Negley 1st Brigade

BG James G. Spears 1st Tennessee: Col Robert K. Byrd 2nd Tennessee: Ltc James M. Melton 14th Michigan:Temporarily attached from the First Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863 Ltc Milton L. PhillipsTemporarily attached from the 1st Tennessee (see: Spears' report) 85th Illinois:Temporarily attached from the Second Brigade, Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863 Col Robert S. Moore 10th Wisconsin BatteryTemporarily attached from the Fourth Division January 2 and 3, 1863 (2 sections): Cpt Yates V. Beebe 2nd Brigade

Col Timothy R. Stanley 19th Illinois: Col Joseph R. Scott (w), Ltc Alexander W. Raffen 11th Michigan: Col William L. Stoughton 18th Ohio: Ltc Josiah Given 69th Ohio: Col William B. Cassilly (w), Maj Eli J. Hickcox,Disabled December 31, 1862 Cpt David Putnam, Ltc George F. ElliottJoined at 5 p.m December 31, 1862 and took command (see: Elliott's report) 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 Kentucky, Battery B: Lt Alban A. Ellsworth 1st Ohio, Battery G: Lt Alexander Marshall 1st Ohio, Battery M:Attached to Second Brigade Cpt Frederick SchultzThird DivisionThe 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

BG Speed S. Fry 1st Brigade

Col Moses B. Walker 82nd Indiana: Col Morton C. Hunter 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell 31st Ohio: Ltc Frederick W. Lister 38th Ohio: Col Edward H. Phelps Artillery 1st Michigan, Battery D: Cpt Josiah W. Church

Left Wing MG Thomas L. Crittenden

Chief of Artillery: Cpt John MendenhallCullum's Register Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst 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,Arrested for intoxication by Colonel Wagner on December 30, 1862 (see: Wagner's and Leaming's report) 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) ArtilleryThe 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

Maj Seymour Race 8th Indiana Battery: Lt George Estep 10th Indiana Battery: Cpt Jerome B. Cox 6th Ohio Battery: Cpt Cullen BradleySecond 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 110th Illinois: Col Thomas S. Casey 9th Indiana: Col William H. Blake 6th Kentucky: Col Walter C. Whitaker 41st Ohio: Ltc Aquila Wiley 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 1st Ohio, Battery B: Cpt William E Standart 1st Ohio, Battery F: Cpt Daniel T. Cockerill (w), Lt Norval Osburn 4th United States, Batteries H and M: Lt Charles C. ParsonsThird Division

BG Horatio P. Van Cleve (w)

Col Samuel Beatty 1st Brigade

Col Samuel Beatty

Col Benjamin C. Grider 79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler 9th Kentucky: Col Benjamin C. Grider, Ltc George H. Cram 11th Kentucky: Maj Erasmus L. Mottley 19th Ohio: Col Charles F. Manderson 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