The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 23, 1863 under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Engagements fought during this time included the battles of Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders and the siege of Knoxville. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign and return of casualties. 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 = 1st Lieutenant
Other mw = mortally wounded k = killed
Army of the Ohio
MG Ambrose E. Burnside (March 25–December 11, 1863)MG John G. Foster (December 11, 1863 – February 9, 1864)
General Headquarters (Staff: 14 officers) Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke Escort: 6th Indiana Cavalry: Col James Biddle
IX Corps
BG Robert B. Potter
+Union IX Corps order of battle: October 1863 Division Strength Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Edward Ferrero 177 officers2,863 men10 guns 1st Brigade
Col David Morrison 36th Massachusetts: Maj William E. Draper 8th Michigan: Ltc Ralph Ely 79th New York: Cpt William S. Montgomery 45th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis M. Hills 2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin C. Christ 29th Massachusetts: Col Ebenezer W. Pierce 27th Michigan: Maj William B. Wright 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serieri 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Overton, Jr. 3rd Brigade
Col Daniel Leasure Col William Humphrey 2nd Michigan: Maj Cornelius Byington (mw) 17th Michigan: Ltc Lorin L. Comstock (k) 20th Michigan: Maj Byron M. Cutcheon 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson Artillery 34th New York Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer four 3-inch Ordnance rifles Battery D, 1st Rhode Island: Cpt William W. Buckley six 12-pounder NapoleonsSecond Division
Col Joshua K. Sigfried
Col John F. Hartranft 150 officers2,746 men17 guns 1st Brigade
Col Thomas B. Allard Col Joshua K. Sigfried 2nd Maryland: Col Thomas B. Allard 21st Massachusetts: Ltc George P. Hawkes 48th Pennsylvania: Maj Joseph A. Gilmour 2nd Brigade
Ltc Edwin Schall 35th Massachusetts: Maj Nathaniel Wales 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Leander W. Cogswell 51st Pennsylvania: Maj William J. Bolton 3rd Brigade
Col Wilson C. Lemert 86th Ohio: Maj William Kraus 129th Ohio: Col Howard D. John 22nd Ohio Battery: Lt Amos B. Alger 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Wheeler Artillery 15th Indiana Battery: Cpt John C. H. von Sehlen 3-inch Ordnance rifles Batteries L and M, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Lt Erskine Gittingsfour 10-pounder Parrott rifles Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Samuel N. Benjaminfour 20-pounder Parrott riflesUnassignedUnassigned IX Corps units were reassigned as shown in italics. 31 officers551 men4 guns not brigaded 79th New York (re-assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division) Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery (re-assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division) 6th Indiana Cavalry (assigned as headquarters escort)
XXIII Corps
BG Mahlon D. Manson (September 24–December 20, 1863)Jacob Dolson Cox (December 21, 1863 – February 8, 1864)
General Headquarters (Staff and escort: 14 officers, 95 men) Chief of Engineers: Col Orlando M. Poe McLaughlin's Ohio Cavalry Squadron: Maj Richard Rice
+Union XXIII Corps order of battle: October 1863 Division Strength Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG Jeremiah Boyle 450 officers9,659 men96 guns Kentucky garrisonsvarious unitsSecond Division
BG Julius White 191 officers3,308 men12 guns 1st Brigade
Col Samuel R. Mott80th Indiana Infantry: Col James L. Culbertson 16th Kentucky Infantry: Col James W. Gault 25th Michigan Infantry: Cpt Samuel L. Demarest 118th Ohio Infantry: Ltc Thomas L. Young Elgin Illinois Battery: Cpt Andrew M. Wood six guns 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Col Robert K. Byrd 2nd Brigade
Col Marshall W. Chapin 107th Illinois: Ltc Francis H. Lowry 13th Kentucky: Col William E. Hobson 23rd Michigan: Maj William W. Wheeler 111th Ohio Infantry: Colonel John R. Bond, Maj Isaac R. Sherwood Henshaw's Illinois Battery: Cpt Edward C. Henshaw two 3.8-inch James rifles, four 6-pounder brass gunsThird Division
BG Milo S. Hascall 168 officers3,646 men16 guns 1st Brigade
Col James W. Reilly 44th Ohio: Maj Alpheus S. Moore 100th Ohio: Col Patrick S. Slevin 104th Ohio: Ltc Oscar W. Sterl Battery D, 1st Ohio: Lt William H. Pease four 3-inch Ordnance rifles 2nd Brigade
Col Daniel Cameron 65th Illinois: Ltc William S. Stewart 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hunt 103rd Ohio: Cpt John T. Philpot Rigby's Indiana Battery: Cpt Hubbard T. Thomas six 3-inch Ordnance riflesCorps Artillery 12 officers290 men12 guns Reserve Artillery
Cpt Andrew J. Konkle 24th Indiana Battery: Cpt Joseph A. Sims 3.8-inch James rifles 19th Ohio Battery: Cpt Joseph C. Shields six 12-pounder Napoleons Engineers 3 officers, 185 men Not brigaded Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClureUnattached Strength listed under Left Wing ForcesProvisional Brigade
Col William A. Hoskins 12th Kentucky: Ltc Lawrence H. Rousseau, Maj Joseph M. Owens 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve
Cavalry Corps
BG James M. ShackelfordBG Samuel D. Sturgis (December 12, 1863 – April 15, 1864)
+Union Cavalry Corps order of battle: October 1863 Division Strength Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division
BG William P. Sanders (mw) Col Frank Wolford 345 officers7,113 men20 guns 1st Brigade
Col Frank Wolford Ltc Silas Adams 1st Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Silas Adams 12th Kentucky Cavalry: Maj James B. Harrison Law's Howitzer Battery: 2nd Brigade
Ltc Emory S. Bond 112th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Maj Tristram T. Dow 8th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Henry C. Edgerly 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry: Col Benjamin Runkle 15th Indiana Battery: Lt Alonzo D. Harvey3rd Brigade
Col Charles D. Pennebaker 11th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Col S. Palace Love 27th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Ltc John H. WardSecond Division
Col John W. Foster 1st Brigade
Col James P. T. Carter
Col Israel Garrard 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 7th Ohio Cavalry: Maj James McIntyre 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Maj Daniel A. Carpenter Battery M, 2nd Illinois: Cpt John C. Phillips 2nd Brigade
Col John W. Foster
Col Felix W. Graham
Col Horace Capron 14th Illinois Cavalry: Col Horace Capron 5th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Thomas H. Butler 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry: Cpt Walter G. Hodge 9th Ohio Cavalry: Maj William D. Hamilton 8th Tennessee Cavalry: Maj John M. Sawyers Colvin's Illinois Battery: Cpt John H. Colvin four guns
Left Wing Forces BG Orlando B. Willcox
+Union Left Wing order of battle: October 1863 Division Strength Brigade Regiments and OthersLeft Wing
BG Orlando B. Willcox 178 officers4,213 men16 guns 1st Brigade
Col John R. Mahan 115th Indiana: Ltc Alfred J. Hawn 116th Indiana: Col William C. Kise 117th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Brady 118th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson 2nd Brigade
Col William A. Hoskins 12th Kentucky: Maj Joseph M. Owens (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps) 103rd Ohio: Col John S. Casement (re-assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps) 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps) Not brigaded 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Oliver M. Powers 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company M: Cpt Charles U. Patton 23rd Indiana Battery: Cpt James H. Myers 12th Michigan Battery: Cpt Edward G. Hillier 21st Ohio Battery: Cpt James W. Patterson
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