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".

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

Meridian Expedition MG William Tecumseh Sherman Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company A: Lt Samuel A. Lowe

XVI Corps MG Stephen A. Hurlbut

+Union order of battle for XVI Corps Division Brigade Unit First DivisionBG James M. TuttleTuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).174 officers2,752 men8 guns 1st BrigadeCol William L. McMillanMcMillan'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). 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 BrigadeBG 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 BrigadeCol 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 ArtilleryCpt 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 DivisionBG Andrew Jackson Smith237 officers4,465 men14 guns1st BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeCol Edward H. WolfeCol 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 ArtilleryCpt 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 DivisionBG James C. Veatch102 officers1,935 men4 guns 1st BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeCol 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 MG James B. McPherson 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 Division Brigade Unit First Division88 officers1,331 men4 guns 3rd BrigadeBG 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 DivisionBG Mortimer D. Leggett256 officers5,133 men16 guns 1st BrigadeBG 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 BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeBG 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 ArtilleryCpt 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 DivisionBG Marcellus M. Crocker219 officers4,832 men16 guns 1st BrigadeBG 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 BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeBG 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 ArtilleryCpt 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 Cavalry81 officers1,871 men4 guns BrigadeCol 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 BG William Sooy Smith

+Union order of battle for W. Sooy Smith's column Division Brigade Unit Cavalry DivisionBG Benjamin H. Grierson292 officers6,312 men12 guns 1st BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeCol 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 BrigadeCol 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. BowmanThe 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

Yazoo Expedition Col James Henry Coates

+Union order of battle for Yazoo expedition Brigade Unit BrigadeCol 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

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