The following Union Army unitsMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. 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 Bvt = Brevet
Other w = wounded
Grand Army of the West MG William T. Sherman, commanding
Headquarters Guard 7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters
Engineers and Mechanics 1st Michigan: Col John B. Yates 1st Missouri (five companies)
Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)
MG Oliver O. Howard
Escort 15th Illinois Cavalry
Pontoon Train Guard 14th Wisconsin, Company E
XV Corps
MG John A. Logan
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
Bvt MG Charles R. Woods 1st Brigade
Bvt BG William B. Woods 12th Indiana 26th Iowa 27th Missouri 31st/32nd Missouri (6 companies) 76th Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col Robert F. Catterson 26th Illinois 40th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 100th Indiana: Col Ruel Johnson 6th Iowa 46th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col George A. Stone 4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 30th Iowa 31st Iowa2nd Division
MG William B. Hazen 1st Brigade Col Theodore Jones 55th Illinois 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri (Companies A and B, 8th Missouri attached): Ltc Delos von Deusen 30th Ohio 57th Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col Wells S. Jones 111th Illinois 83rd Indiana 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio 3rd Brigade
BG John M. Oliver 48th Illinois 90th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio3rd Division
Bvt MG John E. Smith 1st Brigade
BG William T. Clark 63rd Illinois 93rd Illinois (with detachment non-veterans of 18th Wisconsin) 48th Indiana 59th Indiana 4th Minnesota 2nd Brigade
Col Clark R. Wever 56th Illinois 10th Iowa 17th Iowa (one company) 26th Missouri (two companies, and detachment, 10th Missouri) 80th Ohio4th Division
Bvt MG John M. Corse 1st Brigade
BG Elliott W. Rice 52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa 2nd Brigade
Col Robert N. Adams 12th Illinois 66th Illinois 81st Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col Frederick J. Hurlbut 7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa Unassigned (not engaged) 110th United States Colored Troops Artillery
Ltc William H. Ross Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Edward B. Wright Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Cpt Charles M. Callahan 12th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt William Zickerick Unassigned 29th Missouri (Mounted)
XVII Corps
MG Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Escort 11th Illinois Cavalry (Company G)
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
MG Joseph A. Mower 1st Brigade
BG John W. Fuller 64th Illinois: Cpt Joseph S. Reynolds 18th Missouri: Col Charles Sheldon 27th Ohio 39th Ohio 2nd Brigade
Col Milton Montgomery 35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin 3rd Brigade
Col John Tillson 10th Illinois 25th Indiana 32nd Wisconsin3rd Division
BG Manning F. Force Provost Guard 20th Illinois: Ltc Henry King 1st Brigade
Col Cassius Fairchild 30th Illinois: Col Warren Shedd 31st Illinois: Col Edwin S. McCook 45th Illinois: Col John O. Duer 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin 2nd Brigade
Col Greenberry F. Wiles 20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio 17th Wisconsin4th Division
Bvt MG Giles A. Smith 1st Brigade
BG Benjamin F. Potts 14th/15th Illinois (battalion) 53rd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 32nd Ohio 3rd Brigade
BG William W. Belknap 32nd Illinois 11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa Artillery
Maj Allen C. Waterhouse Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Lt William W. Hyser 1st Minnesota Battery 15th Ohio Battery Unassigned 9th Illinois (mounted)
Left Wing (Army of Georgia, recently the Army of the Cumberland)
MG Henry W. Slocum
Staff: Chief engineer: Lt William Ludlow
Pontoniers 58th Indiana
XIV Corps
Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis
Staff: Chief of Staff: Ltc Alexander C. McClurg Inspector General: Ltc Henry G. Litchfield
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG William P. Carlin 1st Brigade
Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart 104th Illinois: Maj John Widmer 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 33rd Ohio: Cpt Joseph Hinson 94th Ohio 21st Wisconsin: Maj Charles H. Walker 2nd Brigade
Bvt BG George P. Buell 13th Michigan: Maj Willard Eaton (k) 21st Michigan 69th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Ltc David Miles (w)
Ltc Arnold McMahon 38th Indiana: Cpt James H. Low (mw) 21st Ohio: Ltc Arnold McMahon 74th Ohio 79th Pennsylvania2nd Division
BG James D. Morgan Provost Guard 110th Illinois (Companies A & B, 24th Illinois attached) 1st Brigade
BG William Vandever 16th Illinois: Cpt Herman Lund 60th Illinois 10th Michigan: Col Charles Lum 14th Michigan: Ltc George W. Grummond 17th New York: Cpt Alexander S. Marshall 2nd Brigade
BG John G. Mitchell 34th Illinois: Cpt Peter F. Walker 78th Illinois: Ltc Maris R. Vernon 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio: Maj Aaron Robinson 3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Benjamin D. Fearing (w)
Ltc James W. Langley 86th Illinois: Ltc Allen L. Fahnestock 125th Illinois: Ltc James W. Langley 22nd Indiana: Cpt William h. Snodgrass 37th Indiana (one company) 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy 85th Illinois3rd Division
Bvt MG Absalom Baird 1st Brigade
Col Morton C. Hunter 82nd Indiana 23rd Missouri (4 companies) 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio (11th Ohio attached) 2nd Brigade
Ltc Thomas Doan 75th Indiana 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 105th Ohio 3rd Brigade
Col George P. Este 74th Indiana 18th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio Artillery
Maj Charles Houghtaling Battery C, 1st Illinois Light: Lt Palmer Scovel Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Judson Rich 19th Indiana Battery: Lt Samuel D. Webb (k), Lt Clinton Keeler 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Joseph McKnight
XX Corps
Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG Nathaniel J. Jackson 1st Brigade
Col James L. Selfridge 5th Connecticut 123rd New York: Col James C. Rogers 141st New York 46th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade
Col William Hawley 2nd Massachusetts 13th New Jersey: Maj Frederick H. Harris 107th New York 150th New York 3rd Wisconsin 3rd Brigade
BG James S. Robinson 82nd Illinois: Ltc Edward S. Salomon 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins 82nd Ohio 61st Ohio 31st Wisconsin2nd Division
Bvt MG John W. Geary 1st Brigade
Bvt BG Ario Pardee Jr. 5th Ohio 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania 2nd Brigade
Col George W. Mindil 33rd New Jersey 119th New York 134th New York 154th New York 73rd Pennsylvania 109th Pennsylvania 3rd Brigade
Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum 60th New York 102nd New York 137th New York 149th New York 29th Pennsylvania 111th Pennsylvania3rd Division
Bvt MG William T. Ward 1st Brigade
Col Henry Case 70th Indiana 79th Ohio 102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois 2nd Brigade
Col Daniel Dustin 33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin 3rd Brigade
Bvt BG William Cogswell 20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio: Col Edwin H. Powers 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst 26th Wisconsin: Col Frederick C. Winkler Artillery
Maj John A. Reynolds Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Charles E. Winegar Battery M, 1st New York Light: Lt Edward P. Newkirk Battery C, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Jerome Stephens Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan
Cavalry
Division Brigades Regiments and batteries3rd Division
Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick 1st Brigade
Col Thomas J. Jordan 3rd Indiana Cavalry (battalion) 8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry 2nd Brigade
Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins 92nd Illinois (mounted) 9th Ohio Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry 9th Michigan Cavalry McLaughlin's (Ohio) Squadron 3rd Brigade
Col George E. Spencer 1st Alabama Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry 5th Ohio Cavalry 4th Brigade (provisional)
Ltc William B. Way 1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment Artillery 10th Wisconsin Battery
References
Sources Bentonville Battlefield website Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. .