Champion Hill Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill
of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
Escort:
Provisional Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John S. Foster
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill
Battle of Champion Hill
The Battle of Champion Hill, or Bakers Creek, fought May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate Lt. Gen. John C...
of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The Confederate order of battle
Champion Hill Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* LTG = Lieutenant General* MG = Major General...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- MG = Major GeneralMajor general (United States)In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
- BG = Brigadier GeneralBrigadier general (United States)A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
- Col = ColonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
- Maj = MajorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
XIII Corps
MG John A. McClernandEscort:
- 3rd Illinois Cavalry3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer CavalryThe 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 27, 1861....
(Company L): Cpt David R. Sparks
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Ninth Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus Peter J. Osterhaus Peter Joseph Osterhaus was Union Army General in the American Civil War and later served as a diplomat.-Early life:Osterhaus was born in Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia. He attended the Berlin Military Academy and after serving for some time as a Prussian Army officer, he emigrated to the United States... |
1st Brigade BG Theophilus T. Garrard Theophilus T. Garrard Theophilus Toulmin Garrard was a politician, Union general in the American Civil War, farmer, and businessman.-Early life and career:... |
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17th Brigade
Col Daniel W. Lindsey |
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Artillery |
1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery The 1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Independent Battery was mustered into service at LaCrosse, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.... : Lt Charles B. Kimball |
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Tenth Division BG Andrew J. Smith |
1st Brigade BG Stephen G. Burbridge Stephen G. Burbridge -External links:* — Article by Civil War historian/author Bryan S. Bush... |
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2nd Brigade
Col William J. Landram William J. Landram William Jennings Landram was a lawyer, publisher, and Union officer during the American Civil War. He served in many of the campaigns associated with the XIII Corps often in command of a brigade and occasionally in division command... |
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Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt Patrick H. White 17th Ohio Battery 17th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio and mustered in August 21, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount.... : Cpt Ambrose A. Blount |
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Twelfth Division BG Alvin P. Hovey Alvin P. Hovey Alvin Peterson Hovey was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st Governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in several battles and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana... |
1st Brigade BG George F. McGinnis |
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2nd Brigade
Col James R. Slack James R. Slack James Richard Slack was an Indiana politician and a Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life:Slack was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1818. His family moved to Indiana in 1837 where he worked as a farm hand on his father's farm. He also worked as a teacher, studied law and... |
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Artillery |
2nd Ohio Battery 2nd Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 2nd Ohio Battery was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 7, 1861 under Captain Thomas J. Carlin.The battery was... : Lt Augustus Beach 16th Ohio Battery 16th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Springfield, Ohio August 20, 1861 and mustered in September 5, 1861 for a three year enlistment under Captain James A. Mitchell... : Cpt James A. Mitchell (mw), Lt Russell P. Twist Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The regiment and its batteries were organized at St. Louis, Missouri from the 1st Missouri Infantry and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 1, 1861... : Cpt George W. Schofield |
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Fourteenth Division BG Eugene A. Carr |
1st Brigade BG William P. Benton |
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2nd Brigade
BG Michael K. Lawler |
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Artillery |
Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery "A", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War... (4 guns): Lt Frank B. Fenton 1st Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery 1st Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Evansville, Indiana August 5, 1861 and mustered in at Indianapolis, Indiana for a three year enlistment on August 16, 1861 under the command... : Cpt Martin Klauss |
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2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry The 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:Companies "A" to "L of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 12, 1861... (7 companies): Ltc Daniel B. Bush, Jr. 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry The 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Missouri Cavalry was mustered in for three years service on February 14, 1862 by consolidation of Wright's Cavalry Battalion, Wood's Cavalry Battalion, and... (7 companies): Col Clark Wright Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt William F. Patterson |
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XV Corps
MG William T. ShermanDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division [attached to XIII Corps] MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in... |
1st Brigade Col Giles A. Smith |
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas Kilby Smith Thomas Kilby Smith Thomas Kilby Smith was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army... |
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XVII Corps
MG James B. McPhersonJames B. McPherson
James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
Provisional Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John S. Foster
- 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Companies A & B): Lt W. B. Cummins
- 4th Missouri Cavalry4th Missouri Volunteer CavalryThe 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 4th Missouri Cavalry was organized in February 1862 and mustered in for three years by consolidation of the Fremont Hussars and three companies of the Hollan Horse. ...
(Company F): Lt A. Mueller - 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
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Third Division MG John A. Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President... |
1st Brigade BG John E. Smith John E. Smith John Eugene Smith was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life:Smith was born in Berne, Switzerland in 1816. His father had served under Napoleon Bonaparte and emigrated with his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after the... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Mortimer D. Leggett |
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3rd Brigade
BG John Dunlap Stevenson John Dunlap Stevenson John D. Stevenson was an American attorney, politician, and soldier in the U.S. Army in two wars. He was promoted to brevet major general of volunteers at the end of the American Civil War.... |
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Battery "L", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery "L", 2nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War... (4 guns): Cpt William H. Bolton 3rd Ohio Battery 3rd Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Ohio Battery was organized in Canton, Minerva, and Massillon, Ohio November 9, 1861 through March 15, 1862 and mustered in for three years service under Captain William S... : Cpt William S. Williams |
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Seventh Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker Marcellus M. Crocker Marcellus Monroe Crocker was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War most noted for his service in the Western Theater.-Biography:... BG Isaac F. Quinby |
1st Brigade Col John B. Sanborn John B. Sanborn John Benjamin Sanborn was a lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of New Hampshire who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Samuel A. Holmes |
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3rd Brigade
Col George B. Boomer |
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Artillery
Cpt Frank C. Sands |
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