Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign Union order of battle
Encyclopedia
The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
of the American Civil War
on the Union
side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
Military Division of the Mississippi
MG Ulysses S. Grant
Army of the Cumberland
MG George H. Thomas
General Staff:
General Headquarters:
Escort:
Escort:
MG Oliver O. Howard
General Headquarters:
Chattanooga Campaign
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen...
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...
on the Union
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border slave states. It was opposed by 11 southern slave states that had declared a secession to join together to form the...
side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.
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 = LieutenantLieutenantA lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
Other
- (w) = woundedWounded in actionWounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killedKilled in actionKilled in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
- (c) = capturedPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
Military Division of the MississippiMilitary Division of the MississippiThe Military Division of the Mississippi was an administrative division of the United States Army during the American Civil War that controlled all military operations in the Western Theater.-History:...
MG Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
- Chief of Staff: BG John A. Rawlins
Army of the CumberlandArmy of the CumberlandThe Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War. It was originally known as the Army of the Ohio.-History:...
MG George H. ThomasGeorge Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater....
General Staff:
- Chief of Staff: MG Joseph J. ReynoldsJoseph J. ReynoldsJoseph Jones Reynolds was an American engineer, educator, and military officer who fought in the American Civil War and the postbellum Indian Wars.-Early life and career:Reynolds was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky...
- Assistant Adjutant General: BG William D. Whipple
General Headquarters:
- 1st Ohio Sharpshooter: Cpt Gershom M. Barber
- 10th Ohio10th Ohio InfantryThe 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was also known as the Montgomery Regiment and the Bloody Tenth...
: Ltc William M. Ward
IV Corps
MG Gordon GrangerGordon Granger
Gordon Granger was a career U.S. army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga.-Early life & Mexico:...
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First Division BG Charles Cruft Charles Cruft (general) Charles Cruft was a teacher, lawyer, railroad executive, and a Union general during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
2nd Brigade BG Walter C. Whitaker Walter C. Whitaker Walter Chiles Whitaker was an American farmer, attorney, and soldier. He served as an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, and also was a Union general during the American Civil War... |
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3rd Brigade
Col William Grose William Grose William Grose was a lawyer, politician, author, and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War... |
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92nd Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment The 92nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 92nd Regiment Infantry Illinois Volunteers was organized at Rockford, Illinois,... , Company E: Cpt Mathew Van Buskirk |
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Second Division MG Philip H. Sheridan |
1st Brigade Col Francis T. Sherman |
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2nd Brigade
BG George D. Wagner George D. Wagner George Day Wagner was an Indiana politician, farmer, and soldier, serving as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His controversial actions at the Battle of Franklin in 1864 overshadowed his positive performance earlier in the war.-Early life and career:Wagner was born in... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Charles G. Harker |
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Artillery
Cpt Warren P. Edgarton |
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Third Division BG Thomas J. Wood Thomas J. Wood Thomas John Wood was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
1st Brigade BG August Willich August Willich August Willich , born Johann August Ernst von Willich, was a military officer in the Prussian Army and a leading early proponent of Communism in Germany. In 1847 he discarded his title of nobility... |
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2nd Brigade
BG William B. Hazen |
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3rd Brigade
BG Samuel Beatty Samuel Beatty (general) Samuel Beatty was an American soldier, sheriff, and farmer from Ohio. He was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1866, he was awarded the brevet grade of major general of volunteers.... |
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Artillery
Cpt Cullen Bradley |
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XIV Corps
MG John M. PalmerJohn M. Palmer (politician)
John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited...
Escort:
- 1st Ohio Cavalry, Company L: Cpt John D. Barker
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First Division BG Richard W. Johnson Richard W. Johnson Richard W. Johnson was an American soldier, born in Kentucky.-Early career:He graduated at West Point in 1849 and up to the time of the Civil War was employed chiefly on frontier service. In 1861 he was commissioned colonel in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry and soon afterward became a brigadier general... |
1st Brigade BG William P. Carlin William P. Carlin William Passmore Carlin was a career soldier from the state of Illinois 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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2nd Brigade
Col Marshall F. Moore Marshall F. Moore Marshall F. Moore was the 7th Governor of Washington Territory.He served during the Civil War under George McClellan in Virginia and under Sherman. He was at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and Missionary Ridge. He rose to the rank of breveted major general on March 13, 1865. He... Col William L. Stoughton William L. Stoughton William Lewis Stoughton was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland,... |
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3rd Brigade
BG John C. Starkweather |
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Battery "C", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery "C", 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War... : Cpt Mark H. Prescott |
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Second Division BG Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson Columbus Davis was an officer in the United States Army who served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Modoc War. He was the first commander of the Department of Alaska, from 1868 to 1870... |
1st Brigade BG James D. Morgan James D. Morgan James Dada Morgan was a merchant sailor, soldier, businessman, and a Union general during the American Civil War. He commanded a division of infantry in some of the final campaigns in the Western Theater.... |
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2nd Brigade
BG John Beatty |
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3rd Brigade
Col Daniel McCook, Jr. Daniel McCook, Jr. Daniel McCook, Jr. , one of the famed Fighting McCooks, was a brigade commander in the Union Army who was mortally wounded in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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Artillery
Cpt William A. Hotchkiss |
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Third Division BG Absalom Baird Absalom Baird Absalom Baird was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Baird received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his military actions-Early life:... |
1st Brigade BG John B. Turchin |
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2nd Brigade
Col Ferdinand Van Derveer Ferdinand Van Derveer Ferdinand Van Derveer was a lawyer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col Edward H. Phelps (k) Col William H. Hays |
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Artllery
Cpt George R. Swallow |
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Artillery Reserve
BG John M. BrannanDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division Col James Barnett |
1st Brigade Maj Charles S. Cotter |
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2nd Brigade |
Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 17, 1861... : Cpt Alexander Marshall Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery M, 1st Ohio Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 3, 1861... : Cpt Frederick Schultz 18th Ohio Battery 18th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Portsmouth, Ohio and mustered in September 13, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Charles C. Aleshire.The battery was attached to 2nd... : Lt Joseph McCafferty 20th Ohio Battery 20th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Taylor in Cleveland, Ohio and mustered in October 29, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Louis Smithwright.The battery was... : Cpt Edward Grosskopff |
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Second Division |
1st Brigade Cpt Josiah W. Church |
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2nd Brigade
Cpt Arnold Sutermeister |
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Cavalry Corps
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Second Division |
2nd Brigade Col Eli Long Eli Long Eli Long was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:Long was born on June 16, 1837 in Woodford County, Kentucky, and graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1855. In 1856, he was appointed second lieutenant in the 1st U.S... |
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Engineers and Garrison
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Engineer Troops BG William F. Smith William Farrar Smith William Farrar Smith , was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City police commission, and Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
Engineer Brigade Col Timothy R. Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he served during the Civil War as colonel of the 18th Ohio Infantry. He was brevetted brigadier general, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."-External links:* 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry... |
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Pioneer Brigade
Col George P. Buell George P. Buell George Pearson Buell was an American civil engineer and soldier. He served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and remained in the United States Army following the conflict.-Early life and career:... |
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Chattanooga garrison BG James B. Steedman James B. Steedman James Blair Steedman was an American soldier, printer, and politician. He also served during the American Civil War as a general in the Union Army, most noted for his performances at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 and the Battle of Nashville in 1864.-Early life and career:Steedman was born in... |
Post of Chattanooga Col John G. Parkhurst |
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Hooker's Command
MG Joseph HookerJoseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E...
- Chief of Staff: MG Daniel A. ButterfieldDaniel ButterfieldDaniel Adams Butterfield was a New York businessman, a Union General in the American Civil War, and Assistant U.S. Treasurer in New York. He is credited with composing the bugle call Taps and was involved in the Black Friday gold scandal in the Grant administration...
Escort:
- 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
XI Corps
MG Oliver O. Howard
Oliver O. Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War...
General Headquarters:
- 8th New York, Independent Company: Cpt Anton Bruhn
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Second Division BG Adolph von Steinwehr Adolph von Steinwehr Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr was a German-Brunswick army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.-Early life:Steinwehr was born in Blankenburg, in the Duchy of... |
1st Brigade Col Adolphus Buschbeck Adolphus Buschbeck Adolphus Buschbeck commanded the 27th Pennsylvania in the Army of the Potomac and a brigade in that army and later in the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Orland Smith Orland Smith Orland Smith was a railroad executive and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1864, he led a spirited bayonet charge during the Battle of Wauhatchie that took a significant Confederate position on a hill that now bears his name.-Early life and career:Smith was... |
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Third Division MG Carl Schurz Carl Schurz Carl Christian Schurz was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army General in the American Civil War. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, who in 1869 became the first German-born American elected to the United States Senate.His wife,... |
1st Brigade BG Hector Tyndale Hector Tyndale Hector Tyndale was a Union general during the American Civil War rising to the rank of Brevet Major General of Volunteers. He notably led brigades at the battles of Antietam and Wauhatchie... |
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2nd Brigade
Col Wladimir Krzyzanowski |
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3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Hecker |
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Artillery
Maj Thomas W. Osborn Thomas W. Osborn Thomas Ward Osborn was a Union Army officer and United States Senator representing Florida.-Early life:Thomas Osborn was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, the son of John and Amelia Osborn. He and his family moved to North Wilna, New York in 1842 where he worked on the family farm until 1854... |
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XII Corps
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Second Division BG John W. Geary John W. Geary John White Geary was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War... |
1st Brigade Col Charles Candy Charles Candy Charles Candy was a career soldier in the United States Army who served as an officer in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War... Col William R. Creighton (k) Col Thomas J. Ahl |
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2nd Brigade
Col George A. Cobham, Jr. George A. Cobham, Jr. George Ashworth Cobham, Jr. commanded a regiment in the American Civil War and rose to brigade command before being killed in battle.-Early life:... |
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3rd Brigade
Col David Ireland David Ireland (colonel) David Ireland was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Commanding the 137th New York Infantry Regiment, he played a key defensive role on Culp's Hill in the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:... |
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Artillery
Maj John A. Reynolds |
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XV Corps
MG Francis P. BlairDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First 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 Charles R. Woods Charles R. Woods Charles Robert Woods was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War... |
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2nd Brigade
Col James A. Williamson James Alexander Williamson James A. Williamson was a politician, and lawyer who served in the Union army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.-Biography:Williamson was born in Columbia, Kentucky in 1829... |
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Artillery
Cpt Henry H. Griffiths |
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Second Division BG Morgan L. Smith Morgan Lewis Smith Morgan Lewis Smith was a Union general in the American Civil War.-Biography:Smith was born in Oswego County, New York. In 1843 he settled in Indiana, and later had some military experience in the United States Army. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised the 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, of... |
1st Brigade BG Giles A. Smith (w) Col Nathan W. Tupper |
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2nd Brigade
BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn |
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Fourth Division BG Hugh B. Ewing Hugh Boyle Ewing Hugh Boyle Ewing, , was a diplomat, author, attorney, and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the prestigious Ewing family, son of Thomas Ewing, the eldest brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. and Charles Ewing, and the foster brother and brother-in-law of William T. Sherman... |
1st Brigade Col John M. Loomis |
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2nd Brigade
BG John M. Corse John M. Corse John Murray Corse was an American politician and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... (w) Col Charles C. Walcutt |
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3rd Brigade
Col Joseph R. Cockerill Joseph R. Cockerill Joseph Randolph Cockerill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, Cockerill moved to Scott Township, Ohio, in 1837 and settled in Youngstown.He attended the public schools.He taught school.... |
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Artillery
Cpt Henry Richardson |
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XVII Corps
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Second Division BG John E. Smith |
1st Brigade Col Jesse I. Alexander |
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2nd Brigade
Col Green B. Raum (w) Col Francis C. Deimling Col Clark R. Wever |
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3rd Brigade
BG Charles L. Matthies Charles L. Matthies Charles Leopold Matthies was a Prussian soldier, revolutionary and Union Army officer during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general.-Biography:... (w) Col Benjamin D. Dean Col Jabez Banbury |
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Artillery
Cpt Henry Dillon |
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