Savannah Campaign Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Savannah Campaign (or Sherman's March to the Sea) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.^[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant
• Bvt = Brevet

Union Forces

MG William T. Sherman, Commanding

Headquarters guard:

• 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt James Cox

Engineers:

• 1st Missouri Engineers (5 companies): Ltc William Tweeddale

Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

MG Oliver O. Howard
Escort:

• Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry: Lt John A. McQueen
• 4th Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John L. King

XV Corps

MG Peter J. Osterhaus

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Charles R. Woods	1st Brigade    Col Milo Smith	12th Indiana: Maj Elbert D. Baldwin 26th Iowa: Maj John Lubbers 27th Missouri: Col Thomas Curley 29th Missouri: Ltc Joseph S. Gage 31st Missouri/32nd Missouri Battalion: Ltc Abraham J. Seay 76th Ohio: Col William B. Woods
	2nd Brigade    BG Charles C. Walcutt[2] (w),    Col Robert F. Catterson	26th Illinois: Cpt George H. Reed 40th Illinois: Ltc Hiram W. Hall 103rd Illinois: Maj Asias Willison 97th Indiana: Col Robert F. Catterson, Cpt George Elliott 100th Indiana: Maj Ruel M. Johnson 6th Iowa: Ltc William H. Clune 46th Ohio: Ltc Isaac N. Alexander
	3rd Brigade    Col James A. Williamson	4th Iowa: Ltc Samuel D. Nichols 9th Iowa: Cpt Paul McSweeney 25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone 30th Iowa: Ltc Aurelius Roberts 31st Iowa: Ltc Jeremiah W. Jenkins
Second Division      MG William Babcock Hazen	1st Brigade    Col Theodore Jones	55th Illinois: Cpt Charles A. Andress 116th Illinois: Ltc John E. Maddux 127th Illinois: Cpt Charles Schryver 6th Missouri: Ltc Delos Van Deusen 8th Missouri, (two companies): Cpt John W. White 30th Ohio: Cpt Emory W. Muenscher 57th Ohio: Maj John McClure
	2nd Brigade    Col Wells S. Jones[3] (w),    Col James Stewart Martin	111th Illinois: Col James Stewart Martin, Maj William M. Mabry 83th Ohio: Ltc Louis von Blessingh 47th Ohio: Col Augustus C. Parry 53rd Ohio: Cpt David H. Lasley 54th Ohio: Ltc Israel T. Moore
	3rd Brigade    BG John Morrison Oliver	48th Illinois: Maj Edward Adams 90th Illinois: Ltc Owen Stuart 99th Indiana: Ltc John M. Berkey 15th Michigan: Ltc Frederick S. Hutchinson 70th Ohio: Ltc Henry L. Philips
3rd Division      Bvt MG John E. Smith	1st Brigade    Col Joseph B. McCown	63rd Illinois: Ltc James Isaminger 93rd Illinois:[4] Ltc Nicholas C. Buswell 48th Indiana: Ltc Edward J. Wood 59th Indiana: Ltc Jefferson K. Scott 4th Minnesota: Col John Eaton Tourtellotte
	2nd Brigade    Bvt. BG Green B. Raum	56th Illinois: Cpt James P. Files 10th Iowa: Ltc Paris P. Henderson 26th Missouri:[5] Col Benjamin D. Dean 80th Ohio: Ltc Pren Metham
4th Division      BG John M. Corse	1st Brigade    BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois: Maj Wesley Boyd, Ltc Jerome D. Davis 66th Indiana: Ltc Roger Martin 2nd Iowa: Col Noel B. Howard 7th Iowa: Ltc James C. Parrott
	2nd Brigade    Col Robert N. Adams	12th Illinois: Ltc Henry Van Sellar 66th Illinois: Ltc Andrew K. Campbell 81st Ohio: Maj William C. Henry
	3rd Brigade    Col Frederick J. Hurlbut	7th Illinois: Ltc Hector Perrin 50th Illinois: Cpt Henry Horn 57th Illinois: Maj Frederick A. Battey 39th Iowa: Ltc Joseph M. Griffiths
Artillery    Maj Charles J. Stolbrand		Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Cpt Albert F. R. Arndt Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Lt John F. Brunner 12th Wisconsin Light Battery: Cpt William Zickerick

XVII Corps

MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Escort:

• Company G, 11th Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      MG Joseph A. Mower	1st Brigade    BG John W. Fuller	64th Illinois: Cpt Joseph S. Reynolds 18th Missouri: Ltc Charles S. Sheldon 27th Ohio: Cpt James Morgan 39th Ohio: Cpt Daniel Weber
	2nd Brigade    BG John W. Sprague	35th New Jersey: Col John J. Cladek 43rd Ohio: Col Wager Swayne 63rd Ohio: Maj John W. Fouts 25th Wisconsin: Ltc Jeremiah McLain Rusk
	3rd Brigade      Col John Tillson	10th Illinois: Ltc McLain F. Wood 25th Indiana: Maj James S. Wright 32nd Wisconsin: Col Charles H. De Groat
Third Division      BG Mortimer Dormer Leggett	Provost Guard	20th Illinois: Cpt Henry King
	1st Brigade    BG Manning F. Force	30th Illinois: Ltc William C. Rhoades 31st Illinois: Ltc Robert N. Pearson 45th Illinois: Maj John O. Duer 12th Wisconsin: Ltc James Kerr Proudfit 16th Wisconsin: Maj William F. Dawes
	2nd Brigade    Col Robert Kingston Scott	20th Ohio: Cpt Lyman N. Ayres 68th Ohio: Ltc George E. Welles 78th Ohio: Col Greenbury F. Wiles 17th Wisconsin: Maj Patrick H. McCauley
Fourth Division      BG Giles Alexander Smith	1st Brigade    Col Benjamin F. Potts	14th Illinois (battalion)/15th Illinois: Lt Alonzo J. Gillespie 41st Illinois (battalion): Maj Robert H. McFadden 53rd Illinois: Col John W. McClanahan 23rd Indiana: Col George S. Babbitt 53rd Indiana: Cpt Henry Duncan 32nd Ohio: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets
	3rd Brigade    BG William W. Belknap	32nd Illinois: Maj Henry Davidson 11th Iowa: Cpt Benjamin Beach 13th Iowa: Cpt Justin C. Kennedy 15th Iowa: Maj George Pomutz 16th Iowa: Cpt Crandall W. Williams
Artillery    Maj Allen C. Waterhouse		Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Henry Shier 1st Minnesota Light Battery: Lt Henry Hurter 15th Ohio Light Battery: Lt George R. Caspar

Left Wing (Army of Georgia)

MG Henry W. Slocum

Pontoniers:

• 58th Indiana: Col George P. Buell

XIV Corps

Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG William P. Carlin	1st Brigade    Col Harrison C. Hobart	104th Illinois: Ltc Douglas Hapeman 42nd Indiana: Cpt Gideon R. Kellams 88th Indiana: Ltc Cyrus E. Briant 33rd Ohio: Cpt Joseph Hinson 94th Ohio: Ltc Rue P. Hutchins 21st Wisconsin: Ltc Michael H. Fitch
	2nd Brigade    Ltc Joseph H. Brigham	13th Michigan: Ltc Theodoric R. Palmer 21st Michigan: Maj Benton D. Fox 69th Ohio: Cpt Lewis El Hicks
	3rd Brigade    Col Henry A. Hambright,[6]    Ltc David Miles	38th Indiana: Cpt James H. Low 21st Ohio: Ltc Arnold McMahan 74th Ohio: Maj Joseph Fisher, Maj Robert P. Findley 79th Pennsylvania: Ltc David Miles, Maj Michael H. Locher
2nd Division      BG James D. Morgan	1st Brigade    Col Robert F. Smith	16th Illinois: Ltc James B. Cahill 60th Illinois: Col William B. Anderson 10th Michigan: Col Charles M. Lum 14th Michigan: Maj Thomas C. Fitzgibbon 17th New York: Ltc Joel O. Martin
	2nd Brigade    Ltc John S. Pearce	34th Illinois: Cpt Peter Ege 78th Illinois: Ltc Maris R. Vernon 98th Ohio: Cpt James R. McLaughlin 108th Ohio: Maj Frederick Beck 113th Ohio: Cpt Toland Jones 121st Ohio: Maj Aaron B. Robinson
	3rd Brigade    Ltc James W. Langley	85th Illinois: Maj Robert G. Rider 86th Illinois: Ltc Allen R. Fahnestock 110th Illinois (four companies), Ltc E. Hibbard Topping 125th Illinois: Cpt George W. Cook 22nd Indiana: Cpt William H. Snodgrass 37th Indiana (1 company): Lt Socrates Carver 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy
3rd Division      BG Absalom Baird	1st Brigade    Col Morton C. Hunter	82nd Indiana: Ltc John M. Matheny 23rd Missouri: Ltc Quin Morton 17th Ohio: Ltc Benjamin H. Showers 31st Ohio: Cpt Michael Stone 89th Ohio: Ltc William H. Glenn 92nd Ohio:[7] Col Benjamin D. Fearing
	2nd Brigade    Col Newell Gleason	75th Indiana: Maj Cyrus J. McCole 87th Indiana: Ltc Edwin P. Hammond 101st Indiana: Ltc Thomas Doan 2nd Minnesota: Ltc Judson W. Bishop 105th Ohio: Ltc George T. Perkins
	3rd Brigade    Col George P. Este	74th Indiana: Ltc Thomas Morgan 18th Kentucky: Ltc Hubbard K. Milward 14th Ohio: Ltc Albert Moore 38th Ohio: Cpt Charles M. Gilbert
	Artillery    Maj Charles Houghtaling	Battery C, 1st Illinois Light:[8] Lt Joseph R. Channel Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Alonzo W. Coe 19th Indiana Light Battery: Cpt William P. Stackhouse 5th Wisconsin Light Battery: Lt Joseph McKnight

XX Corps

BG Alpheus S. Williams

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      BG Nathaniel J. Jackson	1st Brigade    BG James L. Selfridge	5th Connecticut: Ltc Henry W. Daboll 123rd New York: Ltc James C. Rogers 141st New York: Cpt William Merrell 46th Pennsylvania: Maj Patrick Griffith
	2nd Brigade    Col Ezra A. Carman	2nd Massachusetts: Col William Cogswell 13th New Jersey: Maj Frederick H. Harris 107th New York: Cpt Charles J. Fox, Ltc Allen N. Sill 150th New York: Maj Alfred B. Smith 3rd Wisconsin: Col William Hawley
	3rd Brigade    Col James S. Robinson	82nd Illinois: Maj Ferdinand H. Rolshausen 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins 61st Ohio: Cpt John Garrett 82nd Ohio: Ltc David Thomson 31st Wisconsin: Col Francis H. West
Second Division      BG John W. Geary	1st Brigade      Col Ario Pardee, Jr.	5th Ohio: Ltc Robert Kirkup 29th Ohio: Maj Myron T. Wright[9] 66th Ohio: Ltc Eugene Powell 28th Pennsylvania: Col John H. Flynn 147th Pennsylvania:[10] Ltc John Craig
	2nd Brigade    Col Patrick Henry Jones	33rd New Jersey: Col George W. Mindil 119th New York: Col John T. Lockman 134th New York: Ltc Allan H. Jackson 154th New York: Maj Lewis D. Warner 73rd Pennsylvania: Maj Charles C. Cresson
	3rd Brigade    Col Henry A. Barnum	60th New York: Maj Thomas Elliott 102nd New York: Ltc Harvey S. Chatfield 137th New York: Ltc Koert S. Van Voorhis 149th New York: Maj Nicholas Grumbach 29th Pennsylvania: Col Samuel M. Zulich 111th Pennsylvania: Col Thomas M. Walker
Third Division      BG William Thomas Ward	1st Brigade    Col Franklin C. Smith	102nd Illinois: Maj Hiland H. Clay 105th Illinois: Maj Henry D. Brown 129th Illinois: Col Henry Case 70th Indiana: Ltc Samuel Merrill 79th Ohio: Ltc Azariah W. Doan
	2nd Brigade    Col Daniel Dustin	33rd Indiana: Ltc James E. Burton 85th Indiana: Ltc Alexander B. Crane 19th Michigan: Ltc John J. Baker 22nd Wisconsin: Ltc Edward Bloodgood
	3rd Brigade    Col Samuel Ross	20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham 33rd Massachusetts: Ltc Elisha Doane 136th New York: Ltc Lester B. Faulkner 55th Ohio: Ltc Edwin H. Powers 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst 26th Wisconsin: Ltc Frederick C. Winkler
	Artillery    Maj John A. Reynolds	Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Charles E. Winegar Battery M, 1st New York Light: Cpt Edward P. Newkirk Battery C, 1st Ohio Light : Cpt Marco B. Gary,[11] Lt Jerome B. Stephens Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan

Cavalry Corps

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division      BG Hugh Judson Kilpatrick	1st Brigade    Colo Eli H. Murray	8th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Fielder A. Jones 2nd Kentucky Cavalry: Cpt Joseph T. Forman, Cpt Robert M. Gilmore 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Robert H. King 5th Kentucky Cavalry: Col Oliver L. Baldwin 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Thomas J. Jordan
	2nd Brigade    Col Smith D. Atkins	92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry: Ltc Matthew Van Buskirk 3rd Indiana Cavalry: Cpt Charles U. Patton 9th Michigan Cavalry: Col George S. Acker 5th Ohio Cavalry: Col Thomas T. Heath 9th Ohio Cavalry: Col William D. Hamilton 10th Ohio Cavalry: Lt Thomas W. Sanderson McLaughlin's Squadron (Ohio): Cpt John Dalzell
	Unattached	1st Alabama Cavalry:[12] Col George E. Spencer 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry:[12] Ltc Samuel T. Hughes
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Yates V. Beebe

See also

• Georgia in the American Civil War

Notes

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIV, pages 19-25
2. Wounded November 22.
3. Wounded December 13
4. Non-veterans 18th Wisconsin attached.
5. Detachment 10th Missouri attached.
6. Sick from November 18.
7. Company A, 24th Illinois attached.
8. Detachment 11th Ohio Infantry attached.
9. Wounded December 19.
10. Detachment Battery E, Pennsylvania Artillery, attached.
11. Captured December 12.
12. Serving with the Left Wing.

References

• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.