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Siege of Vicksburg, Union Order of Battle

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Army of the Tennessee

Commanding: MG Ulysses S. Grant
General Staff:
Acting Inspector General: BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Chief of Transportation: Col Joseph D. Webster
Chief of Staff: Ltc John A. Rawlins
General Headquarters:
Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Cpt Embury D. Osband
Engineers: 1st Battalion, Engineer Regiment of the West: Maj William Tweeddale
Mississippi Marine Brigade: BG Alfred W. Ellet[3]
Mississippi Ram Fleet: Col Charles Rivers Ellet
1st Battalion Infantry: Ltc George E. Currie
1st Battalion Cavalry: Major James M. Hubbard
Artillery Battery: Cpt Daniel Walling

IX Corps

Commanding: MG John Parke

First Division

Commanding: BG Thomas Welsh

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col Henry Bowman
36th Massachusetts - Ltc John B. Norton
17th Michigan - Ltc Constant Luce
27th Michigan - Col Dorus M. Fox
45th Pennsylvania - Col John I. Curtin

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col Daniel Leasure
2nd Michigan: Col William Humphrey
8th Michigan: Col Frank Graves
20th Michigan: Ltc W. Huntington Smith
79th New York: Col David Morrison
100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Mathew M. Dawson

Artillery

Battery D, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt George W. Durell

Second Division

Commanding: BG Robert B. Potter

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col Simon Goodell Griffin
6th New Hampshire: Ltc Henry H. Pearson
9th New Hampshire: Col Herbert B. Titus
7th Rhode Island: Col Zenas Bliss

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG Edward Ferrero
35th Massachusetts: Col Sumner Carruth
11th New Hampshire: Ltc Moses N. Collins
51st New York: Col Charles Le Gendre
51st Pennsylvania: Col John F. Hartranft

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col Benjamin C. Christ
29th Massachusetts: Ltc Joseph H. Barnes
46th New York: Col Joseph P. Gerhardt
50th Pennsylvania: Ltc Thomas S. Brenholtz

Artillery

Battery L, 2nd New York: Cpt Jacob Roemer

Artillery Reserve

Battery E, 2nd United States: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin

XIII Corps

Commanding: MG John A. McClernand
Commanding: MG Edward Ord
Escort:
3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L: Cpt David R. Sparks
Pioneers:
Kentucky Engineers (Independent Company): Cpt William F. Patterson

Ninth Division

Commanding: BG Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG Albert L. Lee (w May 19)
Commanding: Col James Keigwin
118th Illinois: Col John G. Fonda
49th Indiana: Maj Arthur J. Hawhe, Ltc Joseph H. Thornton
69th Indiana: Col Thomas W. Bennett, Ltc Oran Perry
7th Kentucky: Ltc John Lucas, Col Reuben May
120th Ohio: Col Marcus M. Spiegel

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Daniel W. Lindsey
54th Indiana: Col Fielding Mansfield
22nd Kentucky: Ltc George W. Monroe
16th Ohio: Cpt Eli W. Botsford, Maj Milton Mills
42nd Ohio: Ltc Don A. Pardee, Col Lionel A. Sheldon
114th Ohio: Col John Cradlebaugh (w May 22), Ltc John H. Kelly

Cavalry

2nd Illinois Cavalry (5 companies): Ltc Daniel B. Bush, Jr.
3rd Illinois Cavalry (3 companies): Cpt John L. Campbell
6th Missouri Cavalry (7 companies): Col Clark Wright

Artillery

Commanding: Cpt Jacob T. Foster
7th Battery, Michigan Light: Cpt Charles H. Lanphere
1st Battery, Wisconsin Light: Lt Oscar F. Nutting

Tenth Division

Commanding: BG Andrew Jackson Smith
Escort:
Company C, 4th Indiana Cavalry - Cpt Joseph P. Lesslie

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG Stephen Gano Burbridge
16th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Lucas
60th Indiana: Col Richard Owen
67th Indiana: Col Frank Emerson
83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin
96th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Vance
23rd Wisconsin: Col Joseph J. Guppey

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col William J. Landram
77th Illinois: Col David P. Grier
97th Illinois: Col Friend S. Rutherford
131st Illinois: Col George W. Neeley
89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan
48th Ohio: Ltc Job R. Parker

Artillery

Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light: Cpt Patrick H. White
17th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Ambrose A. Blount, Cpt Charles S. Rice

Twelfth Division

Commanding: BG Alvin P. Hovey
Escort:
1st Indiana Cavalry, Company C - Lt James L. Carey

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG George F. McGinnis
11th Indiana: Ltc William W. Darnall
24th Indiana: Col William T. Spicely
34th Indiana: Col Robert A. Cameron
46th Indiana: Col Thomas H. Bringhurst
29th Wisconsin: Col Charles R. Gill, Ltc William A. Greene

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col James R. Slack
87th Illinois: Col John E. Whiting
47th Indiana: Ltc John A. McLaughlin
24th Iowa: Col Eber C. Byam, Ltc John Q. Wilds
28th Iowa: Col John Connell
56th Ohio: Col William H. Raynor

Artillery

Battery A, 1st Missouri Light: Cpt George W. Schofield
2nd Battery, Ohio Light: Lt Augustus Beach
16th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt Russell P. Twist

Fourteenth Division

Commanding: BG Eugene A. Carr
Escort:
3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Enos McPhail, Cpt Samuel S. Marrett

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG William P. Benton
Commanding: Col Henry D. Washburn[8]
Commanding: Col David Shunk
33rd Illinois: Col Charles E. Lippincott
99th Illinois: Col George W. K. Bailey, Ltc Lemuel Parke
8th Indiana: Col David Shunk, Maj Thomas J. Brady
18th Indiana: Col Henry D. Washburn, Cpt Jonathan H. Williams
1st United States Infantry (siege guns): Maj Maurice Maloney

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG Michael K. Lawler
21st Iowa: Ltc Cornelius W. Dunlap (k May 22), Maj Salue G. Van Anda
22nd Iowa: Col William M. Stone (w May 22), Ltc Harvey Graham (c May 22), Maj Joseph B. Atherton, Cpt James Robertson, Cpt Charles N. Lee
23rd Iowa: Col Samuel L. Glasgow
11th Wisconsin: Col Charles L. Harris, Maj Arthur Platt

Artillery

Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Frank B. Fenton, Cpt Peter Davidson
1st Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Martin Klauss


XV Corps

Commanding: MG William T. Sherman
Chief of Staff: Ltc John Henry Hammond
Chief of Artillery: Maj Ezra Taylor

First Division

Commanding: MG Frederick Steele

1st Brigade

Commanding:Col Francis H. Manter
Commanding: Col Bernard G. Farrar
13th Illinois: Col Adam B. Gorgas
27th Missouri: Col Thomas Curley
29th Missouri: Col James Peckham
30th Missouri: Ltc Otto Schadt
31st Missouri: Col Thomas C. Fletcher, Maj Frederick Jaensch, Ltc Samuel P. Simpson
32nd Missouri: Maj Abraham J. Seay

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Charles R. Woods
25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone
31st Iowa: Col William Smyth, Maj Theodore Stimming
3rd Missouri: Ltc Theodore Meumann
12th Missouri: Col Hugo Wangelin
17th Missouri: Col Francis Hassendeubel (mw July 2), Ltc John F. Cramer
76th Ohio: Ltc William B. Woods

3rd Brigade

Commanding: BG John M. Thayer
4th Iowa: Col James A. Williamson, Ltc George Burton
9th Iowa: Maj Don. A. Carpenter, Cpt Frederick S. Washburn, Col David Carskaddon
26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith
30th Iowa: Col Charles H. Abbott (k May 22), Maj James P. Milliken (mw May 22), Cpt Robert D. Creamer

Artillery

1st Battery, Iowa Light: Cpt Henry H. Griffiths
Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light: Cpt Clemens Landgraeber
4th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Louis Hoffmann

Cavalry

Kane County (Illinois) Independent Company: Lt Thomas J. Beebe
3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company D: Lt Jonathan Kershner

Second Division

Commanding: MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col Giles A. Smith
113th Illinois: Col George B. Hoge (w May 22), Ltc John W. Paddock
116th Illinois: Col Nathan W. Tupper
6th Missouri: Ltc Ira Boutell, Col James H. Blood
8th Missouri: Ltc David C. Coleman (w May 22), Maj Dennis T. Kirby
13th United States, 1st Battalion: Cpt Edward C. Washington (k May 19), Cpt Charles Ewing (w May 19), Cpt Charles C. Smith

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Thomas Kilby Smith
Commanding: BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn
55th Illinois: Col Oscar Malmborg
127th Illinois: Col Hamilton N. Eldridge
83rd Indiana: Col Benjamin J. Spooner
54th Ohio: Ltc Cyrus W. Fisher
57th Ohio: Col Americus V. Rice (w May 22), Ltc Samuel R. Mott

3rd Brigade

Commanding: BG Hugh Boyle Ewing
30th Ohio: Ltc George H. Hildt (w May 22), Col Theodore Jones
37th Ohio: Ltc Louis von Blessing (w May 22), Maj Charles Hipp, Col Edward Siber
47th Ohio: Col Augustus C. Parry
4th West Virginia: Col James H. Dayton

Artillery

Battery A, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Peter P. Wood
Battery B, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett, Lt Israel P. Rumsey
Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Levi W. Hart
8th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt James F. Putnam

Cavalry

Thielemann's (Illinois) Battalion, Companies A and B: Cpt Milo Thielemann
10th Missouri Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Daniel W. Ballou, Lt Benjamin Joel

Third Division

Commanding: BG James M. Tuttle

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG Ralph P. Buckland
Commanding: Col William L. McMillen
114th Illinois: Col James W. Judy
93rd Indiana: Col De Witt C. Thomas
72nd Ohio: Ltc Le Roy Crockett, Maj Charles G. Eaton
95th Ohio: Col William L. McMillen, Ltc Jefferson Brumback

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG Joseph A. Mower
47th Illinois: Ltc Samuel R. Baker
5th Minnesota: Col Lucius F. Hubbard
11th Missouri: Col Andrew J. Weber (mw June 29), Ltc William L. Barnum
8th Wisconsin: Col George W. Robbins

3rd Brigade

Commanding: BG Charles L. Matthies
Commanding: Col Joseph J. Woods
8th Iowa: Col James L. Geddes
12th Iowa: Col Joseph J. Woods, Ltc Samuel R. Edgington
35th Iowa: Col Sylvester G. Hill

Artillery

Commanding: Cpt Nelson T. Spoor
Battery E, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Allen C. Waterhouse
2nd Battery, Iowa Light: Lt Joseph R. Reed

Unattached Cavalry

4th Iowa Cavalry: Ltc Simeon D. Swan


XVI Corps (Detachment)

Commanding: MG Cadwallader C. Washburn

First Division

Commanding: BG William Sooy Smith
Escort:
7th Illinois Cavalry, Company B: Cpt Henry C. Forbes

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col John Mason Loomis
Commanding: Col Sanford J. Stoughton
26th Illinois: Maj John B. Harris
90th Illinois: Col Timothy O'Meara
12th Indiana: Col Reuben Williams
100th Indiana: Ltc Albert Heath

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Stephen G. Hicks
40th Illinois: Maj Hiram W. Hall
103rd Illinois: Col Willard A. Dickerman
15th Michigan: Col John M. Oliver
46th Ohio: Col Charles C. Walcutt

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col Joseph R. Cockerill
97th Indiana: Col Robert F. Catterson
99th Indiana: Col Alexander Fowler
53rd Ohio: Col Wells S. Jones
70th Ohio: Maj William B. Brown

4th Brigade

Commanding: Col William W. Sanford
48th Illinois: Ltc Lucien Greathouse
6th Iowa: Col John M. Corse

Artillery

Commanding: Cpt William Cogswell
Battery F, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt John T. Cheney
Battery I, 1st Illinois Light: Lt William N. Lansing
Cogswell's Illinois Battery: Lt Henry G. Eddy
6th Battery, Indiana Light: Cpt Michael Mueller

Fourth Division

Commanding: BG Jacob G. Lauman

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col Isaac C. Pugh
41st Illinois: Ltc John H. Nale
53rd Illinois: Ltc Seth C. Earl
3rd Iowa: Col Aaron Brown
33rd Wisconsin: Col Jonathan Baker Moore

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Cyrus Hall
14th Illinois: Ltc William Camm (c June 22), Cpt Augustus H. Cornman
15th Illinois: Col George C. Rogers
46th Illinois: Col Benjamin Dornblaser
76th Illinois: Col Samuel T. Busey
53rd Indiana: Col Walter Q. Gresham

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col George E. Bryant
Commanding: Col Amory K. Johnson
28th Illinois: Maj Hinman Rhodes
32nd Illinois: Col John Logan, Ltc William Hunter
12th Wisconsin: Ltc De Witt C. Poole, Col George E. Bryant

Cavalry

15th Illinois Cavalry, Companies F and I: Maj James G. Wilson

Artillery

Commanding: Cpt George C. Gumbart
Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt George Lewis Nispel
Battery K, 2nd Illinois Light: Cpt Benjamin F. Rodgers
5th Battery, Ohio Light: Lt Anthony B. Burton
7th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Silas A. Burnap
15th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Edward Spear, Jr.

Provisional Division

Commanding: BG Nathan Kimball

Engelmann's Brigade

Commanding: Col Adolph Engelmann
43rd Illinois: Ltc Adolph Dengler
61st Illinois: Maj Simon P. Ohr
106th Illinois: Maj John M. Hurt
12th Michigan: Col William H. Graves

Richmond's Brigade

Commanding: Col Jonathan Richmond
18th Illinois: Col Daniel H. Brush
54th Illinois: Col Greenville M. Mitchell
126th Illinois: Maj William W. Wilshire
22nd Ohio: Col Oliver Wood

Montgomery's Brigade

Commanding: Col Milton Montgomery
40th Iowa: Col John A. Garrett
3rd Minnesota: Col Chauncey W. Griggs
25th Wisconsin: Ltc Samuel J. Nasmith
27th Wisconsin: Col Conrad Krez

XVII Corps

Commanding: MG James B. McPherson
Escort:
4th Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster

Third Division

Commanding: MG John A. Logan
Escort:
2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Lt William B. Cummins

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG John E. Smith
Commanding: BG Mortimer D. Leggett
20th Illinois: Maj Daniel Bradley
31st Illinois: Ltc John D. Rees (mw May 22), Maj Robert N. Pearson
45th Illinois: Maj Luther H. Cowan (k May 22), Col Jasper A. Maltby (w June 25), Ltc Melancthon Smith (mw June 25) Cpt John O. Duer
124th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Sloan
23rd Indiana: Ltc William L. Sanderson

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG Mortimer D. Leggett
Commanding: Col Manning F. Force
30th Illinois: Ltc Warren Shedd
20th Ohio: Col Manning F. Force, Cpt Francis M. Shaklee
68th Ohio: Col Robert K. Scott
78th Ohio: Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles

3rd Brigade

Commanding: BG John Dunlap Stevenson
8th Illinois: Ltc Robert H. Sturgess
17th Illinois: Ltc Francis M. Smith
81st Illinois: Col James J. Dollins (k May 22), Col Franklin Campbell
7th Missouri: Cpt Robert Buchanan, Cpt William B. Collins
32nd Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Potts

Artillery

Commanding: Maj Charles J. Stolbrand
Battery D, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Henry A. Rogers, Lt George J. Wood, Cpt Frederick Sparrestrom
Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light:[21] Cpt Frederick Sparrestrom, Lt John W. Lowell
Battery L, 2nd Illinois Light: Cpt William H. Bolton
Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel De Golyer, Lt Theodore W. Lockwood
3rd Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt William S. Williams

Sixth Division

Commanding: BG John McArthur
Escort:
11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G: Lt Stephen S. Tripp

1st Brigade (Post of Lake Providence)

Commanding: BG Hugh T. Reid
1st Kansas: Col William Y. Roberts
16th Wisconsin: Col Benjamin Allen

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG Thomas E.G. Ransom
11th Illinois: Col Garrett Nevins (k May 22), Ltc James H. Coates
72nd Illinois: Col Frederick A. Starring
95th Illinois: Col Thomas W. Humphrey (w May 22), Ltc Leander Blanden, Col Thomas W. Humphrey
14th Wisconsin: Col Lyman M. Ward
17th Wisconsin: Ltc Thomas McMahon, Col Adam G. Malloy

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col William Hall
11th Iowa: Ltc John C. Abercrombie, Col William Hall
13th Iowa: Col John Shane
15th Iowa: Col William W. Belknap
16th Iowa: Ltc Addison H. Sanders

Artillery

Commanding: Maj Thomas D. Maurice
Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light: Cpt John Wesley Powell
1st Battery, Minnesota Light: Lt Henry Hurter, Cpt William Z. Clayton
Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery : Cpt Charles Mann
10th Battery, Ohio Light: Cpt Hamilton Berlace White, Lt William L. Newcomb
Commanding: Col Alexander Chambers


Seventh Division

Commanding: BG Isaac Quinby
Commanding: BG John E. Smith
Escort:
4th Missouri Cavalry, Company F: Lt Alexander Mueller

1st Brigade

Commanding: Col John B. Sanborn
48th Indiana: Col Norman Eddy
59th Indiana: Col Jesse I. Alexander
4th Minnesota: Ltc John Eaton Tourtellotte
18th Wisconsin: Col Gabriel Bouck

2nd Brigade

Commanding: Col Samuel A. Holmes
Commanding: Col Green B. Raum
56th Illinois: Col Green B. Raum, Cpt Pinckney J. Welsh
17th Iowa: Col David B. Hillis, Ltc Clark R. Wever, Maj John F. Walden
10th Missouri: Maj Francis C. Deimling
24th Missouri, Company E: Lt Daniel Driscoll
80th Ohio: Col Matthias H. Bartilson, Maj Pren Metham

3rd Brigade

Commanding: Col George B. Boomer (k May 22)
Commanding: Col Holden Putnam
Commanding: BG Charles L. Matthies
93rd Illinois: Col Holden Putnam, Ltc Nicholas C. Buswell, Col Holden Putnam
5th Iowa: Ltc Ezekiel S. Sampson, Col Jabez Banbury
10th Iowa: Col William E. Small
26th Missouri: Cpt Benjamin D. Dean

Artillery

Commanding: Cpt Frank C. Sands
Commanding: Cpt Henry Dillon
Battery M, 1st Missouri Light: Lt Julius W. MacMurray
11th Battery, Ohio Light:[28] Lt Fletcher E. Armstrong
6th Battery, Wisconsin Light: Cpt Henry Dillon, Lt Samuel F. Clark
12th Battery, Wisconsin Light: Cpt William Zickerick

Herron's Division

Commanding: MG Francis J. Herron

1st Brigade

Commanding: BG William Vandever
37th Illinois: Col John C. Black
26th Indiana: Col John G. Clark
20th Iowa: Col William McEntyre Dye
34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark
38th Iowa: Col D. Henry Hughes
Battery E, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Nelson Cole
Battery F, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Joseph Foust

2nd Brigade

Commanding: BG William W. Orme
94th Illinois: Col John McNulta
19th Iowa: Ltc Daniel Kent
20th Wisconsin: Col Henry Bertram
Battery B, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Martin Welfley

Unattached Cavalry

Commanding: Col Cyrus Bussey
5th Illinois Cavalry: Maj Thomas A. Apperson
3rd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Oliver H. P. Scott
2nd Wisconsin Cavalry: Col Thomas Stephens


District of Northeast Louisiana

Commanding: BG Elias S. Dennis

Detached Brigade

Commanding: Col George W. Neeley
63rd Illinois: Col Joseph B. McCown
108th Illinois: Ltc Charles Turner
120th Illinois: Col George W. McKeaig
131st Illinois: Col George W. Neeley, Maj Joseph L. Purvis
10th Illinois Cavalry, Companies A, D, G, and K: Maj Elvis P. Shaw

African Brigade

Commanding: Col Isaac F. Shephard
8th Louisiana: Col Hiram Scofield (also commanded Post of Milliken's Bend, La)
9th Louisiana: Col Hermann Lieb (w June 7), Maj Erastus N. Owen, Ltc Charles L. Page
11th Louisiana: Col Edwin W. Chamberlain, Ltc Cyrus Sears
13th Louisiana: Lt H. Knoll
1st Mississippi: Ltc A. Watson Webber
3rd Mississippi: Col Richard H. Ballinger

Post of Goodrich's Landing, La.

Commanding: Col William F. Wood
1st Arkansas: Ltc James W. Campbell
10th Louisiana: Ltc Frederick M. Crandall




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