Battle of Champion Hill order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, returns of casualties[2] and reports.[3]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Tennessee

See main article: Army of the Tennessee. MG Ulysses S. Grant

XIII Corps

See main article: XIII Corps (Union Army). MG John A. McClernand
Escort:

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Ninth Division
    BG Peter J. Osterhaus
1st Brigade  BG Theophilus T. Garrard
17th Brigade  Col Daniel W. Lindsey
Artillery
Cavalry
  • 3rd Illinois Cavalry (Companies A, E, & K): Cpt John L. Campbell
Tenth Division
    BG Andrew J. Smith		1st Brigade  BG Stephen G. Burbridge
2nd Brigade  Col William J. Landram
Artillery
Cavalry
  • 4th Indiana Cavalry (Company C): Cpt Andrew P. Gallagher
Twelfth Division
    BG Alvin P. Hovey		1st Brigade  BG George F. McGinnis
2nd Brigade  Col James R. Slack
Artillery
Cavalry
  • 1st Indiana Cavalry (Company C): Lt James L. Carey
Fourteenth Division
    BG Eugene A. Carr		1st Brigade  BG William P. Benton
2nd Brigade  BG Michael K. Lawler
Artillery
Unattached units

XV Corps

See main article: XV Corps (Union Army). MG William T. Sherman

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Second Division [attached to XIII Corps]
    MG Francis Preston Blair Jr.		1st Brigade  Col Giles A. Smith
2nd Brigade  Col Thomas Kilby Smith
Artillery
  • Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Peter P. Wood
  • Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett

XVII Corps

See main article: XVII Corps (Union Army). MG James B. McPherson

Provisional Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John S. Foster

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Third Division
    MG John A. Logan		1st Brigade  BG John E. Smith
2nd Brigade  BG Mortimer D. Leggett
3rd Brigade  BG John Dunlap Stevenson
Artillery
  • Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 guns): Cpt Henry A. Rogers
  • Battery L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (4 guns): Cpt William H. Bolton
  • Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel De Golyer
  • 3rd Ohio Battery: Cpt William S. Williams
Seventh Division
    BG Marcellus M. Crocker[4]
    BG Isaac F. Quinby		1st Brigade  Col John B. Sanborn
2nd Brigade  Col Samuel A. Holmes
3rd Brigade  Col George B. Boomer
Artillery  Cpt Frank C. Sands

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 7-11 and The Battle of Champion Hill website (Order of Battle)
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 725-726
  4. Quinby returned to the field on the morning of May 16. However, Crocker was left in command as he was already deploying the division for battle. Quinby stayed with the army until the battle was decided, then assumed command. Quinby’s Official Report

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