Battle of Franklin (1863) order of battle

The following Union and Confederate army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin on April 10, 1863. Organization is compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War.

For the Battle of Franklin fought on November 30, 1864 see: Battle of Franklin (1864) Union order of battle and Battle of Franklin (1864) Confederate order of battle.

Abbreviations used[]

Military Rank[]

Gen = General
LTG = Lieutenant General
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant

Other[]

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Union[]

Army of Kentucky[]

MG Gordon Granger^[1]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Baird's Division BG Absalom Baird^[2]	1st Brigade Col John Coburn^[3]	33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 18th Kentucky 22nd Wisconsin 9th Ohio Battery
	2nd Brigade Col Smith D. Atkins	92nd Illinois 96th Illinois 115th Illinois 84th Indiana 40th Ohio: Cpt Charles G. Matchett 18th Ohio Battery
	3rd Brigade Col William P. Reid	78th Illinois: Col William H. Bennison^[4] 98th Ohio: Ltc John S. Pearce 113th Ohio: Ltc Darius B. Warner 121st Ohio: Ltc Henry B. Banning 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery M
	4th Brigade BG George Crook	11th Ohio 26th Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio 18th Kentucky 21st Indiana
	Unattached	124th Ohio 125th Ohio
Gilbert's Division BG Charles C. Gilbert^[5]	Not brigaded	78th Illinois^[6] Further composition unknown
1st Cavalry Division BG David S. Stanley^[7]	1st Brigade Ltc William B. Sipes^[8]	4th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt James B. McIntire 4th Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Josiah B. Parke 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc William B. Sipes 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry: Ltc Robert Galbraith 1st Ohio Battery: Lt Nathaniel M. Newell
	2nd Brigade Ltc Oliver P. Robie	3rd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Robert Klein 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel M. Ray^[9]	2nd East Tennessee Cavalry 4th Indiana Cavalry
Attached cavalry	4th Cavalry Brigade (Dept. of the Cumberland) BG Green Clay Smith	4th Kentucky Cavalry 6th Kentucky Cavalry: Col Louis D. Watkins 2nd Michigan Cavalry 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Col Thomas J. Jordan

Confederate[]

Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee[]

MG Earl Van Dorn^[10]

Brigade	Regiments and Other
First Brigade BG Frank Armstrong	3rd Arkansas Cavalry 4th Mississippi Cavalry 1st Tennessee Cavalry Sanders’ Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Escort (James H. Polk’s Mississippi Company)
Second Brigade Col James W. Starnes	3rd Tennessee Cavalry 9th Tennessee Cavalry Escort (Detachment, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry)
Unattached	Freeman’s Tennessee (Horse Artillery) Battery Forrest’s Tennessee Escort

References[]

^ Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Major General Gordon Granger, U.S. Army, commanding Army of Kentucky". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 222. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company. pp. 450.
^ Col John Coburn and all field officers were taken prisoner at the Battle of Thompson's Station and the remnants likewise captured at the Battle of Brentwood.
^ Reece, Jasper (1901). "Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois". archive.org. Phillips Bros., State Printers. pp. 3 and 23. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
^ Cullum's Register
^ Civil War Archive
^ Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Report of Major General David S. Stanley, U.S. Army, commanding cavalry". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 234. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Lieut. Col. William B. Sipes, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanding Second Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 236. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 238. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
^ Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 239. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

[Granger-1] Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Major General Gordon Granger, U.S. Army, commanding Army of Kentucky". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 222. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

[Dyer-2] Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: The Dyer Publishing Company. pp. 450.

[3] Col John Coburn and all field officers were taken prisoner at the Battle of Thompson's Station and the remnants likewise captured at the Battle of Brentwood.

[Jasper-4] Reece, Jasper (1901). "Report of the adjutant general of the state of Illinois". archive.org. Phillips Bros., State Printers. pp. 3 and 23. Retrieved June 24, 2014.

[5] Cullum's Register

[6] Civil War Archive

[Stanley-7] Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Report of Major General David S. Stanley, U.S. Army, commanding cavalry". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 234. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

[Sipes-8] Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Lieut. Col. William B. Sipes, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanding Second Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 236. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

[Ray-9] Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 238. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

[Van_Dorn-10] Robert N. Scott and Henry Martyn Lazelle (1889). "Reports of Col. Daniel M. Ray, Second Tennessee Cavalry, commanding Third Cavalry Brigade". The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 23 (Part I). United States War Department. p. 239. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

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