Bentonville Union order of battle

The following Union Army units^[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military rank[]

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

Other[]

w = wounded

Grand Army of the West[]

MG William T. Sherman, commanding

Headquarters Guard

7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters

Engineers and Mechanics

1st Michigan: Col John B. Yates

1st Missouri (five companies)

Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)[]

MG Oliver O. Howard

Escort

15th Illinois Cavalry

Pontoon Train Guard

14th Wisconsin, Company E

XV Corps[]

MG John A. Logan

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division Bvt MG Charles R. Woods	1st Brigade Bvt BG William B. Woods	12th Indiana 26th Iowa 27th Missouri 31st/32nd Missouri (6 companies) 76th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Robert F. Catterson	26th Illinois 40th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 100th Indiana: Col Ruel Johnson 6th Iowa 46th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col George A. Stone	4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 30th Iowa 31st Iowa
2nd Division MG William B. Hazen	1st Brigade Col Theodore Jones	55th Illinois 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri (Companies A and B, 8th Missouri attached): Ltc Delos von Deusen 30th Ohio 57th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Wells S. Jones	111th Illinois 83rd Indiana 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio
	3rd Brigade BG John M. Oliver	48th Illinois 90th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio
3rd Division Bvt MG John E. Smith	1st Brigade BG William T. Clark	63rd Illinois 93rd Illinois (with detachment non-veterans of 18th Wisconsin) 48th Indiana 59th Indiana 4th Minnesota
3rd Division Bvt MG John E. Smith	2nd Brigade Col Clark R. Wever	56th Illinois 10th Iowa 17th Iowa (one company) 26th Missouri (two companies, and detachment, 10th Missouri) 80th Ohio
4th Division Bvt MG John M. Corse	1st Brigade BG Elliott W. Rice	52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa
	2nd Brigade Col Robert N. Adams	12th Illinois 66th Illinois 81st Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col Frederick J. Hurlbut	7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa
	Unassigned (not engaged)	110th United States Colored Troops
Artillery Ltc William H. Ross	Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Edward B. Wright Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Cpt Charles M. Callahan 12th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt William Zickerick
Unassigned	29th Missouri (Mounted)

XVII Corps[]

MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Escort

11th Illinois Cavalry (Company G)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division MG Joseph A. Mower	1st Brigade BG John W. Fuller	64th Illinois: Cpt Joseph S. Reynolds 18th Missouri: Col Charles Sheldon 27th Ohio 39th Ohio
	2nd Brigade Col Milton Montgomery	35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Col John Tillson	10th Illinois 25th Indiana 32nd Wisconsin
3rd Division BG Manning F. Force	Provost Guard	20th Illinois: Ltc Henry King
	1st Brigade Col Cassius Fairchild	30th Illinois: Col Warren Shedd 31st Illinois: Col Edwin S. McCook 45th Illinois: Col John O. Duer 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin
	2nd Brigade Col Greenberry F. Wiles	20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio 17th Wisconsin
4th Division Bvt MG Giles A. Smith	1st Brigade BG Benjamin F. Potts	14th/15th Illinois (battalion) 53rd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 32nd Ohio
4th Division Bvt MG Giles A. Smith	3rd Brigade BG William W. Belknap	32nd Illinois 11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa
Artillery Maj Allen C. Waterhouse	Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Lt William W. Hyser 1st Minnesota Battery 15th Ohio Battery
Unassigned	9th Illinois (mounted)

Left Wing (Army of Georgia, recently the Army of the Cumberland)[]

MG Henry W. Slocum

Staff:

Chief engineer: Lt William Ludlow

Pontoniers

58th Indiana

XIV Corps[]

Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis

Staff:

Chief of Staff Ltc Alexander C. McClurg
Inspector General: Ltc Henry G. Litchfield

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG William P. Carlin	1st Brigade Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart	104th Illinois: Maj John Widmer 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 33rd Ohio: Cpt Joseph Hinson 94th Ohio 21st Wisconsin: Maj Charles H. Walker
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG George P. Buell	13th Michigan: Maj Willard Eaton (k) 21st Michigan 69th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Ltc David Miles (w) Ltc Arnold McMahon	38th Indiana: Cpt James H. Low (mw) 21st Ohio: Ltc Arnold McMahon 74th Ohio 79th Pennsylvania
2nd Division BG James D. Morgan	Provost Guard	110th Illinois (Companies A & B, 24th Illinois attached)
	1st Brigade BG William Vandever	16th Illinois: Cpt Herman Lund 60th Illinois 10th Michigan: Col Charles Lum 14th Michigan: Ltc George W. Grummond 17th New York: Cpt Alexander S. Marshall
	2nd Brigade BG John G. Mitchell	34th Illinois: Cpt Peter F. Walker 78th Illinois: Ltc Maris R. Vernon 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio: Maj Aaron Robinson
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG (w) Ltc James W. Langley	86th Illinois: Ltc Allen L. Fahnestock 125th Illinois: Ltc James W. Langley 22nd Indiana: Cpt William h. Snodgrass 37th Indiana (one company) 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy 85th Illinois
3rd Division Bvt MG Absalom Baird	1st Brigade Col Morton C. Hunter	82nd Indiana 23rd Missouri (4 companies) 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio (11th Ohio attached)
	2nd Brigade Ltc Thomas Doan	75th Indiana 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 105th Ohio
	3rd Brigade Col George P. Este	74th Indiana 18th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio
Artillery Maj Charles Houghtaling	Battery C, 1st Illinois Light: Lt Palmer Scovel Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Judson Rich 19th Indiana Battery: Lt Samuel D. Webb (k), Lt Clinton Keeler 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Joseph McKnight

XX Corps[]

Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division BG Nathaniel J. Jackson	1st Brigade Col James L. Selfridge	5th Connecticut 123rd New York: Col James C. Rogers 141st New York 46th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col William Hawley	2nd Massachusetts 13th New Jersey: Maj Frederick H. Harris 107th New York 150th New York 3rd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade BG James S. Robinson	82nd Illinois: Ltc Edward S. Salomon 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins 82nd Ohio 61st Ohio 31st Wisconsin
2nd Division Bvt MG John W. Geary	1st Brigade Bvt BG Ario Pardee, Jr.	5th Ohio 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade Col George W. Mindil	33rd New Jersey 119th New York 134th New York 154th New York 73rd Pennsylvania 109th Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum	60th New York 102nd New York 137th New York 149th New York 29th Pennsylvania 111th Pennsylvania
3rd Division Bvt MG William T. Ward	1st Brigade Col Henry Case	70th Indiana 79th Ohio 102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois
	2nd Brigade Col Daniel Dustin	33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin
	3rd Brigade Bvt BG William Cogswell	20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio: Col Edwin H. Powers 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst 26th Wisconsin: Col Frederick C. Winkler
Artillery Maj John A. Reynolds	Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Charles E. Winegar Battery M, 1st New York Light: Lt Edward P. Newkirk Battery C, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Jerome Stephens Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan

Cavalry[]

Division	Brigades	Regiments and batteries
3rd Division Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick	1st Brigade Col Thomas J. Jordan	3rd Indiana Cavalry (battalion) 8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	2nd Brigade Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins	92nd Illinois (mounted) 9th Ohio Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry 9th Michigan Cavalry McLaughlin's (Ohio) Squadron
	3rd Brigade Col George E. Spencer	1st Alabama Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry 5th Ohio Cavalry
	4th Brigade (provisional) Ltc William B. Way	1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment
	Artillery	10th Wisconsin Battery

References[]

^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.

Sources[]

Bentonville Battlefield website
Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 1-882810-02-3.

[1] Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.

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