The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used [ ] Military rank [ ] Other [ ] Military Division of the Mississippi [ ] MG William T. Sherman
Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt William McCory Army of the Cumberland [ ] MG George Henry Thomas
Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan IV Corps [ ] MG David S. Stanley
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Nathan Kimball
1st Brigade
21st Illinois 38th Illinois 31st Indiana : Col John Thomas Smith81st Indiana 90th Ohio 101st Ohio
2nd Brigade
96th Illinois 115th Illinois : Col Jesse Hale Moore 35th Indiana 21st Kentucky 51st Ohio
3rd Brigade
William Grose
75th Illinois 84th Illinois 9th Indiana 30th Indiana 36th Indiana 84th Indiana 77th Pennsylvania
Artillery
Second Division
John Newton
1st Brigade
Emerson Opdyke
36th Illinois 73rd Illinois 88th Illinois 44th Indiana 24th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
George D. Wagner
100th Illinois 40th Indiana 51st Indiana 57th Indiana 28th Kentucky 26th Ohio 97th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Luther P. Bradley
42nd Illinois 51st Illinois 79th Illinois 3rd Kentucky 64th Ohio 65th Ohio 125th Ohio
Artillery
Third Division
Thomas J. Wood
1st Brigade
89th Illinois 8th Kansas 15th Ohio 49th Ohio 15th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
Philip S. Post
59th Illinois 41st Ohio 71st Ohio 93rd Ohio 124th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Frederick Knefler
79th Indiana 86th Indiana 9th Kentucky 17th Kentucky 13th Ohio 19th Ohio 59th Ohio
Artillery
Bridges' Illinois Light Battery
6th Ohio Light Battery
XIV Corps [ ] BG Jefferson C. Davis
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
William Passmore Carlin
1st Brigade
104th Illinois 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 15th Kentucky 33rd Ohio 21st Wisconsin : Maj Michael H. Fitch
2nd Brigade
John R. Edie
3rd Brigade
Marshall F. Moore
37th Indiana 38th Indiana 21st Ohio 69th Ohio 74th Ohio 78th Pennsylvania 79th Pennsylvania 1st Wisconsin
Artillery
1st Illinois Light Battery
Battery I, 1st Ohio
Second Division
James D. Morgan
1st Brigade
16th Illinois 60th Illinois 10th Michigan 14th Michigan : Col Henry R. Mizner17th New York
2nd Brigade
John G. Mitchell
34th Illinois 78th Illinois 98th Ohio 109th Ohio[1]
113th Ohio 121st Ohio
3rd Brigade
w ) Sept 1
85th Illinois 86th Illinois 110th Illinois 125th Illinois : Ltc James W. Langley22nd Indiana 52nd Ohio
Artillery
Third Division
Absalom Baird [2]
1st Brigade
Moses B. Walker
2nd Brigade
3rd Brigade
George P. Este (w )
Cavalry Corps [ ] BG Washington Elliott , Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division
Kenner Garrard
1st Brigade
2nd Brigade
1st Ohio Cavalry 3rd Ohio Cavalry 4th Ohio Cavalry
3rd Brigade
Artillery
Third Division
Judson Kilpatrick
1st Brigade
3rd Indiana Cavalry 5th Iowa Cavalry
2nd Brigade
8th Indiana Cavalry
2nd Kentucky Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry
3rd Brigade
Eli Murray
92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry
Artillery
Army of the Tennessee [ ] MG Oliver O. Howard
XV Corps [ ] MG John A. Logan
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
Peter J. Osterhaus
1st Brigade
26th Iowa 30th Iowa 27th Missouri 76th Ohio
2nd Brigade
James A. Williamson (w ) Sept 1
4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 31st Iowa
3rd Brigade
3rd Missouri 12th Missouri 17th Missouri 29th Missouri 31st Missouri 32nd Missouri
Artillery
Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light
4th Ohio Light Battery
Second Division
William B. Hazen
1st Brigade
55th Illinois 116th Illinois 6th Missouri 8th Missouri 30th Ohio 57th Ohio
2nd Brigade
Wells S. Jones
83rd Indiana 11th Illinois 30th Ohio 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio
Artillery
Fourth Division
William Harrow
1st Brigade
John M. Oliver
2nd Brigade
Charles C. Walcutt
26th Illinois 40th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 6th Iowa 46th Ohio
XVI Corps [ ] BG Thomas E. G. Ransom
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division
John M. Corse
1st Brigade
Elliott W. Rice
2nd Brigade
9th Illinois Mounted Infantry 12th Illinois 66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters) 81st Ohio
3rd Brigade[3]
7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa
Artillery
Fourth Division
John W. Fuller
1st Brigade
64th Illinois 18th Missouri 27th Ohio 39th Ohio
2nd Brigade
John W. Sprague
35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin
3rd Brigade
John Tillson
10th Illinois 25th Indiana 17th New York 32nd Wisconsin
Artillery
XVII Corps [ ] MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Third Division
Charles R. Woods
1st Brigade
George E. Bryant
20th Illinois 30th Illinois 31st Illinois 45th Illinois 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Adam G. Malloy
17th Wisconsin Worden's Battalion
Detachment, 14th Wisconsin Detachment, 81st Illinois Detachment, 95th Illinois
Artillery
Fourth Division
Giles A. Smith
1st Brigade
Benjamin F. Potts
32nd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 3rd Iowa (3 companies)32nd Ohio
2nd Brigade[4]
14th Illinois 15th Illinois 32nd Illinois 41st Illinois
3rd Brigade
William Worth Belknap
11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa
Artillery
Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light
1st Minnesota Battery Battery C, 1st Missouri Light
10th Ohio Light Battery 15th Ohio Light Battery
Notes [ ]
^ This is an error. The 109th Ohio Infantry did not complete organization. Further research is necessary to determine which Ohio unit this should be.
^ Baird won the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 1, 1864 (Eicher p.113)
^ Stationed at Rome, Georgia
^ Detached on guard duty in northern Georgia
References [ ] Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J. , Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.