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
Headquarters
Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
Escort
7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters: Lt William McCory
Army of the Cumberland [ ]
MG George Henry Thomas
Headquarters
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
BG Nathan Kimball
1st Brigade
Col Isaac M. Kirby
21st Illinois
38th Illinois
31st Indiana : Col John Thomas Smith
81st Indiana
90th Ohio
101st Ohio
2nd Brigade
Col Jacob E. Taylor
96th Illinois
115th Illinois : Col Jesse Hale Moore
35th Indiana
21st Kentucky
51st Ohio
3rd Brigade
BG William Grose
75th Illinois
84th Illinois
9th Indiana
30th Indiana
36th Indiana
84th Indiana
77th Pennsylvania
Artillery
Cpt Theodore Thomasson
Second Division
BG John Newton
1st Brigade
Col Emerson Opdyke
36th Illinois
73rd Illinois
88th Illinois
44th Indiana
24th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
BG George D. Wagner
100th Illinois
40th Indiana
51st Indiana
57th Indiana
28th Kentucky
26th Ohio
97th Ohio
3rd Brigade
BG Luther P. Bradley
42nd Illinois
51st Illinois
79th Illinois
3rd Kentucky
64th Ohio
65th Ohio
125th Ohio
Artillery
Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed
Third Division
BG Thomas J. Wood
1st Brigade
Col Charles T. Hotchkiss
89th Illinois
8th Kansas
15th Ohio
49th Ohio
15th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
Col Philip S. Post
59th Illinois
41st Ohio
71st Ohio
93rd Ohio
124th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Col Frederick Knefler
79th Indiana
86th Indiana
9th Kentucky
17th Kentucky
13th Ohio
19th Ohio
59th Ohio
Artillery
Cpt Cullen Bradley
Bridges' Illinois Light Battery
6th Ohio Light Battery
XIV Corps [ ]
BG Jefferson C. Davis
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
First Division
BG William Passmore Carlin
1st Brigade
Col Marion Taylor
104th Illinois
42nd Indiana
88th Indiana
15th Kentucky
33rd Ohio
21st Wisconsin : Maj Michael H. Fitch
2nd Brigade
Maj John R. Edie
3rd Brigade
Col Marshall F. Moore
37th Indiana
38th Indiana
21st Ohio
69th Ohio
74th Ohio
78th Pennsylvania
79th Pennsylvania
1st Wisconsin
Artillery
Cpt Lucius Drury
1st Illinois Light Battery
Battery I, 1st Ohio
Second Division
BG James D. Morgan
1st Brigade
Col Charles M. Lum
16th Illinois
60th Illinois
10th Michigan
14th Michigan : Col Henry R. Mizner
17th New York
2nd Brigade
Col John G. Mitchell
34th Illinois
78th Illinois
98th Ohio
109th Ohio[1]
113th Ohio
121st Ohio
3rd Brigade
Col Caleb J. Dilworth (w ) Sept 1
Ltc James W. Langley
85th Illinois
86th Illinois
110th Illinois
125th Illinois : Ltc James W. Langley
22nd Indiana
52nd Ohio
Artillery
Cpt Charles Barnett
Third Division
BG Absalom Baird [2]
1st Brigade
Col Moses B. Walker
2nd Brigade
Col Newell Gleason
3rd Brigade
Col George P. Este (w )
Cavalry Corps [ ]
BG Washington Elliott , Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Second Division
BG Kenner Garrard
1st Brigade
Col Robert Minty
2nd Brigade
Col Beroth Bullard Eggleston
1st Ohio Cavalry
3rd Ohio Cavalry
4th Ohio Cavalry
3rd Brigade
Col Abram O. Miller
Artillery
Third Division
BG Judson Kilpatrick
1st Brigade
Ltc Robert Klein
3rd Indiana Cavalry
5th Iowa Cavalry
2nd Brigade
Ltc Fiedler A. Jones
8th Indiana Cavalry
2nd Kentucky Cavalry
10th Ohio Cavalry
3rd Brigade
Col 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
BG Peter J. Osterhaus
1st Brigade
Col Milo Smith
26th Iowa
30th Iowa
27th Missouri
76th Ohio
2nd Brigade
Col James A. Williamson (w ) Sept 1
4th Iowa
9th Iowa
25th Iowa
31st Iowa
3rd Brigade
Col Hugo von Wangelin
3rd Missouri
12th Missouri
17th Missouri
29th Missouri
31st Missouri
32nd Missouri
Artillery
Maj Clemens Landgraeber
Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light
4th Ohio Light Battery
Second Division
BG William B. Hazen
1st Brigade
Col Theodore Jones
55th Illinois
116th Illinois
6th Missouri
8th Missouri
30th Ohio
57th Ohio
2nd Brigade
Col Wells S. Jones
83rd Indiana
11th Illinois
30th Ohio
37th Ohio
47th Ohio
53rd Ohio
54th Ohio
Artillery
Cpt Francis DeGress
Fourth Division
BG William Harrow
1st Brigade
Col John M. Oliver
2nd Brigade
BG 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
BG John M. Corse
1st Brigade
BG Elliott W. Rice
2nd Brigade
Col Robert N. Adams
9th Illinois Mounted Infantry
12th Illinois
66th Illinois (Western Sharpshooters)
81st Ohio
3rd Brigade[3]
Col Frederick J. Hurlbut
7th Illinois
50th Illinois
57th Illinois
39th Iowa
Artillery
Capt Frederick Welker
Fourth Division
BG John W. Fuller
1st Brigade
Ltc Henry T. McDowell
64th Illinois
18th Missouri
27th Ohio
39th Ohio
2nd Brigade
BG John W. Sprague
35th New Jersey
43rd Ohio
63rd Ohio
25th Wisconsin
3rd Brigade
Col John Tillson
10th Illinois
25th Indiana
17th New York
32nd Wisconsin
Artillery
Cpt Jerome B. Burrows
XVII Corps [ ]
MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Third Division
BG Charles R. Woods
1st Brigade
Col George E. Bryant
20th Illinois
30th Illinois
31st Illinois
45th Illinois
12th Wisconsin
16th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade
Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles
20th Ohio
68th Ohio
78th Ohio
3rd Brigade
Col Adam G. Malloy
17th Wisconsin
Worden's Battalion
Detachment, 14th Wisconsin
Detachment, 81st Illinois
Detachment, 95th Illinois
Artillery
Cpt William S. Williams
Fourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith
1st Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Potts
32nd Illinois
23rd Indiana
53rd Indiana
3rd Iowa (3 companies)
32nd Ohio
2nd Brigade[4]
Col John Logan
14th Illinois
15th Illinois
32nd Illinois
41st Illinois
3rd Brigade
BG William Worth Belknap
11th Iowa
13th Iowa
15th Iowa
16th Iowa
Artillery
Cpt William Clayton
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.