Battle of Wauhatchie order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wauhatchie of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns[1] and the reports.[2]

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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Hooker's Command

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MG Joseph Hooker

XI Corps

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MG Oliver O. Howard

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Adolph von Steinwehr

1st Brigade[3]


   Col Adolphus Buschbeck

2nd Brigade


   Col Orland Smith

Third Division
     MG Carl Schurz

1st Brigade


   BG Hector Tyndale

2nd Brigade


   Col Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski

3rd Brigade[5]


   Col Friedrich Hecker

Cavalry

XII Corps

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Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division[7]
     BG John W. Geary

2nd Brigade


   Col George A. Cobham, Jr.

3rd Brigade[9]


   BG George S. Greene (w)
   Col David Ireland

Artillery Brigade


   Maj John A. Reynolds[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 74-76
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 952-953
  3. ^ In reserve
  4. ^ On picket duty
  5. ^ 82nd Illinois attached to the 3rd Brigade on October 21, 1863 (see: Itinerary 1st Brigade, Third Division, XI Corps), but was not mentioned in Schurz's report
  6. ^ See: Hooker's and Howard's reports
  7. ^ 1st Brigade (5th, 7th, 29th and 66th Ohio and 28th and 147th Pennsylvania) not present
  8. ^ On guard duty (see: Geary's, Cobham's and Rickards reports)
  9. ^ 60th New York detached at Whiteside Pike (see: Geary's and Ireland's reports); 102nd New York also belonged to this Brigade, but acted as escort to the division ambulance train, en route from Murfreesborough to Bridgeport (see: Geary's report and Itinerary 3rd Brigade, Second Division, XII Corps)
  10. ^ The command of Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery devolved on Reynolds as the only Artillery Officer present after Atwell and Geary were mortally wounded (see: Geary's and Reynolds' reports)

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