Nashville Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Nashville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle. The Union force was a conglomerate of units from several different departments provisionally attached to George H. Thomas’ Department of the Cumberland. The IV Corps and the District of Etowah were permanently attached to the Department of the Cumberland while the Cavalry Corps had been attached to the Army of the Cumberland until October 1864 when it was transferred to the Military Division of the Mississippi. The XXIII Corps was detached from the Department of the Ohio and Smith’s Corps was detached from the Department of the Tennessee. Other brigades and regiments from the Army of the Tennessee which were unable to rejoin their respective commands were organized into the Provisional Division and attached to the District of the Etowah.
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
Other
- w = wounded
- mw= mortally wounded
- k = killed
[Army of the Cumberland]
Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: BG William D. Whipple
IV Corps">IV Corps (Union Army)">IV Corps
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
First Division BG Nathan Kimball | 1st Brigade Col Isaac M. Kirby |
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| First Division BG Nathan Kimball | 2nd Brigade BG Walter C. Whitaker |
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| First Division BG Nathan Kimball | 3rd Brigade BG William Grose |
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| Second Division BG Washington Lafayette Elliott | 1st Brigade Col Emerson Opdycke |
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| Second Division BG Washington Lafayette Elliott | 2nd Brigade Col John Q. Lane |
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| Second Division BG Washington Lafayette Elliott | 3rd Brigade Col Joseph Conrad |
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| Third Division BG Samuel Beatty | 1st Brigade Col Abel D. Streight |
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| Third Division BG Samuel Beatty | 2nd Brigade Col Philip S. Post Ltc Robert L. Kimberly |
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| Third Division BG Samuel Beatty | 3rd Brigade Col Frederick Knefler |
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| Artillery Maj Wilbur F. Goodspeed |
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XXIII Corps">XXIII Corps (Union Army)">XXIII Corps
MG John M. Schofield| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
Second Division MG Darius N. Couch | 1st Brigade BG Joseph A. Cooper |
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| Second Division MG Darius N. Couch | 2nd Brigade Col Orlando H. Moore |
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| Second Division MG Darius N. Couch | 3rd Brigade Col John Mehringer |
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| Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox | 1st Brigade Col Charles C. Doolittle |
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| Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox | 2nd Brigade Col John S. Casement |
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| Third Division BG Jacob D. Cox | 3rd Brigade Col Israel N. Stiles |
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| Artillery |
Detachment, [Army of the Tennessee]
MG Andrew J. Smith| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
First Division BG John McArthur | 1st Brigade Col William L. McMillen |
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| First Division BG John McArthur | 2nd Brigade Col Lucius F. Hubbard |
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| First Division BG John McArthur | 3rd Brigade Col Sylvester G. Hill Col William R. Marshall |
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| Second Division BG Kenner Garrard | 1st Brigade Col David Moore |
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| Second Division BG Kenner Garrard | 2nd Brigade Col James I. Gilbert |
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| Second Division BG Kenner Garrard | 3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe |
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| Third Division Col Jonathan B. Moore | 1st Brigade Col Lyman M. Ward |
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| Third Division Col Jonathan B. Moore | 2nd Brigade Col Leander Blanden |
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| Artillery |
Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)
MG James B. Steedman| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
Provisional Division BG Charles Cruft | 1st Brigade Col Benjamin Harrison |
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| Provisional Division BG Charles Cruft | 2nd Brigade Col Adam G. Malloy |
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| Provisional Division BG Charles Cruft | 2nd Brigade Col John G. Mitchell |
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| Provisional Division BG Charles Cruft | 3rd Brigade Ltc Charles H. Grosvenor |
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| Provisional Division BG Charles Cruft | Artillery |
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| U.S.C.T. | 1st Colored Brigade Col Thomas J. Morgan |
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| U.S.C.T. | 2nd Colored Brigade Col Charles R. Thompson |
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| Post of Nashville BG John F. Miller | 2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, XX Corps Col Edwin C. Mason |
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| Post of Nashville BG John F. Miller | Unattached |
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| Post of Nashville BG John F. Miller | Garrison Artillery Maj John J. Ely |
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| Post of Nashville BG John F. Miller | Quartermaster's Division BG James L. Donaldson |
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Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps (Union Army)#Western Cavalry Corps">Cavalry Corps
MG James H. WilsonEscort:
- 4th United States: Lt. Joseph Hedges
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and others |
1st Division | 1st Brigade BG John T. Croxton |
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| 1st Division | 2nd and 3rd Brigades under BG E. M. McCook in western Kentucky | |
5th Division BG Edward Hatch | 1st Brigade Col Robert R. Stewart |
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| 5th Division BG Edward Hatch | 2nd Brigade Col Datus E. Coon |
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| 6th Division BG Richard W. Johnson | 1st Brigade Col Thomas J. Harrison |
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| 6th Division BG Richard W. Johnson | 2nd Brigade Col James Biddle |
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| 6th Division BG Richard W. Johnson | Artillery |
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| 7th Division BG Joseph F. Knipe | 1st Brigade BG John H. Hammond |
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| 7th Division BG Joseph F. Knipe | 2nd Brigade Col Gilbert M. L. Johnson |
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| 7th Division BG Joseph F. Knipe | Artillery |
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[Mississippi River Squadron]
10th District
Lt. Commander LeRoy Fitch| Class | Vessel |
River monitor | U.S.S. Neosho Lieutenant Samuel Howard |
Ironclad | U.S.S. Carondelet Acting Master Charles W. Miller |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Silver Lake Acting Master Joseph C. Coyle |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Brilliant Lieutenant Charles Perking Acting Master John H. Rice |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Reindeer Lieutenant Henry A. Glassford |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Moose Lieutenant Commander LeRoy Fitch |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Fairplay Acting Master George J. Groves |
Tinclad | U.S.S. Springfield Acting Master Edmond Morgan |