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Stones River Union Order Of Battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports. Abbreviations Military rank * MG = Major General * BG = Brigadier General * Col = Colonel * Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel * Maj = Major * Cpt = Captain * Lt = Lieutenant * Sgt = Sergeant Other * w = wounded * mw = mortally wounded * k = killed * c = captured XIV Corps ( Army of the Cumberland) MG William S. Rosecrans, Commanding General Staff and Headquarters General Staff: * Chief of Artillery and Ordnance: Col James Barnett * Chief of Staff: Ltc Julius P. Garesché (k) * Chief Quartermaster: Ltc John W. Taylor * Chief Commissary: Ltc Samuel Simmons * Judge-Advocate-General: Maj Ralston Skinner * Inspector of Artillery: Cpt Jeremiah H. Gilman * Assistant Inspector General: Cpt James Curtis * Provost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. state, states. It proved essential to the preservation of the United States as a working, viable republic. The Union Army was made up of the permanent Regular Army (United States), regular army of the United States, but further fortified, augmented, and strengthened by the many temporary units of dedicated United States Volunteers, volunteers, as well as including those who were drafted in to service as Conscription in the United States, conscripts. To this end, the Union Army fought and ultimately triumphed over the efforts of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Over the course of the war, 2,128,948 men enlisted in the Union Army, including 178,895 United States Colored Troops, colored troops; 25% of the white men who s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Of The Cumberland
The Army of the Cumberland was one of the principal Union armies in the Western Theater during the American Civil War. It was originally known as the Army of the Ohio. History The origin of the Army of the Cumberland dates back to the creation of the Army of the Ohio in November 1861, under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson. The army fought under the name Army of the Ohio until Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army and the Department of the Cumberland and changed the name of the combined entity to the Army of the Cumberland. When Rosecrans assumed command, the army and the XIV Corps were the same unit, divided into three "grand divisions" (wings) commanded by Alexander McCook (Right Wing), George H. Thomas (Center), and Thomas L. Crittenden (Left). General Order No. 168 was the order passed by the Union Army on October 24, 1862, that called for commissioning the XIV Corps into the Army of the Cumberland. The army's first significant combat under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 38th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 38th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 15, 1861, for three years service. The regiment was mustered out on December 31, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 7 officers and 107 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 177 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities. Commanders *Colonel William P. Carlin - promoted brigadier general on November 29, 1862. *Colonel Daniel H. Gilmer - killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863 *Colonel William F. Chapman - died Pulaski, Tennessee, on November 23, 1864.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/038-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls *1st Lt. Frederick Mortimer Crandal U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 21st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History The regiment was raised under the Ten Regiment Bill, which anticipated Federal troop requirements by providing for an infantry regiment recruited from each Congressional district in addition to one from the entire state. After its companies rendezvoused at Mattoon on May 9, 1861, the regiment was mustered into state service for a 30-day term by Captain Ulysses S. Grant on May 15. It was known as the Seventh Congressional District Regiment in state service after the district it was organized in. Company A was composed of men recruited in Macon County, Company B in Cumberland County, C in Piatt County, D in Douglas County, E in Moultrie County, F in Edgar County, G in Clay County, H in Clark County, I in Crawford County, and K in Jasper County. The regiment was mustered into Federal service for a term of three years as the 21st Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
The 22nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On October 8, 1862, at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the regiment suffered 65.3% casualties, one of the highest percentages of casualties suffered by any American Civil War regiment in a single engagement. Service Attached to Army of the West and Department of Missouri September 1861 to January 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to September 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, October 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 75th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 75th Regiment Illinois was organized at Dixon, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 2, 1862. The regiment was discharged from service on June 12, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment lost 3 officers and 94 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 5 officers and 103 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 205 fatalities. Commanders *Colonel George Ryan - Resigned December 20, 1862. *Colonel John E. Bennett - Mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/075-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls See also * List of Illinois Civil War Units *Illinois in the American Civil War During the American Civil War, the state of Illinois was a major source of troops for the Union Army (particularly for those armies serving in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
74th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 74th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 74th Regiment Illinois was organized at Rockford, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 4, 1862. The regiment was discharged from service on June 10, 1865. Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 5 officers and 78 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 116 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 202 fatalities. Commanders * Colonel Jason Marsh - Resigned August 24, 1864. *Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ... Thomas J. Bryan - Mustered out with the regiment.http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/074-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 59th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was formed as the 9th Missouri Infantry Regiment in September 1861, and changed name to the 59th Illinois Infantry Regiment in February 1862. Service Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as the "Washington Zouves" and mustered into Federal service as the 9th Missouri Volunteers, September 18, 1861 (Cos. "A," "B," "C" at Cape Girardeau from August 6, 1861). Regiment moved to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., September 21, 1861; thence to Booneville, Mo., September 30. Attached to Kelton's Brigade, Pope's Division, Fremont's Army of the West, to November, 1861. Department of Missouri to February, 1862. (Designation of Regiment changed to 59th Illinois Infantry February 12, 1862.) 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 30th Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson C
Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian football midfielder * Jefferson (footballer, born 1978), full name Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues, Brazilian football midfielder * Jefferson (footballer, born 1981), full name Jefferson Vieira da Cruz, Brazilian football striker * Jefferson (footballer, born 1982), full name Jefferson Charles de Souza Pinto, Brazilian football midfielder * Jefferson (footballer, born 1983), full name Jefferson de Oliveira Galvão, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Jefferson (footballer, born January 1988), full name Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian football striker * Jefferson (footballer, born July 1988), full name Jefferson Moreira Nascimento, Brazilian football left-back * Jefferson (footballer, born August 1988), full name Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander McDowell McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook (April 22, 1831June 12, 1903) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Early life McCook was born in Columbiana County, Ohio. A Scottish family, the McCooks were prominent in army service — his father Daniel McCook and seven of Alexander's brothers, plus five of his first cousins, fought in the war. They were known as " The Fighting McCooks", for whom McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, was named. His brothers Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook were all Union generals, as were his cousins Anson G. McCook and Edward M. McCook. Their grandfather George McCook had participated in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and escaped to the United States after it was defeated. McCook graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1852, served against the Apaches and Utes in New Mexico in 1853–57, and was assistant instructor of infantry tactics at the military academy in 1858–61. He he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson Troop
Anderson Troop was an independent cavalry company that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It had an authorized strength of 110 officers and men, and served for 18 months at the headquarters of Generals Don Carlos Buell and William S. Rosecrans, commanders of the Department and Army of the Ohio and Cumberland. The unit was frequently referred to as "Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry", and while occasionally identified as the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry because its officers raised and organized that regiment, it was never a part. Service The Anderson Troop was organized at Carlisle, Pennsylvania in October-November 1861 and mustered in on November 30, 1861 under the command of Captain William Jackson Palmer of Philadelphia, its organizer. The company was raised for headquarters and escort duty with Gen. Robert Anderson in Kentucky but instead became a unit of "elite scouts." Palmer, a Quaker, recruited a number of men of his faith to serve in the company, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
