Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign Union Order Of Battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Chattanooga–Ringgold campaign of the American Civil War on the Union side. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.


Abbreviations used


Military rank

*MG = Major general *BG = Brigadier general *Col = Colonel *Ltc =
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*Maj =
Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
*Cpt =
Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
*Lt = Lieutenant


Other

*w = wounded *mw = mortally wounded *k = killed *c = captured


Military Division of the Mississippi

MG
Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
File:Grant crop of Cold Harbor photo.png, Grant File:John Aaron Rawlins-Brady-Handy Seated.jpg, Rawlins General Staff: *Chief of Staff: BG
John A. Rawlins John Aaron Rawlins (February 13, 1831 September 6, 1869) was a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a cabinet officer in the Grant administration. A longtime confidant of Ulysses S. Grant, Rawlins served on Grant's ...
*Chief of Transportation: Col
Joseph D. Webster Joseph Dana Webster (August 25, 1811 – April 12, 1876) was a United States civil engineer and soldier most noted for administrative services during the American Civil War, where he served as chief of staff to both Ulysses S. Grant and William ...


Army of the Cumberland

MG George H. Thomas File:George Henry Thomas - Brady-Handy.jpg, Thomas File:John J. Reynolds cph.3b20677.jpg, Reynolds File:Gordon Granger - Brady-Handy.jpg, Granger: IV Corps File:JohnMPalmer.png, Palmer: XIV Corps File:Joseph_Hooker_-_Brady-Handy--restored.jpg, Hooker: XI, XII Corps General Staff: *Chief of Staff: MG
Joseph J. Reynolds Joseph Jones Reynolds (January 4, 1822 – February 25, 1899) was an American engineer, educator, and military officer who fought in the American Civil War and the postbellum Indian Wars. Early life and career Reynolds was born in Flemingsbur ...
*Assistant Adjutant General: BG William D. Whipple General Headquarters: *1st Ohio Sharpshooter: Cpt Gershom M. Barber * 10th Ohio: Ltc William M. Ward


IV Corps

MG Gordon Granger


XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer
Escort: *1st Ohio Cavalry, Company L: Cpt John D. Barker


Artillery Reserve

BG
John M. Brannan John Milton Brannan (July 1, 1819 – December 16, 1892) was a career United States Army artillery officer who served in the Mexican–American War and as a Union brigadier general of volunteers in the American Civil War, in command of the Departm ...


Cavalry Corps


Engineers and garrison


Hooker's Command

MG Joseph Hooker *Chief of Staff: MG Daniel A. Butterfield Escort: * 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer


=XI Corps

= MG
Oliver O. Howard Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. As a brigade commander in the Army of the Potomac, Howard lost his right arm while leading his men against ...

General Headquarters: *8th New York, Independent Company: Cpt Anton Bruhn


=XII Corps

=


Army of the Tennessee

MG William T. Sherman File:General William T. Sherman (4190887790) (cropped).jpg, Sherman File:General Francis Preston Blair.jpg, Blair: XV Corps


XV Corps

MG
Francis P. Blair Francis Preston Blair Sr. (April 12, 1791 – October 18, 1876) was an American journalist, newspaper editor, and influential figure in national politics advising several U.S. presidents across party lines. Blair was an early member of the De ...
The Third Division, Brigadier General James M. Tuttle commanding, at Memphis, La Grange, and Pocahontas, Tennessee.


XVII Corps


Notes


References

*Eicher, John H. and David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, *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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chattanooga-Ringgold campaign Union order of battle American Civil War orders of battle