Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

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^[1] during the campaign,^[2] the casualty returns^[3] and the reports.^[4]

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Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Jefferson C. Davis	1st Brigade Col P. Sidney Post	59th Illinois: Cpt Hendrick E. Paine 74th Illinois: Col Jason Marsh 75th Illinois: Ltc John E. Bennett 22nd Indiana: Col Michael Gooding
	2nd Brigade Col William P. Carlin	21st Illinois: Col John W. S. Alexander (w), Ltc Warren E. McMackin 38th Illinois: Ltc Daniel H. Gilmer 101st Ohio: Col Leander Stem (mw&c), Ltc Moses F. Wooster (mw&c), Maj Isaac M. Kirby,^[6] Cpt Bedan B. McDonald 15th Wisconsin: Col Hans C. Heg
	3rd Brigade Col William E. Woodruff	25th Illinois: Col Thomas D. Williams (k), Cpt Wesford Taggart 35th Illinois: Ltc William P. Chandler 81st Indiana: Ltc John Timberlake
	Artillery^[7]	2nd Minnesota Battery: Cpt William A. Hotchkiss 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Oscar F. Pinney (mw), Lt Charles B. Humphrey 8th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Stephen J. Carpenter (k), Sgt Obadiah German, Lt Henry E. Stiles
	Escort	15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company G: Cpt Miller R. McCulloch (k), Lt Harvey S. Park
Second Division BG Richard W. Johnson	1st Brigade BG August Willich (w&c) Col William Wallace Col William H. Gibson	89th Illinois: Ltc Charles T. Hotchkiss 32nd Indiana: Ltc Francis Erdelmeyer 39th Indiana: Ltc Fielder A. Jones 15th Ohio: Col William Wallace, Cpt A. R. Z. Dawson, Col William Wallace 49th Ohio: Col William H. Gibson, Ltc Levi Drake (k), Cpt Samuel F. Gray
	2nd Brigade BG Edward N. Kirk (mw) Col Joseph B. Dodge	34th Illinois: Ltc Hiram W. Bristol,^[8] Maj Alexander P. Dysart 79th Illinois: Col Sheridan P. Read (k), Maj Allen Buckner 29th Indiana: Ltc David M. Dunn (c), Maj Joseph P. Collins 30th Indiana: Col Joseph B. Dodge, Ltc Orrin D. Hurd 77th Pennsylvania: Ltc Peter B. Housum (k), Cpt Thomas E. Rose
	3rd Brigade Col Philemon P. Baldwin	6th Indiana: Ltc Hagerman Tripp 5th Kentucky: Ltc William W. Berry (w) 1st Ohio: Maj Joab A. Stafford 93rd Ohio: Col Charles Anderson (w)
	Artillery^[9]	5th Indiana Battery: Cpt Peter Simonson 1st Ohio, Battery A: Lt Edmund B. Belding 1st Ohio, Battery E: Cpt Warren P. Edgarton (c)
	Cavalry	3rd Indiana, Companies G, H, I, and K: Maj Robert Klein
Third Division BG Philip Sheridan	1st Brigade BG Joshua W. Sill (k) Col Nicholas Greusel	36th Illinois: Col Nicholas Greusel, Maj Silas Miller (w&c), Cpt Porter C. Olson 88th Illinois: Col Francis T. Sherman 21st Michigan: Ltc William B. McCreery 24th Wisconsin: Maj Elisha C. Hibbard
	2nd Brigade Col Frederick Schaefer (k) Ltc Bernard Laiboldt	44th Illinois: Cpt Wallace W. Barrett (w) 73rd Illinois: Maj William A. Presson 2nd Missouri: Ltc Bernard Laiboldt, Maj Francis Ehrler 15th Missouri: Ltc John Weber
	3rd Brigade Col George W. Roberts (k) Col Fazilo A. Harrington (k) Col Luther P. Bradley	22nd Illinois: Ltc Francis Swanwick (w&c), Cpt Samuel Johnson 27th Illinois: Col Fazilo A. Harrington (k), Maj William A. Schmitt 42nd Illinois: Ltc Nathan H. Walworth 51st Illinois: Col Luther P. Bradley, Cpt Henry F. Wescott
	Artillery^[10] Cpt Henry Hescock	1st Illinois, Battery C: Cpt Charles Houghtaling 4th Indiana Battery: Cpt Asahel K. Bush 1st Missouri, Battery G: Cpt Henry Hescock
	Escort	2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company L: Lt Joseph T. Forman

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division MG Lovell Rousseau	1st Brigade Col Benjamin F. Scribner	38th Indiana: Ltc Daniel F. Griffin 2nd Ohio: Ltc John Kell (k), Maj Anson G. McCook 33rd Ohio: Cpt Ephraim J. Ellis 94th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Frizell (w), Ltc Stephen A. Bassford 10th Wisconsin: Col Alfred R. Chapin
	2nd Brigade Col John Beatty	42nd Indiana: Ltc James M. Shanklin (c) 88th Indiana: Col George Humphrey (w), Ltc Cyrus E. Briant 15th Kentucky: Col James B. Forman (k), Ltc Joseph R. Snider 3rd Ohio: Ltc Orris A. Lawson
	3rd Brigade Col John C. Starkweather	24th Illinois: Col Geza Mihalotzy 79th Pennsylvania: Col Henry A. Hambright 1st Wisconsin: Ltc George B. Bingham 21st Wisconsin: Ltc Harrison C. Hobart
	4th Brigade Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd	15th United States, 1st Battalion: Maj John H. King (w), Cpt Jesse Fulmer 16th United States, 1st Battalion, and Company B, 2nd Battalion: Maj Adam J. Slemmer (w), Cpt R. E. A. Crofton 18th United States, 1st Battalion, and Companies A and D, 3rd Battalion: Maj James N. Caldwell 18th United States, 2nd Battalion, and Companies B, C, E, and F, 3rd Battalion: Maj Frederick Townsend 19th United States, 1st Battalion: Maj Stephen D. Carpenter (k), Cpt James B. Mulligan
	Artillery^[12] Cpt Cyrus O. Loomis	Kentucky, Battery A: Cpt David C. Stone 1st Michigan, Battery A: Lt George W. Van Pelt 5th United States, Battery H: Lt Francis L. Guenther
	Cavalry	2nd Kentucky (6 companies): Maj Thomas P. Nicholas
Second Division BG James S. Negley	1st Brigade BG James G. Spears	1st Tennessee: Col Robert K. Byrd 2nd Tennessee: Ltc James M. Melton 14th Michigan:^[13] Ltc Milton L. Phillips^[14] 85th Illinois:^[15] Col Robert S. Moore 10th Wisconsin Battery^[16] (2 sections): Cpt Yates V. Beebe
	2nd Brigade Col Timothy R. Stanley	19th Illinois: Col Joseph R. Scott (w), Ltc Alexander W. Raffen 11th Michigan: Col William L. Stoughton 18th Ohio: Ltc Josiah Given 69th Ohio: Col William B. Cassilly (w), Maj Eli J. Hickcox,^[17] Cpt David Putnam, Ltc George F. Elliott^[18]
	3rd Brigade Col John F. Miller	37th Indiana: Col James S. Hull (w), Ltc William D. Ward 21st Ohio: Ltc James M. Neibling 74th Ohio: Col Granville Moody (w) 78th Pennsylvania: Col William Sirwell
	Artillery	Kentucky, Battery B: Lt Alban A. Ellsworth 1st Ohio, Battery G: Lt Alexander Marshall 1st Ohio, Battery M:^[19] Cpt Frederick Schultz
Third Division^[20] BG Speed S. Fry	1st Brigade Col Moses B. Walker	82nd Indiana: Col Morton C. Hunter 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell 31st Ohio: Ltc Frederick W. Lister 38th Ohio: Col Edward H. Phelps
Third Division^[20] BG Speed S. Fry	Artillery	1st Michigan, Battery D: Cpt Josiah W. Church

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Thomas J. Wood (w) BG Milo S. Hascall	1st Brigade BG Milo S. Hascall Col George P. Buell	100th Illinois: Col Frederick A. Bartleson 58th Indiana: Col George P. Buell, Ltc James T. Embree 3rd Kentucky: Col Samuel McKee (k), Maj Daniel R. Collier 26th Ohio: Cpt William H. Squires
	2nd Brigade Col George D. Wagner	15th Indiana: Ltc Gustavus A. Wood 40th Indiana: Col John W. Blake,^[22] Ltc Elias Neff (w), Maj Henry Leaming 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus C. Hines (w), Ltc George W. Lennard (w), Cpt John S. McGraw 97th Ohio: Col John Q. Lane
	3rd Brigade Col Charles G. Harker	51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight 73rd Indiana: Col Gilbert Hathaway 13th Michigan: Col Michael Shoemaker 64th Ohio: Ltc Alexander McIlvaine 65th Ohio: Ltc Alexander Cassil (w), Maj Horatio N. Whitbeck (w)
	Artillery^[23] Maj Seymour Race	8th Indiana Battery: Lt George Estep 10th Indiana Battery: Cpt Jerome B. Cox 6th Ohio Battery: Cpt Cullen Bradley
Second Division BG John M. Palmer	1st Brigade BG Charles Cruft	31st Indiana: Col John Osborn 1st Kentucky: Col David A. Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 90th Ohio: Col Isaac N. Ross
	2nd Brigade Col William B. Hazen	110th Illinois: Col Thomas S. Casey 9th Indiana: Col William H. Blake 6th Kentucky: Col Walter C. Whitaker 41st Ohio: Ltc Aquila Wiley
	3rd Brigade Col William Grose	84th Illinois: Col Louis H. Waters 36th Indiana: Maj Isaac Kinley (w), Cpt Pyrrhus Woodward 23rd Kentucky: Maj Thomas H. Hamrick 6th Ohio: Col Nicholas L. Anderson (w) 24th Ohio: Col Frederick C. Jones (k), Maj Henry Terry (k), Cpt Enoch Weller (k), Cpt A. T. M. Cockerill
	Artillery Cpt William E. Standart	1st Ohio, Battery B: Cpt William E Standart 1st Ohio, Battery F: Cpt Daniel T. Cockerill (w), Lt Norval Osburn 4th United States, Batteries H and M: Lt Charles C. Parsons
Third Division BG Horatio P. Van Cleve (w) Col Samuel Beatty	1st Brigade Col Samuel Beatty Col Benjamin C. Grider	79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler 9th Kentucky: Col Benjamin C. Grider, Ltc George H. Cram 11th Kentucky: Maj Erasmus L. Mottley 19th Ohio: Col Charles F. Manderson
	2nd Brigade Col James P. Fyffe	44th Indiana: Col William C. Williams (c), Ltc Simeon C. Aldrich 86th Indiana: Ltc George F. Dick 13th Ohio: Col Joseph C. Hawkins (k), Maj Dwight Jarvis Jr. 59th Ohio: Ltc William Howard
	3rd Brigade Col Samuel W. Price	35th Indiana: Col Bernard F. Mullen 8th Kentucky: Ltc Reuben May, Maj Green B. Broaddus 21st Kentucky: Ltc James C. Evans 51st Ohio: Ltc Richard W. McClain 99th Ohio: Col Peter T. Swaine (w), Ltc John E. Cummins
	Artillery Cpt George R. Swallow	7th Indiana Battery: Cpt George R. Swallow Pennsylvania, Battery B: Lt Alanson J. Stevens 3d Wisconsin Battery: Lt Cortland Livingston

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Cavalry Division Col John Kennett	1st Brigade Col Robert H.G. Minty	2nd Indiana, Company M: Cpt J.A.S. Mitchell 3rd Kentucky: Col Eli H. Murray 4th Michigan: Ltc William H. Dickinson 7th Pennsylvania: Maj John E. Wynkoop
	2nd Brigade Col Lewis Zahm	1st Ohio: Col Minor Millikin (k), Maj James Laughlin 3rd Ohio: Ltc Douglas A. Murray 4th Ohio: Maj John L. Pugh
	Artillery	Battery D, 1st Ohio (1 section): Lt Nathaniel M. Newell
Reporting directly	Reserve Cavalry	15th Pennsylvania: Maj Adolph G. Rosengarten (k), Maj Frank B. Ward (mw), Cpt Alfred Vezin 1st Middle (5th) Tennessee: Col William B. Stokes 2nd Tennessee: Col Daniel M. Ray
Reporting directly	Unattached	4th United States: Cpt Elmer Otis

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Engineers	Pioneer Brigade Cpt James St. Clair Morton	1st Battalion: Cpt Lyman Bridges (w) 2nd Battalion: Cpt Calvin Hood 3rd Battalion: Cpt Robert Clements Chicago Board of Trade Battery: Cpt James H. Stokes
Engineers	Engineers and Mechanics	1st Michigan: Col William P. Innes

Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

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