Knoxville campaign order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 23, 1863 under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Engagements fought during this time included the battles of Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders and the siege of Knoxville. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign^[1] and return of casualties.^[2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

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Division	Strength^{[note 1]}	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Edward Ferrero	177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns	1st Brigade Col David Morrison	36th Massachusetts: Maj William E. Draper 8th Michigan: Ltc Ralph Ely 79th New York: Cpt William S. Montgomery 45th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis M. Hills
		2nd Brigade Col Benjamin C. Christ	29th Massachusetts: Col Ebenezer W. Pierce 27th Michigan: Maj William B. Wright 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serieri 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Overton, Jr.
		3rd Brigade Col Daniel Leasure Col William Humphrey	2nd Michigan: Maj Cornelius Byington (mw) 17th Michigan: Ltc Lorin L. Comstock (k) 20th Michigan: Maj Byron M. Cutcheon 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson
		Artillery	34th New York Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer four 3-inch Ordnance rifles Battery D, 1st Rhode Island: Cpt William W. Buckley six 12-pounder Napoleons
Second Division Col Joshua K. Sigfried Col John F. Hartranft	150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns	1st Brigade Col Thomas B. Allard Col Joshua K. Sigfried	2nd Maryland: Col Thomas B. Allard 21st Massachusetts: Ltc George P. Hawkes 48th Pennsylvania: Maj Joseph A. Gilmour
		2nd Brigade Ltc Edwin Schall	35th Massachusetts: Maj Nathaniel Wales 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Leander W. Cogswell 51st Pennsylvania: Maj William J. Bolton
		3rd Brigade Col Wilson C. Lemert^{[note 2]}	86th Ohio: Maj William Kraus 129th Ohio: Col Howard D. John 22nd Ohio Battery: Lt Amos B. Alger 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Wheeler
		Artillery	15th Indiana Battery: Cpt John C. H. von Sehlen 3-inch Ordnance rifles Batteries L and M, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Lt Erskine Gittings four 10-pounder Parrott rifles Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin four 20-pounder Parrott rifles
Unassigned^{[note 3]}	31 officers 551 men 4 guns	not brigaded	79th New York (re-assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division) Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery (re-assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division) 6th Indiana Cavalry (assigned as headquarters escort)

Division	Strength^[5]	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Jeremiah Boyle^{[note 4]}	450 officers 9,659 men 96 guns	Kentucky garrisons	various units
Second Division BG Julius White	191 officers 3,308 men 12 guns	1st Brigade Col Samuel R. Mott^{[note 5]}	80th Indiana Infantry: Col James L. Culbertson 16th Kentucky Infantry: Col James W. Gault 25th Michigan Infantry: Cpt Samuel L. Demarest 118th Ohio Infantry: Ltc Thomas L. Young Elgin Illinois Battery: Cpt Andrew M. Wood six guns^[21] 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Col Robert K. Byrd^{[note 6]}
Second Division BG Julius White	191 officers 3,308 men 12 guns	2nd Brigade Col Marshall W. Chapin	107th Illinois: Ltc Francis H. Lowry 13th Kentucky: Col William E. Hobson 23rd Michigan: Maj William W. Wheeler 111th Ohio Infantry: Colonel John R. Bond, Maj Isaac R. Sherwood Henshaw's Illinois Battery: Cpt Edward C. Henshaw two 3.8-inch James rifles, four 6-pounder brass guns
Third Division BG Milo S. Hascall	168 officers 3,646 men 16 guns	1st Brigade Col James W. Reilly	44th Ohio: Maj Alpheus S. Moore 100th Ohio: Col Patrick S. Slevin 104th Ohio: Ltc Oscar W. Sterl Battery D, 1st Ohio: Lt William H. Pease four 3-inch Ordnance rifles
Third Division BG Milo S. Hascall	168 officers 3,646 men 16 guns	2nd Brigade Col Daniel Cameron	65th Illinois: Ltc William S. Stewart 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hunt 103rd Ohio: Cpt John T. Philpot Rigby's Indiana Battery: Cpt Hubbard T. Thomas six 3-inch Ordnance rifles
Corps Artillery	12 officers 290 men 12 guns	Reserve Artillery Cpt Andrew J. Konkle	24th Indiana Battery: Cpt Joseph A. Sims 3.8-inch James rifles 19th Ohio Battery: Cpt Joseph C. Shields six 12-pounder Napoleons
Engineers	3 officers, 185 men	Not brigaded	Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure
Unattached	Strength listed under Left Wing Forces	Provisional Brigade Col William A. Hoskins	12th Kentucky: Ltc Lawrence H. Rousseau, Maj Joseph M. Owens 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve

Division	Strength^[5]	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG William P. Sanders (mw)^{[note 8]} Col Frank Wolford	345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns	1st Brigade Col Frank Wolford Ltc Silas Adams	1st Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Silas Adams 12th Kentucky Cavalry: Maj James B. Harrison Law's Howitzer Battery:
		2nd Brigade^{[note 9]} Ltc Emory S. Bond	112th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Maj Tristram T. Dow 8th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Henry C. Edgerly 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry: Col Benjamin Runkle 15th Indiana Battery: Lt Alonzo D. Harvey
		3rd Brigade^{[note 10]} Col Charles D. Pennebaker	11th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Col S. Palace Love 27th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Ltc John H. Ward
Second Division Col John W. Foster		1st Brigade^{[note 11]} Col James P. T. Carter Col Israel Garrard	2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 7th Ohio Cavalry: Maj James McIntyre 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Maj Daniel A. Carpenter Battery M, 2nd Illinois: Cpt John C. Phillips
Second Division Col John W. Foster		2nd Brigade^{[note 12]} Col John W. Foster Col Felix W. Graham Col Horace Capron^[29]	14th Illinois Cavalry: Col Horace Capron 5th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Thomas H. Butler 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry: Cpt Walter G. Hodge 9th Ohio Cavalry: Maj William D. Hamilton 8th Tennessee Cavalry: Maj John M. Sawyers Colvin's Illinois Battery: Cpt John H. Colvin four guns^[30]

Division	Strength^[5]	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Left Wing BG Orlando B. Willcox	178 officers 4,213 men 16 guns	1st Brigade Col John R. Mahan	115th Indiana: Ltc Alfred J. Hawn 116th Indiana: Col William C. Kise 117th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Brady 118th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson
		2nd Brigade Col William A. Hoskins	12th Kentucky: Maj Joseph M. Owens (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps) 103rd Ohio: Col John S. Casement (re-assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps) 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps)
		Not brigaded	3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Oliver M. Powers 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company M: Cpt Charles U. Patton 23rd Indiana Battery: Cpt James H. Myers 12th Michigan Battery: Cpt Edward G. Hillier 21st Ohio Battery: Cpt James W. Patterson

Knoxville campaign order of battle: Union

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Other

Army of the Ohio

IX Corps

XXIII Corps

Cavalry Corps

Left Wing Forces

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