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Meridian campaign order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".[2]

Sepia-tone map shows the railroads in Mississippi in the 1860s.
Sherman led his forces west from Vicksburg to capture Meridian and wreck its railroads. A cavalry column moving south from Memphis was defeated at Okolona and withdrew.[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

Meridian Expedition

MG William Tecumseh Sherman[3]

XVI Corps

MG Stephen A. Hurlbut[3]

More information Division, Brigade ...
Union order of battle for XVI Corps[4]
Division Brigade Unit
First Division
BG James M. Tuttle[note 1]
174 officers
2,752 men
8 guns		 1st Brigade
Col William L. McMillan[note 2]		 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John F. King
93rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj Samuel S. Crowe
72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles G. Eaton
95th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson Brumback
2nd Brigade
BG Joseph A. Mower		 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John D. McClure
5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment: Col Lucius F. Hubbard
11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William L. Barnum
8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc John W. Jefferson
3rd Brigade
Col James L. Geddes		 8th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc William B. Bell
12th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Stibbs
35th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col Sylvester G. Hill
Artillery
Cpt Nelson T. Spoor		 Battery E, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt John A Fitch (1st Brigade)
2nd Independent Iowa Battery: Lt Joseph R. Reed (2nd Brigade)
6th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Louis Kern (3rd Brigade)
Third Division
BG Andrew Jackson Smith
237 officers
4,465 men
14 guns		 1st Brigade
Col David Moore		 58th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col William F. Lynch
119th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas J. Kinney
89th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Col Charles D. Murray
21st Missouri Infantry Regiment: Maj Edwin Moore
2nd Brigade
Col William T. Shaw		 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold
27th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col James I. Gilbert
32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Scott
24th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James K. Mills
3rd Brigade
Col Edward H. Wolfe
Col Risdon M. Moore		 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc William W. Bishop
117th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Risdon Moore, Ltc Jonathan Merriam
52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj William T. Strickland
178th New York Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Wehler
Artillery
Cpt James M. Cockefair		 3rd Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
9th Independent Indiana Battery: Cpt George R. Brown
14th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Francis W. Morse
Fourth Division
BG James C. Veatch
102 officers
1,935 men
4 guns		 1st Brigade
Col Milton Montgomery		 33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William H. Heath
35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment: Ltc William A. Henry
25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jeremiah M. Rusk
2nd Brigade
Col James Henry Howe		 25th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc John Rheinlander
17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment: Col William T. C. Grower
32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Maj Charles H. DeGroat
Battery D, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Cooper
Close

XVII Corps

MG James B. McPherson[5]

  • Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Companies B, C and D: Cpt Garrett L. Collins
  • Escort: 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
More information Division, Brigade ...
Union order of battle for XVII Corps[6]
Division Brigade Unit
First Division
88 officers
1,331 men
4 guns		 3rd Brigade
BG Alexander Chambers		 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William Hall
13th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Shane
15th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William W. Belknap
16th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Addison H. Sanders
Batteries C and M, 1st Missouri Artillery: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Third Division
BG Mortimer D. Leggett
256 officers
5,133 men
16 guns		 1st Brigade
BG Manning F. Force		 20th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Daniel Bradley
31st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Robert N. Pearson
45th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John O. Duer
124th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Howe
2nd Brigade
Col Benjamin F. Potts		 20th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc John C. Fry
32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets
68th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc George E. Welles
78th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles
3rd Brigade
BG Jasper A. Maltby		 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Josiah A. Sheetz
17th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Francis M. Smith
30th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Warren Shedd
7th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William S. Oliver
Artillery
Cpt William S. Williams		 Battery H, 1st Michigan Artillery: Lt Marcus D. Elliott
3rd Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Thomas J. Blackburn
26th Ohio Independent Battery (detachment): attached to 3rd Ohio
Escort 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, Company H: Cpt Ernest J. Meyers
Fourth Division
BG Marcellus M. Crocker
219 officers
4,832 men
16 guns		 1st Brigade
BG Thomas Kilby Smith		 41st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Nale
53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj Rolland H. Allison
3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Maj George W. Crosley
33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Col Jonathan B. Moore
2nd Brigade
Col Cyrus Hall		 14th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John F. Nolte
15th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col George C. Rogers
76th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles C. Jones
3rd Brigade
BG Walter Q. Gresham		 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc George H. English
23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William P. Davis
53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Jones
12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc James K. Proudfit
Artillery
Cpt John Wesley Powell		 Battery F, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Lt Walter H. Powell
7th Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Harlow P. McNaughton
15th Ohio Independent Battery: Cpt Edward Spear Jr.
Escort 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company G: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp
Cavalry
81 officers
1,871 men
4 guns		 Brigade
Col Edward F. Winslow		 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Maj Abel H. Seley
11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Lucien H. Kerr
4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Ltc John H. Peters
10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Frederick W. Benteen
Close

Smith's Column

BG William Sooy Smith[7]

More information Division, Brigade ...
Union order of battle for W. Sooy Smith's column[8]
Division Brigade Unit
Cavalry Division
BG Benjamin H. Grierson
292 officers
6,312 men
12 guns		 1st Brigade
Col George E. Waring Jr.		 2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Franklin Moore
7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Franklin Moore, Col John P. C. Shanks
4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Maj Gustav Heinrichs
2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment: Col Joseph Kargé
19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
2nd Brigade
Col William Peters Hepburn		 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Mathew H. Starr
7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc George W. Trafton
9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Henry B. Burgh
2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Maj Datus E. Coon
Battery K, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt Isaac W. Curtis
3rd Brigade
Col Lafayette McCrillis		 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Andrew B. Kirkbride
72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (mounted): Maj Henry M. Carr
5th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment: Maj Christopher T. Cheek
2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William R. Cook
3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Maj John B. Minnis
4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
Unattached 4th US Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Charles S. Bowman[note 3]
Close

Yazoo Expedition

Col James Henry Coates[9]

More information Brigade, Unit ...
Union order of battle for Yazoo expedition[9]
Brigade Unit
Brigade
Col James Henry Coates		 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj George C. McKee
8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent): Ltc Ferdinand E. Peebles
1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent): Col Embury D. Osband
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Tuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).
  2. [2]
    McMillan's brigade operated with Smith's cavalry near Memphis, 6–15 February. 1st Brigade strength is not counted in 1st Division total (Official Records, p. 168).
  3. [3]
    The 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

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