Battle of Champion Hill order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Champion Hill of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, returns of casualties[2] and reports.[3]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Army of the Tennessee
MG Ulysses S. Grant
XIII Corps
MG John A. McClernand
Escort:
- 3rd Illinois Cavalry (Company L): Cpt David R. Sparks
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Ninth Division | 1st Brigade BG Theophilus T. Garrard |
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17th Brigade Col Daniel W. Lindsey |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry |
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Tenth Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry |
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Twelfth Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade Col James R. Slack |
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Artillery |
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Cavalry |
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Fourteenth Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Unattached units |
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XV Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Second Division [attached to XIII Corps] | 1st Brigade Col Giles A. Smith |
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2nd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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XVII Corps
Provisional Cavalry Battalion: Cpt John S. Foster
- 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Companies A & B): Lt W. B. Cummins
- 4th Missouri Cavalry (Company F): Lt A. Mueller
- 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Third Division | 1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade |
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Artillery |
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Seventh Division | 1st Brigade Col John B. Sanborn |
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2nd Brigade Col Samuel A. Holmes |
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3rd Brigade Col George B. Boomer |
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Artillery Cpt Frank C. Sands |
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See also
Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 7-11 and The Battle of Champion Hill website (Order of Battle)
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXIV, Part 2, pages 725-726
- ^ Quinby returned to the field on the morning of May 16. However, Crocker was left in command as he was already deploying the division for battle. Quinby stayed with the army until the battle was decided, then assumed command. Quinby’s Official Report
References
- 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.
- The Battle of Champion Hill website