Atlanta Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG William T. Sherman

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson (k)
MG John A. Logan

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade


Col Milo Smith

2nd Brigade


Col James A. Williamson

3rd Brigade


Col Hugo A. von Wangelin (w)

Artillery


Maj Clemens Landgrauber

Second Division
BG Morgan L. Smith
BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn

1st Brigade


Col James S. Martin

2nd Brigade


BG Joseph Lightburn
Col Wells S. Jones

Artillery


Cpt Francis DeGress

Fourth Division
BG William Harrow

1st Brigade


Col Reuben Williams

2nd Brigade


Col Charles C. Walcutt

3rd Brigade


Col John M. Oliver

Artillery


Cpt Henry H. Griffiths

XVI Corps (Left Wing)

MG Grenville M. Dodge

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
BG Thomas W. Sweeny

1st Brigade


BG Elliott W. Rice

2nd Brigade


Col August Mersy (w)
Ltc Robert N. Adams

3rd Brigade


BG William Vandever
(garrison duty at Rome)

Artillery


Cpt Frederick Welker

Fourth Division
BG John W. Fuller

1st Brigade


Col John Morrill

2nd Brigade


Col John W. Sprague
(engaged at Decatur)

Artillery


Cpt Jerome B. Burrows

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
BG Mortimer D. Leggett

1st Brigade


BG Manning F. Force

2nd Brigade


Col Robert K. Scott (w)
Ltc Greenbury F. Wiles

3rd Brigade


Col Adam G. Malloy

Artillery


Cpt William S. Williams

Fourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith

1st Brigade


Col Benjamin F. Potts

2nd Brigade


Col John Logan
(on garrison duty in northern Georgia)

3rd Brigade


Col William Hall

Artillery


Cpt Edward Spear

Notes

  1. Non-veterans mustered out July 29, 1864.
  2. Consolidated with 15th Illinois January 7, 1864.

References

  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
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