Knoxville Union order of battle

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.

Abbreviations used

General Headquarters

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Edward Ferrero	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 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 Battery, New York Artillery: Cpt Jacob Roemer Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Artillery: Cpt William W. Buckley
Second Division Col John F. Hartranft	1st Brigade 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
	Unattached	Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin

General Headquarters

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG Julius White	1st Brigade Col Samuel R. Mott[4][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
Second Division BG Julius White	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
Third Division BG Milo S. Hascall	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 Light Artillery: Lt William H. Pease
	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
	Artillery	24th Battery Indiana Artillery: Cpt Joseph A. Sims 19th Battery Ohio Artillery: Cpt Joseph C. Shields
	Provisional Brigade Col William A. Haskins	12th Kentucky: Maj Joseph M. Owens 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG William P. Sanders (mw)[6] Col Frank Wolford	1st Brigade Col Frank Wolford Ltc Silas Adams	1st Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Silas Adams 12th Kentucky Cavalry: Law's Howitzer Battery:
	2nd Brigade Ltc Emory S. Bond	112th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Maj Tristram T. Dow 8th Michigan Cavalry: 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry: 15th Battery, Indiana Artillery:
	3rd Brigade Col Charles D. Pennebaker	11th Kentucky Cavalry: Col S. Palace Love 27th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Ltc John H. Ward
Second Division Col John W. Foster	1st Brigade Col Israel Garrard	2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 7th Ohio Cavalry 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Battery M, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
Second Division Col John W. Foster	2nd Brigade Col Felix W. Graham Col Horace Capron[7]	14th Illinois Cavalry 5th Indiana Cavalry 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry 9th Ohio Cavalry 8th Tennessee Cavalry Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, pages 812-817 (Troops in the Department of the Ohio, Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, U. S. Army, commanding, October 31, 1864)
Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1,pages 288-293
Eicher p.432
Mott's brigade did not take an active part in the campaign Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXI, Part 1, page 289
Official Records
Sanders was mortally wounded November 18, 1863 at Campbell's Station (Eicher, p. 610).
Eicher p.162

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

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