Carolinas campaign order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Carolinas campaign of the American Civil War . The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[ 1]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
Union Forces
MG William T. Sherman
Headquarters guard:
Engineers:
Artillery: Bvt MG William Farquhar Barry
MG Oliver O. Howard
Escort:
Pontoon Train Guard:
XV Corps
MG John A. Logan
XVII Corps
MG Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Escort:
MG Henry W. Slocum
Pontoniers:
XIV Corps
Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis
Provost guard: Ltc E. Hibbard Topping
XX Corps
Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
MG Joseph A. Mower
MG John M. Schofield
Escort:
Signal Corps: Cpt Edmund H. Russell
Engineers:
15th New York (3 companies): Maj Henry V. Slosson
Artillery: Ltc Terance J. Kennedy
X Corps
MG Alfred H. Terry
Escort: Company I, 20th New York Cavalry: Cpt John J. Carroll
Division
Brigade
Regiments and others
First Division
Bvt MG Henry Warner Birge
1st Brigade
at Morehead City
2nd Brigade
at Wilmington
3rd Brigade
Col Nicholas W. Day
Artillery
Second Division
Bvt MG Adelbert Ames
1st Brigade
Col Rufus Daggett
2nd Brigade
Col William B. Coan
Col John S. Littell
3rd Brigade
Col G. Frederick Granger
Artillery
16th New York Battery: Cpt Richard H. Lee
Third Division
BG Charles Jackson Paine
1st Brigade
Bvt BG Delevan Bates
2nd Brigade
Bvt BG Samuel A. Duncan
Unattached
Battery E, 3rd US Artillery: Lt John R. Myrick
XXIII Corps
MG Jacob Dolson Cox
Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure
Provost Guard:
Artillery: Ltc George W. Schofield, Cpt Giles J. Cockerill
Notes
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XLVII, Part 1, pages 46-60
See also
References
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion : a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
Bradley, Mark L. This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2000. ISBN 0-8078-2565-4