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Battle of Nashville
Union Order of Battle

Army of the Cumberland

Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas

Chief of Staff

Brig. Gen. William D. Whipple

Detachment, Army of the Tennessee

Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith

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1st Division

Brig. Gen. John McArthur

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1st Brigade

Col. William L. McMillen

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114th Illinois Infantry

Capt. John M. Johnson

93rd Indiana Infantry

Col. DeWitt C. Thomas 

Capt. Charles A. Hubbard

10th Minnesota Infantry

Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Jennison (w)

Capt. Edwin C. Sanders

72nd Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Charles G. Eaton

95th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jefferson Brumback

Cogswell's Battery Illinois Light Artillery

Lieut. S. Hamilton McClaury

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2nd Brigade

Col. Lucius F. Hubbard

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5th Minnesota Infantry

Lieut. Col. William B. Gere

9th Minnesota Infantry

Col. Josiah F. Marsh

11th Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. Eli Bowyer (w)

Maj. Modesta J. Green

8th Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. William B. Britton

2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery

Capt. Joseph R. Reed

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3rd Brigade

Col. Sylvester G. Hill (k)

Col. William R. Marshall

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12th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. John H. Stibbs

35th Iowa Infantry

Maj. William Dill

Capt. Abraham N. Snyder

7th Minnesota Infantry

Col. William R. Marshall 

Lieut. Col. George Bradley

33rd Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. William H. Heath

Battery I, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery

Capt. Stephen H. Julian

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2nd Division

Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard

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1st Brigade

Col. David Moore

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119th Illinois Infantry

Col. Thomas J. Kinney

122nd Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. James F. Drish

89th Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. Hervey Craven

21st Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. Edwin Moore

9th Battery, Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Samuel G. Calfee

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2nd Brigade

Col. James I Gilbert

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58th Illinois Infantry

Maj. Robert W. Healy

27th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jed Lake

32nd Iowas Infantry

Lieut. Col. Gustavus A. Eberhart

10th Kansas Infantry (four companies)

Capt. William C. Jones

3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery

Lieut. Thomas J. Ginn

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3rd Brigade

Col. Edward H. Wolfe

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49th Illinois Infantry

Col. Phineas Pease

117th Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. Jonathan Merriam 

52nd Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. Zalmon S. Main

178th New York Infantry

Capt. John B. Gandolfo

Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. John W. Lowell

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3rd Division

Col. Jonathan B. Moore

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1st Brigade

Col. Lyman M. Ward

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72nd Illinois Infantry

Capt. James A. Sexton

40th Missouri Infantry

Col. Samuel A. Holmes

14th Wisconsin Infantry

Maj. Eddy F. Ferris

33rd Wisconsin Infantry

Lieut. Col. Frederick S. Lovell

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2nd Brigade

Col. Leander Blandon

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81st Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. Andrew W. Rogers

95th Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. William Avery

44th Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. Andrew J. Barr

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Artillery

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14th Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. Francis W. Morse

Battery A, 2nd Missouri Light

Lieut. John Zepp

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Provisional Detachment

(District of the Etowah)

Maj. Gen. James B. Steedman

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Provisional Division

Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft

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1st Brigade

Col. Benjamin Harrison

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3 Battalions detached from the XX Corps

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2nd Brigade

(Army of the Tennessee)

Col. Adam Gale Malloy

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Consisted of Men on detached duty form the XVII Corps

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2nd Brigade

Col. John G. Mitchell

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Consisted of men on detached duty from the XIV Corps

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3rd Brigade

Lieut. Col. Charles H. Grosvenor

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68th Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. Harvey J. Espy

18th Ohio Infantry

Capt. Ebenezer Grosvenor (k)

Capt. John M. Benedict (w)

Lieut. Charles Grant

2nd Battalion, XIV Corps

Capt. D. H. Henderson (w)

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Artillery

20th Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. Milton A. Osborne

18th Ohio Battery

Capt. Charles C. Aleshire

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U.S.C.T.

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1st Colored Brigade

Col. Thomas J. Morgan

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14th U.S. Colored Troops

Lieut. Col. Henry C. Corbin

16th U.S. Colored Troops

Col. William B. Gaw

17th U.S. Colored Troops

Col. William R. Shafter

18th U.S. Colored Troops (Battalion)

Maj. Lewis D. Joy

44th U.S. Colored Troops (Battalion)

Col. Lewis Johnson

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2nd Colored Brigade

Col. Charles R. Thompson

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12th U.S. Colored Troops 

Lieut. Col. William R. Sellon

Capt. Henry Hegner

13th U.S. Colored Troops

Col. John A. Hottenstein

100th U.S. Colored Troops 

Maj. Collin Ford

1st Battery, Kansas Light Artillery

Capt. Marcus D. Tenney

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Post of Nashville

Brig. Gen. John F. Miller

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2nd Brigade

4th Division, XX Corps

Col. Edwin C. Mason

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142nd Indiana Infantry

Col. John M. Comparet

45th New York Infantry

Lieut. Col. Adolphus Dobke

176th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. William B. Nesbitt

179th Ohio Infantry

Col. Harley H. Sage

182nd Ohio Infantry

Col. Lewis Butler

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Unattached

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3rd Kentucky Infantry

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28th Michigan Infantry

Col. William W. Wheeler

173rd Ohio Infantry 

Col. John R. Hurd

78th Pennsylvania Infantry (detachment)

Maj. Henry W. Torbett

Veteran Reserve Corps

Col. Frank P. Cahill

44th Wisconsin (Battalion)

Lieut. Col. Oliver C. Bissell

45th Wisconsin (Battalion)

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Garrison Artillery

Maj. John J. Ely

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Bridges' Battery, Illinois Light

Lieut. Lyman A. White

2nd Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. James S. Whicher

4th Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. Benjamin F. Johnson

12th Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. James E. White

21st Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. Abram Piatt Andrew

22nd Battery, Indiana Light

Capt. Edward W. Nicholson

24th Battery, Indiana Light

Lieut. Hiram Allen

Battery F, 1st Michigan Light

Capt. Byron D. Paddock

Battery A, 1st Ohio Light

Lieut. Frank B. Reckard

20th Battery, Ohio Light

Capt. William Backus

Battery C, 1st Tennessee Light

Lieut. Joseph Grigsby

Battery D, 1st Tennessee Light

Capt. Samuel D. Leinart

Battery A, 3rd U.S. Colored Light

Capt. Josiah V. Meigs

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Quartermasters Division

Brig. Gen. James L. Donaldson

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Composed of Quartermaster's employees

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Cavalry Corps

Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson

Escort

4th U.S. Cavalry

Lieut. Joseph Hedges

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1st Division

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. John T. Croxton

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8th Iowa Cavalry

Col. Joseph B. Dorr

4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry

Col. Robert M. Kelly

2nd Michigan Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Benjamin Smith

1st Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Calvin M. Dyer

Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Illinois  Light Artillery

Capt. George I Robinson

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5th Division

Brig. Gen. Edward Hatch

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1st Brigade

Col. Robert R. Stewart

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3rd Illinois Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Robert H. Carnahan

11th Indiana Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Abram Sharra

12th Missouri Cavalry

Col. Oliver Wells

10th Tennessee Cavalry

Maj. William P. Story (mw)

Maj. James T. Abernathy

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2nd Brigade

Col. Datus E. Coon

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6th Illinois Cavalry

Lieut. Col. John Lynch

7th Illinois Cavalry

Maj. John M. Graham

9th Illinois Cavalry

Capt. Joseph W. Harper

2nd Iowa Cavalry

Maj. Charles C. Horton

12th Tennessee Cavalry

Col. George Spalding (w)

Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Lieut. Joseph A. McCartney

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6th Division

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson

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1st Brigade

Col. Thomas J. Harrison

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16th Illinois Cavalry

Maj. Charles H. Beeres

5th Iowa Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Harlon Baird

7th Ohio Cavalry

Col. Israel Garrard

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2nd Brigade

Col. James Biddle

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14th Illinois Cavalry

Maj. Haviland Tompkins

6th Indiana Cavalry

Maj. Jacob S. Stephens

8th Michigan Cavalry

Col. Elisha Mix

3rd Tennessee Cavalry

Maj. Benjamin Cunningham

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Artillery

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Battery I, 4th U.S. 

Lieut. Frank G. Smith

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7th Division

Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe

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1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. John H. Hammond

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9th Indiana Cavalry

Col. George W. Jackson

10th Indiana Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Benjamin Q. A. Gresham

19th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Hess

2nd Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. William R. Cook

4th Tennessee Cavalry

Lieut. Col. Jacob M. Thornburgh

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2nd Brigade

Col. Gilbert M. L. Johnson

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12th Indiana Cavalry

Col. Edward Anderson

13th Indiana Cavalry

Lieut. Col. William T. Pepper

6th Tennessee Cavalry

Col. Fielding Hurst

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Artillery

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14th Battery, Ohio Light

Lieut. William C. Myers

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