Battle of Franklin (1863) order of battle

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The following Union and Confederate army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Franklin on April 10, 1863. Organization is compiled from the Official Records of the American Civil War.

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Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Union

Army of Kentucky

MG Gordon Granger [1]

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Baird's Division
     BG Absalom Baird [2]

1st Brigade


   Col John Coburn [3]

2nd Brigade


   Col Smith D. Atkins

3rd Brigade


   Col William P. Reid

4th Brigade


   BG George Crook

Unattached

Gilbert's Division
     BG Charles C. Gilbert [5]

Not brigaded

1st Cavalry Division
     BG David S. Stanley [7]

1st Brigade


   Ltc William B. Sipes [8]

2nd Brigade


   Ltc Oliver P. Robie

3rd Brigade


   Col Daniel M. Ray [9]

Attached cavalry

4th Cavalry Brigade (Dept. of the Cumberland)


   BG Green Clay Smith

Confederate

Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee

MG Earl Van Dorn [10]

BrigadeRegiments and Other
First Brigade

   BG Frank Armstrong

  • 3rd Arkansas Cavalry
  • 4th Mississippi Cavalry
  • 1st Tennessee Cavalry
  • Sanders’ Tennessee Cavalry Battalion
  • Escort (James H. Polk’s Mississippi Company)
Second Brigade

   Col James W. Starnes

Unattached
  • Freeman’s Tennessee (Horse Artillery) Battery
  • Forrest’s Tennessee Escort

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