Peachtree Creek Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Peachtree Creek of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Army of the Cumberland

MG George Henry Thomas

IV Corps

MG Oliver O. Howard

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division
     MG David S. Stanley

1st Brigade

   Col Isaac M. Kirby

2nd Brigade


   Col Jacob E. Taylor

3rd Brigade

   Col William Grose

Artillery

   Cpt Theodore Thomasson

Second Division
     BG John Newton

1st Brigade

   BG Nathan Kimball

2nd Brigade

   Col John W. Blake

3rd Brigade

   BG Luther P. Bradley

Artillery

   Cpt Charles Aleshire
   Cpt Wilbur Goodspeed

Third Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood

1st Brigade

   Col William H. Gibson

2nd Brigade

   BG William B. Hazen

3rd Brigade

   Col Frederick Knefler

Artillery

   Cpt Cullen Bradley

XIV Corps

MG John M. Palmer

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division
    BG Richard W. Johnson

1st Brigade

   Col Anson G. McCook

2nd Brigade

   BG John H. King

3rd Brigade


   Col Marshall F. Moore

Artillery

   Cpt Lucius Drury

Second Division
     BG Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade

   BG James D. Morgan

2nd Brigade

   Col John G. Mitchell

3rd Brigade

   Col Caleb J. Dilworth

Artillery

   Cpt Charles Barnett

XX Corps

MG Joseph Hooker

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division
     BG Alpheus S. Williams

1st Brigade

   BG Joseph F. Knipe

2nd Brigade

   BG Thomas H. Ruger

3rd Brigade

   Col James S. Robinson

Artillery

   Cpt John D. Woodbury

  • Battery I, 1st New York Light
  • Battery M, 1st New York Light

Second Division
     BG John W. Geary

1st Brigade

   Col Charles Candy

2nd Brigade

   Col Patrick Henry Jones

3rd Brigade

   Col David Ireland

Third Division
     BG William T. Ward

1st Brigade

   Col Benjamin Harrison

2nd Brigade

   Col John Coburn

3rd Brigade

   Col James Wood

Artillery

   Cpt Marco B. Gary

Unattached Units
    

Reserve Brigade

   Col Heber Le Favour

Pontoniers

   Col George P. Buell

Siege Artillery

   Cpt Arnold Sutermeister

Notes

  1. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; Series 1 - Volume XXXVIII; Part 1 - Reports, etc. Official Report No.2, Organization of the Union forces, page 98
  2. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, Series I, Volume XXXVIII; Part 1 – Reports, etc. Official Report No. 2, Organization of the Union forces, page 89


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