ORDERS OF BATTLE

THE MARCH TO THE SEA, NOVEMBER 15– DECEMBER 21, 1864

UNION FORCES

Overall command: Major General William

Tecumseh Sherman

Headquarters Guard

7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters

Engineers

1st Missouri (five companies)

The Army of the Tennessee (right wing)

Commander:

Major General Oliver O. Howard

Approximately 27,000 men

Escort

15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K

4th Company Ohio Cavalry

XV Corps

Major General Peter J. Osterhaus (15,679 men)

1st Division

Brigadier General Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade – Colonel Milo Smith

12th Indiana

26th Iowa

27th Missouri

29th Missouri

31st & 32nd Missouri Battalion

76th Ohio

2nd Brigade – Brigadier General Charles C. Walcutt (wounded Nov 22)/

Colonel Robert F. Catterson

26th Illinois

40th Illinois

103rd Illinois

97th Indiana

100th Indiana

6th Iowa 46th Ohio

3rd Brigade – Colonel James A. Williamson

4th Iowa

9th Iowa

25th Iowa

30th Iowa

31st Iowa

2nd Division

Brigadier General William B. Hazen

1st Brigade – Colonel Theodore Jones

55th Illinois

116th Illinois

127th Illinois

6th Missouri

8th Missouri (two companies)

30th Ohio

57th Ohio

2nd Brigade – Colonel Wells S. Jones

(wounded Dec 13)/Colonel James S. Martin

111th Illinois

83rd Indiana

37th Ohio

47th Ohio

53rd Ohio

54th Ohio

3rd Brigade – Colonel John M. Oliver

48th Illinois

90th Illinois

99th Indiana

15th Michigan

70th Ohio

3rd Division

Brigadier General John E. Smith

1st Brigade – Colonel Joseph B. McCown

63rd Illinois

93rd Illinois (non-veterans 18th Wisconsin attached)

48th Indiana

59th Indiana

4th Minnesota

2nd Brigade – Bvt Brigadier General Green B. Raum

56th Illinois

10th Iowa

26th Missouri (detachment 10th Missouri attached)

80th Ohio

4th Division

Brigadier General John M. Corse

1st Brigade – Brigadier General Elliott W. Rice

52nd Illinois

66th Indiana

2nd Iowa

7th Iowa

2nd Brigade – Colonel Robert N. Adams

12th Illinois

66th Illinois

81st Ohio

3rd Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Frederick J. Hurlbut

7th Illinois

50th Illinois

57th Illinois 39th Iowa

Artillery

Major Charles J. Stolbrand

1st Illinois Light, Battery H

1st Michigan Light, Battery B

1st Missouri Light, Battery H

Wisconsin Light, 12th Battery

XVII Corps

Major General Frank P. Blair, Jr. (11,358 men)

Escort

11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G

1st Division

Major General Joseph A. Mower

1st Brigade –

Brigadier General John W. Fuller

64th Illinois

18th Missouri

27th Ohio

39th Ohio

2nd Brigade – Brigadier General John W. Sprague

35th New Jersey

43rd Ohio

63rd Ohio

25th Wisconsin

3rd Brigade – Colonel John Tillson

10th Illinois

25th Indiana

32nd Wisconsin

3rd Division

Brigadier General Mortimer D. Leggett

Provost Guard

20th Illinois, Captain Henry King

1st Brigade – Brigadier General Manning F. Force

30th Illinois

31st Illinois

45th Illinois

12th Wisconsin

16th Wisconsin

2nd Brigade – Colonel Robert K. Scott

20th Ohio

68th Ohio

78th Ohio

17th Wisconsin

4th Division

Brigadier General Giles A. Smith

1st Brigade – Colonel Benjamin F. Potts

14th Illinois (Battalion)

15th Illinois

41st Illinois (Battalion)

53rd Illinois

23rd Indiana

53rd Indiana

32nd Ohio

Third Brigade –

Brigadier General William W. Belknap

32nd Illinois

11th Iowa

13th Iowa

15th Iowa

16th Iowa

Artillery

1st Michigan Light, Battery C

Minnesota Light, 1st Battery

Ohio Light, 15th Battery

The Army of Georgia (left wing)

Commander:

Major General Henry W. Slocum (Approximately 27,500 men)

Pontoniers

58th Indiana

Engineers

1st Michigan (detachment)

XIV Corps

Bvt Major General Jefferson C. Davis (13,352 men)

1st Division

Brigadier General William P. Carlin

1st Brigade – Colonel Harrison C. Hobart

104th Illinois

42nd Indiana

88th Indiana

33rd Ohio

94th Ohio

21st Wisconsin

2nd Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Brigham

13th Michigan

21st Michigan

69th Ohio

3rd Brigade – Colonel Henry A. Hambright

(sick from 18 Nov)/

Lieutenant Colonel David Miles

38th Indiana

21st Ohio

74th Ohio

79th Pennsylvania

2nd Division

Brigadier General James D. Morgan

1st Brigade – Colonel Robert F. Smith

16th Illinois

60th Illinois

10th Michigan

14th Michigan

17th New York

2nd Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel John S. Pearce

34th Illinois

78th Illinois

98th Ohio

108th Ohio

113th Ohio

121st Ohio

3rd Brigade – Lieutenant Colonel James W. Langley 85th Illinois

85th Illinois

86th Illinois

110th Illinois

125th Illinois

22nd Indiana

52nd Ohio

3rd Division

Brigadier General Absalom Baird

1st Brigade – Colonel Morton C. Hunter

82nd Indiana

23rd Missouri

17th Ohio

31st Ohio

89th Ohio

92nd Ohio (Company A, 24th Illinois attached)

2nd Brigade – Colonel Newell Gleason

75th Indiana

87th Indiana

101st Indiana

2nd Minnesota

105th Ohio

3rd Brigade – Colonel George P. Este

74th Indiana

18th Kentucky

14th Ohio

38th Ohio

Artillery

Major Charles Houghtaling

1st Illinois Light, Battery C (detachment 11th Ohio infantry attached)

2nd Illinois Light, Battery I

Indiana Light, 19th Battery

Wisconsin Light, 5th Battery

XX Corps

Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams (14,096 men)

1st Division

Brigadier General Nathaniel J. Jackson

1st Brigade – Colonel James L. Selfridge

5th Connecticut

123rd New York

141st New York

46th Pennsylvania

2nd Brigade – Colonel Ezra A. Carman

2nd Massachusetts

13th New Jersey

107th New York

150th New York

3rd Wisconsin

3rd Brigade – Colonel James S. Robinson

82nd Illinois

101st Illinois

143rd New York

61st Ohio

82nd Ohio

31st Wisconsin

2nd Division

Brigadier General John W. Geary

1st Brigade – Colonel Ario Pardee, Jr.

5th Ohio

29th Ohio

66th Ohio

28th Pennsylvania

147th Pennsylvania (detachment Battery E, Pennsylvania Artillery, attached)

2nd Brigade – Colonel Patrick H. Jones

33rd New Jersey

119th New York

134th New York

154th New York

73rd Pennsylvania

109th Pennsylvania

3rd Brigade – Colonel Henry A. Barnum

60th New York

102nd New York

137th New York

149th New York

29th Pennsylvania

111th Pennsylvania

3rd Division

Brigadier General William T. Ward

1st Brigade – Colonel Franklin C. Smith

102nd Illinois

105th Illinois

129th Illinois

70th Indiana

79th Ohio

2nd Brigade – Colonel Daniel Dustin

33rd Indiana

85th Indiana

19th Michigan

22nd Wisconsin

3rd Brigade – Colonel Samuel Ross

20th Connecticut

33rd Massachusetts

136th New York

55th Ohio

73rd Ohio

26th Wisconsin

Artillery

Major John A. Reynolds

1st New York Light, Battery I

1st New York Light, Battery M

1st Ohio Light, Battery C

Pennsylvania Light, Battery E

Cavalry

3rd Division

Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick (5,015 men)

1st Brigade – Colonel Eli H. Murray

8th Indiana

2nd Kentucky

3rd Kentucky

5th Kentucky

9th Pennsylvania

2nd Brigade – Colonel Smith D. Atkins

92nd Illinois

3rd Indiana

9th Michigan

5th Ohio

9th Ohio

10th Ohio

McLaughlin’s (Ohio) Squadron

Unattached

1st Alabama Cavalry

9th Illinois Mounted Infantry

Artillery

Captain Yates V. Beebe

10th Wisconsin Battery

CONFEDERATE FORCES

Cavalry Corps

Commander: Major General Joseph Wheeler (Approximately 3,500 men)

(No orders of battle are available for Wheeler’s cavalry force in the Savannah campaign. A non-official order of battle has been compiled using information gleaned from official reports and other documents.)

The following brigades are mentioned by Wheeler in his official report, or documented in other sources:

Hannon’s Brigade –

Colonel Moses W. Hannon

Lewis’ Brigade –

Brigadier General Joseph H. Lewis

Dibrell’s Brigade –

Brigadier General George G. Dibrell

Anderson’s Brigade –

Lieutenant Colonel Anderson

Harrison’s Texas Brigade –

Colonel Thomas Harrison

Ashby’s Brigade –

Colonel Henry M. Ashby

Crews’ Georgia Brigade –

Colonel Charles C. Crews

Hagan’s Alabama Brigade –

Colonel James Hagan

Breckinridge’s Brigade –

Colonel William C. P. Breckinridge

Ferguson’s Brigade

Brigadier General Samuel W. Ferguson

1st Division Georgia State Militia

Major General Gustavus W. Smith

1st Brigade Georgia State Militia

1st Georgia Militia

2nd Georgia Militia

3rd Georgia Militia

2nd Brigade Georgia State Militia

4th Georgia Militia

5th Georgia Militia

6th Georgia Militia

3rd Brigade Georgia State Militia

7th Georgia Militia

8th Georgia Militia

9th Georgia Militia

4th Brigade Georgia State Militia

10th Georgia Militia

11th Georgia Militia

12th Georgia Militia

Additional forces with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Brigades, Georgia State Militia, at Griswoldville, November 22, 1864

Georgia State Line – Lieutenant Colonel

Beverly D. Evans

(two understrength regiments, approximately 400 men)

1st Georgia State Line

2nd Georgia State Line

Confederate Reserve – Major Ferdinand

W. C. Cook

(two battalions of the Confederate Reserve, totaling around 400 men)

Athens Battalion

Augusta Battalion

14th Georgia Light Artillery, Anderson’s Battery (four guns)

Garrison of Savannah

Lieutenant General William J. Hardee

In addition to elements of Gustavus W. Smith’s Militia Division (holding the right of the defensive works), the following units were present in the garrison of Savannah:

McLaws’ Division

Major General Lafayette McLaws

1st Georgia Regulars

Barnwell’s (Georgia) Light Artillery

22nd Georgia Battalion (six companies)

27th Georgia Battalion, Company D

29th Georgia Battalion Cavalry (six companies)

3rd South Carolina Cavalry (eight companies)

Symons’ Reserves (ten companies)

Beaufort (South Carolina) Artillery Bonaud’s (Georgia) Battalion (two companies)

Terrell (Georgia) Light Artillery

Clinch’s (Georgia) Light Artillery (two companies)

Cobb Guards (two companies)

Daniell’s (Georgia) Light Battery

Guerard’s (Georgia) Light Battery

Maxwell’s (Georgia) Light Battery

German (South Carolina) Artillery

Hanleiter’s (Georgia) Battery

South Carolina Horse Artillery (section)

Lafayette (South Carolina) Artillery

Mercer (Georgia) Artillery

2nd Engineer Troops, Company D

Left wing

Major General Ambrose R. Wright

Colonel Browne’s Local Brigade

Major Jackson’s Augusta Battalion

Major Adams’ Athens Battalion

1st Regiment Augusta Local Infantry

Clemon’s Battalion Augusta Local Infantry

Jackson’s Battalion Augusta Local Infantry

Brooks’ Foreign Battalion

Griffin’s detachment, 55th Georgia

Captain Barnes’ company of artillerists from Augusta

Colonel von Zinken’s Local Troops

Ferguson’s Brigade (dismounted)

Local Reserves from Savannah

Brooks’ Light Battery

Guerard’s Light Battery

Maxwell’s & Barnwell’s Light Batteries (sections)

Major Hamilton’s artillery battalion (detachment)

Further Artillery

Regular Light Battery

Anderson’s Light Battery

Abell’s Light Battery

Pruden’s Light Battery

Other units

Young’s Brigade – Brigadier General Pierce

M. B. Young

7th Georgia Cavalry

Cobb’s (Georgia) Legion Cavalry

Phillips’ (Georgia) Legion Cavalry

Jeff Davis Legion Cavalry

Garrison of Fort McAllister

Emmett Rifles

Clinch’s Light Battery (section)

1st Georgia Reserves, Company D

1st Georgia Reserves, Company E