Bentonville Union order of battle
# Bentonville Union order of battle

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

## Abbreviations used

### Military rank

* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = Lieutenant
* Bvt = Brevet

### Other

* w = wounded

## Grand Army of the West

MG William T. Sherman, commanding

Headquarters Guard

    7th Company, Ohio Sharpshooters

Engineers and Mechanics

    1st Michigan: Col John B. Yates
    1st Missouri (five companies)

### Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

MG Oliver O. Howard

Escort

    15th Illinois Cavalry

Pontoon Train Guard

    14th Wisconsin, Company E

**XV Corps**

MG John A. Logan

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| 1st Division   Bvt MG Charles R. Woods | 1st Brigade   Bvt BG William B. Woods | 12th Indiana 26th Iowa 27th Missouri 31st/32nd Missouri (6 companies) 76th Ohio |
| 1st Division   Bvt MG Charles R. Woods | 2nd Brigade   Col Robert F. Catterson | 26th Illinois 40th Illinois 103rd Illinois 97th Indiana 100th Indiana: Col Ruel Johnson 6th Iowa 46th Ohio |
| 1st Division   Bvt MG Charles R. Woods | 3rd Brigade   Col George A. Stone | 4th Iowa 9th Iowa 25th Iowa 30th Iowa 31st Iowa |
| 2nd Division   MG William B. Hazen | 1st Brigade Col Theodore Jones | 55th Illinois 116th Illinois 127th Illinois 6th Missouri (Companies A and B, 8th Missouri attached): Ltc Delos von Deusen 30th Ohio 57th Ohio |
| 2nd Division   MG William B. Hazen | 2nd Brigade   Col Wells S. Jones | 111th Illinois 83rd Indiana 37th Ohio 47th Ohio 53rd Ohio 54th Ohio |
| 2nd Division   MG William B. Hazen | 3rd Brigade   BG John M. Oliver | 48th Illinois 90th Illinois 99th Indiana 15th Michigan 70th Ohio |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG John E. Smith | 1st Brigade   BG William T. Clark | 63rd Illinois 93rd Illinois (with detachment non-veterans of 18th Wisconsin) 48th Indiana 59th Indiana 4th Minnesota |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG John E. Smith | 2nd Brigade   Col Clark R. Wever | 56th Illinois 10th Iowa 17th Iowa (one company) 26th Missouri (two companies, and detachment, 10th Missouri) 80th Ohio |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG John M. Corse | 1st Brigade   BG Elliott W. Rice | 52nd Illinois 66th Indiana 2nd Iowa 7th Iowa |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG John M. Corse | 2nd Brigade   Col Robert N. Adams | 12th Illinois 66th Illinois 81st Ohio |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG John M. Corse | 3rd Brigade   Col Frederick J. Hurlbut | 7th Illinois 50th Illinois 57th Illinois 39th Iowa |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG John M. Corse | Unassigned (not engaged) | 110th United States Colored Troops |
| Artillery   Ltc William H. Ross | Battery H, 1st Illinois Light: Cpt Francis DeGress Battery B, 1st Michigan Light: Lt Edward B. Wright Battery H, 1st Missouri Light: Cpt Charles M. Callahan 12th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt William Zickerick |
| Unassigned | 29th Missouri (Mounted) |

**XVII Corps**

MG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Escort

    11th Illinois Cavalry (Company G)

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| 1st Division   MG Joseph A. Mower | 1st Brigade   BG John W. Fuller | 64th Illinois: Cpt Joseph S. Reynolds 18th Missouri: Col Charles Sheldon 27th Ohio 39th Ohio |
| 1st Division   MG Joseph A. Mower | 2nd Brigade   Col Milton Montgomery | 35th New Jersey 43rd Ohio 63rd Ohio 25th Wisconsin |
| 1st Division   MG Joseph A. Mower | 3rd Brigade   Col John Tillson | 10th Illinois 25th Indiana 32nd Wisconsin |
| 3rd Division   BG Manning F. Force | Provost Guard | 20th Illinois: Ltc Henry King |
| 3rd Division   BG Manning F. Force | 1st Brigade   Col Cassius Fairchild | 30th Illinois: Col Warren Shedd 31st Illinois: Col Edwin S. McCook 45th Illinois: Col John O. Duer 12th Wisconsin 16th Wisconsin |
| 3rd Division   BG Manning F. Force | 2nd Brigade   Col Greenberry F. Wiles | 20th Ohio 68th Ohio 78th Ohio 17th Wisconsin |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG Giles A. Smith | 1st Brigade   BG Benjamin F. Potts | 14th/15th Illinois (battalion) 53rd Illinois 23rd Indiana 53rd Indiana 32nd Ohio |
| 4th Division   Bvt MG Giles A. Smith | 3rd Brigade   BG William W. Belknap | 32nd Illinois 11th Iowa 13th Iowa 15th Iowa 16th Iowa |
| Artillery   Maj Allen C. Waterhouse | Battery C, 1st Michigan Light: Lt William W. Hyser 1st Minnesota Battery 15th Ohio Battery |
| Unassigned | 9th Illinois (mounted) |

### Left Wing (Army of Georgia, recently the Army of the Cumberland)

MG Henry W. Slocum

Staff:

* Chief engineer: Lt William Ludlow

Pontoniers

    58th Indiana

**XIV Corps**

Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis

Staff:

* Chief of Staff Ltc Alexander C. McClurg
* Inspector General: Ltc Henry G. Litchfield

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| 1st Division   BG William P. Carlin | 1st Brigade   Bvt BG Harrison C. Hobart | 104th Illinois: Maj John Widmer 42nd Indiana 88th Indiana 33rd Ohio: Cpt Joseph Hinson 94th Ohio 21st Wisconsin: Maj Charles H. Walker |
| 1st Division   BG William P. Carlin | 2nd Brigade   Bvt BG George P. Buell | 13th Michigan: Maj Willard Eaton (k) 21st Michigan 69th Ohio |
| 1st Division   BG William P. Carlin | 3rd Brigade   Ltc David Miles (w)   Ltc Arnold McMahon | 38th Indiana: Cpt James H. Low (mw) 21st Ohio: Ltc Arnold McMahon 74th Ohio 79th Pennsylvania |
| 2nd Division   BG James D. Morgan | Provost Guard | 110th Illinois (Companies A & B, 24th Illinois attached) |
| 2nd Division   BG James D. Morgan | 1st Brigade   BG William Vandever | 16th Illinois: Cpt Herman Lund 60th Illinois 10th Michigan: Col Charles Lum 14th Michigan: Ltc George W. Grummond 17th New York: Cpt Alexander S. Marshall |
| 2nd Division   BG James D. Morgan | 2nd Brigade   BG John G. Mitchell | 34th Illinois: Cpt Peter F. Walker 78th Illinois: Ltc Maris R. Vernon 98th Ohio 108th Ohio 113th Ohio 121st Ohio: Maj Aaron Robinson |
| 2nd Division   BG James D. Morgan | 3rd Brigade   Bvt BG Benjamin D. Fearing (w)   Ltc James W. Langley | 86th Illinois: Ltc Allen L. Fahnestock 125th Illinois: Ltc James W. Langley 22nd Indiana: Cpt William h. Snodgrass 37th Indiana (one company) 52nd Ohio: Ltc Charles W. Clancy 85th Illinois |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Absalom Baird | 1st Brigade   Col Morton C. Hunter | 82nd Indiana 23rd Missouri (4 companies) 17th Ohio 31st Ohio 89th Ohio 92nd Ohio (11th Ohio attached) |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Absalom Baird | 2nd Brigade   Ltc Thomas Doan | 75th Indiana 87th Indiana 101st Indiana 2nd Minnesota 105th Ohio |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Absalom Baird | 3rd Brigade   Col George P. Este | 74th Indiana 18th Kentucky 14th Ohio 38th Ohio |
| Artillery   Maj Charles Houghtaling | Battery C, 1st Illinois Light: Lt Palmer Scovel Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light: Lt Judson Rich 19th Indiana Battery: Lt Samuel D. Webb (k), Lt Clinton Keeler 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Joseph McKnight |

**XX Corps**

Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams

| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| - | - | - |
| 1st Division   BG Nathaniel J. Jackson | 1st Brigade   Col James L. Selfridge | 5th Connecticut 123rd New York: Col James C. Rogers 141st New York 46th Pennsylvania |
| 1st Division   BG Nathaniel J. Jackson | 2nd Brigade   Col William Hawley | 2nd Massachusetts 13th New Jersey: Maj Frederick H. Harris 107th New York 150th New York 3rd Wisconsin |
| 1st Division   BG Nathaniel J. Jackson | 3rd Brigade   BG James S. Robinson | 82nd Illinois: Ltc Edward S. Salomon 101st Illinois: Ltc John B. LeSage 143rd New York: Ltc Hezekiah Watkins 82nd Ohio 61st Ohio 31st Wisconsin |
| 2nd Division   Bvt MG John W. Geary | 1st Brigade   Bvt BG Ario Pardee, Jr. | 5th Ohio 29th Ohio 66th Ohio 28th Pennsylvania 147th Pennsylvania |
| 2nd Division   Bvt MG John W. Geary | 2nd Brigade   Col George W. Mindil | 33rd New Jersey 119th New York 134th New York 154th New York 73rd Pennsylvania 109th Pennsylvania |
| 2nd Division   Bvt MG John W. Geary | 3rd Brigade   Bvt BG Henry A. Barnum | 60th New York 102nd New York 137th New York 149th New York 29th Pennsylvania 111th Pennsylvania |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG William T. Ward | 1st Brigade   Col Henry Case | 70th Indiana 79th Ohio 102nd Illinois 105th Illinois 129th Illinois |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG William T. Ward | 2nd Brigade   Col Daniel Dustin | 33rd Indiana 85th Indiana 19th Michigan 22nd Wisconsin |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG William T. Ward | 3rd Brigade   Bvt BG William Cogswell | 20th Connecticut: Ltc Philo B. Buckingham 33rd Massachusetts 136th New York 55th Ohio: Col Edwin H. Powers 73rd Ohio: Ltc Samuel H. Hurst 26th Wisconsin: Col Frederick C. Winkler |
| Artillery   Maj John A. Reynolds | Battery I, 1st New York Light: Cpt Charles E. Winegar Battery M, 1st New York Light: Lt Edward P. Newkirk Battery C, 1st Ohio Light: Lt Jerome Stephens Battery E, Pennsylvania Light: Cpt Thomas S. Sloan |

### Cavalry

| Division | Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
| - | - | - |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick | 1st Brigade   Col Thomas J. Jordan | 3rd Indiana Cavalry (battalion) 8th Indiana Cavalry 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick | 2nd Brigade   Bvt BG Smith D. Atkins | 92nd Illinois (mounted) 9th Ohio Cavalry 10th Ohio Cavalry 9th Michigan Cavalry McLaughlin's (Ohio) Squadron |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick | 3rd Brigade   Col George E. Spencer | 1st Alabama Cavalry 5th Kentucky Cavalry 5th Ohio Cavalry |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick | 4th Brigade (provisional)   Ltc William B. Way | 1st Regiment 2nd Regiment 3rd Regiment |
| 3rd Division   Bvt MG Judson Kilpatrick | Artillery | 10th Wisconsin Battery |
