Battle of Bentonville order of battle: Union
The following Union Army units[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Bentonville of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used[edit]
Military rank[edit]
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
- Bvt = Brevet
Other[edit]
- w = wounded
Grand Army of the West[edit]
MG William T. Sherman, commanding
Headquarters Guard
Engineers and Mechanics
- 1st Michigan: Col John B. Yates
- 1st Missouri (five companies)
Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)[edit]
Escort
Pontoon Train Guard
- 14th Wisconsin, Company E
XV Corps[edit]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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2nd Division
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1st Brigade
Col Theodore Jones |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade | ||
3rd Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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4th Division
|
1st Brigade | |
2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Unassigned (not engaged) | ||
Artillery
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| |
Unassigned |
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XVII Corps[edit]
Escort
- 11th Illinois Cavalry (Company G)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Division
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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3rd Division
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Provost Guard |
|
1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade
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4th Division
|
1st Brigade |
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3rd Brigade | ||
Artillery
|
| |
Unassigned |
|
Left Wing (Army of Georgia, recently the Army of the Cumberland)[edit]
Staff:
- Chief engineer: Lt William Ludlow
Pontoniers
XIV Corps[edit]
Bvt MG Jefferson C. Davis
Staff:
- Chief of Staff Ltc Alexander C. McClurg
- Inspector General: Ltc Henry G. Litchfield
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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2nd Division
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Provost Guard |
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1st Brigade |
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2nd Brigade |
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3rd Brigade
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3rd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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Artillery
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XX Corps[edit]
Bvt MG Alpheus S. Williams
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade |
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2nd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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3rd Division
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1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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| |
Artillery
|
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Cavalry[edit]
Division | Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
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3rd Division
|
1st Brigade
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2nd Brigade
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3rd Brigade
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4th Brigade (provisional)
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Artillery |
References[edit]
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
Sources[edit]
- Bentonville Battlefield website
- Bradley, Mark L. Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing Company, 1996. ISBN 1-882810-02-3.