Battle of Stones River order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Stones River of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign, the casualty returns and the reports.

Abbreviations

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland)

MG William S. Rosecrans, Commanding

General Staff and Headquarters

General Staff:

• Chief of Artillery and Ordnance: Col James Barnett
• Chief of Staff: Ltc Julius P. Garesché (k)
• Chief Quartermaster: Ltc John W. Taylor
• Chief Commissary: Ltc Samuel Simmons
• Judge-Advocate-General: Maj Ralston Skinner
• Inspector of Artillery: Cpt Jeremiah H. Gilman
• Assistant Inspector General: Cpt James Curtis
• Provost Marshal General: Cpt William M. Wiles
• Chief of Topographical Engineers: Cpt Nathaniel Michler
• Signal Corps: Cpt Jesse Merill

General Headquarters:

Provost Guard:

• 10th Ohio: Ltc Joseph W. Burke

General Escort:

• Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: Lt Thomas S. Maple

Right Wing

MG Alexander McD. McCook

Center

MG George H. Thomas

• Provost Guard: 9th Michigan: Col John G. Parkhurst

Left Wing

MG Thomas L. Crittenden

• Chief of Artillery: Cpt John Mendenhall

Cavalry

BG David S. Stanley

Engineers

Notes

References

• Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. .
• The Battle of Murfreesboro
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.