The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1] during the campaign.[2]
Abbreviations used
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
Army of the Tennessee
MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding
General Staff:
- Acting Inspector General: BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan
- Chief of Transportation: Col Joseph D. Webster
- Chief of Staff: Ltc John A. Rawlins
General Headquarters:
- Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Cpt Embury D. Osband
- Engineers: 1st Battalion, Engineer Regiment of the West: Maj William Tweeddale
- Mississippi Marine Brigade: BG Alfred W. Ellet[3]
- Mississippi Ram Fleet: Col Charles Rivers Ellet
- 1st Battalion Infantry: Ltc George E. Currie
- 1st Battalion Cavalry: Major James M. Hubbard
- Artillery Battery: Cpt Daniel Walling
IX Corps
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
3rd Brigade
|
| |
Artillery |
| |
Second Division |
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
| |
Artillery Reserve |
XIII Corps
MG John A. McClernand[6]
MG Edward Ord
Escort
- 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L: Cpt David R. Sparks
Pioneers
- Kentucky Engineers (Independent Company): Cpt William F. Patterson
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
Ninth Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Artillery
|
| |
Tenth Division Escort
|
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
| |
Twelfth Division Escort
|
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
Artillery |
| |
Fourteenth Division Escort
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
|
XV Corps
- Chief of Staff: Ltc John Henry Hammond
- Chief of Artillery: Maj Ezra Taylor
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
First Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Second Division |
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Third Division |
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade
|
| |
Artillery
|
| |
Unattached cavalry |
|
XVI Corps (detachment)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
First Division[14] Escort
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
4th Brigade
|
| |
Artillery
|
| |
Fourth Division[15] |
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade
|
| |
Cavalry |
| |
Artillery.
|
| |
Provisional Division[18] |
Engelmann's Brigade
|
|
Richmond's Brigade
|
| |
Montgomery's Brigade |
|
XVII Corps
Escort
- 4th Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
---|---|---|
Third Division Escort
|
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade |
| |
Artillery |
| |
Sixth Division Escort
|
1st Brigade (Post of Lake Providence)
|
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
3rd Brigade
|
| |
Artillery
|
| |
Seventh Division
Escort
|
1st Brigade
|
|
2nd Brigade
|
| |
3rd Brigade
|
| |
Artillery.
|
| |
Herron's Division[29] |
1st Brigade |
|
2nd Brigade |
| |
Unattached cavalry
|
|
District of Northeast Louisiana
Brigades | Regiments and batteries |
---|---|
Detached Brigade
|
|
African Brigade |
|
Post of Goodrich's Landing, La.
|
|
Notes
References
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