Meridian campaign Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".[2]

Sepia-tone map shows the railroads in Mississippi in the 1860s.

Sherman led his forces west from Vicksburg to capture Meridian and wreck its railroads. A cavalry column moving south from Memphis was defeated at Okolona and withdrew.[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed

Meridian Expedition

MG William Tecumseh Sherman[3]

Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company A: Lt Samuel A. Lowe

XVI Corps

MG Stephen A. Hurlbut[3]

Union order of battle for XVI Corps[4]
Division	Brigade	Unit
First Division BG James M. Tuttle[note 1] 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns	1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan[note 2]	114th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John F. King
		93rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj Samuel S. Crowe
		72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles G. Eaton
		95th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson Brumback
	2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower	47th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John D. McClure
		5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment: Col Lucius F. Hubbard
		11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William L. Barnum
		8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc John W. Jefferson
	3rd Brigade Col James L. Geddes	8th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc William B. Bell
		12th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Stibbs
		35th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col Sylvester G. Hill
	Artillery Cpt Nelson T. Spoor	Battery E, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt John A Fitch (1st Brigade)
		2nd Independent Iowa Battery: Lt Joseph R. Reed (2nd Brigade)
		6th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Louis Kern (3rd Brigade)
Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns	1st Brigade Col David Moore	58th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col William F. Lynch
		119th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas J. Kinney
		89th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Col Charles D. Murray
		21st Missouri Infantry Regiment: Maj Edwin Moore
	2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw	14th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold
		27th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col James I. Gilbert
		32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Scott
		24th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James K. Mills
	3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore	49th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc William W. Bishop
		117th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Risdon Moore, Ltc Jonathan Merriam
		52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj William T. Strickland
		178th New York Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Wehler
	Artillery Cpt James M. Cockefair	3rd Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn
		9th Independent Indiana Battery: Cpt George R. Brown
		14th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Francis W. Morse
Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns	1st Brigade Col Milton Montgomery	33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William H. Heath
		35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment: Ltc William A. Henry
		25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jeremiah M. Rusk
	2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe	25th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc John Rheinlander
		17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment: Col William T. C. Grower
		32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Maj Charles H. DeGroat
		Battery D, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Cooper

XVII Corps

MG James B. McPherson[5]

Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Companies B, C and D: Cpt Garrett L. Collins
Escort: 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster

Union order of battle for XVII Corps[6]
Division	Brigade	Unit
First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns	3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers	11th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William Hall
		13th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Shane
		15th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William W. Belknap
		16th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Addison H. Sanders
		Batteries C and M, 1st Missouri Artillery: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns	1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force	20th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Daniel Bradley
		31st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Robert N. Pearson
		45th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John O. Duer
		124th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Howe
	2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts	20th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc John C. Fry
		32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets
		68th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc George E. Welles
		78th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles
	3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby	8th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Josiah A. Sheetz
		17th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Francis M. Smith
		30th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Warren Shedd
		7th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William S. Oliver
	Artillery Cpt William S. Williams	Battery H, 1st Michigan Artillery: Lt Marcus D. Elliott
		3rd Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Thomas J. Blackburn
		26th Ohio Independent Battery (detachment): attached to 3rd Ohio
	Escort	2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, Company H: Cpt Ernest J. Meyers
Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns	1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith	41st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Nale
		53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj Rolland H. Allison
		3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Maj George W. Crosley
		33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Col Jonathan B. Moore
	2nd Brigade Col Cyrus Hall	14th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John F. Nolte
		15th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col George C. Rogers
		76th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles C. Jones
	3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham	32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc George H. English
		23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William P. Davis
		53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Jones
		12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc James K. Proudfit
	Artillery Cpt John Wesley Powell	Battery F, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Lt Walter H. Powell
		7th Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Harlow P. McNaughton
		15th Ohio Independent Battery: Cpt Edward Spear Jr.
	Escort	11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company G: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp
Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns	Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow	5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Maj Abel H. Seley
		11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Lucien H. Kerr
		4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Ltc John H. Peters
		10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Frederick W. Benteen

Smith's Column

BG William Sooy Smith[7]

Union order of battle for W. Sooy Smith's column[8]
Division	Brigade	Unit
Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns	1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr.	2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Franklin Moore
		7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Franklin Moore, Col John P. C. Shanks
		4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Maj Gustav Heinrichs
		2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment: Col Joseph Kargé
		19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Joseph C. Hess
	2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn	6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Mathew H. Starr
		7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc George W. Trafton
		9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Henry B. Burgh
		2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Maj Datus E. Coon
		Battery K, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt Isaac W. Curtis
	3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis	3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Andrew B. Kirkbride
		72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (mounted): Maj Henry M. Carr
		5th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment: Maj Christopher T. Cheek
		2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William R. Cook
		3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Maj John B. Minnis
		4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh
	Unattached	4th US Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Charles S. Bowman[note 3]

Yazoo Expedition

Col James Henry Coates[9]

Union order of battle for Yazoo expedition[9]
Brigade	Unit
Brigade Col James Henry Coates	11th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj George C. McKee
	8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent): Ltc Ferdinand E. Peebles
	1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent): Col Embury D. Osband

Notes

Tuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).
McMillan's brigade operated with Smith's cavalry near Memphis, 6–15 February. 1st Brigade strength is not counted in 1st Division total (Official Records, p. 168).
The 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

Citations

Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.
Official Records 1891, pp. 168–172.
Official Records 1891, p. 168.
Official Records 1891, pp. 168–169, 172.
Official Records 1891, p. 170.
Official Records 1891, pp. 170–172.
Official Records 1891, p. 171.
Official Records 1891, pp. 171–172.
Official Records 1891, p. 172.

References

Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXXII Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 168–172. OCLC 1154873253. Retrieved August 9, 2022.

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[5] Tuttle's 2nd and 3rd Brigades (1st Div., XVI Corps) guarded Big Black River bridge, 4–27 February (Official Records, pp. 168–169).

[6] McMillan's brigade operated with Smith's cavalry near Memphis, 6–15 February. 1st Brigade strength is not counted in 1st Division total (Official Records, p. 168).

[11] The 4th US Cavalry had 13 officers and 378 men present for duty. They are included in the division totals (Official Records, p. 172).

[FOOTNOTEBoatner1959543–544-1] Boatner 1959, pp. 543–544.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168–172-2] Official Records 1891, pp. 168–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168-3] Official Records 1891, p. 168.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891168–169,_172-4] Official Records 1891, pp. 168–169, 172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891170-7] Official Records 1891, p. 170.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891170–172-8] Official Records 1891, pp. 170–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891171-9] Official Records 1891, p. 171.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891171–172-10] Official Records 1891, pp. 171–172.

[FOOTNOTEOfficial_Records1891172-12] Official Records 1891, p. 172.