The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
This order of battle covers the second phase of the campaign, July 17 – September 8, 1864. The period May 1 – July 17, 1864, is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Other
w = wounded
mw = mortally wounded
k = killed
Military Division of the Mississippi
MG William T. Sherman
Chief of Artillery: BG William F. Barry
Headquarters Guard: 7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters: Lieut. William McCrory
Army of the Cumberland
MG George Henry Thomas
Chief of Artillery: BG John M. Brannan
Escort: Company I, 1st Ohio Cavalry: Lieut. Henry C. Reppert
IV Corps
MG Oliver O. Howard
MG David S. Stanley
XIV Corps
MG John M. Palmer
BG Richard W. Johnson
BG Jefferson C. Davis
XX Corps
MG Joseph Hooker
BG Alpheus S. Williams
MG Henry Slocum
Cavalry Corps
BG Washington Elliott, Chief of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Tennessee
MG James B. McPherson (k July 22) MG John A. Logan MG Oliver O. Howard Escort: 4th Company Ohio Cavalry, B Company, 1st Ohio Cavalry
XV Corps
MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith
XVI Corps
MG Grenville M. Dodge (w August 19) BG Thomas E. G. Ransom Escort: Company A, 52nd Illinois
XVII Corps
MG Francis P. Blair, Jr. Escort: Company G, 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry; Company G, 11th Illinois Cavalry
Army of the Ohio (XXIII Corps) MG John M. Schofield Escort: Company G, 7th Ohio Cavalry
Strengths
The following table shows total strengths of each of the major formations at several stages throughout the campaign.
Notes
References
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.). Guide to the Atlanta Campaign: Rocky Face Ridge to Kennesaw Mountain (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas), 2008.