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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed

Military Division of the Mississippi

MG William T. Sherman

Army of the Tennessee

MG James B. McPherson (k)
MG John A. Logan

XV Corps

MG John A. Logan
BG Morgan L. Smith

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
BG Charles R. Woods

1st Brigade


Col Milo Smith

  • 26th Iowa
  • 30th Iowa
  • 76th Ohio
2nd Brigade


Col James A. Williamson

  • 4th Iowa
  • 9th Iowa
  • 25th Iowa
  • 31st Iowa
3rd Brigade


Col Hugo A. von Wangelin (w)

  • 3rd Missouri
  • 12th Missouri
  • 17th Missouri
  • 31st Missouri
  • 32nd Missouri
Artillery


Maj Clemens Landgraeber

  • Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
  • 4th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

Second Division
BG Morgan L. Smith
BG Joseph A. J. Lightburn

1st Brigade


Col James S. Martin

  • 55th Illinois
  • 111th Illinois
  • 116th Illinois
  • 6th Missouri
  • 8th Missouri
2nd Brigade


BG Joseph Lightburn
Col Wells S. Jones

  • 83rd Indiana
  • 30th Ohio
  • 37th Ohio
  • 47th Ohio
  • 53rd Ohio
  • 54th Ohio
Artillery


Cpt Francis DeGress

  • Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Fourth Division
BG William Harrow

1st Brigade


Col Reuben Williams

  • 26th Illinois
  • 90th Illinois
  • 100th Illinois
  • 12th Indiana
2nd Brigade


Col Charles C. Walcutt

  • 40th Illinois
  • 103rd Illinois
  • 97th Indiana
  • 6th Iowa
  • 46th Ohio
3rd Brigade


Col John M. Oliver

Artillery


Cpt Henry H. Griffiths

  • Battery F, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • 1st Battery, Iowa Light Artillery

XVI Corps (Left Wing)

MG Grenville M. Dodge

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
BG Thomas W. Sweeny

1st Brigade


BG Elliott W. Rice

  • 52nd Illinois
  • 66th Indiana
  • 2nd Iowa
  • 7th Iowa
2nd Brigade


Col August Mersey (w)
Ltc Robert N. Adams

  • 9th Illinois (Mounted)
  • 12th Illinois
  • 66th Illinois
  • 81st Ohio
3rd Brigade


BG William Vandever
(garrison duty at Rome)

  • 7th Illinois
  • 50th Illinois
  • 57th Illinois
  • 39th Iowa
Artillery


Cpt Frederick Welker

  • Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery

Fourth Division
BG John W. Fuller

1st Brigade


Col John Morrill

  • 64th Illinois
  • 18th Missouri
  • 27th Ohio
  • 39th Ohio
2nd Brigade


Col John W. Sprague
(engaged at Decatur)

  • 35th New Jersey
  • 43rd Ohio
  • 63rd Ohio
  • 25th Wisconsin
Artillery


Cpt Jerome B. Burrows

  • Battery C, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
  • Battery F, 2nd U.S. Light Artillery

XVII Corps

MG Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
BG Mortimer D. Leggett

1st Brigade


BG Manning F. Force

  • 20th Illinois
  • 30th Illinois
  • 31st Illinois
  • 12th Wisconsin
  • 16th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade


Col Robert K. Scott (w)
Ltc Greenbury F. Wiles

  • 20th Ohio
  • 68th Ohio
  • 78th Ohio
3rd Brigade


Col Adam G. Malloy

  • 17th Wisconsin
  • Worden's Battalion
    • Detachment, 14th Wisconsin
    • Detachment, 81st Illinois
    • Detachment, 95th Illinois
Artillery


Cpt William S. Williams

  • Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
  • Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
  • 3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery

Fourth Division
BG Giles A. Smith

1st Brigade


Col Benjamin F. Potts

  • 32nd Illinois
  • 23rd Indiana
  • 53rd Indiana
  • 3rd Iowa
2nd Brigade


Col John A. Logan
(on garrison duty in northern Georgia)

  • 14th Illinois
  • 15th Illinois
  • 41st Illinois
3rd Brigade


Col William Hall

  • 11th Iowa
  • 13th Iowa
  • 15th Iowa
  • 16th Iowa
Artillery


Cpt Edward Spear

  • Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
  • 1st Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery
  • 15th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
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