Siege of Savannah, Georgia

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Siege of Savannah, Georgia - General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops besiege the city of Savannah, Georgia from December 10-21, 1864 as the final act of Sherman's March to the Sea

Union Order of Battle

Command/HQ
Army of Tennessee (Right Wing)


15th Corps
(Peter Osterhaus, Major General)

Division Brigade Regiments and Smaller

1st Division
(Charles Woods, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Milo Smith, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Charles Walcutt, Brigadier General)[2]
(Robert Catterson, Colonel)
3rd Brigade
(James A. Williamson, Colonel)

2nd Division
(William Hazen, Major General)

1st Brigade
(Theodore Jones, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Wells S. Jones, Colonel)[3]
(James Martin, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(John Oliver, Brigadier General)

3rd Division
(John Smith, Brevet Major General)

1st Brigade
(Joseph B. McCown, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Green Raum, Brevet Brigadier General)

4th Division
(John Corse, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Elliot Rice, Brigadier General)

2nd Brigade
(Robert N. Adams, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(Frederick J. Hurlbut, Colonel)

Artillery
(Charles J. Stolbrand, Major)

17th Corps
(Francis Preston Blair (Jr.), Major General)

Escorted by:
11th Illinois Cavalry / Company G
(Stephen S. Tripp, Captain)

Division Brigade Regiments and Smaller

1st Division
(Joseph Mower, Major General)

1st Brigade
(John Fuller, Brigadier General)

2nd Brigade
(John Sprague, Brigadier General)

3rd Brigade
(John Tillson, Colonel)

Third Division
(Mortimer Leggett, Brigadier General)

Provost Guard

1st Brigade
(Manning Force, Brigadier General)

2nd Brigade
(Robert Scott, Colonel)

4th Division
(Giles Smith, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Benjamin Potts, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(William Belknap, Brigadier General)

Artillery
(Allen C. Waterhouse, Major)

Army of Georgia (Left Wing)

14th Corps
(Jefferson C. Davis, Brevet Brigadier General)

Division Brigade Regiments and Smaller

1st Division
(William Passmore Carlin, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Harrison Hobart, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Joseph H. Brigham, Lieutenant Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(Henry A. Hambright, Colonel)[6]
(David Miles, Lieutenant Colonel)

2nd Division
(James Morgan, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Robert F. Smith, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(John S. Pearce, Lieutenant Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(James W. Langley, Lieutenant Colonel)

3rd Division
(Absalom Baird, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Morton Hunter, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
Newell Gleason, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(George P. Este, Colonel)

Artillery
(Charles Houghtaling, Major)

20th Corps
(Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams)

Division Brigade Regiments and Smaller

1st Division
(Nathaniel Jackson, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(James L. Selfridge, Brigadier General)

2nd Brigade
(Ezra A. Carman, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(James Robinson, Colonel)

2nd Division
(John Geary, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Ario Pardee (Jr.), Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Patrick Jones, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(Henry Barnum, Colonel)

3rd Division
(William Ward, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Franklin C. Smith, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Daniel Dustin, Colonel)

3rd Brigade
(Samuel Ross, Colonel)

Artillery
(John A. Reynolds)

Cavalry Corps
Division Brigade Regiments and Smaller

Third Division
(Hugh Kilpatrick, Brigadier General)

1st Brigade
(Eli H. Murray, Colonel)

2nd Brigade
(Smith Atkins, Colonel)

Unattached
Artillery

Casualties

  • Union: 200 killed and wounded

Sources

  1. 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters? Not shown in Dyer
  2. Wounded November 22, 1864
  3. Wounded December 13, 1864
  4. Non-veterans of the 18th Wisconsin Infantry attached.
  5. Detachment of 10th Missouri Infantry (U) troops attached.
  6. Sick from November 18.
  7. 24th Illinois Infantry / Company A attached.
  8. Detachment of (II) 11th Ohio Infantry troops attached.
  9. Wounded December 19, 1864
  10. Detachment of Pennsylvania (Independent) Light Artillery / Battery E troops attached.
  11. Captured December 12, 1864
  12. Serving with the Left Wing.
  13. Serving with the Left Wing.