Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tennessee - Multiple Union units advance from Vicksburg in Warren County, Mississippi to Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee from September 26-November 20, 1863.

  • Also referred to as Transfer of 15th and 17th Army Corps from Vicksburg to Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Unit profiles list several dates from September 17-November 22, may be different for individual units
    • Some also moved to Helena, Arkansas first
  • Not yet known which other counties this expedition passed through
    • Profiles mention through Memphis
  • Original order of battle copied from Siege of Vicksburg Wikipedia entry, may need refining - division/brigade compositions may have changed in this time/some units may have been left behind in Vicksburg

Union Troops

15th Corps

  • Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
  • Chief of Staff: John Henry Hammond (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • Chief of Artillery: Ezra Taylor (Major)
Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
First Division
Frederick Steele (Major General)
1st Brigade


Bernard G. Farrar (Colonel)

2nd Brigade

Charles R. Woods (Colonel)

3rd Brigade

John M. Thayer (Brigadier General)

Artillery

Second Division
Francis Preston Blair (Jr.) (Major General)

1st Brigade

Giles A. Smith (Colonel)

2nd Brigade

Joseph A. J. Lightburn (Brigadier General)

3rd Brigade

Hugh Boyle Ewing (Brigadier General)

Artillery
Cavalry

17th Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and
Smaller Units
7th Division

John E. Smith (Brigadier General)

1st Brigade


   Col John B. Sanborn

2nd Brigade
Green B. Raum (Colonel)
3rd Brigade
Charles L. Matthies (Brigadier General)
Artillery
Henry Dillon (Captain)

These units on Dyer summary but not listed on Wikipedia order of battle - perhaps a new Corps formation:

Confederate Troops

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Sub-Operations

Casualties

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Notes

  1. Mortally wounded July 2
  2. Not listed in Dyer, but appears on unit homepage
  3. Not originally referenced on unit homepage
  4. Not originally referenced on unit homepage
  5. Not originally referenced on unit homepage
  6. Not originally referenced on unit homepage
  7. Not listed in Dyer, but appears on unit homepage
  8. Wikipedia entry lists E

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