# Knoxville campaign order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Knoxville Campaign and subsequent East Tennessee operations during the American Civil War from November 4 to December 23, 1863 under the command of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Engagements fought during this time included the battles of Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders and the siege of Knoxville. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign and return of casualties. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

* MG = Major General
* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain
* Lt = 1st Lieutenant

### Other

* mw = mortally wounded
* k = killed

## Army of the Ohio

MG Ambrose E. Burnside (March 25–December 11, 1863) MG John G. Foster (December 11, 1863 – February 9, 1864)
General Headquarters (Staff: 14 officers)
* Chief of Staff: MG John G. Parke
* Escort: 6th Indiana Cavalry: Col James Biddle

### IX Corps

BG Robert B. Potter
Union IX Corps order of battle: October 1863 :
| Division | Strength | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division   BG Edward Ferrero | 177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns | 1st Brigade   Col David Morrison | 36th Massachusetts: Maj William E. Draper 8th Michigan: Ltc Ralph Ely 79th New York: Cpt William S. Montgomery 45th Pennsylvania: Ltc Francis M. Hills |
| First Division   BG Edward Ferrero | 177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col Benjamin C. Christ | 29th Massachusetts: Col Ebenezer W. Pierce 27th Michigan: Maj William B. Wright 46th New York: Cpt Alphons Serieri 50th Pennsylvania: Maj Edward Overton, Jr. |
| First Division   BG Edward Ferrero | 177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns | 3rd Brigade   Col Daniel Leasure  Col William Humphrey | 2nd Michigan: Maj Cornelius Byington (mw) 17th Michigan: Ltc Lorin L. Comstock (k) 20th Michigan: Maj Byron M. Cutcheon 100th Pennsylvania: Ltc Matthew M. Dawson |
| First Division   BG Edward Ferrero | 177 officers 2,863 men 10 guns | Artillery | 34th New York Battery: Cpt Jacob Roemer four 3-inch Ordnance rifles Battery D, 1st Rhode Island: Cpt William W. Buckley six 12-pounder Napoleons |
| Second Division   Col Joshua K. Sigfried   Col John F. Hartranft | 150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns | 1st Brigade   Col Thomas B. Allard  Col Joshua K. Sigfried | 2nd Maryland: Col Thomas B. Allard 21st Massachusetts: Ltc George P. Hawkes 48th Pennsylvania: Maj Joseph A. Gilmour |
| Second Division   Col Joshua K. Sigfried   Col John F. Hartranft | 150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns | 2nd Brigade   Ltc Edwin Schall | 35th Massachusetts: Maj Nathaniel Wales 11th New Hampshire: Cpt Leander W. Cogswell 51st Pennsylvania: Maj William J. Bolton |
| Second Division   Col Joshua K. Sigfried   Col John F. Hartranft | 150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns | 3rd Brigade   Col Wilson C. Lemert | 86th Ohio: Maj William Kraus 129th Ohio: Col Howard D. John 22nd Ohio Battery: Lt Amos B. Alger 4th Ohio Cavalry Battalion: Maj Joseph T. Wheeler |
| Second Division   Col Joshua K. Sigfried   Col John F. Hartranft | 150 officers 2,746 men 17 guns | Artillery | 15th Indiana Battery: Cpt John C. H. von Sehlen 3-inch Ordnance rifles Batteries L and M, 3rd U.S. Artillery: Lt Erskine Gittings four 10-pounder Parrott rifles Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Lt Samuel N. Benjamin four 20-pounder Parrott rifles |
| Unassigned | 31 officers 551 men 4 guns | not brigaded | 79th New York (re-assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division) Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery (re-assigned to Artillery, 2nd Division) 6th Indiana Cavalry (assigned as headquarters escort) |

### XXIII Corps

BG Mahlon D. Manson (September 24–December 20, 1863) Jacob Dolson Cox (December 21, 1863 – February 8, 1864)
General Headquarters (Staff and escort: 14 officers, 95 men)
* Chief of Engineers: Col Orlando M. Poe
* McLaughlin's Ohio Cavalry Squadron: Maj Richard Rice
Union XXIII Corps order of battle: October 1863 :
| Division | Strength | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division   BG Jeremiah Boyle | 450 officers 9,659 men 96 guns | Kentucky garrisons | various units |
| Second Division   BG Julius White | 191 officers 3,308 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade   Col Samuel R. Mott | 80th Indiana Infantry: Col James L. Culbertson 16th Kentucky Infantry: Col James W. Gault 25th Michigan Infantry: Cpt Samuel L. Demarest 118th Ohio Infantry: Ltc Thomas L. Young Elgin Illinois Battery: Cpt Andrew M. Wood six guns 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Col Robert K. Byrd |
| Second Division   BG Julius White | 191 officers 3,308 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col Marshall W. Chapin | 107th Illinois: Ltc Francis H. Lowry 13th Kentucky: Col William E. Hobson 23rd Michigan: Maj William W. Wheeler 111th Ohio Infantry: Colonel John R. Bond, Maj Isaac R. Sherwood Henshaw's Illinois Battery: Cpt Edward C. Henshaw two 3.8-inch James rifles, four 6-pounder brass guns |
| Third Division   BG Milo S. Hascall | 168 officers 3,646 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade   Col James W. Reilly | 44th Ohio: Maj Alpheus S. Moore 100th Ohio: Col Patrick S. Slevin 104th Ohio: Ltc Oscar W. Sterl Battery D, 1st Ohio: Lt William H. Pease four 3-inch Ordnance rifles |
| Third Division   BG Milo S. Hascall | 168 officers 3,646 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col Daniel Cameron | 65th Illinois: Ltc William S. Stewart 24th Kentucky: Col John S. Hunt 103rd Ohio: Cpt John T. Philpot Rigby's Indiana Battery: Cpt Hubbard T. Thomas six 3-inch Ordnance rifles |
| Corps Artillery | 12 officers 290 men 12 guns | Reserve Artillery   Cpt Andrew J. Konkle | 24th Indiana Battery: Cpt Joseph A. Sims 3.8-inch James rifles 19th Ohio Battery: Cpt Joseph C. Shields six 12-pounder Napoleons |
| Engineers | 3 officers, 185 men | Not brigaded | Engineer Battalion: Cpt Oliver S. McClure |
| Unattached | Strength listed under Left Wing Forces | Provisional Brigade   Col William A. Hoskins | 12th Kentucky: Ltc Lawrence H. Rousseau, Maj Joseph M. Owens 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve |

### Cavalry Corps

BG James M. Shackelford BG Samuel D. Sturgis (December 12, 1863 – April 15, 1864)
Union Cavalry Corps order of battle: October 1863 :
| Division | Strength | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division   BG William P. Sanders (mw)  Col Frank Wolford | 345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns | 1st Brigade   Col Frank Wolford  Ltc Silas Adams | 1st Kentucky Cavalry: Ltc Silas Adams 12th Kentucky Cavalry: Maj James B. Harrison Law's Howitzer Battery: |
| First Division   BG William P. Sanders (mw)  Col Frank Wolford | 345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns | 2nd Brigade   Ltc Emory S. Bond | 112th Illinois Mounted Infantry: Maj Tristram T. Dow 8th Michigan Cavalry: Maj Henry C. Edgerly 45th Ohio Mounted Infantry: Col Benjamin Runkle 15th Indiana Battery: Lt Alonzo D. Harvey |
| First Division   BG William P. Sanders (mw)  Col Frank Wolford | 345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns | 3rd Brigade   Col Charles D. Pennebaker | 11th Kentucky Cavalry: Col S. Palace Love 27th Kentucky Mounted Infantry: Ltc John H. Ward |
| Second Division   Col John W. Foster | 345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns | 1st Brigade   Col James P. T. Carter   Col Israel Garrard | 2nd Ohio Cavalry: Ltc George A. Purington 7th Ohio Cavalry: Maj James McIntyre 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry: Maj Daniel A. Carpenter Battery M, 2nd Illinois: Cpt John C. Phillips |
| Second Division   Col John W. Foster | 345 officers 7,113 men 20 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col John W. Foster   Col Felix W. Graham   Col Horace Capron | 14th Illinois Cavalry: Col Horace Capron 5th Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Thomas H. Butler 65th Indiana Mounted Infantry: Cpt Walter G. Hodge 9th Ohio Cavalry: Maj William D. Hamilton 8th Tennessee Cavalry: Maj John M. Sawyers Colvin's Illinois Battery: Cpt John H. Colvin four guns |

### Left Wing Forces

BG Orlando B. Willcox
Union Left Wing order of battle: October 1863 :
| Division | Strength | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Left Wing   BG Orlando B. Willcox | 178 officers 4,213 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade   Col John R. Mahan | 115th Indiana: Ltc Alfred J. Hawn 116th Indiana: Col William C. Kise 117th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Brady 118th Indiana: Col George W. Jackson |
| Left Wing   BG Orlando B. Willcox | 178 officers 4,213 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade   Col William A. Hoskins | 12th Kentucky: Maj Joseph M. Owens (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps) 103rd Ohio: Col John S. Casement (re-assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps) 8th Tennessee: Col Felix A. Reeve (Provisional Brigade, XXIII Corps) |
| Left Wing   BG Orlando B. Willcox | 178 officers 4,213 men 16 guns | Not brigaded | 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company L: Cpt Oliver M. Powers 3rd Indiana Cavalry, Company M: Cpt Charles U. Patton 23rd Indiana Battery: Cpt James H. Myers 12th Michigan Battery: Cpt Edward G. Hillier 21st Ohio Battery: Cpt James W. Patterson |