# Meridian campaign order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Meridian campaign (3 February – 6 March 1864) of the American Civil War. Order of battle was compiled from the army organization during the campaign. The strength numbers listed in the tables are "present for duty".

## Abbreviations used
### Military rank

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

### Other

* w = wounded
* mw = mortally wounded
* k = killed

## Meridian Expedition

MG William Tecumseh Sherman
* Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company A: Lt Samuel A. Lowe

### XVI Corps

MG Stephen A. Hurlbut
Union order of battle for XVI Corps :
| Division | Brigade | Unit |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan | 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John F. King |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan | 93rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj Samuel S. Crowe |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan | 72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles G. Eaton |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 1st Brigade Col William L. McMillan | 95th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson Brumback |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower | 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col John D. McClure |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower | 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment: Col Lucius F. Hubbard |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower | 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William L. Barnum |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 2nd Brigade BG Joseph A. Mower | 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc John W. Jefferson |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 3rd Brigade Col James L. Geddes | 8th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc William B. Bell |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 3rd Brigade Col James L. Geddes | 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Stibbs |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | 3rd Brigade Col James L. Geddes | 35th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col Sylvester G. Hill |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | Artillery Cpt Nelson T. Spoor | Battery E, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt John A Fitch (1st Brigade) |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | Artillery Cpt Nelson T. Spoor | 2nd Independent Iowa Battery: Lt Joseph R. Reed (2nd Brigade) |
| First Division BG James M. Tuttle 174 officers 2,752 men 8 guns | Artillery Cpt Nelson T. Spoor | 6th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Louis Kern (3rd Brigade) |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 1st Brigade Col David Moore | 58th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col William F. Lynch |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 1st Brigade Col David Moore | 119th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Thomas J. Kinney |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 1st Brigade Col David Moore | 89th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Col Charles D. Murray |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 1st Brigade Col David Moore | 21st Missouri Infantry Regiment: Maj Edwin Moore |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw | 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw | 27th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col James I. Gilbert |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw | 32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Scott |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William T. Shaw | 24th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col James K. Mills |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore | 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc William W. Bishop |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore | 117th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Risdon Moore, Ltc Jonathan Merriam |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore | 52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Maj William T. Strickland |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Edward H. Wolfe Col Risdon M. Moore | 178th New York Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Wehler |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | Artillery Cpt James M. Cockefair | 3rd Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Thomas J. Ginn |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | Artillery Cpt James M. Cockefair | 9th Independent Indiana Battery: Cpt George R. Brown |
| Third Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith 237 officers 4,465 men 14 guns | Artillery Cpt James M. Cockefair | 14th Independent Indiana Battery: Lt Francis W. Morse |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 1st Brigade Col Milton Montgomery | 33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc William H. Heath |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 1st Brigade Col Milton Montgomery | 35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment: Ltc William A. Henry |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 1st Brigade Col Milton Montgomery | 25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jeremiah M. Rusk |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe | 25th Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc John Rheinlander |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe | 17th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment: Col William T. C. Grower |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe | 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Maj Charles H. DeGroat |
| Fourth Division BG James C. Veatch 102 officers 1,935 men 4 guns | 2nd Brigade Col James Henry Howe | Battery D, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Cpt Charles S. Cooper |

### XVII Corps

MG James B. McPherson
* Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Companies B, C and D: Cpt Garrett L. Collins
* Escort: 4th Independent Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster
Union order of battle for XVII Corps :
| Division | Brigade | Unit |
| First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers | 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William Hall |
| First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers | 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col John Shane |
| First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers | 15th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Col William W. Belknap |
| First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers | 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment: Ltc Addison H. Sanders |
| First Division 88 officers 1,331 men 4 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Alexander Chambers | Batteries C and M, 1st Missouri Artillery: Lt John H. Tiemeyer |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force | 20th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Daniel Bradley |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force | 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Robert N. Pearson |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force | 45th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John O. Duer |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Manning F. Force | 124th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Howe |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts | 20th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc John C. Fry |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts | 32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Jefferson J. Hibbets |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts | 68th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc George E. Welles |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Benjamin F. Potts | 78th Ohio Infantry Regiment: Ltc Greenberry F. Wiles |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby | 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Josiah A. Sheetz |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby | 17th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Francis M. Smith |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby | 30th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col Warren Shedd |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Jasper A. Maltby | 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William S. Oliver |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt William S. Williams | Battery H, 1st Michigan Artillery: Lt Marcus D. Elliott |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt William S. Williams | 3rd Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Thomas J. Blackburn |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt William S. Williams | 26th Ohio Independent Battery (detachment): attached to 3rd Ohio |
| Third Division BG Mortimer D. Leggett 256 officers 5,133 men 16 guns | Escort | 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, Company H: Cpt Ernest J. Meyers |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith | 41st Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc John H. Nale |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith | 53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj Rolland H. Allison |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith | 3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment: Maj George W. Crosley |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 1st Brigade BG Thomas Kilby Smith | 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Col Jonathan B. Moore |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Cyrus Hall | 14th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj John F. Nolte |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Cyrus Hall | 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Col George C. Rogers |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 2nd Brigade Col Cyrus Hall | 76th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc Charles C. Jones |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham | 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment: Ltc George H. English |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham | 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William P. Davis |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham | 53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Jones |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | 3rd Brigade BG Walter Q. Gresham | 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment: Ltc James K. Proudfit |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt John Wesley Powell | Battery F, 2nd Illinois Artillery: Lt Walter H. Powell |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt John Wesley Powell | 7th Ohio Independent Battery: Lt Harlow P. McNaughton |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | Artillery Cpt John Wesley Powell | 15th Ohio Independent Battery: Cpt Edward Spear Jr. |
| Fourth Division BG Marcellus M. Crocker 219 officers 4,832 men 16 guns | Escort | 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company G: Cpt Stephen S. Tripp |
| Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns | Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow | 5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Maj Abel H. Seley |
| Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns | Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow | 11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Lucien H. Kerr |
| Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns | Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow | 4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Ltc John H. Peters |
| Cavalry 81 officers 1,871 men 4 guns | Brigade Col Edward F. Winslow | 10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Frederick W. Benteen |

## Smith's Column

BG William Sooy Smith
Union order of battle for W. Sooy Smith's column :
| Division | Brigade | Unit |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr. | 2nd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Franklin Moore |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr. | 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Franklin Moore, Col John P. C. Shanks |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr. | 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment: Maj Gustav Heinrichs |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr. | 2nd New Jersey Cavalry Regiment: Col Joseph Kargé |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 1st Brigade Col George E. Waring Jr. | 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Joseph C. Hess |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn | 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Mathew H. Starr |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn | 7th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc George W. Trafton |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn | 9th Illinois Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Henry B. Burgh |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn | 2nd Iowa Cavalry Regiment: Maj Datus E. Coon |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 2nd Brigade Col William Peters Hepburn | Battery K, 1st Illinois Artillery: Lt Isaac W. Curtis |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment (5 companies): Cpt Andrew B. Kirkbride |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 72nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (mounted): Maj Henry M. Carr |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 5th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment: Maj Christopher T. Cheek |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William R. Cook |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Maj John B. Minnis |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | 3rd Brigade Col Lafayette McCrillis | 4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Jacob M. Thornburgh |
| Cavalry Division BG Benjamin H. Grierson 292 officers 6,312 men 12 guns | Unattached | 4th US Cavalry Regiment: Cpt Charles S. Bowman |

## Yazoo Expedition

Col James Henry Coates
Union order of battle for Yazoo expedition :
| Brigade | Unit |
| Brigade Col James Henry Coates | 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment: Maj George C. McKee |
| Brigade Col James Henry Coates | 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent): Ltc Ferdinand E. Peebles |
| Brigade Col James Henry Coates | 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent): Col Embury D. Osband |