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  • Source: Siege of Vicksburg order of battle: Union

    • The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.


    Abbreviations used




    = Military rank

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


    = Other

    =
    w = wounded
    mw = mortally wounded
    k = killed


    Army of the Tennessee



    MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

    General Staff:

    Acting Inspector General: BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan
    Chief of Transportation: Col Joseph D. Webster
    Chief of Staff: Ltc John A. Rawlins
    General Headquarters:

    Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A: Cpt Embury D. Osband
    Engineers: 1st Battalion, Engineer Regiment of the West: Maj William Tweeddale
    Mississippi Marine Brigade: BG Alfred W. Ellet
    Mississippi Ram Fleet: Col Charles Rivers Ellet
    1st Battalion Infantry: Ltc George E. Currie
    1st Battalion Cavalry: Major James M. Hubbard
    Artillery Battery: Cpt Daniel Walling


    = IX Corps

    =

    MG John Parke


    = XIII Corps

    =

    MG John A. McClernand

    MG Edward Ord
    Escort

    3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L: Cpt David R. Sparks
    Pioneers

    Kentucky Engineers (Independent Company): Cpt William F. Patterson


    = XV Corps

    =

    MG William T. Sherman

    Chief of Staff: Ltc John Henry Hammond
    Chief of Artillery: Maj Ezra Taylor


    = XVI Corps (detachment)

    =
    MG Cadwallader C. Washburn


    = XVII Corps

    =

    MG James B. McPherson
    Escort

    4th Company Ohio Cavalry: Cpt John S. Foster


    = District of Northeast Louisiana

    =
    BG Elias S. Dennis


    Notes




    References


    U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
    U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901: General summary of Casualties in the Union forces against Vicksburg, May 1–July 4, 1863.
    Civil War Home: Organization of the Union Army At Vicksburg May 19–July 4, 1863 -- The Siege of Vicksburg, Miss.
    National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Siege of Vicksburg: Union order of battle).
    National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Troops in the Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg).
    National Park Service: Vicksburg National Military Park (Campaign, Siege and Defense of Vicksburg -- General summary of Casualties, March 29–July 4).
    Hess, Earl J. "Storming Vicksburg: Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863." University of North Carolina Press (2020)

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