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Vicksburg Union order of battle

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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.

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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

    References

    Vicksburg Union order of battle Wikipedia
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