25th Wisconsin V Infantry — -Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Rusk.
36th New Jersey V V Infantry— Colonel John J. Cladeck.
43d Ohio V V Infantry— Captain John H. Rhodes.
63d Ohio V V Infantry — Major 0. L Jackson.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General John Tillson, commanding.
40th Illinois V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel D. Gillespie.
26th Indiana V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel James 8. Wright. +
32d Wisconsin V Infttntry — Lieutenant] Colonel Joseph H. Carleton.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brevet Major General Mortimer D. Leggett, commanding.
Captain John C. Douglass, AA6.
Major I. C. Robinson, A A I G.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brigadier General Charles R. Ewing, commanding.
16th Wisconsin V V Infantry— Colonel C. Fairchild.
45th Illinois V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel John 0. Duer.
31st Illinois V V Infantry— Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Pearson.
20th Illinois V V Infantry--Captain Henry King.
30th Illinois V V Infantry — Captain J. P. Davis.
12th Wisconsin V V Infantry — Colonel James K. Proudfit.
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brigadier General Robert K. Scott, commanding.
20th Ohio V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel Harry Wilson.
68th Ohio V V Infantry — Leiutenant Colonel George E. Welles.
78th OhioV V Infantry— Colonel G. R Wiles.
17th Wisconsin V V Infantry — Colonel A. G. Malloy.
FOURTH DIVISION
Brevet Major General Giles A. Smith, commanding.
Captain A. Ware, jr., A A G.
Major C. H. Brush, A A I G.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brigadier General Benjamin F. Potts, conhnanding.
23d Indiana V V Infantry — Captain J W Hammond.
32d Ohio V V Infantry— Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson Hibbetts.
63d Indiana V Y Infantry — Colonel J L Vestal.
53d Illinois V V Infantry— Colonel J McClanahan.
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brigadier General C J Stolbrand, commanding.
14th Illinois V V Infantry— Colonel Cyrus Hall.
16th Illinois V V Infantry— Colonel Geo C Rogers.
32d Illinois V V Infantry— Lieutenant Colonel
George E. English.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Brigadier General William K. Belknap, commanding.
11th Iowa V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Beach.
13th Iowa V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel J C Kennedy.
15th Iowa V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel George Pomutz.
16th Iowa V V Infantry— Major J H Smith.
ARTILLERY.
Major Frederick Welker, Chief of Artillery.
Battery C, 1st Michigan Light Artillery — Captain William Hyzer.
1st Minnesota Battery — Captain W Z Clayton.
16th Ohio Battery— Captain James Burdick.
9th Illinois Mounted Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel $ T Hughes.
136th USC T— Colonel John E Firley.
General Sherman Left Wmp — Army of Georgia — Major
General Slocum Commanding.
TWENTIETH CORPS— MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH A. MOWER.
This sterling Corps was first organized on the 3d of April, 1864, in Lookout Valley, Tennessee. As originally constituted, it was composed of four divisions, commanded by Generals Williams, Geary, Butterfield and Rousseau; but the fourth division, under the last named General, has never served with the Corps, having always been detached upon other duties. The first, second and third divisions were composed almost entirely of troops of the eleventh and twelfth Corps, when these organizations were disbanded.
The command of the Twentieth Corps was given to Major General Hooker, who is still almost idolized by the troops. The first march made by the Corps was on the 5th of May, from Bridgeport and Chattanooga, upon the ever memorable campaign toward Atlanta, in which it participated gallantly in the following battles:
Mill Creek Gap, May 8, 1804; Resaca, May 14 and 15;Dallas, May 25 to June 1;Pine Hill, June 15 and 16; Kolb’s Farm, June 22; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27 to July 1; Peach Tree Creek, July 20, and occupied Atlanta September 3.
In the campaign resulting in the capture of Atlanta, for one hundred days the fighting was so incessant that not a single day passed without heavy skirmishing.
Proceeding upon the Savannah campaign the Corps was actively engaged at the siege of that city from December 10 to December 22, upon which day it entered Savannah. It participated in the battle of Averysborough, March 15, 1865, where it did the principal part of the fighting, and also at Bentonville, March 19 and 20, where it came to the support of the Fourteenth Corps, and repulsed five charges of the enemy with heavy loss. When the troops afterward composing this Corps were transferred to the Army of the Potomac, the armies of the west were in a very lax state of discipline. The arrival of these well drilled and disciplined troops, however, excited a spirit of emulation, which tended greatly to improve the western armies in appearance and perhaps in effectiveness.
The Corps has been in the hands of several commanders. Hooker Was relieved, at his own request, in July, 1864, and the command then devolved upon Brevet Major General Williams, who held it until September 1st, when he was relieved by the arrival of General Slocum, formerly commanding the Twelfth Corps, but then more recently in command of the District of Vicksburg. When Sherman started upon the Savanah expedition, his army was divided into two wings, under the command of Generals Howard and Slocum. The command of the Corps thus again devolved upon General Williams, who retained it until the 2d of April, 1865, when he was relieved at Goldsborough by Major General Joseph A. Mower, the present Commander, who formerly commanded the First Division of the Seventeenth Corps.
The Twentieth Corps has fought most gallantly in all the battles in which it has been engaged, and in discipline and drill has well earned the reputation of being the crack Corps of Sherman's army.
In all its battles it has never lost a single piece of artillery.
FIRST DIVISION.
Brevet Major General A. S. Williams of Michigan, and Staff.
The First and Second Brigades of this division formerly belonged to the Twelfth Corps, while the Third Brigade came principally from the Eleventh Corps.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General James L. Selfridge, com manding, and Staff.
123d New York Vols. — Colonel James C. Rogers.
141st New York Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel Andrew
5th Conneticut V Vols, — Lieutenant Colonel Henry Daboll.
48th Pennsylvania V Vols. — Major Patrick Griffith.
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General Hawley, commanding.
107th New York Vols.— Colonel N. M. Crane.
150th New York Vols.— Colonel A. B. Smith.
13th New Jersey Vols. — Captain J. H. Arey.
2d Massachusetts Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Morse.
3d Wisconsin Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel G. Stephenson.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Brigadier General J. S. Bobinson, (82d Ohio) commanding, and Staff.
82d Ohio y. Vols.— Colonel S. J. McGroarty
143d New York Vols. — Colonel Horace Boughton.
82d Illinois Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel E. StSolmon
31st Wisconsin Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel George D. Rodger.
101st Illinois Vols.— Lieutenant Colonel John D. Le Sage.
SECOND DIVISION.
Brevet Major General John W. Geary of Pennsylyania, and Staff.
This was formerly the Second Division of the Twelfth Corps. When the present organization was established it received the addition of one Brigade from the Eleventh Corps.
The Division was particularly distinguished at Lookout Mountain, w
hich gallant action it fought and won without assistance. It has since participated in all the battles of the Twentieth Corps, Averysborough and Bentonville. Besides this it has fought singly the battle of Mill Creek Gap.
Since its organization it has been under the command of General Geary, formerly Brigadier, and now Brevet Major General. It is generally considered the best disciplined division in the Twentieth Corps, and as such, the crack division of Sherman's army. It is a remarkable fact that this division has never lost a gull and but one stand of colors.
FIRST DIVISION
Brevet Brigadier General A. Pardee, commanding, and Staff.
147th Pennsylvania — Lieutenant Colonel Craig.
29th Ohio — Lieutenant Colonel Jonas Schoonover.
5th Ohio— Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kirkup.
66th Ohio — Lieutenant Colonel John T. Mitchell.
28th Pennsylvania — Lieutenant Colonel James Fitapatrick.
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brigadier General PH. Jones, (formerly 104th New York), commanding, and Staff.
33d New Jersey— Colonel George W, Mendel.
49th New York — Colonel John T. Lochman.
73d Pennsylvania — Major C. H. GoebeL
154thNewYork — Lieutenant Colonel L. D. Warner.
134th New York — Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Jackson.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General H. A. Barnum, commanding, and Staff.
29th Pennsylvania V Vols.— Colonel S. M. Zulick.
110th Pennsylvania V Vols. — Colonel Thomas M. Walker.
31 137th New York Vols. — Lieutenant Colonel IL S.
102d New York V Vols.— Lieutenant Colonel H, S. 1 Chatfield.
60th New York V Vols.— Lieutenant Colonel L. S. Wilson.
149th New York Vols.Major N. Crumbach.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brevet Major General W. G. Ward, commanding, and Staff.
This division is mainly composed of Western troops. The First and Second Brigades are exclusively so, and portion of the Third Brigade is also from the West these troops, prior to the organization of the Corps, had been guarding railroads and Government property in Kentucky and Tennessee, and had never been engaged in battle. The remainder of the men had participated in all the battles of the Eleventh Corps.
Since the formation of the Twenty-first Corps, the division has been engaged in nearly all the battles of the Ninth Corps, and fought gallantly in them all.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General Benjamin Harrison, commanding, and Staff.
70th Indiana — Lieutenant Colonel S. Merrill.
102d Illinois— Colonel F. C. Smith.
79th Ohio— Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Doen.
129th Illinois— Colonel H. Case.
105th Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Dutton.
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General Daniel Dustar, commanding, and Staff.
33d Indiana Vet. — Colonel A. E. Burton,
11th Michigan — Major David Anderson.
22d Wisconsin — Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Bloodgood.
35th Indiana — Lieutenant Colonel Alex. B. Crane.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General William Cogswell (formerly of 2d Mass.), commanding, and Staff.
73d Ohio (Vet.) — Lieutenant Colonel Sam. Hurst.
136th New York— Colonel James Wood.
20th Connecticut — Lieutenant Colonel P. B. Buckingham.
26th Wisconsin-— Lieutenant Colonel F. C. Winkler.
43d Massachusetts — Lieutenant Colonel Elisha Doane.
65th Ohio (Vet.) — Lieutenant Colonel F. H. Powers.
ARTILLERY BRIGADE.
Captain Charles E. Winegar, Commanding.
Battery E, Independent Pennsylvania ArtilleryCaptain Thomas S. Sloan.
IJattery 1, 1st New York Artillery — Lieutenant Warren L. Scott.
Battery 0, 1st Ohio Artillery — Lieutenant Jerome B. Stephens.
Battery M, 1st New York Artillery — Lieutenant Edward P. Newkirk.
FOURTEENTH CORPS.
Major General Jeff O. Davis, commanding.
The present organization of this Corps was effected in October, 1863, at Chattanooga, under the command of Major General Palmer. It participated, always with credit, in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and fought the battle of Jonesborough (below Atlanta,) unsupported, driving a large force of the enemy from the works and capturing two four-gun batteries.
It participated in the pursuit of Hood, and has since farmed, with the Twentieth Corps, the left wing (now the Army of Georgia,) of Sherman's army. At the battle of Bentonville it sustained the first shock of Johnston's attack, and resisted so stubbornly that time was given for the arrival of the Twentieth Corps, when the Army of Georgia repulsed all Johnston's attacks, which, finding fruitless, he withdrew to Smithfield. The history of the Fourteenth Corps has been an eventful one, but it is so nearly like that of the Twentieth Corps with which it has been so closely connected, that to give a lengthened sketch of its services would be to indulge in needless repetition.
FIRST DIVISION.
Brigadier General Charles F. Walcutt, commanding.
This division left Louisville (the first division of the old Fourteenth Army Corps), on the 1st of October, 1862; reached Nashville in November; participated in the hard-fought battle of Stone River, December 31, January 1, 2 and 3d. At Murfreesborough the division was re-organized, and started in January, 1863, on the Tullahoma campaign; was in the battles of Horner's Gap, June 21, and Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, Brigadier General Baird being then in command. At Chattanooga it was re-organized, since which time it has been actively engaged in all the battles of the present Fourteenth Corps. Since its organization it has had the following commanders : Brigadier General Rousseau, Brigadier General Baird, Brigadier General Rousseau again, Brigadier General Johnson, Brigadier General King, Brigadier General Carlin and Brigadier General Walcutt. its present leader,
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General George P. Buell.
79th Ohio— Major R. P. Findley.
13th Michigan — Colonel J. B. Culver.
69th Ohio— Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Brigham.
21st Michigan — Lieutenant Colonel Bishop.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Colonel H. A. Hambright, commanding, and Staff.
38th Indiana— Colonel D. H. Patten.
21st Ohio— Lieutenant Colonel A. McMahan.
69th Pennsylvania — Lieutenant Colonel D. Miles.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brevet Brigadier General Hobart, commanding, and; Staff.
94th Ohio— Major W. H. Snyder.
88th Indiana — Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Briant.
33d Ohio— Major J. Henson.
42d Indiana — Major E. W. Kellows.
21st Wisconsin— Lieutenant Colonel M. H. Fitch.
104th Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel Hapemon.
SECOND DIVISION.
Brevet Major General James D. Morgan, commanding.
The division was organized October 10, 1863, under command of Jeff. C. Davis, then Brigadier General It has participated in all the battles of the Fourteenth Corps, and at Jonesborough, particularly, distinguished itself. In this action there were, to quote the words of General Morgan's official report, "two four-gun batteries taken, one by the First, and one by the Second Brigade; 394 prisoners, one Brigadier General, 24 Commissioned officers, over 1,000 stand of small arms, and six battle-flags. ‘It was detached to capture Rome, Georgia, and succeeded. In its attack on Kenesaw Mountain it lost 1,900 men in twenty minutes, and fire field officers.
FIRST BRIGADE.
Brigadier General William Vandever, commanding and Strfffl
16th Illinois V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Kerr.
17th New York V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel James Lake.
60th Illinois V V Infantry — Lieut
enant Colonel George W. Evans.
10th Michigan V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Dumphy.
14th Michigan V V Infantry — Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Grummond,
SECOND BRIGADE.
Brigadier General John Mitchell, commanding, and Staff.
103d Ohio— Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Good.
113th Ohio — Captain Toland Jones.
121st Ohio — Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Bobinson.
34th Illinois, Veterans — Lieutenant Colonel P. Ege.
78th Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel M. R. Vernon.
98th Ohio— Major D. E. Roatch.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Lieutenant Colonel James W. Langley, commanding, and Staff.
52d Ohio— Major J. T. Holmes.
22d Indiana, Veterans — Major Thomas Shea.
125th Illinois— Captain G. W. Cook.
85th Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Griffith,
86th Illinois — Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Fanestock.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brevet Major General Baird, commanding, and Staff.
This division, like the preceding, was organized at Chattanooga in October, 1863, and has sustained an excellent reputation in all the numerous battles in which it has been engaged. At Jonesborough its loss was very heavy, but the works in its front, were gallantly carried. At Bentonville it was ordered forward, unsupported by the other divisions, and made a successful reconnaissance of the enemy's position. Its men still proudly remember that they belonged to Major General George H, Thomas's division at the first successful battle of the war — Mill Spring, where Zollicoffer met his death.
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