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Major General Jmschofield HQ Union Forces XXIII Corps Department of the Ohio 30 September 1864 XXIII Corps: Major General J.M.Schofield HQ: Engineer Battalion (l8/589) Signal Corps 2nd Division: Brigadier General J.A. Cooper (280/4,982) lst Brigade: Colonel G.W.Gallup l30th Indiana Infantry Regiment l4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 25th Michigan Infantry Regiment 99th Ohio Infantry Regiment 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel J.C.McQuiston l07th Illinois Infantry Regiment 80th Indiana Infantry Regiment l29th Indiana Infantry Regiment 23rd Michigan Infantry Regiment lllth Ohio Infantry Regiment ll8th Ohio Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel S.A.Strickland 9lst Indiana Infantry Regiment l23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment 20th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 27th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 50th Ohio Infantry Regiment Artillery: Indiana Light Artillery, 22nd Battery lst Michigan Light Artillery, Battery F Ohio Light Artillery, l9th Battery 3rd Division: Brigadier General. J.D.Cox (248/5,278) lst Brigade: Brigadier General J.W.Reilly llth Kentucky Infantry Regiment l2th Kentucky Infantry Regiment l6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment l00th Ohio Infantry Regiment l04th Ohio Infantry Regiment 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel J.S.Casement 65th Illinois Infantry Regiment 65th Indiana Infantry Regiment l24th Indiana Infantry Regiment l03rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade: Colonel T.J.Henderson ll2th Illinois Infantry Regiment 63rd Indiana Infantry Regiment l20th Indiana Infantry Regiment 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment Artillery: Indiana Light Artillery, l5th Battery Indiana Light Artillery, 23rd Battery lst Ohio Light Artillery, Battery D 4th Division: Brigadier General J.Ammen (182/5,l59) lst Brigade: Colonel W.Y.Dillard 34th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 2nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment (mounted) llth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment lst Michigan Light Artillery, Battery M lst Tennessee Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd Brigade: Brigadier General D.Tillson 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment (2 cos) 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment l6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment l0th Michigan Cavalry Regiment Colvin's (Illinois) Battery Elgin (Illinois) Battery Henshaw's (Illinois) Battery Wilder (Indiana) Battery lst Michigan Light Artillery, Battery L 2lst Ohio Battery 22nd Ohio Battery 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery, Col. Gibson lst U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Cleveland, Tennessee: lst Ohio Heavy Artillery, Col. Hawley (l8/589) District of Western Kentucky: Brigadier General S.Meredith (l76/4,448) Columbus, Kentucky: Colonel J.N.McArthur l6lst Illionis Infantry Regiment 4th U.S.Colored Heavy Artillery 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery B Smithland, Kentucky: G/48th Kentucky Infantry Regiment Paducah, Kentucky: Colonel J.J.Guppey 29th Illinois Infantry Regiment 26th Kentucky Infantry Regiment lst Louisiana Infantry Regiment 34th New Jersey Infantry Regiment 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Det/3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment Det/9th Indiana Cavalry Regiment Det/7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 8th U.S.Colored Heavy Artillery Military District of Kentucky: Bvt. Maj.Gen.S.G.Burnbridge lst Division: Brigadier General N.C.McLean (427/9,005) lst Brigade: Colonel C.J.True 35th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) 40th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) l3th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel F.N.Alexander 30th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) 45th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) 3rd Brigade: Colonel C.S.Hanson 37th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) 39th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (mounted) l09th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment lst Kentucky Cavalry Regiment lst Kentucky Light Artillery, Battery C 4th Brigade: Coplonel R.W.Ratliff llth Michigan Cavalry Regiment l2th Ohio Cavalry Regiment Lexington, Kentucky: Colonel S.W.Price 46th Indiana Infantry Regiment 49th Indiana Infantry Regiment (6 cos) 79th Company, U.S. Veteran Reserve lst Kentucky Light Artillery, Battery E lst Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company B Camp Nelson, KY: Colonel T.D.Sedgwick F/43rd Indiana Infantry Regiment 47th Kentucky Infantry Regiment 49th Kentucky Infantry Regiment ll4th U.S.Colored Troops ll6th U.S.Colored Troops 2nd Division: Brigadier General H.Ewing (l07/2,338) 2nd Brigade:Colonel C.Maxwell 48th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (9 cos) 52nd Kentucky (mounted) Infantry Regiment l2th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Not Brigaded: ll5th U.S. Colored Troops H/2nd U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps D/23rd U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps llth Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 40th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 56th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 67th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 68th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 77th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 83rd Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 84th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps l4lst Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps l57th Co, 2nd Bn, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps Cavalry Division: Colonel I. Garrard (2l4/4,490) lst Brigade: Colonel H.Capron l4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment l6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment 5th Indiana Cavalry Regiment 8th Michigan Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade: Colonel G.S.Acker 9th Michigan Cavalry Regiment McLaughlin's Ohio Cavalry Squadron 7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment 9th Ohio Cavalry Regiment U.S. War Department, The War of the Succession, A Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Government Printing Office; Washington D.C. 1882 .
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