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First Assault On Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 19, 1863
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Below are images of the commanders involved with the First Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi, on May 19, 1863. Note: This list is identical to that of the Second Assault On Vicksburg. Some command changes occurred both before and after this date. See specifics for each commander.

Army of the Tennessee

Army of Mississippi

Major General (Hiram) Ulysses S. Grant
-- commanding Army of the Tennessee
-- reporting to General Henry Wager Halleck (?)
-- escorted by 4th Illinois Cavalry, Company A
-- 1st Battalion Engineer Regiment of the West
-- Acting Inspector General Brigadier General Jeremiah C. Sullivan

Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton
-- commanding the Army of Mississippi
-- reporting to General Joseph Eggleston Johnston

9th Army Corps

Stevenson's Division

Major General John Grubb Parke
-- commanding 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; 2nd United States Artillery, Battery E
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson
-- commanding Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; five brigades; 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Company C; Botetourt Artillery; Signal Corps; 54th Alabama (detachment); City Guards, Signal Corps
-- reporting to Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled

First Division, 9th Army Corps

1st Brigade, Stevenson's Division

Brigadier General Thomas Welsh
-- commanding First Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; two brigades; 2nd New York Light Artillery, Battery L
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Grubb Parke
-- contracted malaria during Vicksburg campaign from which died in Cincinnati, Ohio ,August 14, 1863

Brigadier General Seth Maxwell Barton
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; 40th Georgia, 41st Georgia, 42nd Georgia, 43rd Georgia, 52nd Georgia, Hudson's Battery, Pointe Coupee Artillery, Companies A, C
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson

1st Brigade, First Division
9th Army Corps

2nd Brigade, Stevenson's Division

Colonel Henry Bowman
-- commanding 1st Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: 36th Massachusetts, 17th Michigan, 27th Michigan, 45th Pennsylvania
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh

Brigadier General Alfred Cumming
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; 34th Georgia, 36th Georgia, 39th Georgia, 56th Georgia, 57th Georgia, Cherokee Artillery
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson

2nd Brigade, First Division
9th Army Corps

3rd Brigade, Stevenson's Division

Colonel Daniel Leasure
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: 2nd Michigan, 8th Michigan, 20th Michigan, 79th New York, 100th Pennsylvania
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh

Brigadier General Stephen Dill Lee
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; 20th Alabama, 23rd Alabama, 30th Alabama, 31st Alabama, 31st Alabama, 46th Alabama, Alabama Battery
--captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson

Second Division
9th Army Corps

4th Brigade, Stevenson's Division

Brigadier General Robert Brown Potter
-- commanding Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; three brigades; 2nd New York Light Artillery, Battery E
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Grubb Parke

Colonel Alexander Welch Reynolds
-- commanding 4th Brigade, Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; 3rd Tennessee, 39th Tennessee, 43rd Tennessee, 59th Tennessee, 3rd Maryland Battery
-- assumed captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson

1st Brigade, Second Division
9th Army Corps

Waul's Texas Legion
Stevenson's Division

Colonel Simon Goodell Griffin
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: 6th New Hampshire, 9th New Hampshire, 7th Rhode Island
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Robert Brown Potter

Colonel Thomas Neville Waul
-- commanding Waul's Legion, Stevenson's Division, Army of Mississippi; 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, Cavalry battalion, Atillery Company
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Carter Littlepage Stevenson

2nd Brigade, Second Division
9th Army Corps

Forney's Division

Brigadier General Edward Ferrero
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: 35th Massachusetts, 11th New Hampshire, 51st New York, 51st Pennsylvania
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Robert Brown Potter

Major General John Horace Forney
-- commanding Forney's Division, Army of Mississippi; two brigades
-- reporting to Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged

3rd Brigade, Second Division
9th Army Corps

Hebert's Brigade, Forney's Division

Colonel Benjamin C. Christ
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: 29th Massachusetts, 46th New York, 50th Pennsylvania
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Robert Brown Potter

Brigadier General Louis Hebert
-- commanding Hebert's Brigade, Forney's Division, Army of Mississippi; 3rd Louisiana, 21st Louisiana, 36th Mississippi, 37th Mississippi, 38th Mississippi, 43rd Mississippi, 7th Mississippi Battalion, 2nd Alabama Artillery Battalion, Appeal Battery
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Horace Forney
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled

13th Army Corps

Moore's Brigade, Forney's Division

Major General John Alexander McClernand
-- commanding (to June 19, 1863) 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee
-- escort 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L
-- Pioneers: Kentucky Infantry (Independent Company)
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Brigadier General John Creed Moore
-- commanding Moore's Brigade, Forney's Division, Army of Mississippi; 37th Alabama, 40th Alabama, 42nd Alabama, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery, 35th Mississippi, 40th Mississippi, 2nd Texas, Alabama Battery, Pointe Coupee Artillery, Company B
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Horace Forney
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged

13th Army Corps

Smith's Division

Major General Edward Cresap Ord
-- commanding (from June 19, 1863) 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, beginning June 18, 1863
-- escort 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company L
-- Pioneers: Kentucky Infantry (Independent Company)
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Martin Luther Smith
-- commanding Smith's Division, Army of Mississippi; three brigades; 14th Mississippi Light Artillery Battalion, Mississippi Partisan Rangers, Signal Corps
-- reporting to Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged

Ninth Division
13th Army Corps

Baldwin's Brigade, Smith's Division

Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus
-- commanding Ninth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; two brigades; 7th Battery, Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery; 2nd Illinois Cavalry, 3rd Illinois Cavalry, 6th Missouri Cavalry
--reporting to Maj. Gens. John A. McClernand/Edward Ord

Brigadier General William Edwin Baldwin
-- commanding Baldwin's Brigade; 17th Louisiana, 31st Louisiana, 4th Mississippi, 46th Mississippi, Tennessee Battery
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged
-- killed near Dog River, Alabama, by fall from horse on February 19, 1864

1st Brigade, Ninth Division
13th Army Corps

Baldwin's Brigade, Smith's Division

Brigadier General Albert Lindley Lee
-- commanding (to May 19, 1863) 1st Brigade, Ninth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; 118th Illinois, 49th Indiana, 69th Indiana, 7th Kentucky, 120th Ohio to May 19, 1863
-- wounded First Assault on Vicksburg, May 19, 1863, relieved by Colonel James Keigwin
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Brigadier General John C. Vaughn
-- commanding Vaughn's Brigade; 60th Tennessee, 61st Tennessee, 62nd Tennessee
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith

1st Brigade, Ninth Division
13th Army Corps

Shoup's Brigade, Smith's Division

Colonel James Keigwin
-- commanding (from May 19, 1863) 1st Brigade, Ninth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; 118th Illinois, 49th Indiana, 69th Indiana, 7th Kentucky, 120th Ohio
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Brigadier General Francis Asbury Shoup
-- commanding Shoup's Brigade; 26th Louisiana, 27th Louisiana, 28th/29th Louisana, McNally's Battery
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith

2nd Brigade, Ninth Division
13th Army Corps

Mississippi State Troops, Smith's Division

Colonel Daniel Weisiger Lindsey
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps: 54th Indiana, 22nd Kentucky, 16th Ohio, 42nd Ohio, 114th Ohio
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Brigadier General Jeptha "John" Vining Harris
-- commanding Mississippi militia; 5th Regiment, 3rd Battalion
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Martin Luther Smith

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Tenth Division
13th Army Corps

Bowen's Division

Brigadier General Andrew Jackson Smith
-- commanding Tenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; escort Company C, two brigades; 4th Indiana Cavalry; Chicago Mercantile Battery; 17th Company, Ohio Light Artillery
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Major General John Stevens Bowen
-- commanding Bowen's Division, Army of Mississippi; two brigades
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- died July 13, 1863 of dsyentery acquired during siege of Vicksburg
-- reporting to Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton

1st Brigade, Tenth Division
13th Army Corps

1st Brigade (Missouri), Bowen's Division

Brigadier General Stephen Gano Burbridge
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Tenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 16th Indiana, 60th Indiana, 67th Indiana, 83rd Ohio, 96th Ohio, 23rd Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith

Colonel Francis Marion Cockrell
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Bowen's Division; 1st Missouri, 2nd Missouri, 3rd Missouri, 5th Missouri, 6th Missouri, Guibor's Missouri battery, Landis' Missouri battery, Wade's Missouri battery
-- assumed captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later exchanged
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Stevens Bowen

2nd Brigade, Tenth Division
13th Army Corps

2nd Brigade, Bowen's Division

Colonel William Jennings Landram
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Tenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 77th Illinois, 97th Illinois, 130th Illinois, 19th Kentucky, 48th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith

Brigadier General Martin Edwin Green
-- commanding (to June 27, 1863) 2nd Brigade , Bowen's Division; 15th Arkansas, 19th Arkansas, 20th Arkansas, 21st Arkansas, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, 12th Arkansas Battalion (sharpshooters), 1st Missouri Cavalry, 3rd Battalion Missouri Cavalry, 3rd Missouri Battery, Lowe's Battery (Missouri)
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Stevens Bowen
-- killed by sharpshooter at Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 27, 1863

Twelfth Division
13th Army Corps

2nd Brigade, Bowen's Division

Brigadier General Alvin Peterson Hovey
-- commanding Twelfth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee;two brigades; Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery; 2nd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; 16th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
-- escort 1st Indiana Cavalry, Company C
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

Colonel Thomas Pleasant Dockery
-- commanding (from June 27, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Bowen's Division; 15th Arkansas, 19th Arkansas, 20th Arkansas, 21st Arkansas, 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, 12th Arkansas Battalion (sharpshooters), 1st Missouri Cavalry, 3rd Battalion Missouri Cavalry, 3rd Missouri Battery, Lowe's Battery (Missouri)
-- captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, later paroled
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Stevens Bowen

1st Brigade, Twelfth Division
13th Army Corps

River Batteries

Brigadier General George Francis McGinnis
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Twelfth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; 11th Indiana, 24th Indiana, 34th Indiana, 46th Indiana, 29th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Alvin Peterson Hovey

Colonel Edward Higgins
-- commanding 1st Louisiana Artillery, 8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion, 22nd Louisiana, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, Tennessee Batteries (3), Vaiden Battery (Mississippi)
-- reporting to Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton

2nd Brigade, Twelfth Division
13th Army Corps

Colonel James Richard Slack
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Twelfth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; 87th Illinois, 47th Indiana, 24th Iowa, 28th Iowa, 56th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Alvin Peterson Hovey

Fourteenth Division
13th Army Corps

Brigadier General Eugene Asa Carr
-- commanding Fourteenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; two brigades; Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery; 1st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
-- escort 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company G
-- reporting to Brigadier General Peter Joseph Osterhaus

1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division
13th Army Corps

Brigadier General William Plummer Benton
-- commanding (to May 31, 1863) 1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 33rd Illinois, 99th Illinois, 8th Indiana, 18th Indiana, 1st United States Artillery (siege guns)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr

1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division
13th Army Corps

Colonel Henry Dana Washburn
-- commanding (May 31 to June 27, 1863) 1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 33rd Illinois, 99th Illinois, 8th Indiana, 18th Indiana, 1st United States Artillery (siege guns)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr

1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division
13th Army Corps

Colonel David Shunk
-- commanding (from June 27, 1863) 1st Brigade, Fourteenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 33rd Illinois, 99th Illinois, 8th Indiana, 18th Indiana, 1st United States Artillery (siege guns)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr

2nd Brigade, Fourteenth Division
13th Army Corps

Brigadier General Michael Kelly Lawler
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Fourteenth Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 21st Iowa, 22nd Iowa, 23rd Iowa, 11th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr

15th Army Corps

Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
-- commanding 15th Army Corps; 4th Iowa Cavalry (unattached)
-- Chief-of-Staff Ltc. John Henry Hammond
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

First Division
15th Army Corps

Major General Frederick Steele
-- commanding First Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; three brigades; 1st Battery Iowa Light Artillery; Battery F, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery; 4th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; Kane County Independent Company (Cavalry); 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company D
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

1st Brigade, First Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Francis H. Manter
-- commanding (to June 12, 1863) 1st Brigade, First Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 13th Illinois, 27th Missouri, 29th Missouri, 30th Missouri, 31st Missouri, 32nd Missouri
-- reporting to Major General Frederick Steele
-- accidentally killed by falling from horse June 13, 1864, Little Rock, Arkansas

1st Brigade, First Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Bernard Gains Farrar
-- commanding (from June 12, 1863) 1st Brigade, First Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 13th Illinois, 27th Missouri, 29th Missouri, 30th Missouri, 31st Missouri, 32nd Missouri
-- reporting to Major General Frederick Steele

2nd Brigade, First Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Charles Robert Woods
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, First Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 25th Iowa, 31st Iowa, 3rd Missouri, 12th Missouri, 17th Missouri, 76th Ohio
-- reporting to Major General Frederick Steele

3rd Brigade, First Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General John Milton Thayer
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, First Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 4th Iowa, 9th Iowa, 26th Iowa, 30th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele
-- became governor of Nebraska

Second Division
15th Army Corps

Major General Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
-- commanding Second Division, 15th Army Corps; three brigades; Batteries A, B, C, 1st Illinois Light Artillery; 8th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; 10th Missouri Cavalry, Company C
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

1st Brigade, Second Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Giles Alexander Smith
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Second Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 113th Illinois, 116th Illinois, 6th Missouri, 8th Missouri, 13th U.S., 1st Battalion
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

2nd Brigade, Second Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith
-- commanding (to May 24, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Second Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 55th Illinois, 127th Illinois, 83rd Indiana, 54th Ohio, 57th Ohio
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

2nd Brigade, Second Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn
-- commanding (from May 24, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Second Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 55th Illinois, 127th Illinois, 83rd Indiana, 54th Ohio, 57th Ohio
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

3rd Brigade, Second Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General Hugh Boyle Ewing
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, Second Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 30th Ohio, 37th Ohio, 47th Ohio, 4th West Virginia
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Third Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General James Madison Tuttle
-- commanding Third Division, 15th Army Corps; three brigades; Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery; 2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

1st Brigade, Third Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General Ralph Pomeroy Buckland
-- commanding (to June 22, 1863) 1st Brigade, Third Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 114th Illinois, 93rd Indiana, 72nd Ohio, 95th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. James Madison Tuttle

1st Brigade, Third Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel William Linn McMillen
-- commanding (from June 22, 1863) 1st Brigade, Third Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 114th Illinois, 93rd Indiana, 72nd Ohio, 95th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. James Madison Tuttle

2nd Brigade, Third Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General Joseph Anthony Mower
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Third Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 47th Illinois, 5th Minnesota, 11th Missouri, 8th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. James Madison Tuttle

3rd Brigade, Third Division
15th Army Corps

Brigadier General Charles Leopold Matthies
-- commanding (to June 1, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Third Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 8th Iowa, 12th Iowa, 35th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. James Madison Tuttle

3rd Brigade, Third Division
15th Army Corps

Colonel Joseph Jackson Woods
-- commanding (from June 1, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Third Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 8th Iowa, 12th Iowa, 35th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. James Madison Tuttle

16th Army Corps (detachment)

Major General Cadwallader Colden Washburn
-- commanding 16th Army Corps (detachment of three divisions);
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

First Division
16th Army Corps

(joined campaign June 12, 1863)

Brigadier General William Sooy Smith
-- commanding First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; four brigades; Batteries F, I, Cogswell's, 1st Illinois Light Artillery; 6th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
-- escort 7th Illinois Cavalry, Company B
-- reporting to Maj. Gen.Cadwallader Colden Washburn

1st Brigade, First Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel John Mason Loomis
-- commanding 1st Brigade, First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 26th Illinois, 90th Illinois, 12th Indiana, 100th Indiana
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith

1st Brigade, First Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Sanford James Stoughton
-- commanding 1st Brigade, First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 26th Illinois, 90th Illinois, 12th Indiana, 100th Indiana
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith

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2nd Brigade, First Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Stephen G. Hicks
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 40th Illinois, 103rd Illinois, 15th Michigan, 46th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith

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3rd Brigade, First Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Joseph Randolph Cockerill
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 97th Indiana, 99th Indiana, 53rd Ohio, 70th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith

4th Brigade, First Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel William Wilson Sanford
-- commanding 4th Brigade, First Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 48th Illinois, 6th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith

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Fourth Division
16th Army Corps

(joined campaign May 13 to 20, 1863)

Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman
-- commanding Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; Batteries E, K, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery; Batteries 5, 7, 15, Ohio Light Artillery; 15th Illinois Cavalry, Companies F, I
-- reporting to Maj. Gen.Cadwallader Colden Washburn

1st Brigade, Fourth Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Isaac Campbell Pugh
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 41st Illinois, 53rd Illinois, 3rd Iowa, 33rd Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen.Jacob Gartner Lauman

2nd Brigade, Fourth Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Cyrus Hall
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 14th Illinois, 15th Illinois, 46th Illinois, 76th Illinois, 53rd Indiana (transferred to 3rd Brigade June 22, 1863)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen.Jacob Gartner Lauman

3rd Brigade, Fourth Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel George E. Bryant
-- commanding (to June 9, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 28th Illinois, 32nd Illinois, 12th Wisconsin, 53rd Indiana (transferred from 2nd Brigade June 22, 1863)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Jacob Gartner Lauman

3rd Brigade, Fourth Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Amory K. Johnson
-- commanding (from June 9, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Fourth Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 28th Illinois, 32nd Illinois, 12th Wisconsin, 53rd Indiana (transferred from 2nd Brigade June 22, 1863)
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Jacob Gartner Lauman

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Provisional Division
16th Army Corps

(Composed of First and Second Brigades of the Third Division and four regiments from the Sixth Division. Joined campaign from Memphis, Tenn., June 3)

Brigadier General Nathan Kimball
-- commanding Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee
-- reporting to Maj. Gen.Cadwallader Colden Washburn

Engelmann's Brigade
Provisional Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Adolph Engelmann
-- commanding Engelmann's Brigade, Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 43rd Illinois, 61st Illinois, 106th Illinois, 12th Michigan
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball

Richmond's Brigade
Provisional Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Jonathan Richmond
-- commanding Richmond's Brigade, Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 18th Illinois, 54th Illinois, 126th Illinois, 22nd Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball

Montgomery's Brigade
Provisional Division
16th Army Corps

Colonel Milton Montgomery
-- commanding Montgomery's Brigade, Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 40th Iowa, 3rd Minnesota, 25th Wisconsin, 27th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball

17th Army Corps

Major General James Birdseye McPherson
-- commanding 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 5th Illinois Cavalry, 3rd Iowa, 2nd Wisconsin
-- escort 4th Company Ohio Cavalry
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
-- killed at Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864

Third Division
17th Army Corps

Major General John Alexander Logan
-- commanding Third Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery; Batteries G, L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery; 8th Battery, Michigan Light Artillery; 3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
-- escort 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company A
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

1st Brigade, Third Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General John Eugene Smith
-- commanding (to June 3, 1863) 1st Brigade, Third Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 20th Illinois, 31st Illinois, 45th Illinois, 124th Illinois, 23rd Indiana
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan

1st Brigade, Third Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General Mortimer D. Leggett
-- commanding (from June 3, 1863) 1st Brigade, Third Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 20th Illinois, 31st Illinois, 45th Illinois, 124th Illinois, 23rd Indiana
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan

2nd Brigade, Third Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Manning Ferguson Force
-- commanded by Brig. Gen. Mortimer Leggett until June 3
-- commanding (from June 3, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Third Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 30th Illinois, 20th Ohio, 68th Ohio, 78th Ohio
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan

3rd Brigade, Third Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General John Dunlap Stevenson
-- commanding 3rd Brigade, Third Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 8th Illinois, 17th Illinois, 81st Illinois, 7th Missouri, 32nd Ohio
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. John Alexander Logan

Sixth Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General John McArthur
-- commanding Sixth Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery; 1st Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery; Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery; 10th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
-- escort 11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

1st Brigade, Sixth Division
17th Army Corps

(posted at Lake Providence, Louisiana)

Brigadier General Hugh Thompson Reid
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Sixth Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 1st Kansas, 16th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. John McArthur

2nd Brigade, Sixth Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Sixth Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 11th Illinois, 72nd Illinois, 95th Illinois, 14th Wisconsin, 17th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. John McArthur
-- died of dysentery while in command in Georgia, October 29, 1864

3rd Brigade, Sixth Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel William Hall
-- commanding (to June 6, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Sixth Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 11th Iowa, 13th Iowa, 15th Iowa, 16th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. John McArthur

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3rd Brigade, Sixth Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Alexander Chambers
-- commanding (from June 6, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Sixth Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 11th Iowa, 13th Iowa, 15th Iowa, 16th Iowa
-- reporting to Brig. Gen. John McArthur

Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General Isaac Ferdinand Quinby
-- commanding (to June 3, 1863) Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery; 11th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; 6th, 12th Batteries, Wisconsin Light Artillery
-- escort 4th Missouri Cavalry, Company F
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General John E. Smith
-- commanding (from June 3, 1863) Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery; 11th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery; 6th, 12th Batteries, Wisconsin Light Artillery
-- escort 4th Missouri Cavalry, Company F
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

1st Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel John Benjamin Sanborn
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 48th Indiana, 59th Indiana, 4th Minnesota, 18th Wisconsin
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith

2nd Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Samuel Ashbury Holmes
-- commanding (to June 10, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 56th Illinois, 17th Iowa, 10th Missouri, 24th Missouri, 80th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith

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2nd Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Green Berry Raum
-- commanding (from June 10, 1863) 2nd Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 56th Illinois, 17th Iowa, 10th Missouri, 24th Missouri, 80th Ohio
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith

3rd Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel George Boardman Boomer
-- commanding (to May 22, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 93rd Illinois, 5th Iowa, 10th Iowa, 26th Missouri
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith
-- killed during Second Assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863

3rd Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Holden Putnam
-- commanding (from May 22 to June 2, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 93rd Illinois, 5th Iowa, 10th Iowa, 26th Missouri
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith
-- killed at Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863

3rd Brigade, Seventh Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General Charles Leopold Matthies
-- commanding (from June 2, 1863) 3rd Brigade, Seventh Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 93rd Illinois, 5th Iowa, 10th Iowa, 26th Missouri
-- reporting to Brig. Gens. Isaac Ferdinand Quinby and John E. Smith

Herron's Division
17th Army Corps

(joined from Deptartment of Missouri, June 11, 1863)

Major General Francis Jay Herron
-- commanding Herron's Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 93rd Illinois, 5th Iowa, 10th Iowa, 26th Missouri
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

1st Brigade, Herron's Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General William Vandever
-- commanding 1st Brigade, Herron's Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 37th Illinois, 26th Indiana, 20th Iowa, 34th Iowa, 38th Iowa, Batteries E, F, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Jay Herron

2nd Brigade, Herron's Division
17th Army Corps

Brigadier General William Ward Orme
-- commanding 2nd Brigade, Herron's Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 94th Illinois, 19th Iowa, 20th Wisconsin, Battery B, 1st Missouri Light Artillery
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. Francis Jay Herron

Unattached Cavalry, Herron's Division
17th Army Corps

Colonel Cyrus Bussey
-- commanding cavalry, Herron's Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee; 5th Illinois Cavalry, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry
-- reporting to Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson

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