55th Ohio
Lieut. Col. Edwin H. Powers
73rd Ohio
Lieut. Col. Samuel H. Hurst
26th Wisconsin
Lieut. Col. Frederick C. Winkler
ARTILLERY BRIGADE
Maj. John A. Reynolds
1st New York Light Artillery: Battery I Capt. Charles E. Winegar
1st New York Light Artillery: Battery M Lieut. Edward P. Newkirk
1st Ohio Light Artillery: Battery C Capt. Marco B. Gary
Lieut. Jerome B. Stephens
Pennsylvania Light Artillery: Battery E Capt. Thomas S. Sloan
CAVALRY DIVISION [5,063]
Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick
FIRST BRIGADE
Col. Eli H. Murray
8th Indiana
Cavalry Lieut. Col. Fielder A. Jones
2nd Kentucky Cavalry
Capt. Joseph T. Forman
Capt. Robert M. Gilmore
3rd Kentucky Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Robert H. King
5th Kentucky Cavalry
Col. Oliver L. Baldwin
9th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Col. Thomas J. Jordan
SECOND BRIGADE
Col. Smith D. Atkins
92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry
Lieut. Col. Matthew van Buskirk
3rd Indiana Cavalry
Capt. Charles U. Patton
9th Michigan Cavalry
Col. George S. Acker
5th Ohio Cavalry
Col. Thomas T. Heath
9th Ohio Cavalry
Col. William D. Hamilton
10th Ohio Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Sanderson
McLaughlin’s (Ohio) Squadron
Capt. John Dalzell
UNATTACHED
1st Alabama Cavalry
Col. George E. Spencer
9th Illinois Mounted Infantry
Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Hughes
ARTILLERY
10th Wisconsin Battery
Capt. Yates V. Beebe
CONFEDERATE FORCES ROSTER
[G=Griswoldville, H=Honey Hill, O=Oconee River Bridge, S=Savannah Defenses]
DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee
Hartridge’s (Independent) Command
Maj. Alfred L. Hartridge [O/S]
Ashley (South Carolina) Dragoons
Captain George C. Heyward
27th Georgia Battalion [detail]
Maxwell’s Light Artillery Battery
Lieut. Joseph A. Huger [section]
FORT MCALLISTER
Maj. George W. Anderson
Emmett Rifles
Capt. George A. Nicoll
Clinch’s Light Artillery Battery
Captain Nicholas B. Clinch (w)
1st Georgia Reserve Regiment: Company D
Capt. George N. Hendry
1st Georgia Reserve Regiment:
Company E
Capt. Angus Morrison (w)
GEORGIA STATE TROOPS
FIRST DIVISION GEORGIA MILITIA
Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith
UNATTACHED
Factory and Penitentiary Guards [O]
Williams’s (Militia) Company of Infantry
Talbot’s (Militia) Company of Cavalry
FIRST BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [H/S]
Brig. Gen. Reuben W. Carswell
1st Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. Edward H. Pottle
2nd Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. James Stapleton
3rd Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. Q. M. Hill
SECOND BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [G/S]
Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Philips
Lieut. Col. Dexter B. Thompson
4th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. James M. Mann
5th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. S. S. Stafford
6th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. J. W. Burney
THIRD BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [S]
Brig. Gen. Charles D. Anderson
7th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. Abner Redding
8th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. William B. Scott
9th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. J. M. Hill
FOURTH BRIGADE GEORGIA MILITIA [G/S]
Brig. Gen. Henry K. McCay
10th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. C. M. Davis
11th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. William T. Toole
12th Georgia Militia Regiment
Col. Richard Sims
GEORGIA STATE LINE BRIGADE [G/H/S]
Lieut. Col. Beverly D. Evans (w)
Lieut. Col. James Wilson
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, CORPS OF CADETS [O/S]
Maj. Francis W. Capers
ARTILLERY
14th Georgia Light Artillery [G/S]
Capt. Reul W. Anderson
Pruden’s Battery [O/S]
Capt. William H. Pruden
Pulaski Artillery [S]
Lieut. R. H. Brown [section]
Hamilton’s Battery [S]
MCLAWS’S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws
BAKER’S NORTH CAROLINA BRIGADE [S]
Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Baker
10th North Carolina Battalion
Maj. Willon L. Young
36th North Carolina
Maj. James M. Stevenson
40th North Carolina
Maj. William A. Holland
50th North Carolina
Lieut. J. C. Ellington
77th North Carolina
Col. Washington Hardy
LEWIS’S KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY (“ORPHAN” BRIGADE) [S]
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis
2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry
4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Worthen’s North Carolina Battalion
3rd Battalion Georgia Reserves
1st Regiment Georgia Reserves
ARTILLERY
Capt. J. A. Maxwell
Daniell’s Light Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. Charles Daniell
Abell’s Light Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. Henry F. Abell
Barnwell’s Battery [section] [S]
German Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. F. W. Wagner [section]
WRIGHT’S DIVISION
Maj. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright
MERCER’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Hugh W. Mercer
Athens Local Defense Battalion [G/H/S]
Maj. Ferdinand W. C. Cook (k)
Augusta Local Defense Battalion [G/H/S]
Maj. George T. Jackson
Nisbet’s Local Defense Regiment [S]
Brook’s Foreign Battalion (paroled Union prisoners) [S]
JACKSON’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson
Columbus Local Defense Units [S]
Colonel Leon von Zinken
Dismounted Cavalry Brigade [S]
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson
(also see Wheeler’s Cavalry)
ARTILLERY
Capt. John W. Brooks
Guerard’s Light Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. John M. Guerard
Maxwell’s Battery [section] [S]
Barnwell’s Battery [section] [S]
Terrell Light Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. John W. Brooks
Hanleiter’s Light Artillery Battery [S]
Capt. Cornelius R. Hanleiter
CAVALRY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
ALLEN’S DIVISION
Brig. Gen. William Wirt Allen
CREWS’S GEORGIA BRIGADE
Col. Charles C. Crews
1st Georgia Cavalry
Col. Samuel Davitte
2nd Georgia Cavalry
Col. George C. Looney
3rd Georgia Cavalry
Col. Robert Thompson
4th Georgia Cavalry
Col. Isaac Avery
6th Georgia Cavalry
Col. John R. Hart
HAGAN’S ALABAMA BRIGADE
Col. James Hagan
1st Alabama Cavalry
Lieut. Col. David T. Blakey
3rd Alabama Cavalry
Col. Josiah Robins
4th Alabama Cavalry
Col. Alfred A. Russell
7th Alabama Cavalry
Capt. George Mason
19th Alabama Cavalry
Capt. Warren S. Reese
51st Alabama Cavalry
Col. M. L. Kilpatrick
HUMES’S DIVISION
Brig. Gen. William Y. C. Humes
HARRISON’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Harrison
3rd Arkansas Cavalry
Col. Anson W. Hobson
4th Tennessee Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson
8th Texas Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Gustave Cook
11th Texas Cavalry
Col. George R. Reeves
ASHBY’S BRIGADE
Col. Henry M. Ashby
1st Tennessee Cavalry
Col. James T. Wheeler
2nd Tennessee Cavalry
Capt. William M. Smith
5th Tennessee Cavalry
Col. George W. McKenzie
9th Tennessee Cavalry
Capt. W. L. Bromley
IVERSON’S DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Iverson
FERGUSON’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson [S]
2nd Alabama Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John N. Carpenter
56th Alabama Cavalry
Col. William Boyles
9th Mississippi Cavalry
Col. Horace H. Miller
11th Mississippi Cavalry
Col. Robert O. Perrin
12th Mississippi Battalion
Col. William M. Inge
LEWIS’S KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY (“ORPHAN” BRIGADE) [O/S]
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis
2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry
4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
9th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Worthen’s North Carolina Battalion
3rd Battalion Georgia Reserves
1st Regiment Georgia Reserves
ANDERSON’S CONFEDERATE BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson
3rd Confederate Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John McCaskill
8th Confederate Cavalry
Lieut. Col. John S. Prather
10th Confederate Cavalry
Capt. W. J. Vason
12th Confederate Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Marcellus Pointer
5th Georgia Cavalry
Col. Edward Bird
DIBRELL’S TENNESSEE BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. George G. Dibrell
4th Tennessee Cavalry
Col. William S. McLemore
8th Tennessee Cavalry
Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson
9th Tennessee Cavalry
Capt. James M. Reynolds
10th Tennessee Cavalry
Maj. John Minor
11th Tennessee Cavalry
Col. Daniel W. Holman
YOUNG’S BRIGADE
Brig. Gen. Pierce M. B. Young
10th Georgia Cavalry
20th Georgia Battalion
Cobb’s Legion Cavalry Battalion
Phillip’s Legion Cavalry Battalion
Chapter Notes
Note: Complete information for material cited in the chapter notes can be found in the bibliography. All references to Series I of The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies are here designated OR, followed by the volume and number of the series. Similarly, all references to Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies are abbreviated ORN, and to the Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, ORS. Other frequently used source abbreviations appearing herein are as follows: AAS (American Antiquarian Society), AHC (Atlanta History Center), ALL (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library), BHS (Bureau County Historical Society), CHI (Chicago Historical Society), CHS (Chemung County Historical Society), CIN (Cincinnati Historical Society), CSL (Connecticut State Library), DU (Duke University), EU (Emory University), GHS (Georgia Historical Society), GSA (Georgia State Archives), HFL (Henry Ford Library), HL (Huntington Library), IHS (Indiana Historical Society), ISL (Indiana State Library), IU, (Indiana University), KNP (Kennesaw Mountain National Park), KNX (Knox College), LHS (Lancaster County Historical Society), LOC (Library of Congress), LSU (Louisiana State University), MAS (Massachusetts Historical Society), MCA (Fort McAllister Historic Park), MHI (United States Military History Institute), MHS (Minnesota Historical Society), NA (National Archives), NJH (New Jersey Historical Society), NYH (New-York Historical Society), NYL (New York State Library), OHS (Ohio Historical Society), PAH (Pennsylvania Historical Society), RU (Rutgers University), SHC (Southern Historical Collection), SHI (State Historical Society of Iowa), TSL (Tennessee State Library), UDC (Georgia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy: Confederate Reminiscences and Letters, 1861–1865), UGA (University of Georgia, Athens), UMB (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan), UIA (University of Iowa), UMC (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan), UWA (University of Washington), WHS (Wisconsin Historical Society), and WRS (Western Reserve Historical Society).
CHAPTER 1. A GATHERING OF EAGLES
“view to judging”: Davis, Rise & Fall, 2:478.
“sovereignty of the State”: Quoted in Parks, Joseph E. Brown, 219.
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