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19 Series I Volume XLIV- Serial 92 - Savannah

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Numbers 2. Organization of the Union Forces, commanded by Major General William T. Sherman.

HEADQUARTERS GUARD.

7th Company Ohio Sharpshooters, Lieutenant James Cox.

ENGINEERS.

1st Missouri (five companies), Lieutenant Colonel William Tweeddale.

RIGHT WING.

Major General OLIVER O. HOWARD.

ESCORT.

15th Illinois Cavalry, Company K, Lieutenant John A. McQueen.

4th Company Ohio Cavalry, Captain John L. King.

FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS.

Major General PETER J. OSTERHAUS.

FIRST DIVISION.

Brigadier General CHARLES R. WOODS.

First Brigade.

Colonel MILO SMITH.

12th Indiana, Major Elbert D. Baldwin.

26th Iowa, Major John Lubbers.

27th Missouri, Colonel Thomas Curly.

29th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph S. Gage.

31st and 32nd Missouri Battalion, Major Abraham J. Seay.

76th Ohio, Colonel William B. Woods.

Second Brigade.

Brigadier General CHARLES C. WALCUTT. *

Colonel ROBERT F. CATTERSON.

26th Illinois, Captain George H. Reed.

40th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Hiram W. Hall.

103rd Illinois, Major Asias Willison.

97th Indiana:

Colonel Robert F. Catterson.

Captain George Elliott.

100th Indiana, Major Ruel M. Johnson.

6th Iowa, Major William H. Clune.

46th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac N. Alexander.

Third Brigade.

Colonel JAMES A. WILLIAMSON.

4th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel D. Nichols.

9th Iowa, Captain Paul McSweeney.

25th Iowa, Colonel George A. Stone.

30th Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Aurelius Roberts.

31st Iowa, Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah W. Jenkins.

SECOND DIVISION.

Brigadier General WILLIAM B. HAZEN.

First Brigade.

Colonel THEODORE JONES.

55th Illinois, Captain Charles A. Andress.

116th Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel John E. Maddux.

127th Illinois, Captain Charles Schryver.

6th Missouri, Lieutenant Colonel Delos Van Deusen.

8th Missouri, (two companies), Captain John W. White.

30th Ohio, Captain Emory W. Muenscher.

57th Ohio, Major John McClure.

Second Brigade.

Colonel WELLS S. JONES. #

Colonel JAMES S. MARTIN.

111th Illinois:

Colonel James S. Martin.

Major William M. Mabry.

83rd Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Louis von Blessingh.

47th Ohio, Colonel Augustus C. Parry.

53rd Ohio, Captain David H. Lasley.

54th Ohio, Lieutenant Colonel Israel T. Moore.

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*Wounded November 22.

#Wounded December 13.

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