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THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.May 3d-September 8th, 1864.

THE UNION ARMY.

Major-General William T. Sherman.

Headquarters Guard : 7th Co. Ohio Sharp-shooters, (1) Lieut. William McCrory.

Artillery :2 Brig.-Gen. William F. Barry (chief-of-artillery).
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas.

Escort, I, 1st Ohio Cav., Lieut. Henry C. Reppert.
Artillery : (2) Brig.-Gen. John M. Brannan (chief-of-artillery).

FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Maj.-Gen. Oliver O. Howard, Maj.-Gen. David S. Stanley

FIRST DIVISION Maj.-Gen. David S. Stanley, Brig.-Gen. William Grose, Brig.-Gen. Nathan Kimball. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles Cruft, Col. Isaac M. Kirby : 21st Ill. (,3) Maj. James E. Calloway, Capt. William H. Jamison; 38th Ill.,3 Lieut.-Col. William T. Chapman; 31st Ind., Col. John T. Smith; 81st Ind., Lieut. Col.William C. Wheeler; 1st Ky.,4 Col. David A. Enyart; 2d Ky.,(4) Lieut.-Col. John R. Hurd ; 90th Ohio, Col. Samuel N. Yeoman ; 101st Ohio, Col. Isaac M. Kirby, Lieut. Col. Bedan B. MBrigade, Brig.-Gen. Walter C. Whitaker, Col. Jacob E. Taylor : 96th Ill., Col.Thomas E. Champion, Maj. George Hicks; 115th Ill., Col. Jesse H. Moore; 35th Ind., Maj. John P. Dufficy, Capt. James A. Gavisk, Lieut.-Col. A. G. Tassin; 84th Ind.,(5) Lieut.-Col. Andrew J. Newf., Capt. John C. Taylor, Capt. Martin B. Miller; 21st Ky., Col. Samuel W. Price, Lieut.-Col. James C. Evans ; 40th Ohio, Col. Jacob E. Taylor, Capt. Chas. G. Matchett, Capt. Milton Kemper ; 51st Ohio, Lieut.-Col. C. H. Wood. Col. Richard W. McClain ; 99th Ohio,(6) Lieut.-Col. John E. Cummins, Capt. Jas. A. Bope, Lieut.-Col. J. E. Cummins. Third Brigade, Col. Wm. Grose, Col. P. Sidney Post, Brig.-Gen. Wm. Grose, Col. John E. Bennett: 59th Ill"(7) Col. P. Sidney Post, Lieut.-Col. Clayton Hale, Col. P. Sidney Post, Capt. Samuel West ; 75th Ill., Col. John E. Bennett, Lieut.-Col. William M. Kilgour; 80th Ill., Lieut.-Col. William M. Kilgour, Maj. James M. Stookey; 84th Ill., Col. Louis H. Waters; 9th Ind., Col. Isaac C. B. Suman; 30th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Orrin D. Hurd, Capt. William Dawson, Lieut. Col. Orrin D. Hurd ; 36th Ind., Lieut.-Col. O. H. P. Carey; 77th Pa., Capt. Joseph J. Lawson, Col. Thomas E. Rose. Artillery (8) Capt. Peter Simonson, Capt. Samuel M. McDowell, Capt. Theodore S. Thomasson : 5th Ind., Lieut. Alfred Morrison ; B, Pa., Capt. Samuel M. McDowell, Lieut. Jacob Ziegler.

SECOND DIVISION, Brig.-Gen. John Newton.

First Brigade, Col. Francis T. Sherman, Brig.-Gen. Nathan Kimball, Col. Emerson Opdycke : 36th Ill., Col. Silas Miller, Capt. James B. McNeal, Lieut.-Col. Porter C. Olson; 44th Ill., Col. Wallace W. Barrett, Lieut.-Col. John Russell, Maj. Luther M. Sabin, Lieut.-Col. John Russell ; 73d Ill. Maj. Thomas W. Motherspaw; 74th Ill., Col. Jason Marsh, Lieut.-Col. John B. Kerr, Capt. Thomas J. Bryan; 88th Ill. Lieut.-Col. George W. Chandler, Lieut. Col. George W. Smith; 28th Ky.,(9) Lieut.-Col. J. Rowan Boone, Maj. George W. Barth; 2d Mo.,(10) Lieut.-Col. Arnold Beck, Col. Bernard Laiboldt; 15th Mo., Col. Joseph C, Lieut.-Col. Theodore S. West, Maj. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George D. Wagner, Col. Jolin W. Blake, Brig.-Gen. George D. Wagner : 100th Ill., Maj. Charles M. Hammond, Col. Frederick A. Bartleson, Maj. Charles M. Hammond; 40th Ind., Col. John W. Blake, Lieut.-Col. Henry Leaming; 57th Ind., Lieut.-Col. George W. Lennard, Lieut.-Col. Willis Blanch; 26th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. William H. Squires, Maj. Norris T. Peatman, Capt. Lewis D. Adair, Lieut.-Col. William H. Squires, Maj. Norris T. Peatman; 97th Ohio, Lieut: Col. Milton Barnes, Col. John Q. Lane. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles G. Harker, Brig.-Gen. Luther P, Bradley: 22d Ill.,(11) Lieut.-Col. Francis Swanwick; 27th Ill.,(11) Lieut.-Col. William A. Schmitt; 42d Ill., Lieut.-Col. Edgar D. Swain, Capt. Jared W. Richards, Maj. Frederick A. Atwater ; 51st Ill., Col. Luther P. Bradley, Capt. Theodore F. Brown, Col. Luther P. Bradley, Capt. Albert M. Tilton; 79th Ill., Col. Allen Buckner, Lieut.-Col. Henry E. Rives, Maj. Terrence Clark, Capt. Oliver O. Bagley, Lieut. Col. Terrence Clark; 3d Ky., Col. Henry C. Dunlop, Capt. John W. Tuttle, Col. Henry C. Dunlop; 67th Ohio , Col. Alexander McIlvain, Lieut.-Col. Robert C. Brown, Maj. Samuel L. Coulter, Lieut.-Col. Robert C. Brown ; 65th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Horatio N. Whitbeck, Capt. Charles O. Tannehill, Maj. Orlow Smith; 125th Ohio, Col. Emerson Opdycke, Lieut.-Col. David H. Moore. Artillery, (12) Capt. Charles C. Aleshire, Capt. Wilbur F. Godspeed : M, 1st III., Capt. George W. Spencer; A, 1st Ohio, Capt. Wilbur F. Godspeed, Lieut. Charles W. Scovill.

THIRD DIVISION, Brig.-Gen. Thomas J. Wood, Col. P. Sidney Post, Brig: Gen. Thomas J. Wood.

First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. August Willich, Col. William H. Gibson, Col. Richard H. Nodine, Col. William H. Gibson, Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss : 25th Ill.,13 Col. Richard H. Nodine; 38th Ill.,14 Lieut.-Col. William P. Chandler; 89th Ill., Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss, Lieut.-Col. William D. Williams, Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss, Lieut: Col. William D. Wil14 Col. Frank Erdelmeyer; 8th Kan., 15 Col. John A. Martin, Lieut.-Col. James M. Graham ; 15th Ohio, Col. William Wallace, Lieut.-Col. Frank Askew, Col. William Wallace, Col. Frank Askew; 49th Ohio, Col. William H. Gibson, Lieut. Col. Samuel F. Gray; 15th Wis., Maj. George Wilson, Lieut.-Col. Ole C. Johnson. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William B. Hazen, Col. Oliver H. Payne, Col. P. Sidney Post: 6th Ind., (16) Lieut.-Col. Calvin D. Campbell; 5th Ky., (17) Col. William W. Berry; 6th Ky., (17) Maj. Richard T. Whitaker, Capt. Isaac N. Johnston ; 23d Ky., (18) Lieut.-Col. James C. Foy, Maj. George W. Northup; 1st Ohio, (19) Maj. Joab A. Stafford; 6th Ohio, (20) Col. Nicholas L. Anderson; 41st Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Robert L. Kimberly; 71st Ohio, (21) Col. Henry K. McConnell; 93d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Daniel Bowman ; 124th Ohio, Col. Oliver H. Payne, Lieut.-Col.

(1) Relieved two co's 10th Ohio Inf, May 20th.
(2) See batteries attached to divisions and corps.
(3) Non-veterans attached to 101st Ohio till June 4th and 9th, respectively, when regiments rejoined from veteran furlough.
(4) Ordered home for muster-out May 29th and June 3d, respectively.
(5) Transferred to Third Brigade August 16th.
(6) Transferred to Twenty-third Corps Tune 22d.
(7) Transferred to Second Brigade August 16th, and to Second Brigade, Third Division, August 19th.
(8) See also artillery brigade of corps.
(9) Transferred to Second Brigade May 28th.
(10) Remained at Dalton from May 14th.
(11) Relieved for muster-out June 10th and August 25th, respectively.
(12) See also artillery brigade of corps.
(13) Joined June 6th and relieved for muster-out August 1st.
(14) Relieved for muster-out August 25th and August 26th, respectively .
(15) Joined from veteran furlough June 28th.
(16) Relieved for muster-out August 22d.
(17) Transferred to Fourth Division, Twentieth Corps, July 25th and August 9th, respectively.
(18) Transferred to Second Brigade, First Division, August 19th.
(19) Ordered to Chattanooga July 25th.
(20) At Cleveland, Kingston, and Resaca ; relieved for muster out June óth.
(21) Joined August 31st.


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