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After posting “Federal Military Occupation of Chattanooga and vicinity”, I realized that did not account for the commands of the Army of the Cumberland which occupied the Chattanooga region prior to the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign on 1 May 1864. These commands, while present, were not officially assigned as part of that occupation.
Part of the reason for my fascination was to learn which commands were in bivouacked the East Brainerd-Graysville area where I crew up.
All of the following information is taken from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (OR), particularly from the itinerary of the Army of the Cumberland at the beginning of the OR, Section 1, Volume 32, Part 1.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, 1 JAN-30 APRIL 1864
BY COMMAND
4th Army Corps
Headquarters along with 2nd Division and 3rd Division were detached to the Department of the Ohio to aid the Army of the Ohio besieged at Knoxville by Longstreet’s Corps of the Army of Tennessee. 1st Division remained at Blue Springs in Bradley County.
Division headquarters is at Loudon, Loudon County, detached to the Army of the Ohio along with the corps’ 2nd Division and 3rd Division. Hiwassee River formed the border between the Department of the Cumberland and the Department of the Ohio.
1st Division
January – 1st Brigade at Carpenter Station, Jackson County, Alabama; 2nd Brigade at Shellmound, Marion County; 3rd Brigade at Whiteside, Marion County. All brigades broke camp and proceeded to Tyner’s Station, Hamilton County near the end of the month.
February – All brigades stationed at Blue Springs, Bradley County. 1st Brigade garrisons the camp; 2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade recon south toward Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, then return.
March – 1st Brigade now at Ooltewah, Hamilton County; 2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade remain on station at Blue Springs.
April – Entire 1st Division remains on station as above.
2nd Division
January – At Blaine’s Crossroads, Grainger County, until the 15th; moved to Dandridge then Strawberry Plains in Jefferson County, Flat Creek in Bedford County, and Sevierville, Sevier County. 2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade to Loudon, Loudon county, 1st Brigade to Kingston, Roane County.
February – 1st Brigade ordered to Loudon; all 2nd Division stationed there with 4th Corps HQ.
March – Remains on station at Loudon.
April – Leaves Loudon for Cleveland, Bradley County, on the 15th.
3rd Division
January – At Blaine’s Crossroads until the 15th; moved to Dandridge, Strawberry Plains, Flat Creek, and Sevierville. Two brigades to Maryville, one to Lenoirs.
February – Based at Tyner’s Station, Hamilton County, then to Knoxville, Knox County, on the 15th. From there to Flat Creek, Bedford County, then Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, then New Market, Jefferson County.
March – To Strawberry Plains on the 19th; 1st Brigade remains to garrison, 2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade move to Rutledge, Grainger County, then Powder Spring Gap, Grainger County.
April – Entire division returns to Strawberry Plains and from there moves to McDonald’s Station, Bradley County.
At the end of April, the 4th Corps concentrates at Cleveland, Bradley County, in preparation for the Atlanta Campaign.
11th Army Corps
1st Division
January – In Nashville, Davidson County.
February – In Nashville until the 22nd. 1st Brigade moves along with Corps HQ toward Bridgeport, Jackson, County, Alabama, and Lookout Valley, Hamilton County, but only reaches Tullahoma, Coffee County, by end of month. 2nd Brigade is spread out among Nashville, Davidson County, McMinnville, Warren County, and LaVergne, Rutherford County.
March – Division HQ and 1st Brigade arrive in Wauhatchie, Hamilton County, on 10th. 2nd Brigade remains on station.
2nd Division
January – Remains on station in Lookout Valley.
February – Remains on station in Lookout Valley.
March – Remains on station in Lookout Valley.
3rd Division
January – On station in Lookout Valley until the 25th, when ordered to take up the posts listed in February.
February – 1st Brigade at Carpenter Station (now the inland village of Long Island), Jackson County, Alabama, across the Tennessee River from Bridgeport; 2nd Brigade minus one regiment at Shellmound, Marion County; 3rd Brigade plus 26th Wisconsin Volunteers at Whiteside (formerly Running Water), Marion County.
March – Remains on station, brigades split on the 24th.
*11th Corps consolidated with 12th Corps as 20th Corps on 14 April, stationed in Lookout Valley.
12th Corps
1st Division
January – On station along along Nashville & Chattanooga USMRR (U.S. Military Rail Road) between Wartrace, Bedford County, and Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama.
February – Remains on station along Nashville & Chattanooga USMRR.
March – Remains on station.
2nd Division
January – On station in Lookout Valley, Hamilton County, until the 4th, when it moved out to take up the following positions: 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade plus artillery at Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama; 3rd Brigade at Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama, with detachments at Caperton’s Ferry, Jackson County, Alabama, and Anderson, Franklin County.
February – Remains on station.
March – Remains on station.
*12th Corps consolidated with 11th Corps as 20th Corps on 14 April, stationed in Lookout Valley.
14th Corps
1st Division
January – Camped at the right of the line (vicinity of Fort Negley) until the 21st, when it moved to the vicinity of Fort Wood. 78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and 21st Wisconsin Volunteers of 3rd Brigade stationed at Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County.
February – Camped about Fort Wood, except for 78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and 21st Wisconsin Volunteers of 3rd Brigade at Lookout Mountain. On station until 22nd, when it advances into Whitfield County, Georgia, as part of the ‘Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.’. Withdraws to Tyner’s Station, Hamilton County, on 27th.
March – 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade with division HQ to Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia, on the 16th, with three regiments at outposts at Parker’s Gap in Hamilton County; 2nd Brigade remains at Tyner’s Station. Regiments detached to Lookout Mountain remain; 2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Brigade and 15th Kentucky Infantry, 1st Brigade at Chattanooga.
April – All brigades remain on station; 2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry and 15th Kentucky Infantry permanently assigned to the Post of Chattanooga.
2nd Division
January – Camped at Rossville, Walker County, Georgia.
February – Camped at Rossville. On station until 22nd, when it advanced into Whitfield County, Georgia, as part of the ‘Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.’. Withdraws to McAfee’s Church*, Catoosa County, Georgia, on 27th.
*McAfee’s Church (now Newnan Springs United Methodist Church) stood in proximity to the eponymous spring (McAfee’s Spring), which after the war became Newnan Springs, then Green Springs, then Green’s Spring Lake, and finally Lake Winnepesaukah. The community itself, long known as Lakeview, is within the city of Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, Georgia.
March – 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade remain at McAfee’s Church; 3rd Brigade moves to Lee & Gordon’s Mill, Walker County, Georgia.
April – All units remain on station.
3rd Division
January – Camped about Fort Wood, except for 101st Indiana, 2nd Brigade, which is doing picket duty at Ross’ Gap.
February – Camped about Fort Wood; 101st Indiana Volunteers at Ross’ Gap. On station until 22nd, when it advances into Whitfield County, Georgia, as part the ‘Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.’. Withdraws to Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, on the 27th.
March – Remains on station at Ringgold.
April – Remains on station at Ringgold.
At the end of April, the 14th Corps concentrated at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, in preparation for the Atlanta Campaign.
20th Corps
Organized 14 April by the consolidation and reorganization of the 11th Corps and the 12th Corps. Headquartered in Lookout Valley, Hamilton County.
1st Division
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade stationed along the Nashville & Chattanooga USMRR from Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, to Tantallon, Franklin County (now part of Sherwood) until 28 April, then relocated to Lookout Valley for the staging of the Atlanta Campaign.
3rd Brigade stationed along the Nashville & Chattanooga USMRR from Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama, to Shellmound, Marion County, until the 28th, when it also moved to Lookout Valley.
2nd Division
1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade stationed along the Nashville & Chattanooga USMRR from Tantallon to Bridgeport until the 28th.
2nd Brigade stationed at corps headquarters in Lookout Valley.
3rd Division
1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade at Lookout Valley.
2nd Brigade in Nashville, Davidson County; in route to Lookout Valley at the end of April.
At the end of April, the 20th Corps concentrated at Lookout Valley in preparation for the Atlanta Campaign.
Cavalry Corps
The Cavalry Corps was organized as a division of the Army of the Cumberland and later expanded to two divisions, making it a corps, with further divisions added later. It was headquartered in Chattanooga, Hamilton County.
1st Division
January – In pursuit of Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Tennessee, across East Tennessee throughout the month, starting the month at Talbott, Jefferson County, and ending it at Townsend, Sevier County.
February – HQ at Maryville, Blount County, at the beginning of the month, at Madisonville, Monroe County, at the end of it. 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade also in the area; 3rd Brigade at Rossville, Walker County, Georgia.
March – The forces at Madisonville leave for Calhoun, McMinn County, on 9th; arrive in Calhoun but cross the Hiwassee River to Charleston, Bradley County, instead. Ordered to Cleveland, Bradley County on 11th. 3rd Brigade still at Rossville.
April – HQ, 1st Brigade, and 2nd Brigade at Cleveland the whole month; 3rd Brigade at Rossville.
2nd Division
January – 1st Brigade in Pulaski, Giles County, until the 12th, then moves to Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, with part of 3rd Brigade. 2nd Brigade at Calhoun, McMinn County.
February – HQ and 1st Brigade at Huntsville. 2nd Brigade on station at Calhoun; 4th Michigan Cavalry, 2nd Brigade at Ooltewah, Hamilton County. 3rd Brigade at Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama.
March – 1st Brigade at Huntsville until the 14th, then moves to Nashville, Davidson County. 2nd Brigade at Ringgold. 4th Michigan Cavalry at Ooltewah. 3rd Brigade at Mooresville.
April – Division HQ and 3rd Brigade leave Huntsville, 1st Brigade leaves Nashville, and 2nd Brigade leaves Ringgold for Columbia, Maury County, on the 4th. 1st & 3rd Brigades move to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, on the 30th. 2nd Brigade remains at Columbia at the end of the month but shortly moves to Chattanooga also.
3rd Division
April – Organized the 5th of this month. Stationed at Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia.
4th Division
April – Organized this month, assigned to the District of Nashville, stationed at Post of Nashville, Davidson County.
Engineer Corps
Engineer Brigade
Assigned to Post of Chattanooga, Hamilton County.
Pioneer Brigade
Assigned to at Post of Chattanooga.
1st Michigan Engineers
Assigned to Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, 28 NOV 1863-30 APRIL 1864
BY LOCATION
The information here taken from above is supplemented with abstracts of the Military Division of the Mississippi from November and from December 1863. There are a few units listed from other field armies which were present in the area of operations of the Department of the Cumberland, and for those, the name of the army is given. Any apparent gaps in defence were covered by units assigned to the Post of Chattanooga and later the District of the Etowah.
Post of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Nov:
1st Division, 15th Corps, and 2nd Division, 17th Corps, Army of the Tennessee
March:
2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
15th Kentucky Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
April:
2nd Battalion, 15th U.S. Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
15th Kentucky Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps permanently assigned to this post this month
Fort Negley, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Jan:
1st Division, 14th Corps until the 21st
Fort Wood, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Jan:
3rd Division, 14th Corps
1st Division, 14th Corps after the 21st
Feb:
1st Division and 3rd Division, 14th Corps until the 22nd
Tyner’s Station, Hamilton County, Tennessee
February:
3rd Division, 4th Corps until the 15th
March:
1st Division, 14th Corps; 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade along with Division HQ depart on 16th, 2nd Brigade remains
April:
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Corps
Ooltewah, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Feb:
4th Michigan Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
March:
4th Michigan Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps
April:
4th Michigan Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps
McDonald’s Station, Bradley County, Tennessee
April:
3rd Division, 4th Corps, after return from East Tennessee
Blue Springs, Bradley County, Tennessee
Feb:
1st Division, 4th Corps
March:
2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps
April:
2nd Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee
Dec:
Fourth Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee
March:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps after the 11th
April:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps
2nd Division, 4th Corps and HQ, 4th Corps after return from East Tennessee
Calhoun, McMinn County, Tennessee
Jan:
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Feb:
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
District of East Tennessee, Department of the Ohio
Nov:
HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps after the Battles for Chattanooga
1st Division, 12th Corps after the Battles for Chattanooga
2nd Division, 14th Corps after the Battles for Chattanooga
Dec:
HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps
Jan:
1st Division, Cavalry Corps
Corps HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps
Feb:
Division HQ, 1st Brigade, and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division Cavalry Corps
Corps HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps
Mar:
Corps HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps
Division HQ, 1st Brigade, and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps until the 9th
Apr:
Corps HQ, 2nd Division, and 3rd Division, 4th Corps until the 15th
Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Dec:
1st Brigade (Spears’), 1st Division, 4th Corps until ordered to East Tennessee, Department of the Ohio
Lookout Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Jan:
78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and 21st Wisconsin Volunteers, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
Feb:
78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and 21st Wisconsin Volunteers, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps until the 22nd
March:
78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and 21st Wisconsin Volunteers, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
Lookout Valley, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Nov:
11th Corps and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, Provisional Detachment to the Army of the Cumberland
Dec:
11th Corps and 12th Corps, after return from East Tennessee, Department of the Ohio
Jan:
2nd Division, 11th Corps
2nd Division, 12th Corps until the 4th
3rd Division, 11th Corps until the 25th
Feb:
2nd Division, 11th Corps
March:
2nd Division, 11th Corps
HQ 1st Division, 11th Corps
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps after the 10th
April:
HQ 1st Division, 11th Corps and 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps until the 14th
HQ 20th Corps, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Corps and 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Corps after that
Whiteside, Marion County, Tennessee
Jan:
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps until the end of the month
Feb:
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps, plus 26th Wisconsin Volunteers
March:
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps, plus 26th Wisconsin Volunteers
Shellmound, Marion County, Tennessee
Jan:
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps until the end of the month
Feb:
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps, minus one regiment
March:
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps, minus one regiment
Anderson, Franklin County, Tennessee
Jan: Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 12th Corps after the 4th
Feb: Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 12th Corps
March: Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 12th Corps
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee
Nov:
Detachment, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac
Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
Dec:
2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
2nd Division, 3rd Division, and 4th Division, 16th Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Jan:
1st Brigade and part of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 12th
Sligo Ferry, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Nov: HQ and 1st Division, Cavalry Corps
Post of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Jan:
1st Division, 11th Corps
Feb:
1st Division, 11th Corps until the 22nd
Mar:
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps after the 14th
April:
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Corps and 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 4th
4th Division, Cavalry Corps permanently assigned here after its organization this month
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
Apr:
2nd Division, Cavalry Corps after the 4th; 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade leave for Chattanooga on the 30th, 2nd Brigade follows early in May
Rossville, Walker County, Georgia
Dec:
2nd Division, 14th Corps
Jan:
2nd Division, 14th Corps
101st Indiana, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Corps at Ross’ Gap
Feb:
2nd Division, 14th Corps until the 22nd
101st Indiana, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Corps at Ross’ Gap until the 22nd
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps
March:
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps
April:
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps
McAfee’s Church (Lakeview), Catoosa County, Georgia
March:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 14th Corps
April:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 14th Corps
Lee & Gordon’s Mill, Walker County, Georgia
March:
3rd Brigade, 14th Corps
April:
3rd Brigade, 14th Corps
Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia
March:
1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps along with Division HQ after the 16th
April:
1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps along with Division HQ
Parker’s Gap (Westview), Hamilton County, Tennessee
March:
Three regiments rotating from 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps after the 16th
April:
Three regiments rotating from 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps
Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia
Nov:
HQ, Hooker’s command, and 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at the end of the month
Dec:
HQ, Hooker’s command, and 2nd Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac until ordered to Lookout Valley
March:
3rd Division, 14th Corps
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Apr:
3rd Division, 14th Corps
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 4th
3rd Division, Cavalry Corps after the 5th
Nashville & Chattanooga U.S.M.R.R.
Jan:
1st Division, 12th Corps
Feb:
1st Division, 12th Corps until the 22nd
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps until the 22nd
HQ 1st Division, 11th Corps until the 22nd
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps until the 22nd
March:
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps and 1st Division, 12th Corps
April:
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps and 1st Division, 12th Corps until the 14th
1st Division, 20th Corps and 1st Brigade and 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Corps from the 14th to the 28th
Carpenter Station, Jackson County, Alabama
Jan:
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps until the end of the month
Feb:
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps
March:
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps
Bridgeport, Jackson County, Alabama
Nov:
1st Division, 4th Corps, until ordered to Chattanooga, leaving 1st Brigade and Battery M, 4th Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Corps
Dec:
Battery M, 4th Artillery, 1st Division, 4th Corps
Jan:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, plus division artillery
1st Michigan Engineers after the 4th
Feb:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, plus division artillery
1st Michigan Engineers
March:
1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, plus division artillery
1st Michigan Engineers
April:
1st Michigan Engineers
Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama
Jan:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps after the 4th
Feb:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
March:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
Caperton’s Ferry, Jackson County, Alabama
Jan:
Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps after the 4th
Feb:
Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
March:
Detachment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
Scottsboro, Jackson County, Alabama
Dec:
HQ and 4th Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
Nov:
2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Feb:
HQ and 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Mar:
HQ and 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 14th; HQ 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps remains
Apr:
HQ 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 4th
Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama
Feb:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Mar:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps
Apr:
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps until the 4th
