28 December 2021

Army of the Cumberland in the Chattanooga region, 28 Nov 1863-30 Apr 1864

HQ banner, Army of the Cumberland

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

 

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