QUEEN’S HILL, MISSISSIPPI

4 February 1864

(Meridian Expedition)

OR-Series I, Volume XXXII, Chapter XLIV, Pg 357

 

Conf Units

 

 

Union Forces

Department of the Tennessee

MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

 

 

Escort

Company A, 4th Illinois Cavalry --- Lieutenant Samuel A. Lowe

XVI CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN A. HURLBUT

                   1st Division - Brigadier General James M. Tuttle

            1st Brigade - Colonel William L. McMillen

114th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John F. King

93rd Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Major Samuel S. Crowe

72nd Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Eaton

95th Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Jefferson Brumback

Note= 1st Brigade & Btry E 1st Illinois cooperated with Smith’s column from

6-15 February then was not active throughout the rest of the Expedition.

            2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower

47th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John D. McClure

5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Lucius F. Hubbard

11th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William L. Barnum

8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John W. Jefferson

Note= Went into camp at Big Black River bridge on 4 February. 

On 27 February the brigade started for Canton as guard to supply train.

            3rd Brigade - Colonel James L. Geddes

8th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William B. Bell

12th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John H. Stibbs

35th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Sylvester G. Hill

Note= Went into camp at Big Black River Bridge on 4 February

            Artillery - Captain Nelson T. Spoor

Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery* --- Lieutenant John A. Fitch

6th Battery Indiana Light Artillery #--- Lieutenant Louis Kern

2nd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery $--- Lieutenant Joseph R. Reed

*= Attached to 1st Brigade

#= Attached to 3rd Brigade

$= Attached to 2nd Brigade

                   3rd Division - Brigadier General Andrew Jackson Smith

            1st Brigade - Colonel David Moore

58th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William F. Lynch

119th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Thomas J. Kinney

89th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Charles D. Murray

21st Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Major Edwin Moore

            2nd Brigade - Colonel William T. Shaw

14th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Newbold

27th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel James I. Gilbert

32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John Scott

24th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Colonel James K. Mills

            3rd Brigade - Colonel Edward H. Wolfe

49th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William W. Bishop

117th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Risdon M. Moore

52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Major William T. Strickland

178th New York Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Edward Wehler

            Artillery - Captain James M. Cockfair

3rd Battery, Indiana Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Thomas J. Ginn

9th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery --- Captain George R. Brown

14th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Francis W. Morse.

                   Detachment, 4th Division - Brigadier General James C. Veatch

            1st Brigade - Colonel Milton Montgomery

33rd Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William H. Heath

35th New Jersey Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William A. Henry

25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah M. Rusk

            2nd Brigade - Colonel James H. Howe

25th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John Rheinlander

17th New York (Veteran) Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William T. C. Grower

32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Major Charles H. DeGroat

1 Section, Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery --- Captain Charles S. Cooper

XVII CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL JAMES BIRDSEYE McPHERSON

            Escort

Company B, 4th Illinois Cavalry --- Captain Garrett L. Collins

Company C, 4th Illinois Cavalry --- Captain Garrett L. Collins

Company D, 4th Illinois Cavalry --- Captain Garrett L. Collins

4th Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry --- Captain John S. Foster

                   1st Division -

            3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Alexander Chambers

11th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William Hall

13th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John Shane

15th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William W. Belknap

16th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Addison H. Sanders

Battery C, 1st Missouri Light Artillery --- Lieutenant John H. Tiemeyer

4 Guns, Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery --- Lieutenant John T. Tiemeyer

                   3rd Division - Brigadier General Mortimer D. Leggett

            Escort

Company H, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry --- Captain Ernest J. Meyers

            1st Brigade - Brigadier General Manning Ferguson Force

20th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Bradley

31st Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Robert N. Pearson

45th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Major John O. Duer

124th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John H. Howe

            2nd Brigade - Colonel Benjamin F. Potts

20th Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fry

32nd Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant colonel Jefferson J. Hibbets

68th Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George E. Wells

78th Ohio Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Greenberry F. Wiles

            3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Jasper A. Maltby

8th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Josiah A. Sheetz

17th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Smith

30th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Warren Shedd

7th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William S. Oliver

            Artillery - Captain William S. Williams

Battery H., 1st Michigan LightArtillery --- Lieutenant Marcus D. Elliott

3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery* --- Lieutenant Thomas J. Blackburn

*= Detachment 26th Ohio Battery Attached

                   4th Division - Brigadier General Marcellus M. Crocker

            Escort

Company G, 11th Illinois Cavalry --- Captain Stephen S. Tripp

            1st Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith

41st Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John H. Nale

53rd Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Major Rolland H. Allison

3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Major George W. Crosley

33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Jonathan B. Moore

            2nd Brigade - Colonel Cyrus Hall

14th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Major John F. Nolte

15th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel George C. Rogers

76th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Jones

            3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Walter Q. Gresham

32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel George H. English

23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William P. Davis

53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel William Jones

12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James K. Proudfit

            Artillery --- Captain John W. Powell

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Walter H. Powell

7th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery --- Lieutenant Harlow P. McNaughton

15th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery --- Captain Edward Spear Jr.

            Cavalry - Colonel Edward F. Winslow

5th Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Major Abel H. Seley

11th Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Lucien H. Kerr

4th Iowa Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John H. Peters

10th Missouri Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen

 

 

Confederate Forces

CAVALRY CORPS

MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN DILL LEE

            Escort

Georgia Company --- Captain T. M. Nelson

                   Jackson’s Cavalry Division - Brigadier General William H. Jackson

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Peter B. Starke

1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel R. A. Pinson

28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Peter B. Starke

Ballentine’s Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John G. Ballentine

Escort, Louisiana Company --- Captain Junius Y. Webb

Columbus (Georgia) Light Artilery --- Captain Edward Croft

            2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Lawrence Sullivan Ross

1st Texas Legion --- Colonel Edwin R. Hawkins

3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Hinchie P. Mabry

6th Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Jack Wharton

9th Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Dudley W. Jones

Escort, Texas Company --- Lieutenant Rush L. Elkin

Missouri Battery --- Captain Houston King

            Adams’ Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General Wirt Adams

11th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel John Griffith

14th confederate Cavalry Regiment --- Captain Josephus R. Quin

8th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion --- Captain E. A. Scott

4th (2nd) Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Major J. L. Harris

4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Major Thomas R. Stockdale

Adams’ Mississippi Regiment --- Colonel Robert C. Wood Jr.

9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion --- Major James H. Akin

Mississippi Battery --- Captain Calvin Roberts

            Ferguson’s Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson

2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel R. G. Earle

56th Alabama Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William Boyles

12th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion --- Colonel W. M. Inge

2nd Tennessee (Barteau’s Regiment) --- Lieutenant Colonel George H. Morton

South Carolina Battery --- Captain John Waties

                   Chalmer’s Cavalry Division --- Brigadier General James R. Chalmers

            1st Cavalry Brigade - Colonel W. F. Slemons

2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel W. F. Slemons

3rd Mississippi (State) Cavalry --- Colonel John McGuirk

5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel James Z. George

7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William L. Duckworth

Mississippi Battery --- Captain J. M. McLendon

            2nd Cavalry Brigade - Colonel Robert McCulloch

1st Mississippi Partisan Ranger Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel L. B. Hovis

18th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Chalmers

19th Mississippi Cavalry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel William L. Duff

2nd Missouri Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Robert McCulloch

Buckner (Mississippi) Battery --- Lieutenant H. C. Holt

            Partial Casualty List

Major Bridges - Killed

 

 

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