Pickett’s Mill Library - Union

Federal Forces engaged at the Battle of Pickett’s Mill May 27, 1864
Pickett’s Mill Order of Battle—Folder #16

Military Division of the Mississippi
Major General William T. Sherman

• Official Correspondence
  • Correspondence from Wm. D. Whipple [Maj. Gen. Thomas], May 22, 1864
  • Correspondence from Southard Hoffman [Maj. Gen. Thomas], May 22, 1864
  • Correspondence from H. W. Perkins[Maj. Gen. Hooker], May 22, 1864
  • May 26, 1864 Sherman: Special Field Orders #12
  • May 26, 1864 Howard to Thomas
  • May 27, 1864 Sherman to Schofield
  • May 27, 1864 Schofield to Sherman
  • May 28, 1864 Thomas to Sherman
  • May 28, 1864 Sherman to Thomas
  • May 28, 1864 Whipple to Howard
  • May 28, 1864 Sherman: Special Field Orders #13
  • May 29, 1864 Thomas to Sherman
  • May 30, 1864 Sherman to Thomas

Army of the Cumberland
Major General George H. Thomas

Fourth Army Corps
Major General Oliver O. Howard—15,450 men

• Extract from Howard’s report from The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion—folder #16(Note: Link is outside Pickett's Mill site; use back key to return.)
• Biographical sketch of O. O. Howard

• Photograph of Captain Marcus F Bestow (on Gen. Wood’s staff during Pickett’s Mill)—folder #13
• Extract from the report of Thomas J. Wood from The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion—folder #16
• Biographical sketch of T. J. Wood—folder #16

First Brigade—folder #2
Colonel William H. Gibson

• Portrait of Col. William H. Gibson

• 25^th Illinois- Col. Richard H. Nodine
  • Gibson Speech
• 35^th Illinois Infantry—Lt. Col. William P. Chandler
  • Adjutant General of the State of Illinois report on the 35^th Illinois
• 89^th Illinois Infantry—Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss
  • Extract from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion from Hotchkiss's Atlanta Campaign Report—folder #16
  • List of Pickett’s Mill casualties
  • Letter, Hospital Report, and Casualty Sheet of Amos D. Curran
  • Diary of J. R. Chambers—folder #12
  • Extract from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion from William's Atlanta Campaign Report
  • *Entire folder on the 89^th Illinois: includes complete casualty lists, unit history, and regimental records—folder #7
• 32^nd Indiana Infantry-Col. Frank Erdelmeyer
• 15^th Ohio Infantry-Col. William Wallace
  • Extract from the Official Records from Frank Askew's Atlanta Campaign Report
  • Reminices of Lt. A. J. Gleason-Printed in the National Tribune Feb. 11, 1897
  • Diary of William McConnell—folder #9
  • History by Captain Alexis Cope
  • Letters of John Crouse of Co. D—folder #13
  • Diary of Amos Glover
• 49^th Ohio Infantry- Lt. Col. Samuel F. Gray
  • Letters of Ephraim Edwards
  • Diary and Picture of William Henry Hartz
  • Letters of Samuel Bishop Vail
  • Extract from the Official Records Atlanta Campaign Report of Col. Samuel F. Gray
  • Picture of the 23rd annual reunion of the 49th Ohio Volunteers
  • List of killed and wounded
  • Schedule of events from May 8, 1864 to May 29, 1864
  • Assorted letters of private soldiers
  • Diary of William Stahl—folder #14
  • Joseph Aaron Liles-member of the 49^th-account written by James J. Liles—folder #8
  • Journal of Capt. Francis R. Stewart of co. A (begins after Pickett’s Mill, also includes photographs)-folder #12
  • Letter and record of John Henry of Co. G—folder #13
  • Casualty sheet of Jacob Uhe
  • Sworn Statement on Death of Peter Nedecore
  • Letter to the National Tribune May 27, 1898
  • History of the regiment
• 15^th Wisconson-Major George Wilson—folder #10
  • Extract from the Official Records-Atlanta Campaign Report of Lieut. Col. Ole C. Johnson
  • Story of the regiment at Pickett’s Mill
  • Extensive casualty lists including prisoners at Andersonville prison, certificates of service, etc.
  • Regimental history of the 15^th Wisconsin
  • Roster of the 15^th Wisconsin
  • Certificates of Service of certain soldiers, companies A - I
  • Death certificates of eight soldiers who died at Pickett's Mill

• Extract of Hazen’s report in The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion —folder #16
• Extract from "A Narrative of Military Service" by W. B. Hazen—folder #16
• Biographical sketch of W. B. Hazen—folder #16
• Exerpts from "The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce"—folder #16

• 6^th Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Calvin D. Campbell
  • History of the 6^th Regiment by Briant (?)
• 5^th Kentucky Infantry-Col. William W. Berry
• 6^th Kentucky Infantry-Major Richard T. Whitaker
  • A History of the 6^th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S.: The Boys Who Feared No Noise, by Joseph R. Reinhart (Louisville, Ky.: Beargrass Press, 2000) Full-length monograph
  • Photograph of Sgt. John Daueble and Lt. T. A. Bates
• 23^rd Kentucky Infantry-Lt. Col. James C. Foy
  • National Tribune Letter
  • Post—war newspaper articles
• 1^st Ohio Infantry-Major Joab A. Strafford
• 41^st Ohio Infantry-Lt. Col. Robert L. Kimberley—271 men
  • Extract of Kimberley’s report in The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
  • History by Robert L. Kimberley and Ephriam S. Holloway
  • Photographs of Lt. E. S. Holloway, Pvt. A. P. Varney, Pvt. E. J. Johnson, and Capt. James McCleery
• 124^th Ohio Infantry—Lt. Col. James Pickands
  • Extract of Payne’s report in The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion —folder #16
  • History by George W. Lewis
• 93^rd Ohio Infantry—Lt. Col. Daniel Bowman
  • Letters of Capt. Henry Richards
  • History of the 93^rd Ohio by Alfred Demoret
  • Postwar National Tribute Articles concerning the regiment
  • Photographs of Capt. Robert Joyce and Pvt. D. W. Scheidler

• Extract from Knefler’s report in The Official Record of the War of the Rebellion—folder #5

• 79^th Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Samuel F. Oyler
  • Unit History and Roster-author unknown
  • Extract from Capt. Eli F. Ritter's Report from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
• 86^th Indiana Infantry-Col. George F. Dick
  • Extract from Dick's report in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
  • Narrative of Service
  • Roster
  • More extensive record of the 86^th compiled by Charles R. Brown—folder #4
• 9^th Kentucky Infantry-Lt. Col. Chelsey D. Bailey
  • Excerpts from Chelsey D. Bailey's After Atlanta Report
  • Excerpts from the unpublished version of William Woodcock’s diary
• 17^th Kentucky Infantry-Col. Alexander M. Stout
  • Excerpt from Stout's After Atlanta Report
  • History by John Blackburn
• 13^th Ohio Infantry-Major Joseph T. Snider
  • Excerpt from Snider's After Atlanta Report from the Official Records
• 19^th Ohio Infantry-Col. Charles F. Manderson
  • Excerpt from Henry G. Stratton's After Atlanta Report from the Official Records
• 59^th Ohio Infantry-Lt. Col. Granville A. Frambles
  • Excerpt from Robert H. Higgen's Atlanta Campaign Report

Fourteenth Army Corps
Major General John M. Palmer

• Biographical sketch of R. W. Johnson—folder #16
• Richard W. Johnson's Battle Report-Excerpt

• Journal of the First Brigade—folder #16

• 104^th Illinois Infantry-Lt. Col. Douglas Hapeman

  Lieut. Col. Douglas Hapeman Battle Report

  • History by Lt. William Wirt Calkin
• 42^nd Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. William T. B. McIntire
  • History by Spillard F. Howell
• 88^th Indiana Infantry-Col. Cyrus E. Briant
• 15^th Kentucky Infantry-Col Marion C. Taylor
  • Excerpt from Lieut. Col. William G. Halpin's After Atlanta Report
• 2^nd Ohio Infantry-Col. . Amson G. McCook
• 33^rd Ohio Infantry-Capt. Jacob W. Roby
  • Thaddeus A. Minshall Battle Report Excerpt
• 21^st Wisconsin Infantry-Lt. Col. Harrison C. Hobart
  • The 21^st Wisconsin at Pickett’s Mill—folder #10
  • Regimental history—folder #10
  • Diary of John Henry Ottos—folder #10
  • Certificates of Service—folder #10
  • Letter from B. G. Brett, Adjutant Surgeon

Second Brigade-information in the Official Records
Brigadier General John H. King

• 11^th Michigan Infantry-Col. William L. Stoughton
• 69^th Ohio Infantry-Col. Marshall F. Moore
• 15^th United States Infantry-(nine companies First and Third Battalions)- Capt. Albert P. Dod
  • Excerpt from John R. Edie's After Atlanta Battle Report
• 15^th United States Infantry-(six companies from the First Battallion)-Capt. Ebenezer Gay
• 16^th United States Infantry (four companies Second Battallion)-Capt. R. P. Barry
• 18^th United States Infantry-(eight companies First and Third Battallions)-Capt. George W. Smith
• 18^th United States Infantry-(Second Battallion)-Capt. William J. Fetterman
• 19^th United States Infantry-(First Battallion and Co. A Second Battallion)-Capt. Lewis Wilson

Third Brigade—folder #1
Colonel Benjamin F. Scribner

• Extract from Scribner’s report in The Official Record of the War of Rebellion

• 37^th Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. William D Ward
  • William D. Ward's After Atlanta Report-excerpt
  • History by Sergeant George H. Putenny
  • Photographs of Captain James H. Burke, Captain Mahlone C. Connet, Lt. Robert M. Goodwin, Lt./Adg. William H. Pye, and Lt. Samuel T. Danner
• 38^th Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Daniel F. Griffin
  • History by Henry Fales Perry
  • Photographs of Major William c. Shaw and Lt. Henry Musgrove
• 21^st Ohio Infantry-Col. James S. Neibling
  • History by Captain Silas S. Canfield
  • excerpt from "Twenty-First Ohio Infantry" from Ohio Regimental Histories
  • Letters of Soldiers from Hancock County
  • Photographs of Pvt. P. Wickham, Lt. Col. J. S. Neibling, and Pvt. Sherman Bushnell
• 74^th Ohio Infantry-Col. Josiah Given
  • Letters from the Front by Theodore W. Blackburn
  • Unit History by Ira S. Owen
  • Photographs of Lt. Col. Alexander von Schrader, Col. Granville Moody, and Corp. Harry H. Cassell
• 78^th Pennsylvania Infantry-Col. William Sirwell
  • History edited by J. T. Gibson
  • Photographs of Lt. David S. Cook and Captain Robert D. Ellwood
  • Letter from Pvt. A. J. Duff to his Aunt Teresa (photocopy)
• 79^th Pennsylvania Infantry-Major Michael E. Locher detached for Special Duty in Resaca p. 595 or folder #36 series #1
  • photographs of Lt. W. W. Hopkins, Lt. Philip Metazer, Regimental and Company officers, and Pvt. Daniel Imho
• 1^st Wisconsin Infantry- Lt. Col. George B. Bingham
  • some letters from J. E. Reed to his family
  • casualty list from May 7-June 1—reported by Lt. Col. Bingham
  • photograph of Lt. Col. George B. Bingham

Twenty-Third Corps
Major General M. Schofield (Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox in command May 26 and 27, 1864

Second Division
Major General Milo S. Hascall

First Brigade (attached to Fourth Corps, Army of the Cumberland May 27, 1864)-1,900 men
Brigadier General Nathaniel C. McLean

• 80th Indiana Infantry-Major John W. Tucker
• 91st Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Charles H. Butterfield
• 13th Kentucky Infantry-Col. William E. Hobson
• 25th Michigan Infantry-Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Orcutt
  • Excerpt from The Story of the 25th Michigan by Benjamin F. Travis-folder #6
• 45th Ohio Infantry-Col. William E. Hobson
• 3rd Tennessee Infantry-Col. William Cross
• 6th Tennessee Infantry-Col. Joseph A. Cooper