| Battle of Brown's Mill Order of Battle July 30-31, 1864 |
| CONFEDERATE CONFEDERATE TROOPS ENGAGED AT THE BATTLE OF BROWN'S MILL CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF TENNESSEE Major General Joseph Wheeler, Jr. HUMES' DIVISION Brigadier General William Y. C. Humes ASHBY'S BRIGADE Colonel Henry M. Ashby 1st [6th] Tennessee Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel James H. Lewis 2nd Tennessee Cavalry Captain William M. Smith 5th Tennessee Cavalry Colonel George W. McKenzie 9th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion Major James H. Akin HARRISON'S BRIGADE Colonel Thomas Harrison 3rd Arkansas Cavalry Colonel Amson W. Hobson 4th Tennessee Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Anderson 8th Texas Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Gustave Cook 11th Texas Cavalry Colonel George E. Reeves KELLY'S DIVISION ANDERSON'S BRIGADE Brigadier General Robert H. Anderson 3rd Confederate Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel John McCaskill 8th Confederate Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel John S. Prather 10th Confederate Cavalry Captain W. J. Vason 12th Confederate Cavalry Captain Charles H. Conner 5th Georgia Cavalry Colonel Edward Bird CAVALRY CORPS, ARMY OF MISSISSIPPI JACKSON'S DIVISION Brigadier General William H. Jackson JACKSON’S ESCORT Company A, 7th Tennessee Cavalry Captain J. W. Sneed ROSS' BRIGADE Brigadier General Lawrence S. Ross 1st Texas Legion (27th Texas Cavalry) Colonel Edwin R. Hawkins 3rd Texas Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Jiles S. Boggess 6th Texas Cavalry Lieutenant Colonel Peter F. Ross 9th Texas Cavalry Colonel Dudley W. Jones RODDEY'S COMMAND Brigadier General Philip D. Roddey JOHNSON'S BRIGADE Lieutenant Colonel F. M. Windes 4th Alabama Cavalry Captain E. D. Kelley Moreland's Alabama Cavalry Regiment Captain W. K. Dickson Williams' Alabama Cavalry Battalion Captain J. F. Doan Warren's Alabama Cavalry Battalion Lieutenant John L. Lyndon Roddey's troops were joined by convalescent Confederate soldiers from BRAGG, BUCKNER, FOARD, and GAMBLE HOSPITALS in Newnan, Georgia |
| UNION UNION TROOPS ENGAGED AT THE BATTLE OF BROWN'S MILL 1st CAVALRY DIVISION, ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND Brigadier General Edward M. McCook 1ST BRIGADE Colonel John T. Croxton 8th Iowa Cavalry Major Richard Root 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Kelly 1st Tennessee Cavalry Colonel James P. Brownlow 2ND BRIGADE Lieutenant Colonel William H. Torrey 2nd Indiana Cavalry Major David A. Briggs 4th Indiana Cavalry (1) Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Lamson 1st Wisconsin Cavalry (2) Major Nathan Paine ARTILLERY 18th Indiana Battery (1st section) (3) Lieutenant Martin J. Miller HARRISON'S BRIGADE (4) Colonel Thomas J. Harrison 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (5) Major Owen Star 8th Indiana Cavalry (6) Lieutenant Colonel Fielder A. Jones 5th Iowa Cavalry (7) Major Harlon Baird 9th Ohio Cavalry (8) Colonel William D. Hamilton 4th Tennessee Cavalry Major Meshack Stephens |
| ORDER OF BATTLE COURTESY OF DAVID EVANS AUTHOR, SHERMAN'S HORSEMEN |
(1) Company C of the 4th Indiana Cavalry was serving on detached duty in the Department of the Gulf.
(2) McCook sent Major Paine and the 1st Wisconsin toward Fairburn on July 28, 1864, to create a
diversion. A handful of men from this regiment did accompany McCook's main column and fought at
the battle of Brown's Mill. In addition, a few members of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, whose enlistments
had not expired, also marched with McCook.
(3) The 2nd and 3rd sections of the 18th Indiana Battery, commanded by Lieutenant William B.
Rippetoe, remained on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River and did not see action at the battle of
Brown’s Mill. For further details, see note 8 below.
(4) Harrison's command consisted of troops Major General Lovell H. Rousseau had assembled from
the Union garrisons in Nashville and the District of Northern Alabama and recently led on a raid that
crippled the Montgomery & West Point Railroad. These regiments were not part of the 1st Cavalry
Division, although McCook was in overall command.
(5) There were no companies K and M in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry after the regiment veteranized in
March of 1864. Company L was left at Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(6) Companies L and M of the 8th Indiana Cavalry were left in Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(7) Companies G, I, and K of the 5th Iowa Cavalry were left in Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(8) Early on July 28, 1864, while the rest of his column moved downstream, McCook left Captain
Lewis H. Bowlus's 2nd battalion of the 9th Ohio Cavalry and the 3rd section of the 18th Indiana
Battery opposite Campbellton to distract the attention of Rebel pickets and protect his extra pontoons.
When McCook crossed the Chattahoochee that afternoon, he left Colonel Hamilton and the rest of the
9th Ohio on the west bank of the river with Lieutenant William B. Rippetoe and the 2nd section of the
18th Indiana Battery to protect the pontoon bridge laid at Smith's Ferry.
(2) McCook sent Major Paine and the 1st Wisconsin toward Fairburn on July 28, 1864, to create a
diversion. A handful of men from this regiment did accompany McCook's main column and fought at
the battle of Brown's Mill. In addition, a few members of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, whose enlistments
had not expired, also marched with McCook.
(3) The 2nd and 3rd sections of the 18th Indiana Battery, commanded by Lieutenant William B.
Rippetoe, remained on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River and did not see action at the battle of
Brown’s Mill. For further details, see note 8 below.
(4) Harrison's command consisted of troops Major General Lovell H. Rousseau had assembled from
the Union garrisons in Nashville and the District of Northern Alabama and recently led on a raid that
crippled the Montgomery & West Point Railroad. These regiments were not part of the 1st Cavalry
Division, although McCook was in overall command.
(5) There were no companies K and M in the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry after the regiment veteranized in
March of 1864. Company L was left at Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(6) Companies L and M of the 8th Indiana Cavalry were left in Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(7) Companies G, I, and K of the 5th Iowa Cavalry were left in Nashville prior to Rousseau’s raid.
(8) Early on July 28, 1864, while the rest of his column moved downstream, McCook left Captain
Lewis H. Bowlus's 2nd battalion of the 9th Ohio Cavalry and the 3rd section of the 18th Indiana
Battery opposite Campbellton to distract the attention of Rebel pickets and protect his extra pontoons.
When McCook crossed the Chattahoochee that afternoon, he left Colonel Hamilton and the rest of the
9th Ohio on the west bank of the river with Lieutenant William B. Rippetoe and the 2nd section of the
18th Indiana Battery to protect the pontoon bridge laid at Smith's Ferry.
| Edward Jordan Lanham |