Grand Army of the West
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Commanding

Unit Participation by State
Battle of Bentonville, N.C.
March 19-21, 1865

Alabama | Connecticut | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | New Jersey | New York | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Wisconsin

Color Code:
Red—Core Units Engaged
Green—Principal Right Wing Skirmish Units
Black—Units in line or in reserve on the battlefield
Purple—Units in rear positions, or on train guard duty

Alabama

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 110th USCT (United States Colored Troops)—2d Regiment Alabama Volunteers, a.d. [African Descent], until redesignated as the 110th USCT on June 23, 1864. (Listed as "unassigned" with the XV Corps; probably as a detachment from the main unit).

  • CAVALRY:
    1st
    • Connecticut
  • LEFT WING
    Infantry: 5th, 20th
    • Illinois
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 16th, 34th, 60th, 78th, 82nd, 85th, 86th, 101st, 102nd, 104th, 105th, 125th, 129th

    Artillery: 1st Light, C; 2nd Light, I;

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 7th, 9th (Mounted, Unassigned), 10th, 12th, 14/15th Battalion, 20th (Provost Guard, Force), 26th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 40th, 45th, 48th, 50th, 52nd, 53rd, 55th, 56th, 57th, 63rd, 64th, 66th, 90th, 93rd, 103rd, 111th, 116th, 127th

    Artillery: 1st Light, H

  • CAVALRY:
    11th (Company G, XVII Corps Escort), 15th (Right Wing Escort), 92nd (Mounted)
    • Indiana
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 22nd, 33rd, 37th, 38th, 42nd, 58th (Pontoniers), 70th, 74th, 75th, 82nd, 85th, 87th, 88th, 101st

    Artillery: 19th Battery

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 12th, 23rd, 25th, 48th, 53rd, 59th, 66th, 83rd, 97th*, 99th, 100th*

  • CAVALRY:
    3rd (Battalion), 8th
    • Iowa
  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 2nd, 4th, 6th*, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th (1 Co.), 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st, 39th
    • Kentucky
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 18th

  • CAVALRY:
    2nd, 3rd, 5th
    • Massachusetts
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 2nd, 33rd
    • Michigan
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 10th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 21st

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 15th

    Artillery: 1st Light, B; 1st Light, C;

  • ENGINEERS:
    1st

  • CAVALRY:
    9th
    • Minnesota
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 2nd

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 4th

    Artillery: 1st Battery

    • Missouri
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 23rd

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 6th (Companies A&B 8th attached), 18th, 26th (2 companies with detachment 10th), 27th, 29th (Mounted, Unassigned), 31/32nd

    Artillery: 1st Light, H

  • ENGINEERS:
    1st (5 companies with Right Wing)
    • New Jersey
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 13th, 33rd

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 35th
    • New York
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 17th, 60th, 102nd, 107th, 119th, 123rd, 134th, 136th, 137th, 141st, 143rd, 149th, 150th, 154th

    Artillery: 1st Light, I; 1st Light, M

    • Ohio
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 5th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 21st, 31st, 29th, 33rd, 38th, 52nd, 55th, 61st, 66th, 69th, 73rd, 74th, 79th, 82nd, 89th, 92nd, 94th, 98th, 105th, 108th, 113th, 121st

    Artillery: 1st Light, C

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 20th, 27th, 30th, 32nd, 37th, 39th, 43rd, 46th*, 47th, 53rd, 54th, 57th, 63rd, 68th, 70th, 76th, 78th, 80th, 81st

    Artillery: 15th Battery

  • SHARPSHOOTERS:
    7th Company (Headquarters Guard)

  • CAVALRY:
    4th Company (Right Wing Escort), 5th, 9th, 10th, McLaughlin's Squadron
    • Pennsylvania
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 28th, 29th, 46th, 73rd, 79th, 109th, 111th, 147th

    Artillery: Light, E

  • CAVALRY:
    9th
    • Wisconsin
  • LEFT WING:
    Infantry: 3rd, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 31st

    Artillery: 5th Battery; 10th Battery (Cavalry)

  • RIGHT WING:
    Infantry: 12th, 14th (E, Pontoon Train Guard), 16th, 17th, 18th (Detachment non-veterans attached to 93rd IL), 25th, 32nd

    Artillery: 12th Battery

    • *Skirmish units that led the Right Wing's running fight on the advance from Cox's Bridge to Bentonville.

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