Battle of Lookout Mountain - Opposing Forces

Opposing Forces

Key Union commanders at Lookout Mountain
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker Brig. Gen. John W. Geary

Further information: Confederate order of battle, Union order of battle

Grant's Military Division of the Mississippi assembled the following forces at Chattanooga:

• The Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas.
• The Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman.
• The command of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, consisting of the XI Corps under Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard and the 2nd Division of the XII Corps under Brig. Gen. John W. Geary.

Hooker commanded the 10,000-man Union force engaged at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, which included three divisions, one from each of the Union armies, commanded by:

• Brig. Gen. John W. Geary from the XII Corps, Army of the Potomac. The brigade commanders were Cols. Charles Candy, George A. Cobham, and David Ireland (replacing Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, wounded at Wauhatchie).
• Brig. Gen. Charles Cruft from the IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. The brigade commanders were Brig. Gen. Walter C. Whitaker and Col. William Grose.
• Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus from the XV corps, Army of the Tennessee. The brigade commanders were Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods and Col. James A. Williamson.

Key Confederate commanders
Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall

Bragg's Army of Tennessee had the following forces available in Chattanooga:

• Hardee's Corps, under Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee, consisting of the divisions under Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson (Cheatham's Division), Brig. Gen. J. Patton Anderson (Hindman's Division), Maj. Gen. States Rights Gist (Walker's Division), and Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner (detached November 22 to Knoxville).
• Breckinridge's Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, consisting of the divisions of Maj. Gens. Patrick R. Cleburne, Alexander P. Stewart, Carter L. Stevenson, and Brig. Gen. William B. Bate (Breckinridge's Division).

The 8,726 Confederate defenders at the Battle of Lookout Mountain were commanded by Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson. Stevenson had two brigades from his own division of Breckinridge's Corps, as well as Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson, temporarily commanding Cheatham's division of Hardee's Corps, with two of his brigades:

• Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall (Cheatham's Division)
• Brig. Gen. John C. Moore (Cheatham's Division)
• Brig. Gen. John C. Brown (Stevenson's Division)
• Brig. Gen. Edmund Pettus (Stevenson's Division)