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General Robert Anderson |
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The Department of the Cumberland was organized on August 15, 1861 to
consist of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Brigadier General Robert Anderson, also
known as the "Hero of Sumter," was named the new commander of the department.
To spare his native state, Kentucky, the embarrassment of setting up headquarters there, he
moved his headquarters to Cincinnati, Ohio. The Headquarters was relocated to Louisville,
Kentucky on September 7, 1861.
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On October 8, 1861, shortly after Colonel Garrard's regiment, the 3rd
Kentucky Infantry, was mustered in at Camp Dick Robinson, the Department of the Cumberland
changed commanders. Due to Brigadier General Robert Anderson's failing health, Brigadier
General William T. Sherman, Anderson's second-in- command, assumed command of the
Department, with his headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.
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General William T. Sherman |
The department was discontinued on November 9, 1861, and that part of Kentucky east of
the Cumberland River and the State of Tennessee were assigned to the Department of the
Ohio. Although the department was discontinued, General William T. Sherman remained in
command until November 15, 1861.
Troops in the
Department of the Cumberland
The organization and distribution
of the troops in the Department of the Cumberland early in November 1861 are given below.
Troops located at Camp Nevin at Nolin River, Kentucky under
the command of Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook.
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General Alexander M. McCook
First Brigade, Lovell H. Rousseau
6th Indiana - Thomas T. Crittenden
5th Kentucky - Harvey M. Buckley
6th Kentucky - Walter C. Whitaker
2nd Kentucky Cavalry - Buckner Board
Four companies of the United States Regulars
Battery A, Kentucky Light Artillery - David C. Stone |
Second Brigade, Thomas J. Wood
29th Indiana - John F. Miller
30th Indiana - Sion S. Bass
38th Indiana - Benjamin F. Scribner
39th Indiana - Thomas J. Harrison |
Third Brigade, Richard W. Johnson
34th Illinois - Edward N. Kirk
32nd Indiana - August Willich
15th Ohio - Moses R. Dickey
49th Ohio - William H. Gibson |
Fourth Brigade, James S. Negley
77th Pennsylvania - Frederick S. Stumbaugh
78th Pennsylvania - William Sirwell
79th Pennsylvania - Henry A. Hambright
6th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery - Michael Mueller
Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery - Charles S. Cotter |
Troops located at Camp Dick Robinson and Camp Wildcat under the command of
Brigadier General George H. Thomas.
General George H. Thomas
Camp Dick Robinson
1st Kentucky - Thomas E. Bramlette
4th Kentucky - Speed S. Fry
31st Ohio - Moses B. Walker |
Camp Wildcat at Rockcastle Hills, Kentucky - Albin Schoepf
3rd Kentucky - Theophilus T. Garrard
1st Kentucky Cavalry - Francis M. Wolford
33rd Inidana - John Coburn
14th Ohio - James B. Steedman
17th Ohio - John M. Connell
Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery - William E. Standart
1st Tennessee - Robert K. Byrd
2nd Tennessee - Samuel P. Carter |
Other Troops located in Kentucky and Indiana
Bardstown, Kentucky
| 10th Indiana - Mahlon D. Manson |
Jeffersonville, Indiana
34th Indiana - Asbury Steele
36th Indiana - William Grose
1st Wisconsin - John C. Starkweather |
Mouth of Salt River, Kentucky
37th Indiana - George W. Hazzard
9th Michigan - William W. Duffield |
Lebanon Junction, Kentucky
| 2nd Minnesota - Horatio P. Van Cleve |
Olympian Springs, Kentucky
| 2nd Ohio - Leonard A. Harris |
Cynthiana, Kentucky
| 35th Ohio - Ferdinand Van Derveer |
Nicholasville, Kentucky
21st Ohio - Jesse S. Norton
38th Ohio - Edwin D. Bradley |
Colesburg, Kentucky
| 24th Illinois - Frederick Hecker |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
| 19th Illinois - John B. Turchin |
Owensboro, Kentucky
| 31st Indiana - Charles Cruft |
Regiments in the process of formation in Kentucky
Harrodsburg, Kentucky - Jeremiah T. Boyle
Irvine, Kentucky - Sidney M. Barnes
Burkeville, Kentucky - David R. Haggard
Somerset, Kentucky - William A. Hoskins
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