Battle of Pea Ridge order of battle: Confederate explained

These are the units and commanders who fought for the Confederacy in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Union order of battle is shown separately.

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Army of the West

See main article: Army of the West (1862). Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn

Right Wing

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Brigadewidth=30% Unitwidth=15% CommanderKilledWoundedMissingCasualties
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch (k)
BG James M. McIntosh (k)
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert (c)
Col Evander McNair
(5,700 infantry)
Maj Will F. Tunnard (c)
Cpt W.L. Gunnells
10 15 42 67
Col Evander McNair
Ltc Samuel Ogden
16 38 0 54
Col William C. Mitchell (c) - - - -
10 16 8 34: Web site Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 15th Northwest Arkansas Infantry regiment
Col John F. Hill - - - -
Col Frank A. Rector 5 9 12 26: Web site: Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 17th Arkansas infantry regiment Griffith's
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) 5 0 0 5
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) Col Benjamin T. Embry 4 15 8 27
4th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted) 7 3 4 14
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh (k)
Col Elkanah Greer
(3,000 cavalry)
2 12 0 14
Col B. Warren Stone 3 3 13 19
Col William B. Sims (w)
Ltc William Quayle
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Col William C. Young - - - -
Maj William H. Brooks 11 30 0 41
1st Texas Cavalry Battalion Maj R. Phillip Crump - - - -
Artillery (18 guns)Cpt William Hart - - - -
Cpt David Provence - - - -
Gaines's Arkansas Battery
2 12-pounder rifled guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt James J. Gaines - - - -
Good's Texas Battery
4 12-pounder field guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
1 14 2 17
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
(2,500 cavalry)
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2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles - - - -
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw (not engaged) - - - -
1st Creek Mounted Rifles (not engaged) - - - -
Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron Cpt Otis G. Welch - - - -
Unassigned UnitsNot Brigaded19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dawson's)
(not engaged)
Ltc P. R. Smith - - - -
20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (not engaged) Col. George W. King - - - -

Left Wing (Missouri State Guard)

MG Sterling Price (w)
At the beginning of 1862, Price commanded about 8,000 soldiers. About half of these soldiers were organized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Missouri Brigades while the rest remained in seven Missouri State Guard "Divisions" that were hardly larger than regiments.

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First (Price's) Division
MG Sterling Price (w)
Headquarters Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion Ltc James T. Cearnal (w)
Maj D. Todd Samuels
2 6 12 20
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
2nd Missouri Infantry Col John Q. Burbridge - - - -
3rd Missouri Infantry Col Benjamin A. Rives (k)
Ltc James A. Pritchard
26 45 33 104
- - - -
Wade's Missouri Artillery Battery
2 6-pounder guns & 4 12-pound howitzers
Cpt William Wade - - - -
Clark's Missouri Artillery Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt Samuel Churchill Clark (k)
Lt James L. Farris
- - - -
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack (mw)
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Hughes's Missouri Infantry Battalion 1 3 4 8
Bevier's Missouri Infantry Battalion Maj Robert S. Bevier 3 8 4 15
Rosser's Missouri Infantry Battalion Col Thomas H. Rosser - - - -
Riggins's Missouri Cavalry Battalion Col George W. Riggins - - - -
Landis's Missouri Artillery Battery
2 12-pounder howitzers & 2 24-pounder howitzers
Cpt John C. Landis - - - -
Jackson's Missouri Artillery Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt William Lucas - - - -
Third Missouri Brigade
Col Colton Greene
Brigade was composed of parts of Col Thomas Freeman's Regiment, Ltc John A. Schnable's Regiment, Cpt L.C. Campbell's cavalry company and partially organized Missouri State Guard units transferring into Confederate service. Col Thomas Freeman et al 6 59 0 65
Missouri State GuardSecond Division
BG Martin E. Green
Guarding army's trains
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units - - - -
Kneisley's Missouri Battery
5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns
Cpt James W. Kneisley - - - -
Third Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
1st Infantry Maj John F. Rucker 1 5 5 11
2nd Infantry Col Congreve Jackson 5 17 15 47[1]
3rd Infantry Maj Robert R. Hutchinson 1 20 6 27
4th and 5th Infantry Col J.A. Poindexter 3 37 7 47
6th Infantry Ltc Quinton Peacher 2 23 8 33
Tull's Missouri Battery
2 6-pounder rifled guns & 2 6-pounder guns
Cpt Francis M. Tull - - - -
Fifth Division
Col James P. Saunders
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units Col James P. Saunders 9 32 0 41
Kelley's Battery
5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns
Cpt Joseph Kelly - - - -
Sixth Division
Maj D. Herndon Lindsay
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units Maj D. Herndon Lindsay 13 34 0 47
Gorham's Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt James C. Gorham - - - -
Seventh and Ninth Divisions
BG Daniel M. Frost
7th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units - - - -
Guibor's Missouri Battery
2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
- - - -
9th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units - - - -
MacDonald's Missouri Battery
1 6-pounder gun & 2 12-pounder howitzers
- - - -
Eighth Division
BG James S. Rains
1st Infantry Col William H. Erwin 2 26 0 28
2nd Infantry Ltc John P. Bowman - - - -
3rd Infantry Ltc A. J. Pearcy - - - -
4th Infantry Ltc John M. Stemmons - - - -
Shelby's Cavalry Company - - - -
Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
3 12-pounder Napoleons & 1 12-pounder gun
Lt Charles W. Higgins - - - -

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  1. This should sum to 37. It appears to be a typo in the source.