Battle of Perryville order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization^[1] ^[2] during the battle and return of casualties.^[3] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant
2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
Sgt = Sergeant
Bvt = Brevet

Artillery

10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle
12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer
12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon
24-pdr How = M1841 24-pounder howitzer
3" R = 3-inch Ordnance rifle
6-pdr SB = M1841 6-pounder field gun
Jam R = James rifle
How = howitzer
pdr = pound (projectile weight)
R = rifled gun
SB = smoothbore gun

Other

Army of the Ohio

See main article: Army of the Ohio. 55,000 men, 147 guns (k-889, w-2966, m-433 = 4,288)

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding
MG George Henry Thomas, second in command

Escort:

Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: 2Lt Thomas S. Maple
4th US Cavalry (Companies B, C, D, G, I, & K): Ltc James Oakes

Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps

See main article: I Corps (Union Army). 13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

Chief of Staff: Ltc James Vote Bomford (w)

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Third Division 24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159 BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau Escort: 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies A, C, & H): Maj Enos Hopkins 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (6 companies): Col Buckner Board	9th Brigade k-142, w-427, m-39 = 608 Col Leonard A. Harris	38th Indiana: Col Benjamin Franklin Scribner (w) 2nd Ohio: Ltc John Kell 33rd Ohio: Ltc Oscar Fitzallen Moore (w) 94th Ohio: Col Joseph Washington Frizell 10th Wisconsin: Col Alfred Rose Chapin 5th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Peter Simonson
	17th Brigade k-187, w-614, m-35 = 836 Col William Haines Lytle (w/c) Col Curran Pope (w)^[4]	42nd Indiana: Col James Garrard Jones 88th Indiana: Col George Humphrey 15th Kentucky: Col Curran Pope (w), Ltc George Payne Jouett (mw) 3rd Ohio: Col John Beatty 10th Ohio: Ltc Joseph Walter Burke 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery "A" [6 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Cyrus Orlando Loomis
	28th Brigade k-165, w-458, m-70 = 693 Col John Converse Starkweather	24th Illinois: Cpt August Mauff 79th Pennsylvania: Col Henry Augustus Hambright 1st Wisconsin: Ltc George B. Bingham 21st Wisconsin: Col Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet (w) 4th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt Asahel Kidder Bush 1st Kentucky Light Artillery, Battery "A" [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB, 2 10-pdr Par]: Cpt David C. Stone
Tenth Division 14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172 BG James Streshly Jackson (k) Col Albert Sereno Hall	33rd Brigade k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527 BG William Rufus Terrill (mw) Escort: Terrill's Guards & Scouts: Cpt Louis Christman	Garrard's Detachment (7th Kentucky, 1 company; 32nd Kentucky, 1 company; 3rd Tennessee, 1 company): Col Theophilus Toulmin Garrard 80th Illinois: Col Thomas G. Allen (w) 123rd Illinois: Col James Monroe 101st Indiana: Col William Garver [not engaged; supply train guard] 105th Ohio: Col Albert Sereno Hall, Ltc William R. Tolles Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery [1 section, attached to Parsons' Battery]: 2Lt Nathaniel M. Newell Parsons' Independent Battery [5 12-pdr Nap, 2 12-pdr How, 1 10-pdr Par]: Lt Charles Carroll Parsons
	34th Brigade k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645 Col George P. Webster (k) Ltc Silas A. Strickland^[5]	80th Indiana: Ltc Lewis Brooks 50th Ohio: Col Jonah R. Taylor,^[6] Ltc Silas A. Strickland 98th Ohio: Ltc Christian L. Poorman 121st Ohio: Col William Pitt Reid 19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [4 12-pdr How, 2 3" R]: Cpt Samuel J. Harris

II Corps

See main article: II Corps (Union Army). 20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)

MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

Escort:

1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies B, E, I, & K): Col William Power Innes
1st Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj James Laughlin
3rd Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj John Howard Foster

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Fourth Division 27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 BG William Sooy Smith Escort: 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (4 companies): Ltc Thomas Cochran	10th Brigade Col William Grose	84th Illinois: Col Louis H. Waters 36th Indiana: Ltc Oliver Hazard Perry Cary 23rd Kentucky: Ltc John P. Jackson 6th Ohio: Col Nicholas Longworth Anderson 24th Ohio: Ltc Frederick C. Jones 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "H" [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par]: Bvt Lt Samuel Canby 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "M" [2 sections; 2 12-pdr Nap, 2 24-pdr How]: Cpt John Mendenhall
	19th Brigade Col William Babcock Hazen	110th Illinois: Col Thomas S. Casey 9th Indiana: Col William H. Blake 6th Kentucky: Col Walter Chiles Whitaker 27th Kentucky: Col Charles D. Pennebaker 41st Ohio: Col George S. Mygatt 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "F" [6 12-pdr How, 5 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Daniel T. Cockerill
	22nd Brigade BG Charles Cruft	31st Indiana: Col John Osborn 1st Kentucky: Ltc David A. Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson 90th Ohio: Col Isaac N. Ross 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "B" [4 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt William E. Standart
Fifth Division 18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve	11th Brigade Col Samuel Beatty	79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler 9th Kentucky: Ltc George Henry Cram 13th Kentucky: Ltc John B. Carlisle 19th Ohio: Ltc Elliott Woodbridge Hollingsworth 59th Ohio: Col James P. Fyffe 7th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt George Ransom Swallow
	14th Brigade Col Pierce Butler Hawkins	44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed 86th Indiana: Col Orville S. Hamilton 11th Kentucky: Ltc Smoloff Pallas Love 26th Kentucky: Col Cicero Maxwell 13th Ohio: Col Joseph C. Hawkins Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery [6 6-pdr SB]: Lt Alanson Stevens
	23rd Brigade Col Stanley Matthews	35th Indiana: Col Bernard Francis Mullen 8th Kentucky: Col Sidney M. Barnes 21st Kentucky: Col Samuel Woodson Price 51st Ohio: Ltc Richard W. McClain 99th Ohio: Ltc John E. Cummins 3rd Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [4 10-pdr Par, 2 12 pdr How]: Cpt Lucius H. Drury
Sixth Division 18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2 BG Thomas John Wood	15th Brigadek-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 BG Milo Smith Hascall	100th Illinois: Col Frederick Bartleson 17th Indiana: Ltc George W. Gorman 58th Indiana: Col George Pearson Buell 3rd Kentucky: Ltc William Scott 26th Ohio: Maj Christopher M. Degenfeld 8th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Lt George Estep
	20th Brigadek-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 Col Charles Garrison Harker	51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight 73rd Indiana: Col Gilbert Hathaway 13th Michigan: Ltc Frederick William Wordon 64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio: Ltc William Young 6th Ohio Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Cullen Bradley
	21st Brigadek-0, w-0, m-2 = 2 Col George Day Wagner	15th Indiana: Ltc Gustavus Adolphus Wood 40th Indiana: Col John Wesley Blake 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus Cooke Hines 24th Kentucky: Col Lewis Braxton Grigsby 97th Ohio: Col John Quincy Lane 10th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Jerome B. Cox
Cavalry	McCook's Cavalry Brigade k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10 Col Edward Moody McCook	2nd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Robert Reed Stewart 1st Kentucky Cavalry: Col Frank Lane Wolford 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Col Eli Houston Murray 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Battalion: Maj John Estill Wynkoop 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "M" [1 section; 2 12-pdr Nap]: Lt Henry Alonzo Huntington

III Corps

See main article: III Corps (Union Army). 22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)

MG Charles Champion Gilbert

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First Division 14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25 BG Albin Francisco Schoepf Escort: 1st Ohio Cavalry (6 companies): Col Minor Millikin	1st Brigadek-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 Col Moses B. Walker	82nd Indiana: Col Morton Craig Hunter 12th Kentucky: Col William Hoskins 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell 31st Ohio: Ltc Frederick William Lister 38th Ohio: Ltc William Alden Choate 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery "D" [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr M1841 R]: Cpt Josiah W. Church
	2nd Brigadek-4, w-7, m-0 = 11 BG Speed Smith Fry	10th Indiana: Col William Coalbaugh Kise 74th Indiana: Col Charles Warner Chapman 4th Kentucky: Col John Thomas Croxton 10th Kentucky: Ltc William Hercules Hays 14th Ohio: Ltc George P. Este 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "C" [2 12-pdr How, 4 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Daniel K. Southwick
	3rd Brigadek-0, w-7, m-7 = 14 BG James Blair Steedman	87th Indiana: Col Kline Godfrey Shryock 2nd Minnesota: Col James George 9th Ohio: Ltc Charles Joseph 35th Ohio: Col Ferdinand Van Derveer 18th US: Maj Frederick Townsend 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "I" [4 12-pdr How]: Lt Frank G. Smith
Ninth Division 16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547 BG Robert Byington Mitchell Escort: Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer 2nd Kansas Cavalry (detachment, 150 men): Sgt Hugh Quinn	30th Brigadek-133, w-344, m-58 = 535 Col Michael Gooding (w/c)	59th Illinois: Maj Joshua Carroll Winters 74th Illinois: Col James B. Kerr (not engaged; supply train guard) 75th Illinois: Ltc John E. Bennett 22nd Indiana: Ltc Squire Isham Keith (k) 5th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [2 10-pdr Par, 2 12-pdr How, 2 12-pdr Mtn]: Cpt Oscar F. Pinney
	31st Brigadek-0, w-11, m-0 = 11 Col William Passmore Carlin	21st Illinois: Col John Washington Shields Alexander 38th Illinois: Maj Daniel H. Gilmer 101st Ohio: Col Leander Stem 15th Wisconsin: Col Hans Christian Heg 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery [2 sections; 4 12-pdr How]: Lt Richard L. Dawley
	32nd Brigadek-0, w-1, m-0 = 1 Col William Wallace Caldwell	25th Illinois: Ltc James McClelland 35th Illinois: Ltc William P. Chandler 81st Indiana: Ltc John Timberlake 8th Kansas (5 companies): Ltc John Alexander Martin 8th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr Nap, 4 3" R]: Cpt Stephen J. Carpenter
Eleventh Division 12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353 BG Philip Henry Sheridan Escort: Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:	35th Brigadek-22, w-102, m-1 = 125 Ltc Bernard Laiboldt	44th Illinois: Cpt Wallace W. Barrett 73rd Illinois: Col James F. Jaquess 2nd Missouri: Cpt Walter Hoppe (k) 15th Missouri: Maj John Weber
	36th Brigadek-8, w-62, m-9 = 79 Col Daniel McCook, Jr.	85th Illinois: Col Robert S. Moore 86th Illinois: Col David D. Irons 125th Illinois: Col Oscar Fitzalan Harmon 52nd Ohio: Ltc Daniel D. T. Cowen
	37th Brigadek-21, w-118, m-4 = 143 Col Nicholas Greusel	36th Illinois: Cpt Silas Miller 88th Illinois: Col Francis Trowbridge Sherman 21st Michigan: Col Ambrose A. Stevens (w) 24th Wisconsin: Col Charles Hathaway Larrabee
	Artillery	2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery "I" [2 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par, 2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Charles M. Barnett 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery "G" [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Henry Hescock
Cavalry	Gay's Cavalry Brigadek-4, w-14, m-1 = 19 Cpt Ebenezer Gay	9th Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, D, F, H, I, K, & M): Ltc John Boyle 2nd Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Archibald P. Campbell (w) 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Chalkley James 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery [1 section; 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt William A. Hotchkiss

References

Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .
Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised January 10, 2008), unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, University Press of Kentucky, 2001, .
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume XVI, Part I and II (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.

Notes and References

Official Records, Series I, Volume XVI, Part 2, pages 591-596.
Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
Official Records, Series I, Volume XVI, Part 1, pages 1033-1036.
Pope died in Danville, Kentucky on November 6, 1862 of symptoms "resembling typhoid fever"
Eicher p.516
Fled the field at the onset of battle