Battle of Belmont order of battle: Union explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Belmont of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Union Forces

Grant's Expeditionary Command, District of Southeast Missouri

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McClernand's Brigade  BG John A. McClernand
Dougherty's Brigade  Col Henry Dougherty
Cavalry
Artillery
  • Chicago Light Battery: Cpt Ezra Taylor
Gunboats
Steamers
  • Aleck Scott: Captain Robert A. Reilly
  • Chancellor
  • Keystone State
  • Belle Memphis: Captain ___ Turner, Pilot Charles M. Scott
  • James Montgomery
  • Rob Roy

Units subject to Grant's command

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from Bird's Point toward Bloomfield
Oglesby's Brigade  Col Richard James Oglesby
Cavalry
Artillery
  • Campbell's Battery (1 section)
  • Schwartz's Battery (1 section): Lt George C. Gumbart
Plummer's Brigade
  Col Joseph B. Plummer
[from Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield]
from Cape Girardeau to Charleston
Cook's Brigade
  Col John Cook
[from Fort Holt, Kentucky to Columbus]

From Paducah, Kentucky

BG Charles Ferguson Smith

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1st Brigade
  BG Eleazer A. Paine
2nd Brigade

Cooperating unit not subject to Grant's command, from Ironton to St. Francis River

See also

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