Battle of Rich Mountain order of battle explained

The following is the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Rich Mountain, during the American Civil War in 1861.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

• Gen = General
• LTG = Lieutenant General
• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• m = missing

Union forces

Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation)

MG George B. McClellan

Union forces!! Brigades! Regiments

Rich Mountain   MG George B. McClellan
	Schleich's Brigade   BG Newton Schleich	3rd Ohio: Col Isaac H. Morrow 6th Ohio: Col William K. Bosley 14th Indiana: Col Nathan Kimball
	Rosecrans' Brigade   BG William S. Rosecrans	17th Ohio: Col John M. Connel 19th Ohio: Col Samuel Beatty 8th Indiana: Col William P. Benton 10th Indiana: Col Mahlon D. Manson 13th Indiana: Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Henry W. Burdsal 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery G: Cpt Albion P. Howe 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Oscar A. Mack
	McCook's Advance Brigade   Col Robert L. McCook	4th Ohio: Col Lorin Andrews 9th Ohio: Col Robert L. McCook 1st Michigan Artillery, Battery A: Lt George Van Pelt
Laurel Hill   BG Thomas A. Morris
	Morris' "Indiana" Brigade   BG Thomas A. Morris	6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 7th Indiana: Col Ebenezer Dumont 9th Indiana: Col Robert H. Milroy 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Detachment: Col James Barnett
	Hill's Brigade   BG Charles W. Hill	8th Ohio: Col Herman G. Depuy 15th Ohio: Col George W. Andrews 16th Ohio: Col James Irvine

Confederate forces

Army of the Northwest

BG Robert S. Garnett

Confederate forces!! Regiments

Laurel Hill   BG Robert S. Garnett	1st Georgia: Col James N. Ramsey 9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry: Maj George W. Hansborough 23rd Virginia: Col William B. Taliaferro 31st Virginia: Ltc William L. Jackson 37th Virginia: Col Samuel V. Fulkerson Danville Artillery: Cpt Lindsay M. Shumaker Smith's Cavalry Squadron: Cpt John G. Smith Jackson's Cavalry Squadron: Cpt George Jackson
Rich Mountain   Ltc John Pegram	20th Virginia: Capt. Julius A. De Lagnel 25th Virginia: Ltc Jonathan M. Heck 44th Virginia: Col William C. Scott 14th Virginia Cavalry, Company I: Cpt Franklin F. Sterrett Lee Battery: Cpt Pierce B. Anderson

References

• Book: Eicher . John H . Eicher . David J . David J. Eicher . Civil War High Commands . Stanford University Press . 2001 . 0-8047-3641-3 . 2012-12-19 .

External links

• Rich Mountain Battlefield