Union order of battle at the Second Battle of Corinth explained

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties and reports. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Mississippi

See main article: Army of the Mississippi. MG William S. Rosecrans

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Second Division
    BG David S. Stanley
First Brigade
  Col John W. Fuller
Second Brigade
  Col Joseph A. Mower (w/c)[1]
Third Division
    BG Charles S. Hamilton

Escort: 5th Missouri Cavalry, Company C

First Brigade
  BG Napoleon B. Buford
Second Brigade
  BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan (w)
  Col Samuel A. Holmes
Cavalry Division
  Col John K. Mizner
First Brigade
  Col Edward Hatch
Second Brigade
  Col Albert L. Lee
Unattached
  • 64th Illinois: Cpt John Morrill
  • 1st United States Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, H, and I (siege artillery): Cpt G.A. Williams

Army of the Tennessee

See main article: Army of the Tennessee. MG Ulysses S. Grant (not present)
Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPherson[2]

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Second Division
    BG Thomas A. Davies
First Brigade
  BG Pleasant A. Hackleman (mw)
  Col Thomas W. Sweeny
Second Brigade
  BG Richard J. Oglesby (w)
  Col August Mersy
Third Brigade
  Col Silas D. Baldwin (w)
  Col John V. Du Bois[4]
Artillery
  Maj George H. Stone
Unattached
  
Sixth Division
    BG John McArthur[5] [6]
    BG Thomas J. McKean
First Brigade
  Col Benjamin Allen
  BG John McArthur
Second Brigade
  Col John M. Oliver
Third Brigade
  Col Marcellus M. Crocker
Artillery
  Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper[7]

References

. Peter Cozzens . The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth . 1997 . University of North Carolina Press . Chapel Hill, N.C. . 0-8078-5783-1 .

Notes and References

  1. Eicher p.401 Mower was wounded in the neck and captured on October 4 but was recovered by Union forces the same day
  2. McPherson arrived at Corinth on October 4 at about 4:00 p.m. according to his report (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 367)
  3. Detachments of the 8th, 12th, and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois whose members survived encirclement in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, were collectively known as the "Union Brigade", a regiment sized command under the command of Ltc John Coulter. (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 175)
  4. Du Bois was serving as aide-de-camp to Rosecrans until he was detached from staff duty to assume brigade command after Baldwin's wounding (Cozzens page 228)
  5. Eicher p.370
  6. Cozzens p.151–154. Early on the morning of October 3, orders were given placing McKean (who outranked McArthur) in command of the Sixth Division. Unknowingly no orders were given to reassign McArthur and he was without a command as preparations for the battle began. A staff officer at Rosecrans' headquarters remembered this and a special order was sent assigning McArthur to command the 1st Brigade.
  7. Hickenlooper's report gave the number of 6th Division guns (16). In addition, Battery F, 2nd Illinois had 2 guns detached at Bolivar and the 3rd Ohio Battery had 4 guns detached at Bolivar. (Official Records 1886 p. 336)