Perryville Union order of battle

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

Artillery

Other

Army of the Ohio
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:


Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps
Main article: I Corps (Union Army)

13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


     BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:

 9th Brigade
k-142, w-427, m-39 = 608


   Col Leonard A. Harris
17th Brigade
k-187, w-614, m-35 = 836


   Col William Haines Lytle (w/c)
   Col Curran Pope (w)[4]
28th Brigade
k-165, w-458, m-70 = 693


   Col John Converse Starkweather

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
34th Brigade
k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645


   Col George P. Webster (k)
   Ltc Silas A. Strickland[5]

II Corps
Main article: II Corps (Union Army)

20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)

MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

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
19th Brigade


   Col William Babcock Hazen
22nd Brigade


   BG Charles Cruft

Fifth Division
18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


     BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve

 11th Brigade


   Col Samuel Beatty
14th Brigade


   Col Pierce Butler Hawkins
23rd Brigade


   Col Stanley Matthews

Sixth Division
18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


     BG Thomas John Wood

 15th Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   BG Milo Smith Hascall
20th Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   Col Charles Garrison Harker
21st Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


   Col George Day Wagner
Cavalry McCook's Cavalry Brigade

k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10


   Col Edward Moody McCook

III Corps
Main article: III Corps (Union Army)

22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)

MG Charles Champion Gilbert

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


     BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


Escort:


 1st Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   Col Moses B. Walker
2nd Brigade

k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11


   BG Speed Smith Fry
3rd Brigade

k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14


   BG James Blair Steedman

Ninth Division
16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


     BG Robert Byington Mitchell


Escort:

 30th Brigade

k-133, w-344, m-58 = 535


   Col Michael Gooding (w/c)
31st Brigade

k-0, w-11, m-0 = 11


   Col William Passmore Carlin
32nd Brigade

k-0, w-1, m-0 = 1


   Col William Wallace Caldwell

Eleventh Division
12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


     BG Philip Henry Sheridan


Escort:

  • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
 35th Brigade

k-22, w-102, m-1 = 125


   Ltc Bernard Laiboldt
36th Brigade

k-8, w-62, m-9 = 79


   Col Daniel McCook, Jr.
37th Brigade

k-21, w-118, m-4 = 143


   Col Nicholas Greusel
Artillery
Cavalry Gay's Cavalry Brigade

k-4, w-14, m-1 = 19


   Cpt Ebenezer Gay

See also

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

References
  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • 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, ISBN 978-0-8131-2209-0.
  • 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.
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