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
editMilitary rank
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
- m = missing
Army of the Ohio
edit55,000 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
edit13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)
- Chief of Staff: Ltc James Vote Bomford (w)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Third Division
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9th Brigade k-142, w-427, m-39 = 608
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17th Brigade k-187, w-614, m-35 = 836
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28th Brigade k-165, w-458, m-70 = 693 |
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Tenth Division
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33rd Brigade k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527
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34th Brigade k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645
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II Corps
edit20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)
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
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Fourth Division
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10th Brigade
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19th Brigade |
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22nd Brigade |
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Fifth Division |
11th Brigade
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14th Brigade
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23rd Brigade
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Sixth Division
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15th Brigade
k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 |
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20th Brigade
k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0 |
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21st Brigade
k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2 |
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Cavalry | McCook's Cavalry Brigade k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10 |
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III Corps
edit22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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1st Brigade
k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0
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2nd Brigade
k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11 |
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3rd Brigade
k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14 |
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Ninth Division
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30th Brigade
k-133, w-344, m-58 = 535
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31st Brigade
k-0, w-11, m-0 = 11 |
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32nd Brigade
k-0, w-1, m-0 = 1
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Eleventh Division
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35th Brigade
k-22, w-102, m-1 = 125
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36th Brigade
k-8, w-62, m-9 = 79 |
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37th Brigade
k-21, w-118, m-4 = 143
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Artillery |
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Cavalry | Gay's Cavalry Brigade
k-4, w-14, m-1 = 19
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
References
edit- 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.