Pea Ridge Union order of battle

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

Army of the Southwest
Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis

Headquarters Units

24th Missouri Infantry (5 companies)- Maj. Eli W. Weston

3rd Iowa Cavalry (5 companies)-Col. Cyrus Bussey

Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion (4 companies plus 4 mountain howitzers)-Maj. William D. Bowen

1st and 2nd Divisions
Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel

1st Division
Col. Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade

Col. Peter J. Osterhaus

25th Illinois Infantry-Col. William N. Coler

44th Illinois Infantry- Col. Charles Knobelsdorff

17th Missouri Infantry (Company A detached)-Maj. August H. Poten

2nd Brigade

Col. Nicholas Gruesel

36th Illinois Infantry (Company F detached)-Col. Nicholas Gruesel

12th Missouri Infantry (Company E detached)-Maj. Hugo Wangelin

Artillery

4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery-Capt. Louis Hoffman

Welfley’s Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery-Capt. Martin Welfley

2nd Division
Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Asboth (wounded)

1st Brigade

Col. Frederick Shaefer

2nd Missouri Infantry-Lt. Col. Bernard Laiboldt

15th Missouri Infantry-Col. Francis J. Joliat

Artillery

1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery-Capt. Gustavus M. Elbert

2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery-Lt. William B. Chapman

Not Brigaded

3rd Missouri Infantry (3 companies)-Maj. Joseph Conrad

4th Missouri Cavalry (6 companies)-Maj. Emeric Meszaros

5th Missouri Cavalry-Col. Joseph Nemett

3rd Division
Col. Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade

Col. Thomas Pattison

8th Indiana Infantry-Col. William P. Benton

18th Indiana Infantry-Lt. Col. Henry D. Washburn

22nd Indiana Infantry (Company B absent)-Lt. Col. John A. Hendricks(killed)

Maj. David W. Daily, Jr.

1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery-Capt. Martin Klauss

2nd Brigade

Col. Julius White

37th Illinois Infantry-Lt. Col. Myron Barnes

59th Illinois Infantry-Lt. Col. Calvin H. Frederick

Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery-Capt. Peter Davidson

Not Brigaded

1st Missouri Cavalry (8 companies)-Col. Calvin A. Ellis

4th Division
Col. Eugene A. Carr (wounded)

1st Brigade

Col. Grenville M. Dodge (wounded)

4th Iowa Infantry-Lt. Col. John Galligan (wounded)

35th Illinois Infantry-Col. Gustavus A. Smith (wounded)

Lt. Col. William P. Chandler (wounded)

3rd Illinois Cavalry-Maj. John McConnell

1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery-Capt. Junius A. Jones (wounded)

Lt. Virgil A. David

2nd Brigade

Col. William Vandever

9th Iowa Infantry-Lt. Col. Francis J. Herron (wounded, captured)

Maj. William H. Coyl (wounded)

25th Missouri Infantry-Col. John S. Phelps (wounded)

3rd Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery-Capt. Mortimer M. Hayden

[edit] References

• Shea, William L. & Earl J. Hess. Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.