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.