Shiloh Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the

American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Contents

[edit] Abbreviations Used

[edit] Military Rank

[edit] Artillery

[edit] Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed
  • c = captured

[edit] Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
     MG John A. McClernand

1st Brigade


   Col A. M. Hare (w)
   Col Marcellus M. Crocker

2nd Brigade


   Col C. Carroll Marsh

3rd Brigade


   Col Julius Raith (mw)
   Ltc Enos P. Wood

Not brigaded

Second Division
     BG W.H.L. Wallace (mw)
   Col James M. Tuttle

1st Brigade


   Col James M. Tuttle

2nd Brigade


   BG John McArthur (w)
   Col Thomas Morton

3rd Brigade


   Col Thomas W. Sweeny (w)
   Col S.D. Baldwin

Not brigaded

Third Division
     MG Lew Wallace

1st Brigade


   Col Morgan L. Smith

2nd Brigade


   Col John M. Thayer

3rd Brigade


   Col Charles Whittlesay

Not brigaded

Fourth Division
     BG Stephen A. Hurlbut

1st Brigade


   Col N.G. Williams (w)
   Col Isaac C. Pugh

2nd Brigade


   Col James C. Veatch

3rd Brigade


   BG Jacob G. Lauman

Not brigaded
  • 5th Ohio Cavalry, First and Second Battalions
  • 13th Ohio Battery - 2 6lb SB, 4 James R
  • Mann's battery, Missouri Light Artillery - 2 6lb SB, 2 12lb How
  • Battery B 1st Michigan Light Artillery - 2 6lb SB, 4 10lb Parrot R

Fifth Division
     BG William T. Sherman (w)

1st Brigade


   Col John A. McDowell

2nd Brigade


   Col David Stuart (w)
   Col T.K. Smith

3rd Brigade


   Col Jesse Hildebrand

  • 53rd Ohio
  • 57th Ohio
  • 77th Ohio
4th Brigade


   Col Ralph P. Buckland

  • 48th Ohio
  • 70th Ohio
  • 72nd Ohio
Not brigaded

Sixth Division
     BG Benjamin M. Prentiss (c)

1st Brigade


   Col Everett Peabody (k)

2nd Brigade


   Col Madison Miller (c)

Not brigaded
Unassigned troops
  • 15th Michigan
  • 14th Wisconsin
  • 8th Ohio Battery - 6 30lb Parrott R
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - 4 20lb Parrott R
  • Battery L, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - 6 James R
  • Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - 5 24lb SB
  • Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - 6 6lb SB

[edit] Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Alexander M. McCook

4th Brigade


   BG Lovell H. Rousseau

  • 15th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion
  • 16th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion
  • 19th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion
  • 1st Ohio
  • 6th Indiana
  • 5th Kentucky
5th Brigade


   Col Edward N. Kirk (w)

6th Brigade


   Col W.H. Gibson

  • 15th Ohio
  • 49th Ohio
  • 32nd Indiana
  • 39th Indiana
  • Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery - 4 12lb Nap, 2 10lb Parrott R

Fourth Division
     BG William Nelson

10th Brigade


   Col Jacob Ammen

  • 6th Ohio
  • 24th Ohio
  • 36th Indiana
19th Brigade


   Col William B. Hazen

22nd Brigade


   Col Sanders D. Bruce

5th Division
     BG Thomas L. Crittenden

11th Brigade


   BG Jeremiah T. Boyle

  • 19th Ohio
  • 59th Ohio
  • 9th Kentucky
  • 13th Kentucky
14th Brigade


   Col W.S. Smith

  • 13th Ohio
  • 11th Kentucky
  • 26th Kentucky
Not brigaded
  • 3rd Kentucky Cavalry
  • Battery G,1st Ohio Light Artillery - 4 6lb SB, 2 12lb Wiard R
  • Batteries H and M, 4th U.S. Artillery - 2 3" R, 2 12lb How

6th Division
     BG Thomas J. Wood

20th Brigade


   BG James A. Garfield

21st Brigade


   Col George D. Wagner

  • 15th Indiana
  • 10th Indiana
  • 57th Indiana
  • 24th Kentucky

[edit] References

  • McDonough, James Lee. Shiloh: In Hell before Night. University of Tennessee Press,

1977. ISBN 0-87049-232-2