Belmont Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Belmont of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military Rank
Union Forces
Grant's Expeditionary Command, District of Southeast Missouri
BG Ulysses S. Grant
| Brigade |
Regiments and Other |
| McClernand's Brigade
BG John A. McClernand
|
|
| Dougherty's Brigade
Col Henry Dougherty
|
|
| Cavalry |
- Dollin's Company: Cpt James J. Dollins
- Delano's Adams County Company: Lt James K. Catlin
|
| Artillery |
- Chicago Light Battery: Cpt Ezra Taylor
|
| Gunboats |
|
| Steamers |
- Aleck Scott: Captain Robert A. Reilly
- Chancellor
- Keystone State
- Belle Memphis: Captain ___ Turner, Pilot Charles M. Scott
- James Montgomery
- Rob Roy
|
Units subject to Grant's command
| Brigade |
Regiments and Other |
| from Bird's Point toward Bloomfield |
|
| Oglesby's Brigade
Col Richard James Oglesby
|
|
| Cavalry |
- Langen's Company: Lt Ferdinand Hansen
- Pfaff's Company: Cpt Ernest Pfaff
- Noleman's Centralia Company: Lt Samuel P. Tufts
|
| Artillery |
- Campbell's Battery (1 section)
- Schwartz's Battery (1 section): Lt George C. Gumbart
|
Plummer's Brigade
Col Joseph B. Plummer
[from Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield]
|
|
| from Cape Girardeau to Charleston |
|
Cook's Brigade
Col John Cook
[from Fort Holt, Kentucky to Columbus]
|
|
Cooperating unit not subject to Grant's command, from Ironton to St. Francis River
See also
References
- Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs. The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 1991. ISBN 0-8078-1968-9