Rich Mountain order of battle

The following is the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Rich Mountain, during the American Civil War in 1861.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank
  • Gen = General
  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
Other
  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed
  • m = missing

Union forces

Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation), MG George B. McClellan

Union forces
Brigades Regiments
Schleich's Brigade


   BG Newton Schleich
Rosecrans' Brigade


   BG William S. Rosecrans[1]
  • 17th Ohio – Col John M. Connel
  • 19th Ohio – Col Samuel Beatty
  • 8th Indiana – Col William P. Benton
  • 10th Indiana – Col Mahlon D. Manson
  • 13th Indiana – Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan
  • 1st Ohio Cavalry, Detachment – Col Henry W. Burdsal
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery G. – Cpt Albion P. Howe
  • 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery I. – Cpt Oscar A. Mack
Morris' "Indiana" Brigade


   BG Thomas A. Morris
Hill's Brigade


   BG Charles W. Hill
  • 8th Ohio – Col Herman G. Depuy
  • 15th Ohio – Col George W. Andrews
  • 16th Ohio – Col James Irvine
McCook's Advance Brigade


   Col Robert L. McCook
  • 4th Ohio – Col Lorin Andrews
  • 9th Ohio – Col Robert L. McCook
  • 1st Michigan Artillery, Battery A

Confederate forces

Army of the Northwest, BG Robert S. Garnett[2]

Confederate forces
Brigades Regiments
Laurel Hill


   BG Robert S. Garnett
  • 1st Georgia - Col James N. Ramsey
  • 9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry - Maj George W. Hansborough
  • 23rd Virginia - Col William B. Taliaferro
  • 31st Virginia - Ltc William L. Jackson
  • 37th Virginia - Col Samuel P. Fulkerson
  • Danville Artillery - Cpt Lindsay M. Shumaker
  • Smith's Cavalry Squadron - Cpt John G. Smith
  • Jackson's Cavalry Squadron - Cpt George Jackson
Rich Mountain


   Ltc John Pegram
  • 20th Virginia - Ltc John Pegram
  • 25th Virginia - Ltc Jonathan M. Heck
  • 44th Virginia - Col William C. Scott
  • Company I, 14th Virginia Cavalry - Cpt Franklin F. Sterrett
  • Lee Battery - Cpt Pierce B. Anderson

References

  1. ↑ Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 641.
  2. ↑ Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 250.

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