Shiloh Union order of battle

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. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties[1] and reports.[2]

Union forces at Shiloh

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Artillery

Other

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

General Staff & Headquarters

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     MG John A. McClernand

1st Brigade
K-104, W-467, M-9 = 580


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

2nd Brigade
K-80, W-475, M-30 = 583


   Col C. Carroll Marsh

3rd Brigade
K-96, W-393, M-46 = 535


   Col Julius Raith (mw)
   Ltc Enos P. Wood

Not brigaded
K-5, W-35, M-0 = 40

Second Division


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

1st Brigade
K-39, W-143, M-676 = 858


   Col James M. Tuttle
   Ltc James Baker

  • 2nd Iowa: Ltc James Baker K-8, W-60, M-4[6]
  • 7th Iowa: Ltc James C. Parrott K-10, W-17, M-6[7]
  • 12th Iowa: Col Joseph J. Woods (w/c), Cpt S. R. Edgington (c) K-12, W-37, M-320[8]
  • 14th Iowa (7 companies): Col William T. Shaw K-9, W-28, M-126[9]
2nd Brigade
K-99, W-470, M-11 = 580


   BG John McArthur (w)
   Col Thomas Morton

3rd Brigade
K-127, W-501, M-619 = 1,247


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

Not brigaded
K-1, W-5, M-0 = 6
  • Company C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell
  • Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell
  • 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company A): Cpt John R. Hotaling
  • 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Thomas J. Larison
  • Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt Peter P. Wood K-4, W-26
  • Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R): Cpt Henry Richardson K-0, W-6
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (2 20 lb, 2 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt Frederick Welker K-0, W-17
  • Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt George H. Stone K-0, W-4

Third Division


MG Lew Wallace

1st Brigade
K-18, W-114, M-0 = 132


   Col Morgan L. Smith

2nd Brigade
K-20, W-99, M-3 = 122


   Col John M. Thayer

  • 1st Nebraska: Ltc William D. McCord
  • 23rd Indiana: Col William L. Sanderson K-7, W-35
  • 58th Ohio: Col Valentine Bausenwein K-9, W-42
  • 68th Ohio: Col Samuel H. Steedman (not engaged)
3rd Brigade
K-2, W-32, M-1 = 35


   Col Charles Whittlesey

Not brigaded
K-1, W-6, M-0 = 7

Fourth Division


     BG Stephen A. Hurlbut

1st Brigade
K-112, W-532, M-43 = 687


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

2nd Brigade
K-130, W-492, M-8 = 630


   Col James C. Veatch

3rd Brigade
K-70, W-384, M-4 = 458


   BG Jacob G. Lauman

Not brigaded
K-5, W-33, M-56 = 97

Fifth Division


     BG William T. Sherman (w)

1st Brigade
K-137, W-444, M-70 = 651


   Col John A. McDowell

2nd Brigade
K-80, W-380, M-90 = 550


Col David Stuart (w)
   Ltc Oscar Malmborg[13]
   Col Thomas Kilby Smith

3rd Brigade
K-70, W-221, M-65 = 356


   Col Jesse Hildebrand

4th Brigade
K-36, W-203, M-74 = 313


   Col Ralph P. Buckland

Not brigaded
K-2, W-28, M-0 = 30

Sixth Division


BG Benjamin M. Prentiss (c)

1st Brigade
K-113, W-372, M-263 = 721


   Col Everett Peabody (k)
   Col John L. Doran[14]

2nd Brigade
K-44, W-228, M-178 = 450


   Col Madison Miller (c)

  • 18th Missouri: Ltc Issac V. Pratt
  • 61st Illinois: Col Jacob Fry K-12, W-42
  • 16th Iowa: Col Alexander Chambers (w), Ltc Addison H. Sanders K-17, W-101, M-13[16]
Not brigaded
K-78, W-328, M-592 = 998
Unassigned troops
K-39, W-159, M-17 = 215
  • 15th Michigan: Col John M. Oliver (temporarily attached to the 4th Brigade, Army of the Ohio)
  • 14th Wisconsin: Col David E. Wood K-16, W-74
  • 8th Ohio Battery (6 30 lb Parrott R): Cpt Louis Markgraf K-0, W-3
  • Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R): Capt. Axel Silfversparre
  • Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb James R): Cpt Edward Bouton
  • Battery L, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (6 James R)
  • Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (5 24 lb SB): Capt. Reilly Madison
  • Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (6 6 lb SB): Cpt John Wesley Powell (w) K-0, W-6

Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division


     BG Alexander M. McCook

4th Brigade
K-28, W-280, M-3 = 311


   BG Lovell H. Rousseau

  • Regular Infantry Detachment: Maj John H. King
    • 15th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (8 companies): Cpt Peter T. Swaine
    • 16th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (7 companies): Cpt Edwin F. Townsend
    • 19th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (6 companies): Maj Stephen D. Carpenter
  • 1st Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Smith
  • 6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden
  • 5th Kentucky: Col Harvey M. Buckley
  • Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery (4 12 lb Nap, 2 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt William R. Terrill
5th Brigade
K-34, W-310, M-2 = 346


   Col Edward N. Kirk (w)

  • 77th Pennsylvania: Col. Frederick S. Stumbaugh
  • 29th Indiana: Ltc David M. Dunn
  • 30th Indiana: Col Sion S. Bass (mw), Ltc Joseph B. Dodge, Maj Orin Hurd
  • 34th Illinois: Maj Charles N. Levanway (k), Cpt H. W. Bristol
6th Brigade
K-25, W-220, M-2 = 247


   Col William H. Gibson

Fourth Division


     BG William Nelson

10th Brigade
K-16, W-106, M-8 = 130


   Col Jacob Ammen

19th Brigade
K-48, W-357, M-1 = 406


   Col William B. Hazen

22nd Brigade
K-29, W-138, M-11 = 178


   Col Sanders D. Bruce

Fifth Division


     BG Thomas L. Crittenden

11th Brigade
K-33, W-212, M-18 = 263


   BG Jeremiah T. Boyle

14th Brigade
K-25, W-157, M-10 = 192


   Col William S. Smith

Not brigaded
K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10

Sixth Division


     BG Thomas J. Wood

20th Brigade
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


   BG James A. Garfield

21st Brigade
K-0, W-4, M-0 = 4


   Col George D. Wagner

  • 15th Indiana: Col Gustavus A. Wood
  • 10th Indiana: Col Mahlon D. Manson
  • 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus C. Hines
  • 24th Kentucky: Col Louis Grigsby

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 100-108
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 93-98
  3. Accompanied Grant on the field (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant)
  4. Iowa In War Times, p. 146, S. H. M. Byers, W. D CONDIT & CO. Des Moines, Iowa
  5. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  6. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  7. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  8. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  9. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  10. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  11. Iowa In War Times, p. 137, figures for Sunday only
  12. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  13. Cunningham, page 413
  14. Doran's regiment, the 17th Wisconsin, was stationed at Benton Barracks until April 10 when it moved to Pittsburg Landing Civil War Archive: 17th Wisconsin. Colonel Doran was detached from his regiment to assume command of the 1st Brigade on the Shiloh battlefield on April 6 Dyer's Compendium page 482
  15. Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender (Official Records: Report of Col. Francis Quinn)
  16. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  17. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  18. At Savannah during the engagement (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell)

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