Wilson's Creek Confederate order of battle

The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861 near Springfield, Missouri. Though identified with the Confederates, the Missouri State Guard were technically an independent army, as Missouri had not yet seceded, and were not folded into the Confederate Army of the West until March 17, 1862.

The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain

Other

k = killed
w = wounded

Confederate Forces at Wilson’s Creek

BG Benjamin McCulloch

Western Army

BG Benjamin McCulloch

Brigade	Regiments and Others
McCulloch’s Brigade BG Benjamin McCulloch Col James M. McIntosh^[1]	3rd Louisiana Infantry: Col Louis Hebert 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion: Ltc Dandridge McRae 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles: Col Thomas J. Churchill 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles: Col James M. McIntosh, Ltc Benjamin T. Embry^[2] South Kansas-Texas Mounted Regiment (3rd Texas Cavalry): Col Elkanah Greer
Pearce’s Division, Arkansas State Troops BG Nicholas Bartlett Pearce	1st Arkansas Cavalry: Col De Rosey Carroll Carroll’s Cavalry: Cpt Charles Carroll 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col John R. Gratiot 4th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col J. D. Walker (ill), Col Frank A. Rector^[3] 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col Thomas P. Dockery Woodruff’s Battery: Cpt William E. Woodruff, Jr. Reid’s Battery: Cpt J. G. Reid

Missouri State Guard

MG Sterling Price (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG James S. Rains	Infantry Brigade Col Richard Hanson Weightman (k)	1st Missouri State Guard Infantry 2nd Missouri State Guard Infantry 3rd Missouri State Guard Infantry 4th Missouri State Guard Infantry
	Cavalry Brigade Col James Cawthorn	Peyton’s Cavalry McCowen’s Cavalry Hunter’s Cavalry
	Artillery	Bledsoe’s Battery: Cpt Hiram Bledsoe
Third Division BG John Bullock Clark, Jr.	commanded directly	Burbridge’s Infantry: Col John Q. Burbridge Major’s Cavalry: Ltc James P. Major
Fourth Division BG William Y. Slack	commanded directly	Hughes’ Infantry: Col John T. Hughes Thornton’s Infantry: Maj C. C. Thornton Rives’ Cavalry: Col Benjamin A. Rives
Sixth Division BG Mosby M. Parsons	commanded directly	Kelly’s Infantry: Col Joseph M. Kelly Brown’s Cavalry: Col Ben Browne Guibor’s Battery: Cpt Henry Guibor, Lt William P. Barlow^[4]
Seventh Division BG James H. McBride	commanded directly	Wingo’s Infantry: Col Edmund T. Wingo Foster’s Infantry: Col John A. Foster Campbell’s Cavalry: Cpt Campbell

Notes

↑ McIntosh acted as McCulloch's adjutant and second-in-command during the battle, and exercised command of the brigade while McCulloch commanded the army. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214.
↑ Embry exercised tactical command of the regiment during the battle. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214.
↑ Rector was Pearce's adjutant general and took command of the 4th Arkansas after Walker fell ill on August 10 (Piston & Hatcher, p. 208).
↑ While scouting for a position to place his battery, Guibor was cut off behind Union lines during the remainder of the battle (Piston & Hatcher, pp. 240–241).

References

NPS Order of Battle
Brooksher, William Riley. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek (Washington: Brassey’s, Inc.), 2000. ISBN 1-57488-205-8
Piston, William Garrett & Richard W. Hatcher, III. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2003. ISBN 0-8078-5575-8

Missouri in the American Civil War

Pre-war	History of slavery in Missouri Missouri Compromise Dred Scott Decision Bleeding Kansas Armed Neutrality

Secession crisis and divided government	Missouri secession Missouri Constitutional Convention Camp Jackson Affair Gamble's Provisional Government Liberty Arsenal St. Louis Arsenal Missouri State Guard Price–Harney Truce Governor on the Run List of Missouri Civil War Confederate units

1861	Grant's First Command Battle of Boonville Battle of Cole Camp Battle of Carthage Battle of Athens Battle of Wilson's Creek Frémont Martial Law Battle of Dry Wood Creek Platte Bridge Railroad Tragedy Sacking of Osceola Battle of Liberty Siege of Lexington Battle of Fredericktown First Battle of Springfield Department of the Missouri Battle of Belmont Gratiot Street Prison Burning of Platte City Blackwater/Milford Battle of Mount Zion Church

1862	Army of the West Battle of Roan's Tan Yard Battle of Island Number Ten Battle of Moore's Mill Battle of Kirksville First Battle of Independence Battle of Lone Jack First Battle of Newtonia Palmyra Massacre Skirmish at Island Mound Battle of Clark's Mill

1863	Second Battle of Springfield Battle of Hartville Battle of Cape Girardeau Battle of Chalk Bluff General Order No. 11 Shelby's Raid

1864	Centralia Massacre Army of Missouri Price's Raid Battle of Fort Davidson Battle of Glasgow Battle of Albany Second Battle of Lexington Battle of Little Blue River Battle of Byram's Ford Second Battle of Independence Battle of Westport Battle of Marmiton River 2nd Newtonia

1865	Lincoln's Vaughn Pardon

Reconstruction	James-Younger Gang Bald Knobbers