The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization[1][2] during the battle and return of casualties.[3] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Artillery

Other

Army of the Ohio

55,000 men, 147 guns (k-889, w-2966, m-433 = 4,288)

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding
MG George Henry Thomas, second in command

Escort:


Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps

13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


     BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:

 9th Brigade
k-142, w-427, m-39 = 608


   Col Leonard A. Harris
17th Brigade
k-187, w-614, m-35 = 836


   Col William Haines Lytle (w/c)
   Col Curran Pope (w)[4]
28th Brigade
k-165, w-458, m-70 = 693


   Col John Converse Starkweather

Tenth Division
14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172


     BG James Streshly Jackson (k)
     Col Albert Sereno Hall

 33rd Brigade
k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527


   BG William Rufus Terrill (mw)


Escort:

  • Terrill's Guards & Scouts: Cpt Louis Christman
34th Brigade
k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645


   Col George P. Webster (k)
   Ltc Silas A. Strickland[5]

II Corps

20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)

MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Fourth Division
27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


     BG William Sooy Smith


Escort:

  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (4 companies): Ltc Thomas Cochran
 10th Brigade


   Col William Grose
19th Brigade


   Col William Babcock Hazen
22nd Brigade


   BG Charles Cruft

Fifth Division
18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


     BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve

 11th Brigade


   Col Samuel Beatty
14th Brigade


   Col Pierce Butler Hawkins
23rd Brigade


   Col Stanley Matthews

Sixth Division
18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


     BG Thomas John Wood

 15th Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   BG Milo Smith Hascall
20th Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   Col Charles Garrison Harker
21st Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


   Col George Day Wagner
Cavalry McCook's Cavalry Brigade

k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10


   Col Edward Moody McCook

III Corps

22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)

MG Charles Champion Gilbert

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division
14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


     BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


Escort:


 1st Brigade

k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


   Col Moses B. Walker
2nd Brigade

k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11


   BG Speed Smith Fry
3rd Brigade

k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14


   BG James Blair Steedman

Ninth Division
16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


     BG Robert Byington Mitchell


Escort:

 30th Brigade

k-133, w-344, m-58 = 535


   Col Michael Gooding (w/c)
31st Brigade

k-0, w-11, m-0 = 11


   Col William Passmore Carlin
32nd Brigade

k-0, w-1, m-0 = 1


   Col William Wallace Caldwell

Eleventh Division
12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


     BG Philip Henry Sheridan


Escort:

  • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
 35th Brigade

k-22, w-102, m-1 = 125


   Ltc Bernard Laiboldt
36th Brigade

k-8, w-62, m-9 = 79


   Col Daniel McCook, Jr.
37th Brigade

k-21, w-118, m-4 = 143


   Col Nicholas Greusel
Artillery
Cavalry Gay's Cavalry Brigade

k-4, w-14, m-1 = 19


   Cpt Ebenezer Gay

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XVI, Part 2, pages 591-596.
  2. ↑ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  3. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume XVI, Part 1, pages 1033-1036.
  4. ↑ Pope died in Danville, Kentucky on November 6, 1862 of symptoms "resembling typhoid fever"
  5. ↑ Eicher p.516
  6. ↑ Fled the field at the onset of battle

References

  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised January 10, 2008), unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
  • Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, University Press of Kentucky, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8131-2209-0.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume XVI, Part I and II (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.
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