Pea Ridge Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge (or Battle of Elkhorn Tavern) of the American Civil War in Pea Ridge, Arkansas on March 6-8, 1862. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Army of the Southwest

BG Samuel R. Curtis

Headquarters Units:

  • 24th Missouri (5 companies): Maj Eli W. Weston
  • 3rd Iowa Cavalry (Companies A, B, F, H and I): Col Cyrus Bussey
  • Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion (Companies A, B, C, D and M, with 4 mountain howitzers): Maj William D. Bowen

First and Second Divisions

BG Franz Sigel

Division Brigade Regiments and Other

First Division
     Col Peter J. Osterhaus

 First Brigade

   Col Peter J. Osterhaus
Second Brigade

   Col Nicholas Greusel
  • 36th Illinois (Company F detached): Col Nicholas Greusel
  • 12th Missouri (Company E detached): Maj Hugo Wangelin
Artillery

Second Division
     BG Alexander Asboth (w)

 First Brigade

   Col Frederick Schaefer
Artillery
Not Brigaded

Divisions Reporting Directly

Division Brigade Regiments and Other

Third Division
     Col Jefferson C. Davis

 First Brigade

   Col Thomas Pattison
Second Brigade

   Col Julius White
Not Brigaded

Fourth Division
     Col Eugene A. Carr (w)

 First Brigade

   Col Grenville M. Dodge (w)
Second Brigade

   Col William Vandever

References

  • Pea Ridge National Military Park website (Order of Battle)
  • Shea, William L. & Earl J. Hess. Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992 ISBN 0-8078-2042-3: pages 331-339.
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