Pea Ridge Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Confederate order of battle is shown separately.[1]
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Army of the Southwest
Army Headquarters
BG Samuel R. Curtis
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Not Brigaded | 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Companies A, B, F, H, I | Maj Eli W. Weston | 3 | 16 | 7 | 26 |
| 3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Companies A, B, C, D, M | Col Cyrus Bussey | 24[3] | 17 | 9 | 50 | ||
| Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion, 4 companies 4 12-pounder mountain howitzers | Maj William D. Bowen | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
First and Second Divisions
BG Franz Sigel
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
First Division |
First Brigade Col Peter J. Osterhaus |
25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col William N. Coler | 3 | 18 | 3 | 24 |
| 44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col Charles Knobelsdorff | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company A detached | Maj August H. Poten | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Second Brigade Col Nicholas Greusel |
36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company F detached | Col Nicholas Greusel | 4 | 37 | 34 | 75 | |
| 12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company E detached | Maj Hugo Wangelin | 3 | 29 | 2 | 34 | ||
| Artillery | 4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Cpt Louis Hoffman | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Welfley’s Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery 3 12-pounder howitzers & 2 12-pounder Napoleons | Cpt Martin Welfley | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
|
Second Division
|
First Brigade | 2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry | Ltc Bernard Laiboldt | 8 | 34 | 12 | 54 |
| 15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company B detached | Col Francis J. Joliat | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Not Brigaded | 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Companies B, C, E | Maj Joseph Conrad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Companies A, C, D, E, F, I | Maj Emeric Meszaros | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry | Col Joseph Nemett | 3 | 11 | 3 | 17 | ||
| Artillery | 1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Cpt Gustavus M. Elbert | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |
| 2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Lt William B. Chapman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Third and Fourth Divisions
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Division Col Jefferson C. Davis |
First Brigade Col Thomas Pattison |
8th Indiana Infantry Regiment | Col William P. Benton | 5 | 27 | 0 | 32 |
| 18th Regiment Indiana Infantry | Ltc Henry D. Washburn | 3 | 23 | 0 | 26 | ||
| 22nd Regiment Indiana Infantry Company B detached | Ltc John A. Hendricks (k) Maj David W. Daily, Jr. | 9 | 33 | 0 | 42 | ||
| 1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns | Cpt Martin Klauss | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Second Brigade Col Julius White |
37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Ltc Myron Barnes | 20 | 121 | 3 | 144 | |
| 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Ltc Calvin H. Frederick | 9 | 57 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery 2 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Cpt Peter Davidson | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Not Brigaded | 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Companies B, F, G, H, I, K, L, M | Col Calvin A. Ellis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Fourth Division Col Eugene A. Carr (w) |
First Brigade Col Grenville M. Dodge (w) |
4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Ltc John Galligan (w) | 18 | 139 | 3 | 160 |
| 35th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Col Gustavus A. Smith (w) Ltc William P. Chandler (w) | 14 | 47 | 52 | 113 | ||
| 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | Maj John McConnell | 9 | 36 | 13 | 58 | ||
| 1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Cpt Junius A. Jones (w) Lt Virgil A. David | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Second Brigade Col William Vandever |
9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment | Ltc Francis J. Herron (w/c) Maj William H. Coyl (w) | 38 | 176 | 4 | 218 | |
| 25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry | Col John S. Phelps (w) | 12 | 71 | 11 | 94 | ||
| 3rd Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers | Cpt Mortimer M. Hayden | 2 | 17 | 3 | 22 | ||
Notes
- Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 331–334.
- Shea & Hess 1992, p. 334.
- Shea & Hess 1992, p. 274, Curtis complained to Van Dorn that his native American warriors murdered the wounded.
- Shea & Hess 1992, p. 331–332.
- Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 332–334.
References
- Shea, William L.; Hess, Earl J. (1992). Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2042-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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