Second Corinth Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties[1] and reports.[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Army of the Mississippi
MG William S. Rosecrans
- Chief of Staff: Ltc Henry G. Kennett
- Aide de Camp: Col John V. Du Bois
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
|
Third Division
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
|
Cavalry Division
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Unattached
|
|
Army of West Tennessee
MG Ulysses S. Grant (not present)
Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPherson[4]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Unattached
|
| |
|
Sixth Division
|
First Brigade
|
|
| Second Brigade
|
| |
| Third Brigade | ||
| Artillery |
|
Notes
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, pages 173-176
- Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, pages 150-154
- Eicher p.401 Mower was wounded in the neck and captured on October 4 but was recovered by Union forces the same day
- McPherson arrived at Corinth on October 4 at about 4:00 p.m. according to his report (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 367)
- Detachments of the 8th, 12th, and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois whose members survived encirclement in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, were collectively known as the "Union Brigade", a regiment sized command under the command of Ltc John Coulter Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, page 175
- Du Bois was serving as aide-de-camp to Rosecrans until he was detached from staff duty to assume brigade command after Baldwin's wounding (Cozzens page 228)
- Eicher p.370
- Cozzens p.151-154 Early on the morning of October 3, orders were given placing McKean (who outranked McArthur) in command of the Sixth Division. Unknowingly no orders were given to reassign McArthur and he was without a command as preparations for the battle began. A staff officer at Rosecrans' headquarters remembered this and a special order was sent assigning McArthur to command the 1st Brigade
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Cozzens, Peter. The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 1997. ISBN 0-8078-2320-1
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