Glorieta Pass order of battle

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The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Glorieta Pass of the American Civil War.

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[edit] Abbreviations used

[edit] Military rank

[edit] Union Army

Col John P. Slough

Flanking Column
Maj John M. Chivington

First Battalion (provisional)
Cpt William H. Lewis
5th U.S., Company A: Lt Barr
5th U.S., Company G: Lt Norvell
1st Colorado, Company B: Cpt Samuel M. Logan
Independent Company of Colorado Volunteers: Cpt James Hobart Ford
New Mexico Volunteers (detachment): Ltc Manuel Antonio Chaves

Main Column
Col John P. Slough

Field Battalion (provisional)
Ltc Samuel F. Tappan
1st Colorado, Company C: Cpt Richard Sopris
1st Colorado, Company D: Cpt Jacob Downing
1st Colorado, Company G: Cpt William F. Wilder
1st Colorado, Company I: Lt Charles Kerber
1st Colorado, Company K: Cpt Samuel H. Robbins
Heavy Battery: Cpt John F. Ritter
Light Battery: Lt Ira W. Claflin

Cavalry Reserve
Col. John P. Slough

3rd U.S. (detachment): Cpt George W. Howland
3rd U.S., Company E: Cpt Charles J. Walker
1st Colorado, Company F: Lt George Nelson

[edit] Confederate Army

Ltc William Read Scurry

2nd Texas Mounted Rifles: Maj Charles L. Pyron
4th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj Henry W. Raguet
5th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj John S. Shropshire
7th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj Powhatan Jordan
Independent Attached Units
Arizona Rangers: 2Lt William Simmons
Brigands (Santa Fe Gamblers): Cpt John G. Phillips
San Elizario Spy Company: Lt J. R. Parsons
Artillery Battery: 2Lt James Bradford

[edit] References

  • Alberts, Don E. The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press), 1998. ISBN 0-8909-6825-X
  • Edrington, Thomas S. & John Taylor. The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26–28, 1862 (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press), 1998. ISBN 0-8263-1896-7
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