Shiloh Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Union forces at Shiloh

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Artillery

• 3" R = 3 inch caliber Ordinance Rifle
• How = Howitzer
• lb = pound (projectile weight)
• Nap = M1857 Napoleon Gun
• R = Rifled Gun
• SB = Smoothbore Gun

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

• Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
• Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
• 2nd Illinois Heavy Artillery Regiment: Cpt Relly Madison

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division      MG John A. McClernand	1st Brigade    Col Abraham M. Hare (w)    Col Marcellus M. Crocker	8th Illinois: Cpt J. M. Ashmore (w), Cpt W. H. Harvey (k), Cpt R. H. Sturgess 18th Illinois: Maj S. Eeaton (w), Cpt Daniel H. Brush (w), Cpt William J. Dillon (k), Cpt J. J. Anderson 11th Iowa: Ltc William Hall (w) 13th Iowa: Col Marcellus M. Crocker Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (6 James R): Cpt James P. Timmony
	2nd Brigade    Col C. Carroll Marsh	11th Illinois: Ltc Thomas E. G. Ransom (w), Maj Garrett Nevins (w), Cpt L. D. Waddell 20th Illinois: Ltc E. Richards (w), Maj F. A. Bartleson (w), Cpt O. Frisbie 45th Illinois: Col John E. Smith 48th Illinois: Col Isham N. Haynie (w), Ltc William W. Sanford (w), Maj M. Mayfield
	3rd Brigade    Col Julius Raith (mw)    Ltc Enos P. Wood	17th Illinois: Ltc Enos P. Wood, Maj Francis M. Smith 29th Illinois: Ltc Charles M. Ferrell 43rd Illinois: Ltc Adolph Englemann 49th Illinois: Ltc Phineas Pease (w) Carmichael's Company Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Eagleton Carmichael
	Not brigaded	Stewart's Company Illinois Cavalry: Lt Ezra King Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 24 lb how): Cpt Edward McAllister (w) Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt George L. Nispel 14th Ohio Battery (4 6 lb Wiard R, 2 12 lb Wiard R): Cpt Jerome B. Burrows (w)
Second Division      BG W.H.L. Wallace (mw)      Col James M. Tuttle	1st Brigade    Col James M. Tuttle	2nd Iowa: Ltc James Baker 7th Iowa: Ltc James C. Parrott 12th Iowa: Col Joseph J. Woods (w/c), Cpt S. R. Edgington (c) 14th Iowa (7 companies): Col William T. Shaw
	2nd Brigade    BG John McArthur (w)    Col Thomas Morton	9th Illinois: Col August Mersy 12th Illinois: Ltc Augustus L. Chetlain, Cpt James R. Hugunin 81st Ohio: Col Thomas Morton 13th Missouri: Col Crafts J. Wright Birge's Western Sharpshooters: Col B. S. Compton
	3rd Brigade    Col Thomas W. Sweeny (w)    Col Silas D. Baldwin	8th Iowa: Col James L. Geddes 7th Illinois: Maj Richard Rowett 50th Illinois: Col Moses M. Bane (w), Cpt T. W. Gaines 52nd Illinois: Maj Henry Stark, Cpt E. A. Bowen 57th Illinois: Col Silas D. Baldwin, Cpt G. A. Busse 58th Illinois: Col William F. Lynch
	Not brigaded	Company C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company A): Cpt John R. Hotaling 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Thomas J. Larison Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt Peter P. Wood Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R): Cpt Henry Richardson Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (2 20 lb, 2 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt Frederick Welker Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt George H. Stone
Third Division      MG Lew Wallace	1st Brigade    Col Morgan L. Smith	8th Missouri: Ltc James Peckham 11th Indiana: Col George Francis McGinnis 24th Indiana: Col Alvin Peterson Hovey
	2nd Brigade    Col John M. Thayer	1st Nebraska: Ltc William D. McCord 23rd Indiana: Col William L. Sanderson 58th Ohio: Col Valentine Bausenwein 68th Ohio: Col Samuel H. Steedman
	3rd Brigade    Col Charles Whittlesey	20th Ohio: Ltc Manning F. Force 56th Ohio: Col Peter Kinney 76th Ohio: Col Charles R. Woods 78th Ohio: Col Mortimer Dormer Leggett
	Not brigaded	Battery L, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how) 9th Indiana Battery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt George R. Brown 5th Ohio Cavalry, 3rd Battalion: Maj Charles S. Hayes 11th Illinois Cavalry, 3rd battalion: Maj James F. Johnson
Fourth Division      BG Stephen A. Hurlbut	1st Brigade    Col Nelson G. Williams (w)    Col Isaac C. Pugh	3rd Iowa: Maj William M. Stone (c), Lt George W. Crosley 28th Illinois: Col Amory K. Johnson 32nd Illinois: Col John Logan (w) 41st Illinois: Col Isaac C. Pugh, Ltc A. Tupper (k), Maj John Warner, Cpt John N. Hale
	2nd Brigade    Col James C. Veatch	25th Indiana: Ltc William H. Morgan (w), Maj John W. Foster 14th Illinois: Col Cyrus Hall 15th Illinois: Ltc Edward F. W. Ellis (k), Maj William R. Goddard (k), Cpt Louis D. Kelley 46th Illinois: Col John A. Davis (w), Ltc John J. Jones
	3rd Brigade    BG Jacob G. Lauman	31st Indiana: Col Charles Cruft (w), Ltc John Osborn 44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed 17th Kentucky: Col John H. McHenry, Jr. 25th Kentucky: Ltc Benjamin H. Bristow
	Not brigaded	5th Ohio Cavalry, 1st & 2nd battalions: Col William H. Taylor 13th Ohio Battery (one section) Mann's battery, Missouri Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb How) Battery B 1st Michigan Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 4 10 lb Parrot R)
Fifth Division      BG William T. Sherman (w)	1st Brigade    Col John A. McDowell	6th Iowa: Cpt John W. Williams (w), Cpt Madison Miner Walden 46th Ohio: Col Thomas Worthington 40th Illinois: Col Stephen G. Hicks (w), Ltc J. M. Boothe 6th Indiana Battery: Cpt Frederick Behr (k)
	2nd Brigade    Col David Stuart (w)    Col Thomas Kilby Smith	55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 54th Ohio: Col Thomas Kilby Smith, Ltc James A. Farden 71st Ohio: Col Rodney Mason
	3rd Brigade    Col Jesse Hildebrand	53rd Ohio: Col Jesse J. Appler, Ltc Robert A. Fulton 57th Ohio: Ltc Americus V. Rice 77th Ohio: Ltc Wills De Hass, Maj Benjamin D. Fearing
	4th Brigade    Col Ralph P. Buckland	48th Ohio: Col Peter J. Sullivan (w), Ltc Job R. Parker 70th Ohio: Col Joseph R. Cockerill 72nd Ohio: Ltc Herman Canfield (k)
	Not brigaded	4th Illinois Cavalry (1st & 2nd battalions): Ltc William McCullough Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb How): Cpt Samuel E. Barrett Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 James R): Cpt A. C. Waterhouse (w), Lt A. E. Abbott (w), Lt John A. Fitch
Sixth Division      BG Benjamin M. Prentiss (c)	1st Brigade    Col Everett Peabody (k)	21st Missouri: Col David Moore (w), Ltc Humphrey M. Woodyard 25th Missouri: Ltc Robert T. Van Horn 16th Wisconsin: Col Benjamin Allen (w) 12th Michigan: Col Francis Quinn
	2nd Brigade    Col Madison Miller (c)	18th Missouri: Ltc Issac V. Pratt 61st Illinois: Jacob Fry 16th Iowa: Col Alexander Chambers (w), Ltc Addison H. Sanders
	Not brigaded	11th Illinois Cavalry (8 companies): Col Robert G. Ingersoll 15th Iowa: Col Hugh Thompson Reid (w) 3rd Ohio Battery: Cpt William S. Williams 5th Ohio Battery: Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper 1st Minnesota Battery - 2 12 lb How, 4 James R 23rd Missouri: Col J. T. Tindall (k), Ltc Quin Morton (c) 18th Wisconsin: Col James S. Alban (k), Ltc Samuel W. Beall (w), Maj Josiah W. Crane (k)
Unassigned troops	15th Michigan 14th Wisconsin: Col David E. Wood 8th Ohio Battery (6 30 lb Parrott R): Cpt Louis Markgraf Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R) Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb James R): Cpt Edward Bouton Battery L, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (6 James R) Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (5 24 lb SB) Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (6 6 lb SB): Cpt John Wesley Powell (w)

Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

• Chief of Staff: Col James B. Fry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division      BG Alexander M. McCook	4th Brigade    BG Lovell H. Rousseau	15th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (8 companies): Maj John H. King, Cpt P. T. Swaine 16th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (7 companies): Maj John H. King, Cpt Edwin F. Townsend 19th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (5 companies): Maj Stephen D. Carpenter 1st Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Smith 6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 5th Kentucky: Col Harvey M. Buckley
	5th Brigade    Col Edward N. Kirk (w)	77th Pennsylvania: Col. Frederick S. Stumbaugh 29th Indiana: Ltc David M. Dunn 30th Indiana: Col Sion S. Bass (mw), Ltc Joseph B. Dodge, Maj Orin Hurd 34th Illinois: Maj Charles N. Levanway (k), Cpt H. W. Bristol
	6th Brigade    Col William H. Gibson	15th Ohio: Maj William Wallace 49th Ohio: Ltc Albert M. Blackman 32nd Indiana: Col August Willich 39th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Harrison Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery (4 12 lb Nap, 2 10 lb Parrott R)
Fourth Division      BG William Nelson	10th Brigade    Col Jacob Ammen	6th Ohio: Ltc Nicholas Longworth Anderson 24th Ohio: Col Frederick C. Jones 36th Indiana: Col William Grose (w)
	19th Brigade    Col William B. Hazen	6th Kentucky: Col Walter C. Whitaker 9th Indiana: Col Gideon C. Moody 41st Ohio: Ltc George S. Mygatt
	22nd Brigade    Col Sanders D. Bruce	1st Kentucky: Col David A. Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson 2nd Indiana Cavalry
Fifth Division      BG Thomas L. Crittenden	11th Brigade    BG Jeremiah T. Boyle	19th Ohio: Col Samuel Beatty 59th Ohio: Col James P. Fyffe 9th Kentucky: Col Benjamin C. Grider 13th Kentucky: Col Edward H. Hobson
	14th Brigade    Col William S. Smith	13th Ohio: Ltc Joseph G. Hawkins 11th Kentucky: Col Pierce B. Hawkins 26th Kentucky: Ltc Cicero Maxwell
	Not brigaded	3rd Kentucky Cavalry Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb Wiard R): Cpt Joseph Bartlett Batteries H and M, 4th U.S. Artillery (2 3" R, 2 12 lb How)
Sixth Division      BG Thomas J. Wood	20th Brigade    BG James A. Garfield	64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio: Col Charles Garrison Harker 13th Michigan 51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight
	21st Brigade    Col George D. Wagner	15th Indiana: Col Gustavus A. Wood 10th Indiana 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus C. Hines 24th Kentucky

References

• McDonough, James Lee. Shiloh: In Hell before Night. University of Tennessee Press, 1977. ISBN 0-87049-232-290443