Battle of Perryville order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and return of casualties. 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 = 1st Lieutenant
• 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant
• Bvt = Brevet

Artillery

• 10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle
• 12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
• 12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer
• 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon
• 24-pdr How = M1841 24-pounder howitzer
• 3" R = 3-inch Ordnance rifle
• 6-pdr SB = M1841 6-pounder field gun
• Jam R = James rifle
• How = howitzer
• pdr = pound (projectile weight)
• R = rifled gun
• SB = smoothbore gun

Other

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

Army of the Ohio

55,000 men, 147 guns (k-889, w-2966, m-433 = 4,288)

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding
MG George Henry Thomas, second in command

Escort:

• Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: 2Lt Thomas S. Maple
• 4th US Cavalry (Companies B, C, D, G, I, & K): Ltc James Oakes

Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps

13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

• Chief of Staff: Ltc James Vote Bomford (w)

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division 24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159      BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau Escort: 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies A, C, & H): Maj Enos Hopkins 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (6 companies): Col Buckner Board	9th Brigade k-142, w-427, m-39 = 608    Col Leonard A. Harris	38th Indiana: Col Benjamin Franklin Scribner (w) 2nd Ohio: Ltc John Kell 33rd Ohio: Ltc Oscar Fitzallen Moore (w) 94th Ohio: Col Joseph Washington Frizell 10th Wisconsin: Col Alfred Rose Chapin 5th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt Peter Simonson
	17th Brigade k-187, w-614, m-35 = 836    Col William Haines Lytle (w/c)    Col Curran Pope (w)	42nd Indiana: Col James Garrard Jones 88th Indiana: Col George Humphrey 15th Kentucky: Col Curran Pope (w), Ltc George Payne Jouett (mw) 3rd Ohio: Col John Beatty 10th Ohio: Ltc Joseph Walter Burke 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery "A" [6 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Cyrus Orlando Loomis
	28th Brigade k-165, w-458, m-70 = 693    Col John Converse Starkweather	24th Illinois: Cpt August Mauff 79th Pennsylvania: Col Henry Augustus Hambright 1st Wisconsin: Ltc George B. Bingham 21st Wisconsin: Col Benjamin Jeffrey Sweet (w) 4th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB, 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt Asahel Kidder Bush 1st Kentucky Light Artillery, Battery "A" [2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB, 2 10-pdr Par]: Cpt David C. Stone
Tenth Division 14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172      BG James Streshly Jackson (k)      Col Albert Sereno Hall	33rd Brigade k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527    BG William Rufus Terrill (mw) Escort: Terrill's Guards & Scouts: Cpt Louis Christman	Garrard's Detachment (7th Kentucky, 1 company; 32nd Kentucky, 1 company; 3rd Tennessee, 1 company): Col Theophilus Toulmin Garrard 80th Illinois: Col Thomas G. Allen (w) 123rd Illinois: Col James Monroe 101st Indiana: Col William Garver [not engaged; supply train guard] 105th Ohio: Col Albert Sereno Hall, Ltc William R. Tolles Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery [1 section, attached to Parsons' Battery]: 2Lt Nathaniel M. Newell Parsons' Independent Battery [5 12-pdr Nap, 2 12-pdr How, 1 10-pdr Par]: Lt Charles Carroll Parsons
	34th Brigade k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645    Col George P. Webster (k)    Ltc Silas A. Strickland	80th Indiana: Ltc Lewis Brooks 50th Ohio: Col Jonah R. Taylor, Ltc Silas A. Strickland 98th Ohio: Ltc Christian L. Poorman 121st Ohio: Col William Pitt Reid 19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [4 12-pdr How, 2 3" R]: Cpt Samuel J. Harris

II Corps

20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)

MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

Escort:

• 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies B, E, I, & K): Col William Power Innes
• 1st Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj James Laughlin
• 3rd Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj John Howard Foster

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Fourth Division 27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0      BG William Sooy Smith Escort: 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (4 companies): Ltc Thomas Cochran	10th Brigade    Col William Grose	84th Illinois: Col Louis H. Waters 36th Indiana: Ltc Oliver Hazard Perry Cary 23rd Kentucky: Ltc John P. Jackson 6th Ohio: Col Nicholas Longworth Anderson 24th Ohio: Ltc Frederick C. Jones 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "H" [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par]: Bvt Lt Samuel Canby 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "M" [2 sections; 2 12-pdr Nap, 2 24-pdr How]: Cpt John Mendenhall
	19th Brigade    Col William Babcock Hazen	110th Illinois: Col Thomas S. Casey 9th Indiana: Col William H. Blake 6th Kentucky: Col Walter Chiles Whitaker 27th Kentucky: Col Charles D. Pennebaker 41st Ohio: Col George S. Mygatt 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "F" [6 12-pdr How, 5 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Daniel T. Cockerill
	22nd Brigade    BG Charles Cruft	31st Indiana: Col John Osborn 1st Kentucky: Ltc David A. Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson 90th Ohio: Col Isaac N. Ross 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "B" [4 6-pdr M1841 Jam R, 2 6-pdr SB]: Cpt William E. Standart
Fifth Division 18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0      BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve	11th Brigade    Col Samuel Beatty	79th Indiana: Col Frederick Knefler 9th Kentucky: Ltc George Henry Cram 13th Kentucky: Ltc John B. Carlisle 19th Ohio: Ltc Elliott Woodbridge Hollingsworth 59th Ohio: Col James P. Fyffe 7th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt George Ransom Swallow
	14th Brigade    Col Pierce Butler Hawkins	44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed 86th Indiana: Col Orville S. Hamilton 11th Kentucky: Ltc Smoloff Pallas Love 26th Kentucky: Col Cicero Maxwell 13th Ohio: Col Joseph C. Hawkins Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery [6 6-pdr SB]: Lt Alanson Stevens
	23rd Brigade    Col Stanley Matthews	35th Indiana: Col Bernard Francis Mullen 8th Kentucky: Col Sidney M. Barnes 21st Kentucky: Col Samuel Woodson Price 51st Ohio: Ltc Richard W. McClain 99th Ohio: Ltc John E. Cummins 3rd Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [4 10-pdr Par, 2 12 pdr How]: Cpt Lucius H. Drury
Sixth Division 18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2      BG Thomas John Wood	15th Brigade k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0    BG Milo Smith Hascall	100th Illinois: Col Frederick Bartleson 17th Indiana: Ltc George W. Gorman 58th Indiana: Col George Pearson Buell 3rd Kentucky: Ltc William Scott 26th Ohio: Maj Christopher M. Degenfeld 8th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Lt George Estep
	20th Brigade k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0    Col Charles Garrison Harker	51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight 73rd Indiana: Col Gilbert Hathaway 13th Michigan: Ltc Frederick William Wordon 64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio: Ltc William Young 6th Ohio Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Cullen Bradley
	21st Brigade k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2    Col George Day Wagner	15th Indiana: Ltc Gustavus Adolphus Wood 40th Indiana: Col John Wesley Blake 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus Cooke Hines 24th Kentucky: Col Lewis Braxton Grigsby 97th Ohio: Col John Quincy Lane 10th Indiana Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr How, 4 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Jerome B. Cox
Cavalry	McCook's Cavalry Brigade k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10    Col Edward Moody McCook	2nd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Robert Reed Stewart 1st Kentucky Cavalry: Col Frank Lane Wolford 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Col Eli Houston Murray 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st Battalion: Maj John Estill Wynkoop 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "M" [1 section; 2 12-pdr Nap]: Lt Henry Alonzo Huntington

III Corps

22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)

MG Charles Champion Gilbert

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division 14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25      BG Albin Francisco Schoepf Escort: 1st Ohio Cavalry (6 companies): Col Minor Millikin	1st Brigade k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0    Col Moses B. Walker	82nd Indiana: Col Morton Craig Hunter 12th Kentucky: Col William Hoskins 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell 31st Ohio: Ltc Frederick William Lister 38th Ohio: Ltc William Alden Choate 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery "D" [2 12-pdr How, 2 6-pdr M1841 R]: Cpt Josiah W. Church
	2nd Brigade k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11    BG Speed Smith Fry	10th Indiana: Col William Coalbaugh Kise 74th Indiana: Col Charles Warner Chapman 4th Kentucky: Col John Thomas Croxton 10th Kentucky: Ltc William Hercules Hays 14th Ohio: Ltc George P. Este 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "C" [2 12-pdr How, 4 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Daniel K. Southwick
	3rd Brigade k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14    BG James Blair Steedman	87th Indiana: Col Kline Godfrey Shryock 2nd Minnesota: Col James George 9th Ohio: Ltc Charles Joseph 35th Ohio: Col Ferdinand Van Derveer 18th US: Maj Frederick Townsend 4th US Light Artillery, Battery "I" [4 12-pdr How]: Lt Frank G. Smith
Ninth Division 16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547      BG Robert Byington Mitchell Escort: Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer 2nd Kansas Cavalry (detachment, 150 men): Sgt Hugh Quinn	30th Brigade k-133, w-344, m-58 = 535    Col Michael Gooding (w/c)	59th Illinois: Maj Joshua Carroll Winters 74th Illinois: Col James B. Kerr (not engaged; supply train guard) 75th Illinois: Ltc John E. Bennett 22nd Indiana: Ltc Squire Isham Keith (k) 5th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [2 10-pdr Par, 2 12-pdr How, 2 12-pdr Mtn]: Cpt Oscar F. Pinney
	31st Brigade k-0, w-11, m-0 = 11    Col William Passmore Carlin	21st Illinois: Col John Washington Shields Alexander 38th Illinois: Maj Daniel H. Gilmer 101st Ohio: Col Leander Stem 15th Wisconsin: Col Hans Christian Heg 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery [2 sections; 4 12-pdr How]: Lt Richard L. Dawley
	32nd Brigade k-0, w-1, m-0 = 1    Col William Wallace Caldwell	25th Illinois: Ltc James McClelland 35th Illinois: Ltc William P. Chandler 81st Indiana: Ltc John Timberlake 8th Kansas (5 companies): Ltc John Alexander Martin 8th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery [2 12-pdr Nap, 4 3" R]: Cpt Stephen J. Carpenter
Eleventh Division 12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353      BG Philip Henry Sheridan Escort: Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:	35th Brigade k-22, w-102, m-1 = 125    Ltc Bernard Laiboldt	44th Illinois: Cpt Wallace W. Barrett 73rd Illinois: Col James F. Jaquess 2nd Missouri: Cpt Walter Hoppe (k) 15th Missouri: Maj John Weber
	36th Brigade k-8, w-62, m-9 = 79    Col Daniel McCook, Jr.	85th Illinois: Col Robert S. Moore 86th Illinois: Col David D. Irons 125th Illinois: Col Oscar Fitzalan Harmon 52nd Ohio: Ltc Daniel D. T. Cowen
	37th Brigade k-21, w-118, m-4 = 143    Col Nicholas Greusel	36th Illinois: Cpt Silas Miller 88th Illinois: Col Francis Trowbridge Sherman 21st Michigan: Col Ambrose A. Stevens (w) 24th Wisconsin: Col Charles Hathaway Larrabee
	Artillery	2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery "I" [2 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par, 2 6-pdr M1841 Jam R]: Cpt Charles M. Barnett 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery "G" [4 12-pdr Nap, 2 10-pdr Par]: Cpt Henry Hescock
Cavalry	Gay's Cavalry Brigade k-4, w-14, m-1 = 19    Cpt Ebenezer Gay	9th Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, D, F, H, I, K, & M): Ltc John Boyle 2nd Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Archibald P. Campbell (w) 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Chalkley James 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery [1 section; 2 12-pdr How]: Cpt William A. Hotchkiss

See also

• Kentucky in the American Civil War

References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised January 10, 2008), unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
• Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, University Press of Kentucky, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8131-2209-0.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume XVI, Part I and II (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.