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ORDER
OF BATTLE, US ARMY
Brig. Gen. George
Henry Thomas - about 4400 effectives
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2nd
Brigade - Col. Mahlon D. Manson
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10th Ind. Inf. - Lt. Col.William Kise
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710 effectives |
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4th Ky. Inf. - Col. Speed Smith Fry (w)
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400 |
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Co. C, 14th Ohio Inf. - Capt. J. W. Brown
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? |
3rd Brigade - Col. Robert L. McCook (w) |
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2nd Minn. Inf. - Col. Horatio Van Cleve (minus Co. A) |
500 |
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9th Ohio Inf. - Maj. Gustave Kammerling |
628 |
12th Brigade - Col. Samuel Powhatan Carter |
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12th Ky. Inf. - Col. William A. Hoskins
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478 |
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1st Tenn. Inf. - Col. Robert K. Byrd
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610 |
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2nd Tenn. Inf. - Col. J. P. T. Carter |
442 |
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1st Ky. Cav. - Col. Frank Wolford (Cos. A, B, C,H) |
250 |
Btty. B, 1st Ohio Arty. - Capt. William E. Standart
(6 guns - rifled 6-pounders?) |
122 |
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Btty. C, 1st Ohio
Arty. - Capt. Dennis Kenny, Jr.
(six James rifles - probably rifled
6-pounders; possibly only four of the guns were rifled, the
other two smoothbore) |
110 |
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9th Ohio Btty. -
Capt. Henry Shepard Wetmore
(two 10-pounder Parrotts, two
12-pounder howitzers) |
104 |
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NOTE: Numbers shown are from Battle,
Perrin, and Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State.
Louisville: F.A. Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.
US troops present at Logan’s
Crossroads, but not directly engaged in the battle:
Co. A, 2nd Minn. Inf. - Capt. Judson
Bishop (on picket duty; engaged in pursuit to Beech Grove)
Co. A, 38th Ohio Inf. - Capt. Charles Greenwood (camp guard; engaged
in pursuit to Beech Grove)
Cos. D, F, and G, 1st Mich. Engrs. and Mechanics - Lt. Col. K. A.
Hunton (camp guard)
(follow this link
for further info on the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics)
US reinforcements, arrived after
the battle, engaged in the pursuit to Beech Grove:
1st Brigade - Brig.Gen.
Albin Schoepf
17th Ohio Inf. -
Col. John M. Connell
31st Ohio Inf. - Col. Moses B. Walker
38th Ohio Inf. - Col. Edwin D. Bradley
(2nd Brigade)
10th Ky. Inf. - Col. John M.
Harlan
14th Ohio Inf. - Col. James B. Steedman
ORDER
OF BATTLE, CS ARMY
Maj. Gen.
George Bibb Crittenden - about 5900 effectives
| 1st
Brigade - Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (KIA) |
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15th Miss. Inf. - Lt. Col.
Edward Cary Walthall |
854 effectives |
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19th Tenn. Inf. - Col. David H. Cummings |
676 |
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20th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Joel Allen Battle |
694 |
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25th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Sidney Smith Stanton (w) |
683 |
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Tenn. Btty. - Capt. Arthur Middleton Rutledge - 6 guns |
140 |
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(four 6-pounders
and two 12-pound howitzers; only the four |
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6-pounders used in
the battle) |
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Tenn. Cav. Co. - Capt. William Scott Bledsoe |
84 |
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Tenn. Cav. Co. - Capt. Q. C. "Ned" Sanders/Saunders |
71 |
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Ky. Cav. Co. - Capt. B. E. Roberts (w/ Bledsoe & Sanders) |
? |
| 2nd
Brigade - Brig. Gen. William Henry Carroll |
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16th Ala. Inf. - Col. William B. Wood |
378 |
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17th Tenn. Inf. - Lt. Col. Thomas C. H. Miller |
338 |
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28th Tenn. Inf. - Col. John Porry Murray |
748 |
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29th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Samuel Powell (w) |
493 |
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Tenn. Btty. (Caswell Artillery) - Capt. Hugh L. W. McClung - 4
guns |
83 |
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(two 6-pounders and two
12-pound howitzers; only two guns listed in the advance to
Logan’s Crossroads; apparently none actually used in the
battle)
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4th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. Benjamin M. Branner
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336 |
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5th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. George R. McClellan |
315 |
NOTE: Numbers shown are from
Zollicoffer's report of 7 Jan. 1862 (OR I, 7, p. 824).
Confederate forces present at
Mill Springs (south side of the river), but not engaged in the battle:
37th Tennessee Infantry -
Col. Moses White
(crossed the river during the battle, and engaged in the defense
of Beech Grove)
1st Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. Frank Nathaniel McNairy (may
have been present at Beech Grove)
2 companies of the 3rd Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. William
Brazleton
Tenn. Btty. (Harding Artillery) - Capts. G. H. Monserratt
and Ed Baxter (4 or 6 guns)
Back to History Index
Sources:
Reports in Official Records,
Ser. I, Vol. 7, pp. 79-116; 824.
Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C.
Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville: F. A.
Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.
Lindsley, John B., The Military
Annals of Tennessee, Confederate: First Series. Nashville: J. M.
Lindsley & Co., 1886, pp. 794-795.
Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War:
Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. Vol. II. Columbus: Eclectic
Publishing Co., 1893, pp. 893, 895.
Witham, George, Shiloh, Shells and
Artillery Units. Memphis: Riverside Press, 1980, pp. 81-84.
Report of the Adjutant General of
the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65.
Vol. I. Frankfort, 1915, pp. 676-677.
York, Capt. Harrison B., Record
of the 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Vol. Artillery.
Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1864.
Compiled by Geoffrey
R. Walden, 1997; copyright © 1997-1999, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights
reserved.
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