^Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter XXVI Grant was named Second in Command of the whole army group and was also specifically in command of the Right Wing and Reserves. Halleck moved his headquarters with the Right Wing during the operation.
^Grant retained general command of the Dist. of West Tennessee which included all the divisions of Army of the Tennessee now divided between the Right Wing directly under George H. Thomas and Reserves directly under John A. McClernand. Special Field Orders No. 35
^Organization of the Army of the Tennessee April 30, 1862
^Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth MS, May 13, 1862
^The First Division, Army of the Ohio was also known as the 7th Division, Army of the Tennessee Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserves, 13 May 1862
^The "Union Brigade" was a regiment-sized command, led by John P. Coulter of the 12th Iowa, composed of members of the 8th, 12th and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois regiments who escaped capture in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh.
^Owing to the reduced regimental strength, the 5th Division was reorganized into three brigades instead of four on 15 May 1862. Orders No. 25
^Joined 25 May; reorganized as 5th Division on 1 June at which time Carlin's Reserve Brigade became the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division.
^A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1 p. 478
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The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Siege of Corinth 29 Apr 30 May 1862 of the American Civil War The Union Army had approximately 150 000 present for duty 1 2 The Confederate order of battle is shown separately Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the siege 3 Contents 1 Abbreviations used 1 1 Military Rank 1 2 Other 2 Department of the Mississippi 2 1 District of West Tennessee 2 1 1 Right Wing Army of the Tennessee 2 1 2 Reserves Army of the Tennessee 2 2 Center Army of the Ohio 2 3 Left Wing Army of the Mississippi 2 3 1 Right Wing 2 3 2 Left Wing 3 References 4 SourcesAbbreviations used editMilitary Rank edit MG Major General BG Brigadier General Col Colonel Ltc Lieutenant Colonel Maj Major Cpt Captain Lt LieutenantOther edit w wounded mw mortally wounded k killedDepartment of the Mississippi editMG Henry W Halleck 4 Second in Command MG Ulysses S Grant 5 Chief of Staff and Chief Engineer BG George W Cullum Chief of Cavalry BG Andrew J Smith Chief Topographical Engineer Col George Thom Aide de Camp Col Norton Parker Chipman Assistant Adjutant General Cpt John C KeltonDistrict of West Tennessee edit Main article Army of the Tennessee MG Ulysses S Grant 6 7 Chief of Staff Col Joseph D Webster Aide de Camp Col James B McPherson Provost Marshal General Col William S Hillyer after 3 May Provost Marshal General Ltc DeWitt C Anthony until May Assistant Adjutant General Cpt John A Rawlins Chief Commissary Cpt John Parker HawkinsRight Wing Army of the Tennessee edit Main article Army of the Tennessee MG George H Thomas 8 9 Chief of Staff and Asst Adjutant General Cpt George E FlyntDivision Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division Army of the Ohio 10 MG George H Thomas until 3 May BG Thomas W Sherman 1st Brigade BG Albin F Schoepf 12th Kentucky Col William A Hoskins 17th Ohio Col John M Connell 31st Ohio Col Moses B Walker 38th Ohio Col Edwin Bradley2nd Brigade BG Speed Smith Fry 10th Indiana Col Mahlon D Manson 4th Kentucky Col John T Croxton 10th Kentucky Col John M Harlan 14th Ohio Col James B Steedman3rd Brigade BG Robert L McCook 2nd Minnesota Col James George 9th Ohio Maj Gustave Kammerling 35th Ohio Col Ferdinand Van Derveer 18th U S Infantry Ltc Oliver L ShepherdArtillery Battery D 1st Michigan Light Artillery Battery A 1st Ohio Light ArtilleryCavalry 1st Ohio CavalrySecond Division BG Thomas A Davies until 2 June BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord 1st Brigade Col James Tuttle 2nd Iowa Cpt Richard H Huston 7th Iowa Col Elliott Warren Rice Union Brigade Ltc John P Coulter 11 8th Iowa Detachment 12th Iowa Detachment 14th Iowa Detachment Cpt Robert W Healy 58th Illinois Detachment2nd Brigade BG Richard J Oglesby 9th Illinois Col August Mersy 12th Illinois Col Augustus L Chetlain 81st Ohio Col Thomas Morton 13th Missouri 22nd Ohio Col Crafts J Wright Birge s Sharpshooters3rd Brigade Col Silas Baldwin 7th Illinois Col Andrew J Babcock 50th Illinois Cpt John W Smith 52nd Illinois Cpt Edwin A Bowen 57th Illinois Ltc Frederick J HurlbutArtillery Maj John S Cavender Battery D 1st Missouri Light Artillery Cpt Henry Richardson Battery H 1st Missouri Light Artillery Battery I 1st Missouri Light Artillery Cpt James T Buel Battery K 1st Missouri Light Artillery Cpt George H Stone 2nd Michigan BatteryCavalry 2nd Illinois Cavalry 1 squadron Cpt John R Hotaling 5th Ohio Cavalry 3rd Battalion Maj Charles S Hayes 4th U S Cavalry Company I Lt James PowellFourth Division BG Stephen A Hurlbut 1st Brigade BG Jacob G Lauman 52nd Indiana Cpt W L Guard transferred to 2nd Brigade May 1862 28th Illinois Col Amory K Johnson 32nd Illinois Maj William Hunter 41st Illinois Col Isaac C Pugh 53rd Illinois Col William H W Cushman 3rd Iowa Cpt John B Smith2nd Brigade BG James C Veatch 25th Indiana Cpt John Watson Foster 53rd Indiana Col Walter Q Gresham 14th Illinois Col Cyrus Hall 15th Illinois Col Thomas J Turner 46th Illinois Ltc John J JonesArtillery 2nd Illinois Batteries L and B Cpt William H Bolton 1st Missouri Battery C Cpt Charles Mann 15th Ohio Battery Cpt Edward SpearCavalry 5th Ohio Cavalry 1st and 2nd Battalions Col William H H TaylorFifth Division MG William T Sherman 12 1st Brigade Col John A McDowell until 12 May Col Morgan L Smith Before 15 May 40th Illinois Ltc James W Booth 6th Iowa Cpt Madison Miner Walden 46th Ohio Col Thomas WorthingtonAfter 15 May 8th Missouri Ltc James Peckham 55th Illinois Col David Stuart 54th Ohio Col Thomas Kilby Smith 57th Ohio Ltc Americus V Rice2nd Brigade Col David Stuart until 15 May Col John A McDowell Before 15 May 55th Illinois Ltc Oscar Malmborg 54th Ohio Col Thomas Kilby SmithAfter 15 May 40th Illinois Ltc James W Booth 6th Iowa Cpt Madison M Walden 46th Ohio Col Thomas Worthington 77th Ohio Col Jesse Hildebrand 6th Indiana Battery3rd Brigade Col Jesse Hildebrand until 15 May Col Ralph P Buckland until 16 May BG James W Denver 13 Before 15 May 53rd Ohio Ltc Robert A Fulton 57th Ohio Ltc Americus V Rice 77th Ohio Ltc Wills De HaasAfter 15 May 48th Ohio Cpt Samuel G W Peterson 53rd Ohio Col Wells Jones 70th Ohio Col Joseph R Cockerill 72nd Ohio Col Ralph P Buckland4th Brigade Col Ralph P Buckland 48th Ohio Cpt Richard S Robbins 70th Ohio Col Joseph R Cockerill 72nd Ohio Cpt Charles G EatonDiscontinued 15 MayArtillery Maj Ezra Taylor 1st Illinois Artillery Battery B Cpt Samuel E Barrett 1st Illinois Artillery Battery E Lt John A Fitch 1st Illinois Artillery Battery H Cpt Axel Silverparre 1st Illinois Artillery Battery I Cpt Edward Bouton 4th Indiana Battery Lt William Mussman 7th Ohio BatteryCavalry Col T Lyle Dickey 4th Illinois Cavalry 2nd and 3rd Battalions Col T Lyle Dickey Thielemann s Illinois Cavalry 2 companies Maj Christian ThielemannSixth Division BG Thomas J McKean until 30 Apr BG Thomas W Sherman until 3 May BG Thomas J McKean 1st Brigade Col John L Doran until 23 May BG John McArthur 21st Missouri Col David Moore 25th Missouri Ltc Robert T Van Horn 16th Wisconsin Maj Thomas Reynolds 17th Wisconsin Col John L Doran Ltc Adam G Malloy2nd Brigade Col John M Oliver 15th Michigan Maj Stephen Walsh 18th Missouri Ltc John McDermott 18th Wisconsin Cpt Charles H Jackson Ford s Company Illinois Cavalry3rd Brigade Col Marcellus M Crocker 11th Iowa Ltc William Hall 13th Iowa Cpt George M Van Hoesen 15th Iowa Ltc William Dewey 16th Iowa Ltc Addison H SandersArtillery Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper Battery F 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Lt Christian D Bliss 1st Minnesota Battery Lt William Pfaender 3rd Ohio Battery Cpt William S Williams 5th Ohio Battery Lt Lewis C Sawyer 10th Ohio Battery Cpt Hamilton B WhiteCavalry 11th Illinois Cavalry 1st and 2nd Battalions Col Robert G IngersollReserves Army of the Tennessee edit MG John A McClernand 14 15 Assistant Inspector General Col Thomas E G RansomDivision Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division MG John A McClernand until 2 May BG John A Logan until 4 May BG Henry M Judah until 2 June BG Thomas A Davies 1st Brigade BG John A Logan until 2 May 16 Col Michael K Lawler until 4 May BG John A Logan 8th Illinois Ltc Frank L Rhoads 18th Illinois Col Michael K Lawler 30th Illinois Col Elias Dennis 31st Illinois Ltc Lyndorf Ozburn 12th Michigan Col Francis Quinn2nd Brigade Col C Carroll Marsh until 4 May Col Andrew J Babcock 17 11th Illinois Ltc Thomas E G Ransom 20th Illinois Cpt Orton Frisbie 45th Illinois Col John Eugene Smith 48th Illinois Maj Manning Mayfield3rd Brigade BG Leonard F Ross 17th Illinois Maj Francis M Smith 29th Illinois Col Charles M Ferrell 43rd Illinois Col Adolph Englemann 49th Illinois Maj William W Bishop 61st Illinois Col Jacob FryArtillery 1st Illinois Battery D Lt G S Wood 2nd Illinois Battery E Lt George L Nispel 14th Indiana Battery 14th Ohio BatteryCavalry 4th Illinois Cavalry 1st Battalion Ltc William McCullough Carmichael s Company Dollin s Company O Hartnett s Company Stewart s Company Cpt Warren StewartThird Division MG Lewis Wallace 1st Brigade Col Morgan L Smith until 12 May BG Alvin P Hovey 11th Indiana Col George Francis McGinnis 24th Indiana Col Alvin P Hovey 8th Missouri Ltc James Peckham regiment transferred 15 May2nd Brigade Col John M Thayer 23rd Indiana Col William L Sanderson 1st Nebraska Ltc Robert R Livingston 20th Ohio Ltc Manning F Force 18 58th Ohio Ltc Ferdinand F Rempel3rd Brigade Col Charles Whittlesey until May Col Charles R Woods 56th Ohio Col Peter Kinney 68th Ohio Col Samuel H Steedman 76th Ohio Maj Willard Warner 78th Ohio Col Mortimer D LeggettArtillery 1st Illinois Artillery Battery A Lt Peter P Wood 1st Illinois Artillery Battery F Cogswell s Illinois Battery Cpt William Cogswell 9th Indiana Battery Cpt Noah S Thompson 8th Ohio Battery Lt John W WellshearCavalry 11th Illinois Cavalry 3rd Battalion Cpt Otto FunkeCenter Army of the Ohio edit Main article Army of the Ohio MG Don Carlos Buell 19 Chief of Staff Col James Barnet Fry Assistant Inspector General Maj Adam J Slemmer Assistant Inspector General Cpt Charles Champion Gilbert Assistant Quartermaster Cpt Alvan C Gillem until May 1862 Assistant Quartermaster Cpt Andrew J Mackay May 1862 Chief Engineer Cpt James St Clair MortonDivision Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division BG Alexander M McCook 20 4th Brigade BG Lovell H Rousseau 15th U S Infantry 1st Battalion Maj John H King 16th U S Infantry 1st Battalion Cpt Edwin F Townsend 19th U S Infantry 1st Battalion Stephen D Carpenter 1st Ohio Col Benjamin F Smith 6th Indiana Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 5th Kentucky Col Harvey M Buckley5th Brigade Col Frederick S Stumbaugh 77th Pennsylvania Col Frederick Stumbaugh 29th Indiana Col John F Miller 30th Indiana Ltc Joseph B Dodge 34th Illinois Ltc Hiram Bristol6th Brigade BG Richard W Johnson 15th Ohio Col Moses R Dickey 49th Ohio Col William Harvey Gibson 32nd Indiana Col August Willich 39th Indiana Col Thomas J HarrisonArtillery Cpt William R Terrill Battery A Kentucky Light Artillery Ohio Battery Pennsylvania Battery Battery H 5th U S ArtilleryFourth Division MG William Bull Nelson 21 10th Brigade Col Jacob Ammen 36th Indiana Col William Grose 17th Kentucky Col John McHenry II 6th Ohio Ltc Nicholas L Anderson 24th Ohio Ltc Frederick C Jones19th Brigade Col William B Hazen 6th Kentucky Col Walter C Whitaker 27th Kentucky Col Charles D Pennebaker 41st Ohio Ltc George Mygatt22nd Brigade Col Thomas D Sedgewick 22 until 30 May BG Mahlon D Manson 31st Indiana Ltc John Osborn 1st Kentucky Col David Enyart 2nd Kentucky Ltc Warner Spencer Col Thomas D Sedgewick 20th Kentucky Ltc Charles S HansonArtillery Battery I 4th U S Artillery Cpt John Mendenhall 23 Cavalry Ltc Edward M McCook 2nd Indiana Cavalry Ltc Edward M McCook 3rd Indiana Cavalry one companyFifth Division BG Thomas L Crittenden 24 25 11th Brigade BG Jeremiah T Boyle until 27 May Col Samuel Beatty 26 19th Ohio Col Samuel Beatty 59th Ohio Col James P Fyffe 9th Kentucky Col Benjamin C Grider 13th Kentucky Col Edward H Hobson14th Brigade BG Horatio P Van Cleve 13th Ohio Col William Sooy Smith 11th Kentucky Col Pierce B Hawkins 26th Kentucky Col Stephen G BurbridgeCavalry 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Col James S Jackson 27 Artillery Battery G 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery H 4th U S Artillery Battery M 4th U S ArtillerySixth Division BG Thomas J Wood 28 15th Brigade BG Milo Hascall 17th Indiana Col John T Wilder 58th Indiana Col George P Buell 3rd Kentucky Col Thomas E Bramlette 26th Ohio Col Edward P Fyffe 8th Indiana Battery20th Brigade BG James A Garfield 51st Indiana Col Abel Streight 13th Michigan Col Michael Shoemaker 64th Ohio Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio Col Charles G Harker21st Brigade Col George D Wagner 15th Indiana Col Gustavus A Wood 57th Indiana Col Cyrus Hines 24th Kentucky Col Louis GrisgsbyLeft Wing Army of the Mississippi edit Main article Army of the Mississippi MG John Pope 29 30 Chief of Staff BG Washington L Elliott after 12 June Assistant Adjutant General Maj Speed Butler Assistant Inspector General Maj John M Corse Assistant Quartermaster Cpt Philip H SheridanDivision Brigade Regiments and OthersCavalry Division BG Gordon Granger 31 1st Brigade Col William P Kellogg until 1 June 32 Col John K Mizner 3rd Michigan Cavalry Ltc Robert H G Minty 7th Illinois Cavalry Col William P Kellogg2nd Brigade Col Washington Lafayette Elliott until 1 June Col Philip H Sheridan 2nd Iowa Cavalry Ltc Edward Hatch 2nd Michigan Cavalry Col Philip H Sheridan appointed 25 MayArtillery Powell s BatteryReporting Directly Reserve Brigade 33 Col William P Carlin 21st Illinois Ltc George Peck 38th Illinois Ltc Daniel H Gilmer Hotchkiss Minnesota BatteryArtillery Brigade Ltc Warren L Lothrop 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Battery I Cpt Charles M Barnett Battery M 1st Missouri Light Artillery Cpt Albert M Powell 5th Wisconsin Battery Cpt Oscar F PinneyUnattached Units Missouri Engineers Col Josiah W Bissell 1st U S Infantry Cpt George A Williams 4th U S Cavalry Cpt Eugene W CrittendenRight Wing edit MG William S Rosecrans 34 assigned 29 May Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division BG Eleazar Paine 35 1st Brigade BG John M Palmer 22nd Illinois Ltc Harrison E Hart 27th Illinois Ltc Fazilo Harrington 42nd Illinois Col George W Roberts 51st Illinois Col Gilbert W Cumming2nd Brigade Col James D Morgan until 1 May BG Daniel Tyler 36 10th Illinois Ltc John Tillson Col James D Morgan 16th Illinois Col Robert F Smith 60th Illinois Col Silas C Toler 10th Michigan Col Charles M Lum 14th Michigan Col Robert P Sinclair Yates Sharpshooters Ltc David E WilliamsArtillery 1st Illinois Battery C 1st Missouri Artillery Battery GSecond Division BG David S Stanley 1st Brigade Col John Groesbeck until 8 July 37 Col Joseph L Kirby Smith 27th Ohio Col John W Fuller 39th Ohio Col John Groesbeck Ltc Alfred W Gilbert 43rd Ohio Col J L Kirby Smith 63rd Ohio Col John W Sprague2nd Brigade BG Joseph B Plummer until 29 May Col Robert C Murphy 38 26th Illinois Col John M Loomis 47th Illinois Col William Thrush 5th Minnesota Col Rudolph von Borgersode joined 10 24 May 1862 11th Missouri Col Joseph A Mower 8th Wisconsin Col Robert C MurphyArtillery 2nd Iowa Battery 1st Michigan Battery C 2nd U S Artillery Battery FLeft Wing edit BG Schuyler Hamilton 39 assigned 29 May Division Brigade Regiments and OthersThird Division BG Schuyler Hamilton until 29 May BG Joseph B Plummer 1st Brigade BG Napoleon B Buford 48th Indiana Col Norman Eddy 59th Indiana Col Jesse I Alexander 5th Iowa Col William H Worthington k 22 May 1862 Ltc Karl Leopold Matthias 4th Minnesota Col John B Sanborn 26th Missouri Col John H Holman2nd Brigade Col Nicholas Perczel 56th Illinois Ltc William R Brown 10th Iowa Ltc William E Small 10th Missouri Col Samuel Holmes 26th Missouri Col George B Boomer 80th Ohio Col Ephraim R EckleyArtillery 11th Ohio Battery Cap Frank C Sands Battery G 1st Missouri Light Artillery Buell s Battery Missouri Light Artillery 6th Wisconsin Battery 12th Wisconsin BatteryFourth Division BG Jefferson C Davis 40 1st Brigade BG Robert B Mitchell 22nd Indiana Maj Michael Gooding 59th Illinois Col Philip S PostAsboth s Brigade 41 BG Alexander Asboth 2nd Missouri Col Frederick Schaefer 15th Missouri Col Francis Joliat 36th Illinois Col Nicholas Greusel 44th Illinois Col Charles KnobelsdorffFifth Division 42 created 1 June BG Alexander Asboth 1st Brigade Col Nicholas Greusel 36th Illinois Col Nicholas Greusel 44th Illinois Col Charles Knobelsdorff2nd Brigade Ltc Bernard Laiboldt 2nd Missouri Maj Francis Ehrler 15th Missouri Maj Joseph ConradReferences edit Abstract from returns of the Armies of the Mississippi and of the Tennessee and of the District of the Ohio for May 31 and June 1 1862 Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign Official Records Series I Volume X Part 2 pages 147 154 April 30 1862 and pages 185 188 May 13 1862 Special Field Orders No 35 Personal Memoirs of U S Grant Chapter XXVI Grant was named Second in Command of the whole army group and was also specifically in command of the Right Wing and Reserves Halleck moved his headquarters with the Right Wing during the operation Grant retained general command of the Dist of West Tennessee which included all the divisions of Army of the Tennessee now divided between the Right Wing directly under George H Thomas and Reserves directly under John A McClernand Special Field Orders No 35 Organization of the Army of the Tennessee April 30 1862 Personal Memoirs of U S Grant Chapter XXVI Organization of the Right Wing Left Wing and Reserve in front of Corinth MS May 13 1862 The First Division Army of the Ohio was also known as the 7th Division Army of the Tennessee Organization of the Right Wing Left Wing and Reserves 13 May 1862 The Union Brigade was a regiment sized command led by John P Coulter of the 12th Iowa composed of members of the 8th 12th and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois regiments who escaped capture in the Hornet s Nest at Shiloh Owing to the reduced regimental strength the 5th Division was reorganized into three brigades instead of four on 15 May 1862 Orders No 25 Denver s Official Report McClernand s Official Report Organization of the Right Wing Left Wing and Reserve in front of Corinth MS May 13 1862 Logan s Official Report page 479 transferred from 3rd Brigade May 1862 Organization of the Army of the Ohio April 30 1862 Organization of the Army of the Ohio June 10 1862 McCook s Official Records Nelson s Official Report Sedgewick s Official Report Official Records Crittenden s Official Report Crittenden s Division was originally assigned to the Reserves but was reattached to Buell s command before it could be transferred Beatty s Official Report Eicher p 315 Wood s Official Report Organization of the Right Wing Left Wing and Reserve in front of Corinth MS May 13 1862 Organization of the Army of the Mississippi April 30 1862 Granger s Official Report page 479 Carlin s Reserve Brigade was reassigned as the 2nd Brigade in Jefferson C Davis 4th Division on 1 June Eicher p 163 General Orders HQ Army of the Mississippi James D Morgan s Official Report of the First Division Dyer p 477 Dyer p 477 Dyer p 477 General Orders HQ Army of the Mississippi Davis Official Report Joined 25 May reorganized as 5th Division on 1 June at which time Carlin s Reserve Brigade became the 2nd Brigade 4th Division A compendium of the War of the Rebellion Volume 1 p 478Sources editU 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 Dyer Frederick H A compendium of the War of the Rebellion Volume 1 Des Moines IA The Dyer Publishing Co 1908 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Siege of Corinth order of battle Union amp oldid 1213278409, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
