The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties and reports. 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 = Lieutenant
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured
Army of the Mississippi
MG William S. Rosecrans
Chief of Staff: Ltc Henry Gassaway Kennett Aide de Camp: Col John V. Du Bois
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG David S. Stanley First Brigade
Col John W. Fuller 27th Ohio: Maj Zephaniah Spaulding 39th Ohio: Col Alfred West Gilbert 43rd Ohio: Col J. L. Kirby Smith (mw), Ltc Wager Swayne 63rd Ohio: Col John W. Sprague Jenks' Company, Illinois Cavalry Michigan Light Artillery, 3rd Battery: Lt. Carl A. Lambert Wisconsin Light Artillery, 8th Battery: Lt. John D. McLean 2nd United States, Battery F: Cpt Thomas D. Maurice Second Brigade
Col Joseph A. Mower (w/c)Eicher p.401 Mower was wounded in the neck and captured on October 4 but was recovered by Union forces the same day 26th Illinois: Maj Robert A. Gillmore 47th Illinois: Col William A. Thrush (k) 5th Minnesota: Col Lucius F. Hubbard 11th Missouri: Maj Andrew Weber 8th Wisconsin: Ltc George W. Robbins Iowa Light Artillery, 2nd Battery: Cpt Nelson T. SpoorThird Division
BG Charles S. Hamilton
Escort: 5th Missouri Cavalry, Company C First Brigade
BG Napoleon B. Buford 48th Indiana: Ltc DeWitt C. Rugg (w), Lt James W. Archer 59th Indiana: Col Jesse I. Alexander 5th Iowa: Col Charles L. Matthies 4th Minnesota: Col John B. Sanborn 26th Missouri: Ltc John H. Holman (w) Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Julius MacMurray Ohio Light Artillery, 11th Battery: Lt Henry M. Neil Second Brigade
BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan (w)
Col Samuel A. Holmes 56th Illinois: Ltc Green Berry Raum 10th Iowa: Maj Nathaniel McCalla 17th Iowa: Maj Jabez Banbury 10th Missouri: Col Samuel A. Holmes 24th Missouri, Company E: Cpt Lafayette M. Rice 80th Ohio: Maj Richard Lanning (k) Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th Battery: Cpt Henry Dillon Wisconsin Light Artillery, 12th Battery: Lt Lorenzo D. ImmellCavalry Division
Col John K. Mizner First Brigade
Col Edward Hatch 7th Illinois Cavalry: Col Edward Prince 11th Illinois Cavalry: Col Robert G. Ingersoll 5th Ohio Cavalry, Companies E, H, I, and K: Cpt Joseph C. Smith Second Brigade
Col Albert L. Lee 2nd Iowa Cavalry: Maj Datus E. Coon 7th Kansas Cavalry: Ltc T.P. Herrick 3rd Michigan Cavalry: Cpt Lyman G. Willcox Unattached 64th Illinois: Cpt John Morrill 1st United States Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, H, and I (siege artillery): Cpt G.A. Williams
Army of the Tennessee
MG Ulysses S. Grant (not present) Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPhersonMcPherson arrived at Corinth on October 4 at about 4:00 p.m. according to his report (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 367)
Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division
BG Thomas A. Davies First Brigade
BG Pleasant A. Hackleman (mw)
Col Thomas W. Sweeny 52nd Illinois: Col Thomas W. Sweeny, Ltc John S. Wilcox 2nd Iowa: Col James Baker (mw) 7th Iowa: Col Elliott W. Rice Union Brigade: Ltc John P. CoulterDetachments of the 8th, 12th, and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois whose members survived encirclement in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, were collectively known as the "Union Brigade", a regiment sized command under the command of Ltc John Coulter. (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 175) 58th Illinois (detachment) 8th Iowa (detachment) 12th Iowa (detachment) 14th Iowa (detachment) Second Brigade
BG Richard J. Oglesby (w)
Col August Mersy 9th Illinois: Col August Mersy 12th Illinois: Col Augustus L. Chetlain 22nd Ohio: Col Oliver Wood 81st Ohio: Col Thomas Morton Third Brigade
Col Silas D. Baldwin (w)
Col John V. Du BoisDu Bois was serving as aide-de-camp to Rosecrans until he was detached from staff duty to assume brigade command after Baldwin's wounding (Cozzens page 228) 7th Illinois: Col Andrew J. Babcock 50th Illinois: Ltc William Swarthout 57th Illinois: Ltc Frederick J. Hurlbut Artillery
Maj George H. Stone Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Henry Richardson Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Frederick Welker Battery I, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Charles Thurber Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Charles Green Unattached Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteers: Col Patrick E. BurkeSixth Division
BG John McArthurEicher p.370Cozzens p.151–154. Early on the morning of October 3, orders were given placing McKean (who outranked McArthur) in command of the Sixth Division. Unknowingly no orders were given to reassign McArthur and he was without a command as preparations for the battle began. A staff officer at Rosecrans' headquarters remembered this and a special order was sent assigning McArthur to command the 1st Brigade.
BG Thomas J. McKean First Brigade
Col Benjamin Allen
BG John McArthur 21st Missouri: Col David Moore 16th Wisconsin: Maj Thomas Reynolds, Col Benjamin Allen 17th Wisconsin: Col John L. Doran Second Brigade
Col John M. Oliver 15th Michigan: Ltc John McDermott 18th Missouri, Companies A, B, C, and E: Cpt Jacob R. Ault 14th Wisconsin: Col John Hancock 18th Wisconsin: Col Gabriel Bouck Ford's Company, Illinois Cavalry: Cpt William Ford Third Brigade
Col Marcellus M. Crocker 11th Iowa: Ltc William Hall 13th Iowa: Ltc John Shane 15th Iowa: Ltc William Dewey 16th Iowa: Ltc Addison J. Sanders (w) Artillery
Cpt Andrew HickenlooperHickenlooper's report gave the number of 6th Division guns (16). In addition, Battery F, 2nd Illinois had 2 guns detached at Bolivar and the 3rd Ohio Battery had 4 guns detached at Bolivar. (Official Records 1886 p. 336) 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery F: Lt J.W. Mitchell (2 guns) Minnesota Light Artillery, 1st Battery: Lt G.F. Cooke (4 guns) 3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Emil Munch (2 guns) 5th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery: Lt B.S. Matson (4 guns) 10th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt H.B. White (4 guns)
Notes
References
Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. .