These are the units and commanders who fought for the Confederacy in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Union order of battle is shown 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 - = not reported, unknown

Army of the West

Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn

Right Wing

+Right Wing of the Army of the West Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing Casualties McCulloch's DivisionBG Benjamin McCulloch (k)BG James M. McIntosh (k)Col Elkanah GreerBG Albert Pike Hébert's Infantry BrigadeCol Louis Hébert (c)Col Evander McNair(5,700 infantry) 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment Maj Will F. Tunnard (c)Cpt W.L. Gunnells 10 15 42 67 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col Evander McNairLtc Samuel Ogden 16 38 0 54 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers') Col William C. Mitchell (c) - - - - 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col Dandridge McRae 10 16 8 34Website Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 15th Northwest Arkansas Infantry regiment 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col John F. Hill - - - - 17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col Frank A. Rector 5 9 12 26Website Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 17th Arkansas infantry regiment Griffith's 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) Col Thomas J. Churchill 5 0 0 5 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) Col Benjamin T. Embry 4 15 8 27 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted) Maj John W. Whitfield 7 3 4 14 McIntosh's Cavalry BrigadeBG James M. McIntosh (k)Col Elkanah Greer(3,000 cavalry) 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment Col Elkanah GreerLtc Walter P. Lane 2 12 0 14 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col B. Warren Stone 3 3 13 19 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col William B. Sims (w)Ltc William Quayle 1 1 0 2War of the Rebelion Series 1 Volume 8 Page 300. 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment Col William C. Young - - - - 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) Maj William H. Brooks 11 30 0 41 1st Texas Cavalry Battalion Maj R. Phillip Crump - - - - Artillery (18 guns) Hart's Arkansas Battery4 6-pounder guns Cpt William Hart - - - - Provence's Arkansas Battery2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers Cpt David Provence - - - - Gaines' Arkansas Battery2 12-pounder rifled guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers Cpt James J. Gaines - - - - Good's Texas Battery4 12-pounder field guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers Cpt John Jay Good 1 14 2 17 Pike's Brigade Pike's Indian BrigadeBG Albert Pike(2,500 cavalry) 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles Col John Drew 2 1 0 3 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles Col Stand Watie - - - - 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw (not engaged) Col Douglas H. Cooper - - - - 1st Creek Mounted Rifles (not engaged) Col Daniel N. McIntosh - - - - Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron Cpt Otis G. Welch - - - - Unassigned Units Not Brigaded 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dawson's)(not engaged) Ltc P. R. Smith - - - - 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (not engaged) Col. George W. King - - - -

Left Wing (Missouri State Guard) MG Sterling Price (w)

At the beginning of 1862, Price commanded about 8,000 soldiers. About half of these soldiers were organized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Missouri Brigades while the rest remained in seven Missouri State Guard "Divisions" that were hardly larger than regiments.

+Left Wing of the Army of the West Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing CasualtiesFirst (Price's) DivisionMG Sterling Price (w) Headquarters Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion Ltc James T. Cearnal (w)Maj D. Todd Samuels 2 6 12 20 First Missouri BrigadeCol Lewis Henry Little 2nd Missouri Infantry Col John Q. Burbridge - - - - 3rd Missouri Infantry Col Benjamin A. Rives (k)Ltc James A. Pritchard 26 45 33 104 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment Col Elijah Gates - - - - Wade's Missouri Artillery Battery2 6-pounder guns & 4 12-pound howitzers Cpt William Wade - - - - Clark's Missouri Artillery Battery4 6-pounder guns Cpt Samuel Churchill Clark (k)Lt James L. Farris - - - - Second Missouri BrigadeCol William Y. Slack (mw)Col Thomas H. Rosser Hughes' Missouri Infantry Battalion Col John T. Hughes 1 3 4 8 Bevier's Missouri Infantry Battalion Maj Robert S. Bevier 3 8 4 15 Rosser's Missouri Infantry Battalion Col Thomas H. Rosser - - - - Riggins' Missouri Cavalry Battalion Col George W. Riggins - - - - Landis' Missouri Artillery Battery2 12-pounder howitzers & 2 24-pounder howitzers Cpt John C. Landis - - - - Jackson's Missouri Artillery Battery4 6-pounder guns Cpt William Lucas - - - - Third Missouri BrigadeCol Colton Greene Brigade was composed of parts of Col Thomas Freeman's Regiment, Ltc John A. Schnable's Regiment, Cpt L.C. Campbell's cavalry company and partially organized Missouri State Guard units transferring into Confederate service. Col Thomas Freeman et al. 6 59 0 65 Missouri State Guard Second DivisionBG Martin E. GreenGuarding army's trains Unidentified infantry and cavalry units BG Martin E. Green - - - - Kneisley's Missouri Battery5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns Cpt James W. Kneisley - - - - Third DivisionCol John Bullock Clark Jr. 1st Infantry Maj John F. Rucker 1 5 5 11 2nd Infantry Col Congreve Jackson 5 17 15 47This should sum to 37. It appears to be a typo in the source. 3rd Infantry Maj Robert R. Hutchinson 1 20 6 27 4th and 5th Infantry Col J.A. Poindexter 3 37 7 47 6th Infantry Ltc Quinton Peacher 2 23 8 33 Tull's Missouri Battery2 6-pounder rifled guns & 2 6-pounder guns Cpt Francis M. Tull - - - - Fifth DivisionCol James P. Saunders Unidentified infantry and cavalry units Col James P. Saunders 9 32 0 41 Kelley's Battery5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns Cpt Joseph Kelly - - - - Sixth DivisionMaj D. Herndon Lindsay Unidentified infantry and cavalry units Maj D. Herndon Lindsay 13 34 0 47 Gorham's Battery4 6-pounder guns Cpt James C. Gorham - - - - Seventh and Ninth DivisionsBG Daniel M. Frost 7th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units BG Daniel M. Frost - - - - Guibor's Missouri Battery2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers Cpt Henry Guibor - - - - 9th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units BG James H. McBride - - - - MacDonald's Missouri Battery1 6-pounder gun & 2 12-pounder howitzers Cpt Emmett MacDonald - - - - Eighth DivisionBG James S. Rains 1st Infantry Col William H. Erwin 2 26 0 28 2nd Infantry Ltc John P. Bowman - - - - 3rd Infantry Ltc A. J. Pearcy - - - - 4th Infantry Ltc John M. Stemmons - - - - Shelby's Cavalry Company Cpt Jo Shelby - - - - Bledsoe's Missouri Battery3 12-pounder Napoleons & 1 12-pounder gun Lt Charles W. Higgins - - - -

See also Indian cavalry

Notes Footnotes

Citations

References

External links Pea Ridge National Military Park website (Order of Battle)