The following Confederate States Army unitsMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. Though identified with the Confederates, the Missouri State Guard were technically an independent army, as Missouri had not yet seceded, and were not folded into the Confederate Army of the West until March 17, 1862. Though identified with the Confederates, the Arkansas State Troops were technically not yet Confederate troops. Arkansas had seceded on May 6, 1861, and been recognized as a Confederate State, but Brigadier General Nicholas Pearce's troops had not been transferred from the State of Arkansas to the Confederate Government and had not been sworn into Confederate Service. After the battle, Pearce's troops voted to disband rather than enter Confederate Service.

The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain

Other k = killed w = wounded

Confederate Forces at Wilson's Creek BG Benjamin McCulloch

Western Army BG Benjamin McCulloch

Brigade Regiments and Others McCulloch's Brigade

BG Benjamin McCulloch

Col James M. McIntoshMcIntosh acted as McCulloch's adjutant and second-in-command during the battle, and exercised command of the brigade while McCulloch commanded the army. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214. 3rd Louisiana Infantry: Col Louis Hebert 3rd Arkansas Infantry Battalion: Ltc Dandridge McRae 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles: Col Thomas J. Churchill 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles: Col James M. McIntosh, Ltc Benjamin T. EmbryEmbry exercised tactical command of the regiment during the battle. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214. South Kansas-Texas Mounted Regiment (3rd Texas Cavalry): Col Elkanah Greer Pearce's Division, Arkansas State Troops

BG Nicholas Bartlett Pearce 1st Arkansas Cavalry: Col De Rosey Carroll Carroll's Cavalry: Cpt Charles Carroll 3rd Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col John R. Gratiot 4th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col James D. Walker (ill), Col Frank A. RectorRector was Pearce's adjutant general and took command of the 4th Arkansas after Walker fell ill on August 10 (Piston & Hatcher, p. 208). 5th Regiment, Arkansas State Troops: Col Thomas P. Dockery Woodruff's Battery: Cpt William E. Woodruff, Jr. Reid's Battery: Cpt John G. Reid

Missouri State Guard MG Sterling Price (w)

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersSecond Division

BG James S. Rains Infantry Brigade

Col Richard Hanson Weightman (k) 1st Missouri State Guard Infantry 2nd Missouri State Guard Infantry 3rd Missouri State Guard Infantry 4th Missouri State Guard InfantryCavalry Brigade

Col James Cawthorn Peyton's Cavalry McCowen's Cavalry Hunter's CavalryArtilleryBledsoe's Battery: Cpt Hiram BledsoeThird Division

BG John Bullock Clark, Jr.commanded directly Burbridge's Infantry: Col John Q. Burbridge Major's Cavalry: Ltc James P. MajorFourth Division

BG William Y. Slackcommanded directly Hughes' Infantry: Col John T. Hughes Thornton's Infantry: Maj John C.C. Thornton Rives' Cavalry: Col Benjamin A. RivesSixth Division

BG Mosby M. Parsonscommanded directly Kelly's Infantry: Col Joseph M. Kelly Brown's Cavalry: Col Ben Browne Guibor's Battery: Cpt Henry Guibor, Lt William P. BarlowWhile scouting for a position to place his battery, Guibor was cut off behind Union lines during the remainder of the battle (Piston & Hatcher, pp. 240–241).Seventh Division

BG James H. McBridecommanded directly Wingo's Infantry: Col Edmund T. Wingo Foster's Infantry: Col John A. Foster Campbell's Cavalry: Cpt A.J. Campbell

Notes

References NPS Order of Battle Brooksher, William Riley. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek (Washington: Brassey's, Inc.), 2000. Piston, William Garrett & Richard W. Hatcher, III. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2003.

See also

Missouri in the American Civil War List of Arkansas Civil War Confederate units Arkansas Militia in the Civil War