Perryville Union order of battle


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and return of casualties. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

55,000 men, 147 guns



MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

MG George Henry Thomas, second in command



Escort:


Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps">I Corps (Union Army)">I Corps

13,000 men, 38 guns
MG Alexander McDowell McCook
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
9th Brigadek-142, w-427, m-39 = 608


Col Leonard A. Harris
Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
  • 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics : Maj Enos Hopkins
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Col Buckner Board
17th Brigadek-187, w-614, m-35 = 836


Col William Haines Lytle

Col Curran Pope
Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
  • 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics : Maj Enos Hopkins
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Col Buckner Board
28th Brigadek-165, w-458, m-70 = 693


Col John Converse Starkweather
Tenth Division
14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172


BG James Streshly Jackson

Col Albert Sereno Hall		33rd Brigade
k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527


BG William Rufus Terrill


Escort:
  • Terrill's Guards & Scouts: Cpt Louis Christman
  • Garrard's Detachment : Col Theophilus Toulmin Garrard
  • 80th Illinois: Col Thomas G. Allen
  • 123rd Illinois: Col James Monroe
  • 101st Indiana: Col William Garver
  • 105th Ohio: Col Albert Sereno Hall, Ltc William R. Tolles
  • Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery : 2Lt Nathaniel M. Newell
  • Parsons' Independent Battery : Lt Charles Carroll Parsons
    • Tenth Division
    14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172


    BG James Streshly Jackson

    Col Albert Sereno Hall    		34th Brigade
    k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645


    Col George P. Webster


    Ltc Silas A. Strickland
    • 80th Indiana: Ltc Lewis Brooks
    • 50th Ohio: Col Jonah R. Taylor, Ltc Silas A. Strickland
    • 98th Ohio: Ltc Christian L. Poorman
    • 121st Ohio: Col William Pitt Reid
    • 19th Indiana Battery Light Artillery : Cpt Samuel J. Harris

    II Corps">II Corps (Union Army)">II Corps

    20,000 men, 65 guns
    MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
    Escort:
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
    		10th Brigade

    Col William Grose
    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
    		19th Brigade

    Col William Babcock Hazen
    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
    		22nd Brigade

    BG Charles Cruft
    • 31st Indiana: Col John Osborn
    • 1st Kentucky: Ltc David A. Enyart
    • 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick
    • 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson
    • 90th Ohio: Col Isaac N. Ross
    • 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery "B" : Cpt William E. Standart
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		11th Brigade


    Col Samuel Beatty
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		14th Brigade


    Col Pierce Butler Hawkins
    • 44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed
    • 86th Indiana: Col Orville S. Hamilton
    • 11th Kentucky: Ltc Smoloff Pallas Love
    • 26th Kentucky: Col Cicero Maxwell
    • 13th Ohio: Col Joseph C. Hawkins
    • Battery B, Pennsylvania Light Artillery : Lt Alanson Stevens
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		23rd Brigade


    Col Stanley Matthews
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		15th Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Milo Smith Hascall
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		20th Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    Col Charles Garrison Harker
    • 51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight
    • 73rd Indiana: Col Gilbert Hathaway
    • 13th Michigan: Ltc Frederick William Wordon
    • 64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson
    • 65th Ohio: Ltc William Young
    • 6th Ohio Light Artillery : Cpt Cullen Bradley
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		21st Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    Col George Day Wagner
    CavalryMcCook's Cavalry Brigade
    k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10


    Col Edward Moody McCook

    III Corps">III Corps (Union Army)">III Corps

    22,000 men, 44 guns
    MG Charles Champion Gilbert
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:
    • 1st Ohio Cavalry : Col Minor Millikin

    		1st Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    Col Moses B. Walker
    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:
    • 1st Ohio Cavalry : Col Minor Millikin

    		2nd Brigade
    k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11


    BG Speed Smith Fry
    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:
    • 1st Ohio Cavalry : Col Minor Millikin

    		3rd Brigade
    k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14


    BG James Blair Steedman
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    • Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
    • 2nd Kansas Cavalry : Sgt Hugh Quinn
    		30th Brigadek-133, w-344, m-58 = 535


    Col Michael Gooding
    • 59th Illinois: Maj Joshua Carroll Winters
    • 74th Illinois: Col James B. Kerr
    • 75th Illinois: Ltc John E. Bennett
    • 22nd Indiana: Ltc Squire Isham Keith
    • 5th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery : Cpt Oscar F. Pinney
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    • Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
    • 2nd Kansas Cavalry : Sgt Hugh Quinn
    		31st Brigadek-0, w-11, m-0 = 11


    Col William Passmore Carlin
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    • Sherer's Independent Cavalry Company: Cpt Samuel B. Sherer
    • 2nd Kansas Cavalry : Sgt Hugh Quinn
    		32nd Brigadek-0, w-1, m-0 = 1


    Col William Wallace Caldwell
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		35th Brigadek-22, w-102, m-1 = 125


    Ltc Bernard Laiboldt
    • 44th Illinois: Cpt Wallace W. Barrett
    • 73rd Illinois: Col James F. Jaquess
    • 2nd Missouri: Cpt Walter Hoppe
    • 15th Missouri: Maj John Weber
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		36th Brigadek-8, w-62, m-9 = 79


    Col Daniel McCook, Jr.
    • 85th Illinois: Col Robert S. Moore
    • 86th Illinois: Col David D. Irons
    • 125th Illinois: Col Oscar Fitzalan Harmon
    • 52nd Ohio: Ltc Daniel D. T. Cowen
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		37th Brigadek-21, w-118, m-4 = 143


    Col Nicholas Greusel
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		Artillery
  • 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery "I" : Cpt Charles M. Barnett
  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery "G" : Cpt Henry Hescock
    • CavalryGay's Cavalry Brigadek-4, w-14, m-1 = 19


    Cpt Ebenezer Gay
    • 9th Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc John Boyle
    • 2nd Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Archibald P. Campbell
    • 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Ltc Thomas Chalkley James
    • 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery : Cpt William A. Hotchkiss