Campaign for Forts Henry and Donelson

Order of Battle

By B.F. Cooling, PhD.

Union

Grant (approximately 15,000 man Feb. 13; 25,000 men Feb. 16)

38 infantry regiments + 1 company 32 Illinois 9 artillery batteries with 40 guns (not including Foote's ships), 2 cavalry regiments + 4 independent companies

C.F.Smith's division

    Lauman: 25 Ind., 7 Iowa, 14 Iowa, 16 Mo plus 2 Iowa (arrived by boat Feh 14)
    Cook: 12 Iowa, 50 Ill, 13 Mo, 52 Ind., 7 Ill.
    McArthur: 12 Ill, 9 Ill, 41 Ill. and four artillery batteries. [Attached to McClernand, Feb. 14].

McClernand's division

    Morrison: 48 Ill, 17 Ill., 49 Ill. [Wounded Feb. 13 regiments went to W.H.L. Wallace, then Ross took command of the 17 and 49 Illinois 1:00 PM, Feb. 15]
    W.H.L. Wallace: 45 Ill., 20 Ill., 11 Ill.
    Oglesby: 31 Ill., 30 Ill., 29 Ill., 8 Ill., 18 Ill. and three artillery batteries + one company of the 32 Illinois.

L. Wallace's division

(arrived Feb. 14)
    M.L. Smith: 11 Ind., 8 Mo., 58 Ill., 46 1/1., 57 Ill., 20 Ohio
    Thayer: 68 Ohio, 58 Ohio, 76 Ohio, 1 Nebraska
    Cruft: 44 Ind., 17 Ky., 31 Ind., 25 Ky. and two artillery batteries.

Cavalry:

    4 IIL, 2nd & 4th U.S. Battalions, and four independent companies.

Confederate

Floyd (approximately 18,000 men)
27 infantry regiments, 1 infantry battalion, + 2 companies 26 Ala. and 9 artillery batteries with 39 guns (not including Fort Donelson + upper and lower batteries). 2 cavalry regiments + 1 cavalry battalion

Fort Donelson

    49 Tenn., 50 Tenn., 3 guns in the fort, 3 guns in the upper battery, 8 guns in the lower battery.

Buckner's division

    Brown: 3, 78, 32 and 41 Tenn., 14 Miss., 2 Ky. and three artillery batteries.

Pillow's division (Johnson in tactical command)

    Heiman: 10, 30, 42, 48, and 53 Tenn., 27Ala
    Drake: 4 Miss., 15 Ark., 26 Ala. (2 companiesJ, Tenn. Bn
    Wharton: 51 VA, 56 Va.
    Davidson: 3 Miss., 8 Ky., 7 Texas, 1 Miss. [Simonton took command Feb. 15.]
    McCausland: 20 Miss., 36 Va., 50 Va.
    Baldwin: 26 Tenn., 26 Miss. and six artillery batteries.

Forrest (Cavalry)

    3 Tenn., 1 Ky., 9 Tenn. Battalion

Regiment Abbreviations:

Ala -- Alabama, Ark. -- Arkansas, Ill. -- Illinois, Ind. -- Indiana, Ky. -- Kentucky, Miss. -- Mississippi, Mo. -- Missouri, Tenn. -- Tennessee, Va. -- Virginia.

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