Battle of Perryville, KY
October 8, 1862

Orders of Battle

Scenario researched by George Anderson


UNION

Elements of the Army of the Ohio

First Army Corps Maj. Gen. Alexander McCook +2

Third Division - Brig. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau +2

    Ninth Brigade - Col. L. A. Harris +1
      38th Ind. - 500 men (17 figs) SB, veteran
      2nd Oh. - 600 men (20 figs) RM, veteran
      33rd Oh. - 400 men (14 figs) RM, veteran
      94th Oh. - 500 men (17 figs) SB, green
      10th Wis. - 380 men (13 figs) SB, veteran
      5th Ind Bty. - 3 sec. mixed guns, veteran

    Seventeenth Brigade - Col. William H. Lytle +1

      42nd Ind. - 500 men (17 figs) SB, veteran
      88th Ind. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, green
      15th Ky. - 700 men (23 figs) SB, veteran
      3rd Oh. - 500 men (17 figs) RM, veteran
      10th Oh. - 600 men (20 figs) SB, veteran
      1st Mich. Bty. - 3 sec. mixed guns, veteran

    Twenty-Eighth Brigade - Col. John C. Starkweather +2

      24th Ill. - 600 men (20 figs) RM, veteran
      79th Pa. - 600 men (20 figs) RM, veteran
      1st Wis. - 600 men (20 figs) SB, veteran
      21st Wis. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, green
      4th Ind. Bty. - 2 sec. 12# Napoleons, veteran
      Bty. A, Ky. Lt. Art. - 2 sec. 12# Nap., veteran

Tenth Division - Brig. Gen. James S. Jackson +2

    Thirty-Third Brigade- Col. William R Terrill +1
      Garrard's Detach. - 200 men (7 figs) RM, green
      80th Ill. - 660 men (22 figs) SB, green
      123rd Ill. - 780 men (25 figs) RM, green
      105th Oh. - 640 men (21 figs) SB, green
      Parson's Bty. - 4 sec. Mixed guns, green

    Thirty-Fourth Brigade - Col. G. Webster +1

      80th Ind. - 740 men (24 figs) SB, green
      50th Oh. - 600 men (20 figs) RM, green
      98th Oh. - 820 men (27 figs) RM, green
      121st Oh. - 800 men (26 figs) RM, green
      19th Ind. Bty. - 1 sec. 10# Rifles, veteran

CONFEDERATE

Army of the Mississippi

Gen. Braxton Bragg +2

Right Wing Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk +2

First Division - Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham +2

    First Brigade- Brig. Gen. Daniel S. Donelson +1
      8th Tenn. - 500 men (17 figs) SB, veteran
      15th Tenn. - 300 men (10 figs) SB. veteran
      16th Tenn. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, veteran
      38th Tenn. - 300 men (10 figs) SB, veteran
      51st Tenn.- 200 men (7 figs) SB, veteran

    Second Brigade- Brig. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart +1

      4th Tenn. - 360 men (12 figs) SB, veteran
      5th Tenn. - 600 men (20 figs) SB, veteran
      24th Tenn. - 500 men (17 figs) RM, veteran
      31st Tenn. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, green
      33rd Tenn. - 400 men (14 figs) RM, veteran

    Third Brigade - Brig. Gen. George E. Maney +1

      41st Ga. - 300 men (10 figs) SB, green
      1st Tenn.- 300 men (10 figs) RM, veteran
      6th Tenn. - 300 men (10 figs) SB, veteran
      9th Tenn. - 300 men (10 figs) SB, veteran
      27th Tenn. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, veteran
      Turner's Miss. Bty. - 2 sec. mixed guns, veteran

Left Wing - Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee +2

Second Division - Brig. Gen. James P. Anderson +2

    First Brigade -Brig. Gen. John C. Brown +1
      1st Fla. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, veteran
      3rd Fla. - 260 men (9 figs) SB, green
      41st Miss.- 480 men (16 figs) SB, green
      Palmer's Ga. Bty.- 2 sec. mixed guns, veteran

    Second Brigade - Brig. Gen Daniel W. Adams +1

      14th La. Btn. SS - 300 men (10 figs) SB, elite
      13th La. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, veteran
      16th La. - 400 men (14 figs) RM, veteran 20th La. - 800 men (27 figs) SB, veteran
      25th La. - 700 men (23 figs) SB, veteran
      Slocomb's La. Bty. - 3 sec. mixed guns, elite

    Fourth Brigade - Col. Thomas M. Jones +1

      27th Miss. - 400 men (14 figs) RM, green
      30th Miss. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, green
      34th Miss. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, green
      Lumsden's Al. Bty. - 3 sec. mixed guns, veteran

Third Division - Maj. Gen. Simon.B. Buckner +2

    Second Brigade- Brig. Gen. Patrick R Cleburne +2
      2nd Tenn. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, elite
      35th Tenn. - 380 men (13 figs) SB, elite
      48th Tenn. - 380 men (13 figs) RM, elite
      13/15th Ark. - 440 men (15 figs) SB, elite
      Carlton's Texas SS - 120 men (4 figs) RM, elite
      Calvert's Ark. Bty. - 2 sec. mixed guns, veteran

    Third Brigade - Brig. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson +1

      5th Conf. - 500 men (16 figs) SB, veteran
      17th Tenn. - 400 men (14 figs) SB, veteran
      23rd Tenn. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, veteran
      25th Tenn. - 300 men (10 figs) SB, veteran
      37th Tenn. - 240 men (8 figs) SB, veteran
      44th Tenn. - 400 men (14 figs) RM, veteran
      Darden's Miss. Bty. - 2 sec. 12# Nap., veteran

    Fourth Brigade - Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood +1

      16th Al. - 600 men (20 figs) RM, veteran
      33rd Al. - 500 men (16 figs) SB, green
      32nd Miss. - 440 men (15 figs) SB, veteran
      45th Miss. - 200 men (7 figs) SB, veteran
      15th Miss. Btn. - 200 men (7 figs) RM, elite
      Semple's Al. Bty. - 2 sec. 12# Nap., veteran

SS = sharpshooters,
RM = rifled muskets,
SB = smoothbore muskets

Battle of Perryville, KY October 8, 1862


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