Army of the Tennessee:
Major General U. S. Grant
Units (Map Identification)
1st Division: Major General John A. McClernand
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Abraham C. Hare (1A)
8th Illinois; 18th Illinois; 11th Iowa; 13th Iowa
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel C. Carroll Marsh (1B)
11th Illinois; 20th Illinois; 45th Illinois; 48th Illinois
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Julius Raith (1C)
17th Illinois; 29th Illinois; 43rd Illinois; 49th Illinois
Artillery: D, 2nd Illinois; D, 1st Illinois; E, 2nd Illinois; 14th Ohio Battery
Cavalry: 1st Battalion, 4th Illinois (1D)
2nd Division: Brigadier General William H.L. Wallace
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel James M. Tuttle (2A)
2nd Iowa; 7th Iowa; 12th Iowa; 14th Iowa
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General John McArthur (2B)
9th Illinois; 12th Illinois; 13th Missouri; 14th Missouri; 81st Ohio
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Thomas L. Sweeny (2C)
7th Illinois; 50th Illinois; 52nd Illinois; 57th Illinois; 58th Illinois; 8th Iowa
Artillery: A, 1st Illinois; D, 1st Missouri; H, 1st Missouri; K, 1st Missouri
Cavalry: "combined" (2D)
3rd Division: Major General Lew Wallace
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Morgan L. Smith (3A)
11th Indiana; 24th Indiana; 8th Missouri
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel John M. Thayer (3B)
23rd Indiana; 1st Nebraska; 58th Ohio; 68th Ohio
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Charles Whittlesey (3C)
20th Ohio; 76th Ohio; 78th Ohio
Artillery: I, 1st Missouri; 9th Indiana Battery
Cavalry: n/a (remained at Crump's Landing and not engaged at Shiloh) Note: as did the 56th Ohio Regiment of the 3rd Brigade
4th Division: Brigadier General Stephen A. Hurlbut
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Nelson G. Williams (4A)
28th Illinois; 32nd Illinois; 41st Illinois; 3rd Iowa
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel James C. Veach (4B)
14th Illinois; 15th Illinois; 46th Illinois; 25th Indiana
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Jacob C. Lauman (4C)
31st Indiana; 44th Indiana; 17th Kentucky; 25th Kentucky
Artillery: B, 1st Michigan; C, 1st Missouri; 13th Ohio Battery
Cavalry: 1st Battalion, 5th Ohio; 2nd Battalion, 5th Ohio (4D)
5th Division: Brigadier General William T. Sherman
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel John A. McDowell (5A)
40th Illinois; 6th Iowa; 46th Ohio
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel David Stuart (5B)
55th Illinois; 54th Ohio; 71st Ohio
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Jesse Hildebrand (5C)
53rd Ohio; 57th Ohio; 77th Ohio
4th Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Ralph P. Buckland (5D)
48th Ohio; 70th Ohio; 72nd Ohio
Artillery: B, 1st Illinois; E, 1st Illinois; 6th Indiana Battery
Cavalry: 2nd Battalion, 4th Illinois; 3rd Battalion, 4th Illinois (5E)
6th Division: Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Everett Peabody (6A)
12th Michigan; 21st Missouri; 25th Missouri; 16th Wisconsin
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Madison Miller (6B)
61st Illinois; 18th Missouri; 18th Wisconsin
Not Brigaded: 15th Iowa; 16th Iowa; 23rd Missouri (6C)
Artillery: 5th Ohio Battery; 1st Minnesota Battery
Cavalry: 1st Battalion, 11th Illlinois; 2nd Battalion, 11th Illinois (6D)
Unassigned Units: 15th Michigan; 14th Wisconsin
H, 1st Illlinois; B, 2nd Illinois; 8th Ohio Battery; I, 1st Illinois
NOTES FOR UNION ORDER OF BATTLE: SHILOH, APRIL 6, 1862
1. The total number of combat or unit stands required to represent the Union forces under the regimental system is 127. This number breaks down into: 24 Leader/Command stands; 73 Infantry stands; 22 Artillery stands and 8 Cavalry stands.
2. Cavalry of the 2nd Division is listed as "combined," as the Daniel listing indicates a number of companies from different regiments. The decision was made to "lump" all the cavalry into one ad-hoc regiment.
Army of the Mississippi
General Albert Sidney Johnston
General P.G.T. Beauregard
Unit (Map Identification)
I Corps: Major General Leonidas Polk
1st Division: Brigadier General Charles Clark
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Robert M. Russell (I1A)
11th Louisiana; 12th Louisiana; 13th Tennessee; 22nd Tennessee; Bankhead's Tennessee Battery
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General A. P. Stewart (I1B)
13th Arkansas; 4th Tennessee; 5th Tennessee; 33rd Tennessee; Stanford's, Mississippi Battery
2nd Division: Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Bushrod Johnson (I2A)
Blythe's Mississippi Regiment; 2nd Tennessee; 15th Tennessee; 154th Tennessee; Polk's Tennessee Battery
2nd Brigade: Col. William H. Stephens (I2B)
7th Kentucky; 1st Tennessee (Battalion); 6th Tennessee; 9th Tennessee Smith's Mississippi Battery
Cavalry: 1st Mississippi Cavalry; Brewer's Mississippi / Alabama Battalion (I2C)
II Corps: Major General Braxton Bragg
1st Division: Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Randal L. Gibson (II1A)
1st Arkansas; 4th Louisiana; 13th Louisiana; 19th Louisiana
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Patton Anderson (II1B)
1st Florida Battalion; 17th Louisiana; 20th Louisiana; Confederate Guards Response Battalion; 9th Texas; La. Washington Artillery
3rd Brigade: Col. Preston Pond (II1C)
16th Louisiana; 19th Louisiana; Crescent Regiment; 38th Tennessee; Ketchum's Alabama Battery
Cavalry: Alabama Battalion (II1D)
2nd Division: Brigadier General Jones M. Withers
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Adley H. Gladden (II2A)
21st Alabama; 22nd Alabama; 25th Alabama; 26th Alabama; 1st Louisiana; Robertson's Florida Battery
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General J. R. Chalmers (II2B
5th Mississippi; 7th Mississippi; 9th Mississippi; 10th Mississippi; 52nd Tennessee; Gage's Alabama Battery
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General John K. Jackson (II2C)
17th Alabama; 18th Alabama; 19th Alabama; 2nd Texas; Girardey's Georgia Battery
Cavalry: Clanton's Alabama Regiment (II2D)
III Corps: Major General William J. Hardee
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General T. C. Hindman (IIIA)
2nd Arkansas; 6th Arkansas; 7th Arkansas; 3rd Confederate; Warren Light Artillery
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Patrick Cleburne (IIIB)
15th Arkansas; 6th Mississippi; 2nd Tennessee; 5th Tennessee; 23rd Tennessee; 24th Tennessee; Shoup's Battalion of Artillery: Batteries of Trigg, Calvert and Hubbard (all Arkansas)
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Sterling Wood (IIIC) 16th Alabama; 8th Arkansas; 9th Arkansas (battalion); 3rd Mississippi Battalion; 27th Tennessee; 44th Tennessee; 55th Tennessee; Jefferson Mississippi Flying Artillery;
Cavalry - Georgia Dragoons
Reserve Corps: Brigadier General John C. Breckinridge
1st Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Robert Trabue (RA)
4th Alabama Battalion; 31st Alabama; 3rd Kentucky; 4th Kentucky; 5th Kentucky; 6th Kentucky; Crew's Tennessee Battalion; Cobb's Kentucky Battery; Byrne's Mississippi Battery;
Cavalry - Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry Squadron
2nd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Brigadier General John S. Bowen (RB)
9th Arkansas; 10th Arkansas; 2nd Confederate; 1st Missouri; Pettus Mississippi Flying Artillery; Watson's La. Flying Artillery; Cavalry - Thompson's Company of Kentucky Cavalry
3rd Brigade: Commanding Officer: Colonel Winfield S. Statham (RC)
15th Mississippi; 22nd Mississippi; 19th Tennessee; 20th Tennessee; 28th Tennessee; 45th Tennessee; Rutledge's Tennessee Battery
Unattached:
Forrest's Tennessee Cavalry Regiment; Wharton's Texas Cavalry Regiment; Wirt Adams's Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; McClung's Tennessee Battery; Roberts's Arkansas Battery
NOTES FOR CONFEDERATE ORDER OF BATTLE: SHILOH, APRIL 6, 1862
1. The total number of combat or unit stands required to represent the Rebel forces under the regimental system is 133. This number breaks down into: 26 Leader/Command stands; 77 Infantry stands; 21 Artillery stands and 9 Cavalry stands.
2. In the Daniel text, the artillery for Stephen's 2nd Brigade was listed as Stanford's Mississippi Battery. This was problematic, as the same battery is attached or listed for the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of Polk's Corps. The Osprey book lists Smith's Mississippi Battery as the guns supporting Stephen's infantry. Though already built, the troop stand identifier was corrected from "attached artillery to Smith's.
3. Due to the combined-arms nature of most Confederate Brigades, the smallish cavalry contingents are represented by individual stands and are not "combined" as were Union horse.
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