Order Of Battle


Confederate Units

Army Of The West, Major General Earl Van Dorn

McCulloch's Division, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch (killed)

Infantry Brigade, Colonel Louis Hebert (captured) Colonel Evander McNair
4th Arkansas Infantry
14th Arkansas Infantry
15th Arkansas Infantry
16th Arkansas Infantry
17th Arkansas Infantry
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted)
3rd Louisiana Infantry
4th Texas Cavalry Battalion
Colonel Evander McNair, Lt. Colonel Samuel Ogden
Colonel William C. Mitchell (captured)
Colonel Dandridge McRae
Colonel John F. Hill
Colonel Frank A. Rector
Colonel Thomas J. Churchill
Colonel Benjamin T. Embry
Major Will F. Tunnard (captured), Captain W. L. Gunnells
Major John W. Whitfield

Cavalry Brigade, Brigadier General James McIntosh (killed)
3rd Texas Cavalry
6th Texas Cavalry
9th Texas Cavalry
11th Texas Cavalry
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion
1st Texas Cavalry Battalion
Colonel Elkanah Greer, Lt. Colonel Walter P. Lane
Colonel B. Warren Stone
Colonel William B. Sims (wounded), Lt. Colonel William Quayle
Colonel William C. Young
Major Willaim H. Brooks
Major R. Phillip Crump

Artillery
Hart's Arkansas Battery (4 guns)
Provence's Arkansas Battery (4 guns)
Good's Texas Battery (6 guns)
Gaines' Arkansas Battery (4 guns)
Captain William Hart
Captain David Provence
Captain John J. Good
Captain James J. Gaines


Pike's Brigade, Brigadier General Albert Pike
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Drew's Cherokee Mounted Rifles
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw
1st Creek Mounted Rifles
Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron
Colonel John Drew
Colonel Stand Watie
Colonel Douglas H. Cooper
Colonel Daniel N. McIntosh
Captain Otis G. Welch


Unassigned
19th Arkanses
20th Arkanses
Lt. Colonel P. R. Smith
Colonel George W. King


Price's Division, Major General Sterling Price (wounded)
Confederate Units

1st Missouri Brigade, Colonel Henry Little
1st Missouri Cavalry
2nd Missouri
3rd Missouri
Wade's Missouri Battery (6 guns)
Clark's Missouri Battery (4 guns)
Colonel Elijah Gates
Colonel John Q. Burbridge
Colonel Benjamin A. Rives (killed), Lt. Colonel James A. Pritchard
Captain William Wade
Captain S. Churchill Clark (killed), Lieutenant James L. Farris

2nd Brigade, Brigadier General William Y. Slack (killed), Colonel Thomas H. Rosser
Hughes' Missouri Infantry Battalion
Bevier's Missouri Infantry Battalion
Rosser's Missouri Infantry Battalion
Landis' Missouri Battery (4 guns)
Jackson's Missouri Battery (4 guns)
Riggin's Missouri Cavalry Battalion
Colonel John T. Hughes
Colonel Robert S. Bevier
Colonel Thomas H. Rosser
Captain John C. Landis
Captain William Lucas
Colonel George W. Riggins

3rd Brigade, Colonel Colton Greene
Several partially organized battalions and companies Colonel Thomas R. Freeman
Lt. Colonel John A. Schnable
Captain L. C. Campbell

Headquarters Unit (Price's Escort)
Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Colonel James T. Cearnal (wounded), Major D. Todd Samuels


Missouri State Guard

2nd Division, Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Kneisley's Missouri Battery (5 guns)
Unknown
Captain James W. Kneisley

3rd Division, Colonel John B. Clark, Jr.
1st Infantry
2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th and 5th Infantry
6th Infantry
Tull's Battery
Major John F. Rucker
Colonel Congreve Jackson
Major Robert R. Hutchinson
Colonel J. A. Poindexter
Lt. Colonel Quinton Peacher
Captain Francis M. Tull

5th Division, Colonel James P. Saunders
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Kelly's Battery (5 guns)
Unknown
Captain Joseph Kelly

6th Division, Major D. Herndon Lindsay
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Gorham's Battery (4 guns)
Unknown
Captain James C. Gorham

7th and 9th Divisions, Brigadier General Daniel M. Frost
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units (from Frost's & McBride's Divisions)
Guibor's Battery (4 guns)
MacDonald's St. Louis Battery (3 guns)
Unknown
Captain Henry Guibor
Captain Emmett MacDonald

8th Division, Brigadier General James S. Rains
1st Infantry
2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th Infantry
Bledsoe's Battery (4 guns)
Shelby's Cavalry Company
Colonel William H. Erwin
Lt. Colonel John P. Bowman
Lt. Colonel A. J. Pearcy
Lt. Colonel John M. Stemmons
Lieutenant Charles W. Higgins
Captain Joseph O. Shelby



Federal Units

Army Of The Southwest, Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis

1st and 2nd Divisions, Brigadier General Franz Sigel

1st Division, Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade, Colonel W. N. Coler
25th Illinois Infantry
44th Illinois Infantry
17th Missouri Infantry
Colonel William N. Coler
Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff
Major August Poten

2nd Brigade, Colonel Nicholas Greusel
36th Illinois Infantry
12th Missouri Infantry
Company I, 15th Illinois Cavalry
Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry
Colonel Nicholas Greusel
Major Hugo Wanzelin
Captain Albert Jenks
Captain Henry A. Smith

Artillery
Welfley's Indep. Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (6 guns)
4th Indep. Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (6 guns)
Captain Martin Welfley
Captain Louis Hoffman

2nd Division, Brigadier General A. Asboth (wounded)

1st Brigade, Colonel Frederick Schaefer
2nd Missouri Infantry
15th Missouri Infantry
Lt. Colonel Bernard Laiboldt
Colonel Francis J. Joliat

Artillery
1st Missouri Flying Battery (6 guns)
2nd Indep. Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (6 guns)
Captain Gustavus M. Elbert
Lieutenant William B. Chapman

Not Brigaded
3rd Missouri
4th Missouri Cavalry (Frémont Hussars)
5th Missouri Cavalry (Benton Hussars)
Major Joseph Conrad
Major Emeric Meszaros
Colonel Joseph Nemett

3rd Division, Colonel Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade, Colonel T. Pattison
8th Indiana Infantry
18th Indiana Infantry
22nd Indiana Infantry
1st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery (6 guns)
Colonel William P. Benton
Lt. Colonel Henry D. Washburn
Lt. Colonel John A. Hendricks (killed); Major David W. Daily, Jr.
Captain Martin Klauss

2nd Brigade, Colonel Julius White
37th Illinois Infantry
59th Illinois Infantry
Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (Peoria Battery) (6 guns)
Lt. Colonel Myron S. Barnes
Lt. Colonel Calvin H. Frederick
Captain Peter Davidson

Not Brigaded
1st Missouri Cavalry Colonel Calvin A. Ellis

4th Division, Colonel Eugene A. Carr

1st Brigade, Colonel Grenville M. Dodge
35th Illinois Infantry
4th Iowa Infantry
1st Indep. Battery, Iowa Light Artillery (6 guns)
3rd Illinois Cavalry
Colonel Gustavus A. Smith (wounded), Lt. Colonel William P. Chandler (captured)
Lt. Colonel John Galligan (wounded)
Captain Junius A. Jones (wounded), Lieutenant Virgil J. David
Major John McConnell

2nd Brigade, Colonel William Vandever
9th Iowa Infantry
25th Missouri (Phelps' Indep. Missouri Regiment)
3rd Indep. Battery, Iowa Light Artillery (6 guns)
Lt. Colonel Francis J. Herron (wounded, captured); Major William H. Coyl (wounded)
Colonel John S. Phelps (wounded)
Captain Mortimer M. Hayden

Headquarters Units
3rd Iowa Cavalry
24th Missouri Infantry
Bowen's Missouri Cavalry Battalion (4 guns)
Colonel Cyrus Bussey
Major Eli W. Weston
Major William D. Bowen


(Source: William L. Shea & Earl J. Hess, Pea Ridge Civil War Campaign in the West, (Chapell Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992), pp. 331-339; Pea Ridge ROTC Staff Ride: Orientation Packet. National Park Service paper distributed to visitors of the Pea Ridge National Military Park, September 2003.)




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