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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 BattalionColonel 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. WhitfieldCavalry 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 BattalionColonel 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 CrumpArtillery
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 SquadronColonel John Drew
Colonel Stand Watie
Colonel Douglas H. Cooper
Colonel Daniel N. McIntosh
Captain Otis G. Welch
Unassigned
19th Arkanses
20th ArkansesLt. Colonel P. R. Smith
Colonel George W. King
Price's Division, Major General Sterling Price (wounded)
Confederate Units1st 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. Farris2nd 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. CampbellHeadquarters Unit (Price's Escort)
Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion
Lt. Colonel James T. Cearnal (wounded), Major D. Todd Samuels
Missouri State Guard2nd Division, Brigadier General Martin E. Green
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Kneisley's Missouri Battery (5 guns)Unknown
Captain James W. Kneisley3rd Division, Colonel John B. Clark, Jr.
1st Infantry
2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th and 5th Infantry
6th Infantry
Tull's BatteryMajor John F. Rucker
Colonel Congreve Jackson
Major Robert R. Hutchinson
Colonel J. A. Poindexter
Lt. Colonel Quinton Peacher
Captain Francis M. Tull5th Division, Colonel James P. Saunders
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Kelly's Battery (5 guns)Unknown
Captain Joseph Kelly6th Division, Major D. Herndon Lindsay
Various unidentified infantry and cavalry units
Gorham's Battery (4 guns)Unknown
Captain James C. Gorham7th 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 MacDonald8th Division, Brigadier General James S. Rains
1st Infantry
2nd Infantry
3rd Infantry
4th Infantry
Bledsoe's Battery (4 guns)
Shelby's Cavalry CompanyColonel 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 Sigel1st Division, Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus
1st Brigade, Colonel W. N. Coler
25th Illinois Infantry
44th Illinois Infantry
17th Missouri InfantryColonel William N. Coler
Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff
Major August Poten2nd Brigade, Colonel Nicholas Greusel
36th Illinois Infantry
12th Missouri Infantry
Company I, 15th Illinois Cavalry
Company K, 15th Illinois CavalryColonel Nicholas Greusel
Major Hugo Wanzelin
Captain Albert Jenks
Captain Henry A. SmithArtillery
Welfley's Indep. Battery, Missouri Light Artillery (6 guns)
4th Indep. Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (6 guns)Captain Martin Welfley
Captain Louis Hoffman2nd Division, Brigadier General A. Asboth (wounded)
1st Brigade, Colonel Frederick Schaefer
2nd Missouri Infantry
15th Missouri InfantryLt. Colonel Bernard Laiboldt
Colonel Francis J. JoliatArtillery
1st Missouri Flying Battery (6 guns)
2nd Indep. Battery, Ohio Light Artillery (6 guns)
Captain Gustavus M. Elbert
Lieutenant William B. ChapmanNot Brigaded
3rd Missouri
4th Missouri Cavalry (Frémont Hussars)
5th Missouri Cavalry (Benton Hussars)Major Joseph Conrad
Major Emeric Meszaros
Colonel Joseph Nemett3rd 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 Klauss2nd 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 DavidsonNot 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 CavalryColonel 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 McConnell2nd 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. HaydenHeadquarters 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.)