The Civil War Muse

Union Army of the Southwest (10,500)

Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis

Headquarters Units

• 24th Missouri Infantry (5 companies)- Maj. Eli W. Weston

• 3rd Iowa Cavalry (5 companies)-Colonel Cyrus Bussey

• Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion (4 companies plus 4 mountain howitzers)-Maj. William D. Bowen

1st and 2nd Divisions - Brigadier General Franz Sigel

1st Division - Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade - Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus

• 25th Illinois Infantry - Colonel William N. Coler

• 44th Illinois Infantry - Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff

• 17th Missouri Infantry (Company A detached) - Maj. August H. Poten

2nd Brigade - Colonel Nicholas Gruesel

• 36th Illinois Infantry (Company F detached) - Colonel Nicholas Gruesel

• 12th Missouri Infantry (Company E detached) - Maj. Hugo Wangelin

• 4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery - Capt. Louis Hoffman

• Welfley’s Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery - Capt. Martin Welfley

2nd Division - Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Asboth (wounded)

1st Brigade - Colonel Frederick Shaefer

• 2nd Missouri Infantry - Lt. Colonel Bernard Laiboldt

• 15th Missouri Infantry - Colonel Francis J. Joliat

• 1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery - Capt. Gustavus M. Elbert

• 2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery - Lt. William B. Chapman

Not Brigaded

• 3rd Missouri Infantry (3 companies) - Maj. Joseph Conrad

• 4th Missouri Cavalry (6 companies) - Maj. Emeric Meszaros

• 5th Missouri Cavalry - Colonel Joseph Nemett

3rd Division - Colonel Jefferson C. Davis

1st Brigade - Colonel Thomas Pattison

• 8th Indiana Infantry - Colonel William P. Benton

• 18th Indiana Infantry - Lt. Colonel Henry D. Washburn

• 22nd Indiana Infantry (Company B absent) - Lt. Colonel John A. Hendricks (killed)

• 1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery - Capt. Martin Klauss

2nd Brigade - Colonel Julius White

• 37th Illinois Infantry - Lt. Colonel Myron Barnes

• 59th Illinois Infantry - Lt. Colonel Calvin H. Frederick

• Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - Capt. Peter Davidson

Not Brigaded

• 1st Missouri Cavalry (8 companies) - Colonel Calvin A. Ellis

4th Division - Colonel Eugene A. Carr (wounded)

1st Brigade - Colonel Grenville M. Dodge (wounded)

• 4th Iowa Infantry - Lt. Colonel John Galligan (wounded)

• 35th Illinois Infantry - Colonel Gustavus A. Smith (wounded)

• 3rd Illinois Cavalry - Maj. John McConnell

• 1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery - Capt. Junius A. Jones (wounded)

2nd Brigade - Colonel William Vandever

• 9th Iowa Infantry - Lt. Colonel Francis J. Herron (wounded, captured)

• 25th Missouri Infantry - Colonel John S. Phelps (wounded)

• 3rd Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery - Capt. Mortimer M. Hayden

 

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