Fort Donelson National Battlefield - Union Order of Battle (U.S. National Park Service)

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United States of AmericaOrder of Battle

Fort Donelson

Brigadier General U.S. Grant, Commanding

First Division (Brigadier General John A. McClernand

1st Brigade (Oglesby)

   8th, 18th, 29th, 30th, 31st Illinois Infantry

   Battery D, E, 2d Illinois Light Artillery

   Companies A, B, 2d Illinois Cavalry

   Company C, 2d US Cavalry

   Company I, 4th US Cavalry

   Carmichael's Illinois Cavalry

   O'Harnett's Illinois Cavalry

   Stewart's Illinois Cavalry

2d Brigade (W.H.L. Wallace)

   11th, 20th, 45th, 48th Illinois Infantry

   Battery B, D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

   4th Illinois Cavalry

3d Brigade (Morrison passed to W.H.L. Wallace)

17th, 49th Illinois Infantry

Second Division (Brigadier General Charles F. Smith)

1st Brigade (McArthur)

9th, 12th, 41st Illinois Infantry

3d Brigade (Lauman)

   25th Indiana Infantry

   2d, 7th, 14th Iowa Infantry

   Birge's Western Sharpshooters

2d Brigade (Cook)

   Batteries D, H, K Missouri Light Artillery

   7th, 50th Illinois Infantry

   12th Iowa Infantry

   13th Missouri Infantry

4th Brigade (M.L. Smith)

8th Missouri Infantry

11th Indiana Infantry

Third Division (Brigadier General L. Wallace)

1st Brigade (Cruft)

31st, 44th Indiana Infantry

17th, 25th Kentucky Infantry

3d Brigade (Thayer)

1 st Nebraska Infantry

58th, 68th, 76th Ohio Infantry

2d Brigade (attached to 3d Brigade)

46th, 57th, 58th Illinois Infantry

Not Brigaded

Company A, 32nd Illinois Infantry

Battery A, 1st Illinois (Chicago Light Artillery)

US Navy

Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, USN, Commanding Naval Fleet Fort Donelson

St. Louis (Paulding); Carondelet (Walke); Louisville (Dove); Pittsburg (Thompson); Tyler (Gwinn); Conestoga (Phelps)

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