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Order of Battle
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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 Peter J. Osterhaus 25th Illinois- Colonel William N. Coler Losses: 24 (3 killed, 18 wounded, 3 missing) 44th Illinois- Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff Losses: 3 (1 killed, 2 wounded) 17th Missouri- Major August H. Poten (Company A absent on Conrad's Expedition) Losses: 10 (2 wounded, 8 missing) 2nd Brigade- Colonel Nicholas Greusel 36th Illinois- Colonel Nicholas Greusel (Company F absent on Conrad's expedition; regiment included two cavalry companies) Losses: 75 (4 killed, 37 wounded, 34 missing) 12th Missouri- Major Hugo Wangelin (Company E absent on Conrad's expedition) Losses: 34 (3 killed, 29 wounded, 2 missing) Artillery 4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery- Captain Louis Hoffman Four 6-pounder rifled guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 5 (1 wounded, 4 missing) Welfley's Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery- Captain Martin Welfley Four 12-pounder howitzers and two 12-pounder guns (one howitzer absent on Conrad's expedition) Losses: 5 (5 wounded)
2nd Division Brigadier General Alexander S. Asboth 1st Brigade- Colonel Frederick Schaefer 2nd Missouri- Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Laiboldt Losses: 54 (8 killed, 34 wounded, 12 missing) 15th Missouri- Colonel Francis J. Joliat (Company B absent on Conrad's expedition) Losses: 11 (11 missing) Artillery 1st Missouri Flying Battery- Captain Gustavus M. Elbert Four 6-pounder rifled guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 19 (3 killed, 8 wounded, 8 missing) 2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery- Lieutenant William B. Chapman Four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 3 (1 killed, 2 wounded) Not Brigaded 3rd Missouri-Major Joseph Conrad (Companies B, C and E present at Pea Ridge; Company F absent on Conrad's expedition; remainder absent on duty in Missouri) Losses: 0 4th Missouri Cavalry (Fremont Hussars) - Major Emeric Meszaros (Companies A, C, D, E, F and I present at Pea Ridge; remainder absent on duty in Missouri) Losses: 16 (5 killed, 8 wounded, 3 missing) 5th Missouri Cavalry (Benton Hussars) - Colonel Joseph Nemett Losses: 17 (3 killed, 11 wounded, 3 missing)
3rd Division Colonel Jefferson C. Davis 1st Brigade- Colonel Thomas Pattison 8th Indiana- Colonel William P. Benton Losses: 32 (5 killed, 27 wounded) 18th Indiana- Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Washburn Losses: 26 (3 killed, 23 wounded) 22nd Indiana- Lieutenant Colonel John A. Henricks (killed), Major David W. Daily, Jr. (Company B absent on duty in Missouri) Losses: 42 (9 killed, 33 wounded) 1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery- Captain Martin Klauss Four 6-pounder rifled guns and two 6-pounder guns Losses: 11 (5 wounded, 6 missing) 2nd Brigade- Colonel Julius White 37th Illinois- Lieutenant Colonel Myron S. Barnes Losses: 144 (20 killed, 121 wounded, 3 missing) 59th Illinois (formerly 9th Missouri) - Lieutenant Colonel Calvin H. Frederick Losses: 66 (9 killed, 57 wounded) Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (Peoria Battery)-Captain Peter Davidson Two 6-pounder rifled guns, two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 17 (17 wounded) Not Brigaded 1st Missouri Cavalry-Colonel Calvin A. Ellis (Companies B, F, G, H, I, K, L, and M present at Pea Ridge; remainder absent on duty in Kansas) Losses: 6 (2 killed, 2 wounded, 2 missing)
4th Division Colonel Eugene A. Carr 1st Brigade- Colonel Grenville M. Dodge 4th Iowa- Lieutenant Colonel John Galligan Losses: 160 (18 killed, 139 wounded, 3 missing) 35th Illinois- Colonel Gustavus A. Smith (wounded), Lieutenant Colonel William P. Chandler (captured) Losses: 113 (14 killed, 47 wounded, 52 missing) 1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery-Captain Junius A. Jones (wounded), Lieutenant Virgil A. David Four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 17 (3 killed, 14 wounded) 3rd Illinois Cavalry- Major John McConnell Losses: 58 (9 killed, 36 wounded, 13 missing) 2nd Brigade- Colonel William Vandever 9th Iowa- Lieutenant Colonel Francis J. Herron (wounded/captured), Major William H. Coyl (wounded) Losses: 218 (38 killed, 176 wounded, 4 missing) 25th Missouri (Phelps Independent Missouri Regiment) - Colonel John S. Phelps Losses: 94 (12 killed, 71 wounded, 11 missing) 3rd Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery (Dubuque Battery) - Captain Mortimer M. Hayden Four 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 22 (2 killed, 17 wounded, 3 missing)
Headquarters Units 24th Missouri-Major Eli W. Weston (Companies A, B, F, H and I present at Pea Ridge; remainder absent on duty in Missouri) Losses: 26 (3 killed, 16 wounded, 7 missing) 3rd Iowa Cavalry- Colonel Cyrus Bussey (Companies A, B, C, D and M present at Pea Ridge; remainder absent on duty in Missouri) Losses: 50 (1 killed, 3 wounded, 2 missing)
ARMY OF THE WEST Major General Earl Van Dorn McCulloch's Division Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch (killed) Brigadier General James M. McIntosh (killed) Colonel Elkanah Greer Hebert's Infantry Brigade- Colonel Louis Hebert (captured), Colonel Evander McNair 3rd Louisiana- Major Will F. Tunnard (captured), Captain W.L. Gunnells Losses: 67 (10 killed, 15 wounded, 42 missing) 4th Arkansas- Colonel Evander McNair, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ogden Losses: exact numbers unknown; between 55-79 casualties (includes killed, wounded and missing) 14th Arkansas- Colonel William C. Mitchell (captured) Losses: Unknown 15th Arkansas- Colonel Dandridge McRae Losses: Unknown 16th Arkansas- Colonel John F. Hill Losses: Unknown 17th Arkansas- Colonel Frank A. Rector Losses: Unknown 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) - Colonel Thomas J. Churchill Losses: 5 (5 killed) 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) - Colonel Benjamin T. Embry Losses: 27 (4 killed, 15 wounded, 8 missing) 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted) - Major John W. Whitfield (Battalion consisted of three companies of Texas troops and one of Arkansas troops) Losses: Unknown McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade- Brigadier General James M. McIntosh (killed) 3rd Texas Cavalry- Colonel Elkanah Greer, Lieutenant Colonel Walter P. Lane Losses: 14 (2 killed, 12 wounded) 6th Texas Cavalry- Colonel B. Warren Stone Losses: 19 (3 killed, 3 wounded, 13 missing) 9th Texas Cavalry- Colonel William B. Sims (wounded), Lieutenant Colonel William Quayle Losses: Unknown 11th Texas Cavalry- Colonel William C. Young Losses: Unknown 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion- Major William H. Brooks Losses: 41 (11 killed, 30 wounded) 1st Texas Cavalry Battalion- Major R. Phillip Crump Losses: Unknown Artillery Hart's Arkansas Battery- Captain William Hart Four 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown Provence's Arkansas Battery- Captain David Provence Two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown Gaine's Arkansas Battery- Captain James J. Gaines Two 12-pounder rifled guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown Good's Texas Battery- Captain John J. Good Four 12-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: 17 (1 killed, 14 wounded, 2 missing) Pike's Indian Brigade- Brigadier General Albert J. Pike 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles- Colonel John Drew Losses: Unknown 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles- Colonel Stand Watie Losses: Unknown 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw- Colonel Douglas H. Cooper Losses: Unknown (not engaged) 1st Creek Mounted Rifles- Colonel Daniel N. McIntosh Losses: Unknown (not engaged) Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron- Captain Otis G. Welch Losses: Unknown Unassigned 19th Arkansas- Lieutenant Colonel P. R. Smith Losses: Unknown 20th Arkansas- Colonel George W. King Losses: Unknown
Price's Division Major General Sterling Price (wounded) Confederate Units 1st Missouri Brigade- Colonel Henry Little 2nd Missouri- Colonel John Q. Burbridge Losses: Unknown 3rd Missouri- Colonel Benjamin A. Rives (killed), Lieutenant Colonel James A. Pritchard Losses: 104 (26 killed, 45 wounded, 33 missing) Wade's Missouri Battery- Captain William Wade Two 6-pounder guns and four 12-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown Clark's Missouri Battery- Captain S. Churchill Clark (killed), Lieutenant James L. Farris Four 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown 1st Missouri Cavalry- Colonel Elijah Gates Losses: Unknown 2nd Missouri Brigade- Colonel William Y. Slack (killed), Colonel Thomas H. Rosser Hughes's Missouri Infantry Battalion- Colonel John T. Hughes Losses: 8 (3 killed, 8 wounded, 4 missing) Bevier's Missouri Infantry Battalion- Major Robert S. Bevier Losses: 15 (3 killed, 8 wounded, 4 missing) Rosser's Missouri Infantry Battalion- Colonel Thomas H. Rosser Losses: Unknown Landis's Missouri Battery- Captain John C. Landis Two 12-pounder howitzers and two 24-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown Jackson's Missouri Battery- Captain William Lucas Four 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown Riggins's Missouri Cavalry Battalion- Colonel George W. Riggins Losses: Unknown 3rd Missouri Brigade- Colonel Colton Greene (Brigade consisted of several partially organized units in the process of transferring to Confederate service; parts of Colonel Thomas R. Freeman's and Lieutenant Colonel John A. Schnable's Missouri State Guard regiments and Captain L. C. Campbell's cavalry company) Losses: 65 (6 killed, 59 wounded) Headquarters Units Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion- Lieutenant Colonel James T. Cearnal (wounded), Major D. Todd Samuels Losses: 20 (2 killed, 6 wounded, 12 missing) Missouri State Guard 2nd Division- Brigadier General Martin E. Green (Division consisted of various unidentified infantry and cavalry units) Losses: Unknown Kneisley's Battery- Captain James W. Kneisley Five 12- and 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown 3rd Division- Colonel John B. Clark, Jr. 1st Infantry- Major John F. Rucker Losses: 11 (1 killed, 5 wounded, 5 missing) 2nd Infantry- Colonel Congreve Jackson Losses: 47 (5 killed, 17 wounded, 15 missing) 3rd Infantry- Major Robert R. Hutchinson Losses: 27 (1 killed, 20 wounded, 6 missing) 4th and 5th Infantry- Colonel J.A. Poindexter Losses: 47 (3 killed, 37 wounded, 7 missing) 6th Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel Quinton Peacher Losses: 33 (2 killed, 23 wounded, 8 missing) Tull's Battery- Captain Francis M. Tull Two 6-pounder rifled guns and two 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown 5th Division- Colonel James P. Saunders (Division consisted of various unidentified infantry and cavalry units) Losses: 41 (9 killed, 32 wounded) Kelly's Battery- Captain Joseph Kelly Five 12- and 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown 6th Division- Major D. Herndon Lindsay (Division consisted of various unidentified infantry and cavalry units) Losses: 47 (13 killed, 34 wounded) Gorham's Battery- Captain James C. Gorham Four 6-pounder guns Losses: Unknown 7th and 9th Divisions- Brigadier General Daniel M. Frost (Divisions consisted of various unidentified infantry and cavalry units from Frost's and Brigadier General James H. McBride's divisions) Losses: Unknown Guibor's Battery- Captain Henry Guibor Two 6-pounder guns and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown MacDonald's St. Louis Battery- Captain Emmett MacDonald One 6-pounder gun and two 12-pounder howitzers Losses: Unknown 8th Division- Brigadier General James S. Rains 1st Infantry- Colonel William H. Erwin Losses: Unknown 2nd Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel John P. Bowman Losses: UNKNOWN 3rd Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Pearcy Losses: UNKNOWN 4th Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel John M. Stemmons Losses: UNKNOWN Shelby's Cavalry Company- Captain Joseph O. Shelby Losses: UNKNOWN Bledsoe's Battery- Lieutenant Charles W. Higgins Three 12-pounder Napoleons and one 12-pounder gun ("Sacramento") Losses: UNKNOWN * Casualty figures include the numbers of killed, wounded and missing/captured. Shea, William & Hess, Earl. Pea Ridge, Civil War Campaign in the West, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1992: 331-339. |
Did You Know?
Almost half of the enlisted troops and many of the officers in the Union Army of the Southwest at the Battle of Pea Ridge spoke German as their first language.