Order of Battle - Union

ORGANIZATION OF UNION FORCES
Army of the Ohio
Brigadier General Don Carlos Buell


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FIRST DIVISION
Brigadier General George H. Thomas

FIRST BRIGADE

Brigadier General Albin Schoepf

17th Ohio Infantry - Colonel John M. Connell *

31st Ohio Infantry - Colonel Moses B. Walker *

38th Ohio Infantry - Colonel Edwin D. Bradley **

* Unit arrived in front of Beech Grove with Schoepf on night of January 19th.
** Regiment remained at Somerset, Company A under Captain Charles Greenwood served as camp guard on January 19th at Logan’s Crossroads.


SECOND BRIGADE

Colonel Mahlon D. Manson (Acting Brigadier General)

10th Indiana Infantry - Lieut. Col. William C. Kise

4th Kentucky Infantry - Colonel Speed S. Fry

10th Kentucky Infantry - Colonel John M. Harlan ***

14th Ohio Infantry - Colonel James B. Steedman ***

*** Arrived in front of Beech Grove on night of January 19th.

THIRD BRIGADE

Colonel Robert L. McCook (Acting Brigadier General)

2nd Minnesota Infantry - Colonel Horatio P. Van Cleve

9th Ohio Infantry - Major Gustave Kammerling

18th U.S. Infantry - Lieut. Colonel Oliver L. Shepherd ****

35th Ohio Infantry - Colonel Ferdinand Van Derveer *

* Unit arrived in front of Beech Grove with Schoepf on night of January 19th.
**** Still on the road from Columbia on January 19th.


TWELFTH BRIGADE

Colonel Samuel P. Carter (Acting Brigadier General)

1st East Tennessee Infantry - Colonel Robert K. Byrd

2nd East Tennessee Infantry - Colonel James P. Carter

12th Kentucky Infantry - Colonel William A. Hoskins


ARTILLERY

1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery B – Captain William E. Standard

1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery C – Captain Dennis Kenny Jr.

9th Ohio Battery – Captain Henry S. Wetmore

1st Kentucky Light Artillery, Battery B – Captain John M. Hewett *

* Unit arrived in front of Beech Grove with Schoepf on night of January 19th.



UNATTACHED

1st Kentucky Cavalry (Companies A, B, C & H) – Colonel Frank L. Wolford

1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies D, F & G) – Lieut. Colonel Kinsman A. Hunton

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