Battle of Perryville order of battle: Union


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and return of casualties. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

MG = Major GeneralBG = Brigadier GeneralCol = ColonelLtc = Lieutenant ColonelMaj = MajorCpt = CaptainLt = 1st Lieutenant2Lt = 2nd LieutenantSgt = SergeantBvt = Brevet

Artillery

10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon24-pdr How = M1841 24-pounder howitzer3" R = 3-inch Ordnance rifle6-pdr SB = M1841 6-pounder field gunJam R = James rifleHow = howitzerpdr = pound R = rifled gunSB = smoothbore gun

Other

w = woundedmw = mortally woundedk = killedc = capturedm = missing

Army of the Ohio

55,000 men, 147 guns



MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

MG George Henry Thomas, second in command



Escort:


Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps

13,000 men, 38 guns
MG Alexander McDowell McCook
DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
9th Brigadek-142, w-427, m-39 = 608


Col Leonard A. Harris
Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
17th Brigadek-187, w-614, m-35 = 836


Col William Haines Lytle

Col Curran Pope
Third Division
24 guns, k-494, w-1517, m-148 = 2,159


BG Lovell Harrison Rousseau


Escort:
28th Brigadek-165, w-458, m-70 = 693


Col John Converse Starkweather
Tenth Division
14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172


BG James Streshly Jackson

Col Albert Sereno Hall		33rd Brigade
k-112, w-356, m-59 = 527


BG William Rufus Terrill


Escort:
  • Terrill's Guards & Scouts: Cpt Louis Christman
  • Garrard's Detachment : Col Theophilus Toulmin Garrard
  • 80th Illinois: Col Thomas G. Allen
  • 123rd Illinois: Col James Monroe
  • 101st Indiana: Col William Garver
  • 105th Ohio: Col Albert Sereno Hall, Ltc William R. Tolles
  • Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery : 2Lt Nathaniel M. Newell
  • Parsons' Independent Battery : Lt Charles Carroll Parsons
    • Tenth Division
    14 guns, k-201, w-773, m-198 = 1,172


    BG James Streshly Jackson

    Col Albert Sereno Hall    		34th Brigade
    k-89, w-417, m-139 = 645


    Col George P. Webster


    Ltc Silas A. Strickland

    II Corps

    20,000 men, 65 guns
    MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
    Escort:
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    		10th Brigade

    Col William Grose
    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    		19th Brigade

    Col William Babcock Hazen
    Fourth Division

    27 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG William Sooy Smith


    Escort:
    • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry : Ltc Thomas Cochran
    		22nd Brigade

    BG Charles Cruft
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		11th Brigade


    Col Samuel Beatty
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		14th Brigade


    Col Pierce Butler Hawkins
    Fifth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Horatio Phillips Van Cleve    		23rd Brigade


    Col Stanley Matthews
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		15th Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    BG Milo Smith Hascall
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		20th Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    Col Charles Garrison Harker
    Sixth Division

    18 guns, k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    BG Thomas John Wood    		21st Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-2 = 2


    Col George Day Wagner
    CavalryMcCook's Cavalry Brigade
    k-2, w-4, m-4 = 10


    Col Edward Moody McCook

    III Corps

    22,000 men, 44 guns
    MG Charles Champion Gilbert
    DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:

    		1st Brigade
    k-0, w-0, m-0 = 0


    Col Moses B. Walker
    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:

    		2nd Brigade
    k-4, w-7, m-0 = 11


    BG Speed Smith Fry
    First Division

    14 guns, k-4, w-14, m-7 = 25


    BG Albin Francisco Schoepf


    Escort:

    		3rd Brigade
    k-0, w-7, m-7 = 14


    BG James Blair Steedman
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    		30th Brigadek-133, w-344, m-58 = 535


    Col Michael Gooding
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    		31st Brigadek-0, w-11, m-0 = 11


    Col William Passmore Carlin
    Ninth Division

    16 guns, k-133, w-356, m-58 = 547


    BG Robert Byington Mitchell


    Escort:
    		32nd Brigadek-0, w-1, m-0 = 1


    Col William Wallace Caldwell
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		35th Brigadek-22, w-102, m-1 = 125


    Ltc Bernard Laiboldt
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		36th Brigadek-8, w-62, m-9 = 79


    Col Daniel McCook, Jr.
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		37th Brigadek-21, w-118, m-4 = 143


    Col Nicholas Greusel
    Eleventh Division

    12 guns, k-51, w-288, m-14 = 353


    BG Philip Henry Sheridan


    Escort:
    • Company L, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry:
    		Artillery
  • 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery "I" : Cpt Charles M. Barnett
  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery "G" : Cpt Henry Hescock
    • CavalryGay's Cavalry Brigadek-4, w-14, m-1 = 19


    Cpt Ebenezer Gay