Battle of Cloyd's Mountain order of battle

The following American Civil War units were involved in the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, 1864, in Southwest Virginia's Pulaski County. The Union Army units, and their commanders, are listed first. The Confederate Army units, and their commanders, follow. A Union force led by Brigadier General George Crook defeated a Confederate force led by Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins. Future Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley both fought in the battle. Jenkins was mortally wounded and captured.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Capt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• det = Detachment
• MOH = Medal of Honor

All infantry and cavalry units are regiments unless noted otherwise.

Union 2nd Infantry Division, Department of West Virginia

BG Crook

BG George Crook — commander ^[1]

• The division was also known as the Kanawha Division. ^[2]
• The division originally consisted of 6,155 soldiers, but was joined by a cavalry detachment numbering 400 that brought Crook's force to 6,555. ^[3]
• Crook's objective was to disable the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and a railroad bridge that crossed the New River not far from the railroad's Dublin Depot. ^[4]
• Two members of the 23rd Ohio Infantry eventually became president of the United States: Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley. ^[5]

Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Brigade Col Rutherford B. Hayes [6] (23rd Ohio Infantry)	23rd Ohio Infantry — Ltc James M. Comly [7] 36th Ohio Infantry — Col Hiram F. Devol [8] 34th Ohio Mounted Infantry (detachment) — (attached to 36th Ohio) [8] 7th West Virginia Cavalry (detachment) — Col John H. Oley [9] 5th West Virginia Cavalry (detachment) — Maj D.D. Barclay [10] Additional Information The 34th Ohio Mounted Infantry detachment was dismounted. [11] Among the 34th Ohio detachment that died in the battle in action, from wounds, or later in prison, were members of Companies A, B, and D. [12] The 5th West Virginia Cavalry detachment was dismounted for the battle, but mounted for part of the pursuit. [11] [13] Companies C, E, and I are mentioned as being part of the detachment for the 5th West Virginia. [14] The cavalry detachment had "many with broken-down horses". [15] A portion was dismounted. [16] The combined detachments of the 36th and 34th Ohio Infantries amounted to about 500 soldiers. [8]
2nd Brigade Col Carr B. White [17] (12th Ohio Infantry)	12th Ohio Infantry — Col Jonathan D. Hines [18] 91st Ohio Infantry — Col John A. Turley [18] 9th West Virginia Infantry — Col Isaac H. Duval [18] 14th West Virginia Infantry — Col Daniel D. Johnson [18] Additional Information White's report calls the West Virginia regiments "Virginia" regiments. [18] [Note 1]
3rd Brigade Col Horatio G. Sickel [20] (3rd Pennsylvania Reserves)	3rd Pennsylvania Reserve — Capt Jacob Lenhart (w), Capt Robert Johnson [21] 4th Pennsylvania Reserve — Col Richard H. Woolworth (k), [22] Ltc Thomas F. B. Tapper [23] 11th West Virginia Infantry — Col Daniel Frost [24] 15th West Virginia Infantry — Ltc Thomas Morris [25]
Artillery Capt James R. McMullin [26]	1st Ohio Battery — Lt G.P. Kirtland [26] 1st Kentucky Battery — Capt David W. Glassie [26]

Confederate Department of Western Virginia

BG Jenkins

BG Albert G. Jenkins — commander (mw), ^[27] Col John McCausland ^[28]

• In addition to being seriously wounded, Jenkins was captured. ^[15] He died on May 24, 1864. ^[27]
• Approximately 2,350 soldiers were in Jenkins' command. ^[29]
• Jenkins chose to intercept Crook's army on the Dublin-Pearisburg Pike at Cloyd Farm (also known as Back Creek Farm) on a mountain near Back Creek. ^{[30] [31]}
• For the battle, Jenkins had ten artillery pieces from Bryans's Battery and the Ringgold Battery. ^[29]
• The Botetourt Artillery fought on May 10 at the New River bridge. ^[32]

Brigade	Regiments and Others
4th Brigade Col John McCausland [33] (36th Virginia Infantry)	36th Virginia Infantry — Ltc Thomas Smith (w), Maj William E. Fife [34] 60th Virginia Infantry — Col Beuhring H. Jones [35] 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion — Ltc Henry M. Beckley [36] Additional Information Ltc Thomas Smith was captured in addition to being seriously wounded. [15] Ltc George W. Hammond and Maj Jacob N. Taylor of the 60th Virginia Infantry were killed in action. [37] Beckley's 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion had 183 soldiers and officers present for the battle. [38]
Additional Support	45th Virginia Infantry — Col William H. Browne [39] Ringgold (Virginia) Battery — Capt Crispin Dickenson [40] Home Guard Montgomery Home Guards — Capt White G. Ryan [35] (Other home guards) [37] Additional Information The 45th Virginia Infantry's Ltc E. H. Harman was mortally wounded. [39]
4th Brigade Artillery Capt Thomas A. Bryan (w) [41]	Bryan's (Virginia) Battery — Lt G.A. Fowlkes [42] Additional Information Captain Bryan's horse was killed while he was riding, and Bryan was injured falling from the horse. [41]
Additional Support During Retreat or Pursuit	Morgan's Detachment - Colonel D. Howard Smith of 5th Kentucky Cavalry [43] 5th Kentucky Cavalry (detachment) [44] 10th Kentucky Cavalry (detachment) - Maj George Diamond [45] Botetourt Virginia Light Artillery — Capt Henry C. Douthat [32] 17th Virginia Cavalry — Col William H. French [46] Additional Information The detachment from John Hunt Morgan's command was dismounted and consisted of 400 to 500 fighters. [43] It arrived in Dublin, Virginia at about 1:00 pm. While proceeding to Cloyd's Farm, it encountered retreating Confederate troops and was asked to intercept the pursuing Union troops. It also took part in subsequent action near the New River Bridge. [47] While not present at Cloyd's Farm, Morgan's 53 casualties are listed as part of the total 538 Confederate casualties for the battle, which include the May 9 engagement at Cloyd's Farm and "subsequent operations". [48] The 17th Virginia Cavalry had two casualties included in the total 538 Confederate casualties listed for the battle on May 9 and "subsequent operations". [48] They were not in the battle at Cloyd's Mountain or at New River Bridge, but they were involved in the pursuit of Crook's division and Averell's cavalry. [49] The Botetourt Artillery consisted of eight artillery pieces, and it fought at the New River Bridge on May 10. It had one casualty when one soldier was injured after being thrown from his horse. [32] This casualty was included in the 538 Confederate casualties listed for the battle on May 9 and "subsequent operations". [48]

See also

• List of orders of battle

Notes

Footnotes

1. Virginia military units (regiments, battalions, etc.) that were loyal to the union were often noted with "union" or "loyal" in their name. On June 20, 1863, the new state of West Virginia, consisting of northwestern counties of Virginia, joined the union—and Virginia military units loyal to the union became West Virginia units. ^[19]

Citations

1. Crook 1891 , p. 9
2. Cozzens 1997
3. Crook 1891 , p. 10; Duncan 1998 , p. 62
4. Duncan 1998 , pp. 44, 49
5. "Presidents and Politicians: The 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
6. Hayes 1891 , p. 14
7. Comly 1891 , p. 15
8. Devol 1891 , p. 16
9. Crook 1891 , pp. 10, 13; "7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
10. Reader 1891 , pp. 241–242; "5th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
11. Crook 1891 , p. 10
12. Ohio Roster Commission 1886 , pp. 769–771
13. Reader 1891 , p. 243
14. Reader 1891 , pp. 241, 243
15. Crook 1891 , p. 11
16. Crook 1891 , pp. 13–14
17. White 1891 , p. 16
18. White 1891 , p. 17
19. "The New State of West Virginia". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
20. Sickel 1891 , p. 23
21. Johnson 1891 , p. 30
22. Sickel 1891 , p. 25; Tapper 1891 , pp. 31–32
23. Tapper 1891 , pp. 31–32
24. Frost 1891 , p. 33
25. Morris 1891 , p. 35
26. McMullin 1891 , p. 38
27. "The Civil War Record of Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C. S. A." West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
28. McCausland 1891 , p. 44
29. Duncan 1998 , p. 56
30. Duncan 1998 , p. 52
31. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - Back Creek Farm" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
32. Douthat 1891 , p. 58
33. McCausland 1891 , pp. 44–49
34. Fife 1891 , pp. 49–50
35. Jones 1891 , p. 56
36. Beckley 1891 , p. 54
37. Jones 1891 , p. 57
38. Beckley 1891 , p. 55
39. Browne 1891 , p. 52
40. Dickenson 1891 , p. 60
41. Fowlkes 1891 , p. 60
42. Fowlkes 1891 , p. 59
43. McCausland 1891 , p. 45; Smith 1891 , p. 66
44. Smith 1891 , p. 66
45. Perry 1998 , p. 103
46. French 1891 , p. 62
47. Smith 1891 , pp. 66–67
48. McCausland 1891 , p. 49
49. French 1891 , p. 64

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External links

• Battle of Cloyd's Mountain - National Park Service