Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, [1] return of casualties [2] and reports. [3]

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Union forces at Shiloh

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Military rank

Artillery

Other

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

General Staff & Headquarters

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

First Division


     MG John A. McClernand

1st Brigade
K-104, W-467, M-9 = 580


   Col Abraham M. Hare (w)
   Col Marcellus M. Crocker

2nd Brigade
K-80, W-475, M-30 = 583


   Col C. Carroll Marsh

3rd Brigade
K-96, W-393, M-46 = 535


   Col Julius Raith (mw)
   Ltc Enos P. Wood

Not brigaded
K-5, W-35, M-0 = 40

Second Division


     BG W.H.L. Wallace (mw)
     Col James M. Tuttle

1st Brigade
K-39, W-143, M-676 = 858


   Col James M. Tuttle
   Ltc James Baker

2nd Brigade
K-99, W-470, M-11 = 580


   BG John McArthur (w)
   Col Thomas Morton

3rd Brigade
K-127, W-501, M-619 = 1,247


   Col Thomas W. Sweeny (w)
   Col Silas D. Baldwin

Not brigaded
K-1, W-5, M-0 = 6

Third Division


     MG Lew Wallace

1st Brigade
K-18, W-114, M-0 = 132


   Col Morgan L. Smith

2nd Brigade
K-20, W-99, M-3 = 122


   Col John M. Thayer

3rd Brigade
K-2, W-32, M-1 = 35


   Col Charles Whittlesey

Not brigaded
K-1, W-6, M-0 = 7

Fourth Division


     BG Stephen A. Hurlbut

1st Brigade
K-112, W-532, M-43 = 687


   Col Nelson G. Williams (w)
   Col Isaac C. Pugh

2nd Brigade
K-130, W-492, M-8 = 630


   Col James C. Veatch

3rd Brigade
K-70, W-384, M-4 = 458


   BG Jacob G. Lauman

Not brigaded
K-5, W-33, M-56 = 97

Fifth Division


     BG William T. Sherman (w)

1st Brigade
K-137, W-444, M-70 = 651


   Col John A. McDowell

2nd Brigade
K-80, W-380, M-90 = 550


   Col David Stuart (w)
   Ltc Oscar Malmborg [14]
   Col Thomas Kilby Smith

3rd Brigade
K-70, W-221, M-65 = 356


   Col Jesse Hildebrand

4th Brigade
K-36, W-203, M-74 = 313


   Col Ralph P. Buckland

Not brigaded
K-2, W-28, M-0 = 30

Sixth Division


     BG Benjamin M. Prentiss (c)

1st Brigade
K-113, W-372, M-263 = 721


   Col Everett Peabody (k)
   Col John L. Doran [15]

2nd Brigade
K-44, W-228, M-178 = 450


   Col Madison Miller (c)

Not brigaded
K-78, W-328, M-592 = 998
Unassigned troops
K-39, W-159, M-17 = 215

Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Second Division


     BG Alexander M. McCook

4th Brigade
K-28, W-280, M-3 = 311


   BG Lovell H. Rousseau

5th Brigade
K-34, W-310, M-2 = 346


   Col Edward N. Kirk (w)

6th Brigade
K-25, W-220, M-2 = 247


   Col William H. Gibson

Fourth Division


     BG William Nelson

10th Brigade
K-16, W-106, M-8 = 130


   Col Jacob Ammen

19th Brigade
K-48, W-357, M-1 = 406


   Col William B. Hazen

22nd Brigade
K-29, W-138, M-11 = 178


   Col Sanders D. Bruce

Fifth Division


     BG Thomas L. Crittenden

11th Brigade
K-33, W-212, M-18 = 263


   BG Jeremiah T. Boyle

14th Brigade
K-25, W-157, M-10 = 192


   Col William S. Smith

Not brigaded
K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10

Sixth Division


     BG Thomas J. Wood

20th Brigade
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


   BG James A. Garfield

21st Brigade
K-0, W-4, M-0 = 4


   Col George D. Wagner

Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 100-108
  3. Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 93-98
  4. Accompanied Grant on the field (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant)
  5. Iowa In War Times, p. 146, S. H. M. Byers, W. D CONDIT & CO. Des Moines, Iowa
  6. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  7. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  8. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  9. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  10. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  11. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  12. Iowa In War Times, p. 137, figures for Sunday only
  13. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  14. Cunningham, page 413
  15. Doran's regiment, the 17th Wisconsin, was stationed at Benton Barracks until April 10 when it moved to Pittsburg Landing Civil War Archive: 17th Wisconsin. Colonel Doran was detached from his regiment to assume command of the 1st Brigade on the Shiloh battlefield on April 6 Dyer's Compendium page 482
  16. Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender (Official Records: Report of Col. Francis Quinn)
  17. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  18. Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  19. At Savannah during the engagement (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell)

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