Second Battle of Corinth order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties [1] and reports. [2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Army of the Mississippi

MG William S. Rosecrans

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Second Division
     BG David S. Stanley

First Brigade


   Col John W. Fuller

Second Brigade


   Col Joseph A. Mower (w/c) [3]

Third Division
     BG Charles S. Hamilton

Escort: 5th Missouri Cavalry, Company C

First Brigade


   BG Napoleon B. Buford

Second Brigade


   BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan (w)
   Col Samuel A. Holmes

Cavalry Division
   Col John K. Mizner

First Brigade


   Col Edward Hatch

Second Brigade


   Col Albert L. Lee

Unattached


  • 64th Illinois: Cpt John Morrill
  • 1st United States Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, H, and I (siege artillery): Cpt G.A. Williams

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant (not present)
Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPherson [4]

DivisionBrigadeRegiments and Others

Second Division
     BG Thomas A. Davies

First Brigade


   BG Pleasant A. Hackleman (mw)
   Col Thomas W. Sweeny

Second Brigade


   BG Richard J. Oglesby (w)
   Col August Mersy

Third Brigade


   Col Silas D. Baldwin (w)
   Col John V. Du Bois [6]

Artillery


   Maj George H. Stone

Unattached


  

Sixth Division
     BG John McArthur [7] [8]
     BG Thomas J. McKean

First Brigade


   Col Benjamin Allen
   BG John McArthur

Second Brigade


   Col John M. Oliver

Third Brigade


   Col Marcellus M. Crocker

Artillery


   Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper [9]

Notes

  1. Official Records 1886, pp. 173–176.
  2. Official Records 1886, pp. 150–154.
  3. Eicher p.401 Mower was wounded in the neck and captured on October 4 but was recovered by Union forces the same day
  4. McPherson arrived at Corinth on October 4 at about 4:00 p.m. according to his report (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 367)
  5. Detachments of the 8th, 12th, and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois whose members survived encirclement in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, were collectively known as the "Union Brigade", a regiment sized command under the command of Ltc John Coulter. (O.R. Ser. I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 175)
  6. Du Bois was serving as aide-de-camp to Rosecrans until he was detached from staff duty to assume brigade command after Baldwin's wounding (Cozzens page 228)
  7. Eicher p.370
  8. Cozzens p.151–154. Early on the morning of October 3, orders were given placing McKean (who outranked McArthur) in command of the Sixth Division. Unknowingly no orders were given to reassign McArthur and he was without a command as preparations for the battle began. A staff officer at Rosecrans' headquarters remembered this and a special order was sent assigning McArthur to command the 1st Brigade.
  9. Hickenlooper's report gave the number of 6th Division guns (16). In addition, Battery F, 2nd Illinois had 2 guns detached at Bolivar and the 3rd Ohio Battery had 4 guns detached at Bolivar. (Official Records 1886 p. 336)

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