The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carthage

Battle of Carthage (1861)

-References:* Lee, Guy Carlton, and Francis Newtun Thorpe, editors. The History of North America. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1905.* Monhegan, Jay. Civil War on the Western Border: 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.*...

 of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. The Union order of battle

Carthage Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carthage of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* Col = Colonel* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel* Maj = Major...

 is listed separately.

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
  Colonel (United States)
  In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
  
  
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
  In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
  
  
• Maj = Major
  Major (United States)
  In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
  
  
• Cpt = Captain

Missouri State Guard

MG Sterling Price

Sterling Price

Sterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...

 [not present]

Governor Claiborne F. Jackson

Col Lewis Henry Little

Lewis Henry Little

Lewis Henry Little was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He served mainly in the Western Theater and was killed in action during the Battle of Iuka....

, Adjutant General

Division	Regiments and Other
Third Division    BG John Bullock Clark, Sr.	1st Missouri: Col John Q. Burbridge 1st Missouri: Ltc Edwin Price 1st Missouri Regiment: Maj John Bullock Clark, Jr. John Bullock Clark, Jr. John Bullock Clark, Jr. was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri.-Biography:...
Fourth Division    BG William Y. Slack William Y. Slack William Yarnel Slack was a Missouri lawyer, politician, and general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War...	1st Missouri: Col John T. Hughes John T. Hughes John T. Hughes was a colonel in the Missouri State Guard and Confederate Army during the American Civil War... , Ltc James Pritchard Thornton's Battalion: Maj John C. Thornton 1st Cavalry: Col Benjamin A. Rives
Sixth Division    BG Mosby Parsons Mosby Parsons Mosby Monroe Parsons was a United States officer in the Mexican-American War and brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...	Kelly's Missouri Regiment: Col Joseph Kelly Dills' Battalion: Maj George K. Dills 1st Missouri Cavalry: Col Ben Brown Alexander's Cavalry: Cpt ___ Alexander Crews' Cavalry: Cpt ___ Crews Guibor's Battery (4 guns): Cpt Henry Guibor Henry Guibor Henry Guibor was a Confederate artillery captain in the American Civil War.Guibor hailed from St. Louis, Missouri, and served in the U.S.-Mexican War....
Eighth Division    BG James Spencer Rains    Col Richard Hanson Weightman Richard Hanson Weightman Richard Hanson Weightman was an antebellum delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico...	2nd Regiment: Col John R. Graves 3rd Regiment: Col Edgar V. Hurst O'Kane's Battalion: Ltc Walter S. O'Kane Independent Detachment: Cpt Francis P. McKinney 2nd Cavalry (1st Battalion Independent): Col James McCown 3rd Cavalry, Companies A, B, & H (part): Col Robert Y. Peyton 7th Cavalry, Boughan's Battalion: Ltc Richard A. Boughan Bledsoe's Battery (3 guns): Cpt Hiram M. Bledsoe

Note: Several independent cavalry units were attached to Rains' Eighth Division. Altogether, the Missouri State Guard included over 2,000 unarmed men who did not participate in the battle.