Second Corinth Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...

 units and commanders fought in the Battle of Corinth
Second Battle of Corinth
The Second Battle of Corinth was fought October 3–4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. For the second time in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William S...

 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...

 on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi
Corinth, Mississippi
Corinth is a city in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,054 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Alcorn County. Its ZIP codes are 38834 and 38835.- History :...

. The Confederate order of battle
Second Corinth Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Corinth of the American Civil War on October 3 and 4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi...

 is listed separately.

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
    Major general (United States)
    In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

  • BG = Brigadier General
    Brigadier general (United States)
    A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...

  • 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

Army of the Mississippi
Army of the Mississippi
Army of the Mississippi was the name given to two Union armies that operated around the Mississippi River, both with short existences, during the American Civil War.-1862:...

MG William S. Rosecrans
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division

    
BG David S. Stanley
David S. Stanley
David Sloane Stanley was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Franklin.-Early life:...

First Brigade

  
Col John W. Fuller
John W. Fuller
John Wallace Fuller was a British-born American publisher, businessman, and soldier. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war Fuller engaged in the wholesale footwear trade as well as in civil affairs in Ohio.-Early life and career:John W...

  • 27th Ohio
    27th Ohio Infantry
    The 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 27th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio July 15 through August 18, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Wallace...

  • 39th Ohio
    39th Ohio Infantry
    The 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 39th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio July 31 through August 13, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command...

  • 43rd Ohio
    43rd Ohio Infantry
    The 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 43rd Ohio Infantry was organized in Mount Vernon, Ohio September 28, 1861 through February 1, 1862 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Joseph L...

    : Col J. L. Kirby Smith (k), Ltc Wager Swayne
    Wager Swayne
    Wager Swayne was a Union Army general during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Second Battle of Corinth...

  • 63rd Ohio
    63rd Ohio Infantry
    The 63rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the Union forces in the Western Theater of operations.-Organization:...

  • Jenks' Company, Illinois Cavalry
    Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies
    The state of Illinois raised a number of short-lived Independent Cavalry Companies which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Most of these units were quickly amalgamated with larger formations.-Units:...

  • Michigan Light Artillery, 3rd Battery
  • Wisconsin Light Artillery, 8th Battery
    8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
    The 8th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Lyons' Pinery Battery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 2nd United States, Battery F
Second Brigade

  
Col Joseph A. Mower
Joseph A. Mower
Joseph Anthony Mower was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was a competent officer and well respected by his troops and fellow officers to whom he was known as "Fighting Joe". William T. Sherman said of Mower, "he's the boldest young officer we have".-Biography:Mower was born in...

 (w)
  • 26th Illinois
    26th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 26th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 31, 1861....

  • 47th Illinois
    47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 47th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 47th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 16, 1861....

  • 5th Minnesota
    5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 5th Minnesota Regiment Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 11th Missouri
  • 8th Wisconsin
    8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 8th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 8th Wisconsin's mascot was Old Abe, a bald eagle that accompanied the regiment into battle.-Service:...

  • Iowa Light Artillery, 2nd Battery

Third Division

    
BG Charles S. Hamilton
Charles Smith Hamilton
Charles Smith Hamilton was a career United States Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Union Army general during the early part of the American Civil War....






Escort: 5th Missouri Cavalry, Company C
First Brigade

  
BG Napoleon B. Buford
  • 48th Indiana
  • 59th Indiana
  • 5th Iowa
  • 4th Minnesota
    4th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 4th Minnesota Regiment Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in several important campaigns in the Western Theater.-Service:...

  • 26th Missouri
    26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
    The 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 26th Missouri Infantry was organized from recruits across the state of Missouri, September through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the...

  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery M
  • Ohio Light Artillery, 11th Battery
    11th Ohio Battery
    11th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in St. Louis, Missouri October 27, 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under Captain Archibald G. A. Constable.The battery was attached...

Second Brigade

  
BG Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan was an Indiana lawyer, antebellum United States Navy officer, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was among a handful of former Navy officers who later served as infantry generals during the war.-Early life and career:Jeremiah C....

 (w)

  
Col Samuel A. Holmes
  • 56th Illinois
    56th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 56th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 56th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 27, 1862.The regiment was mustered out on...

  • 10th Iowa
  • 17th Iowa
  • 10th Missouri
    10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
    The 10th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 10th Missouri Infantry was organized at St. Louis, Missouri in August 1861 and mustered in for three years service....

  • 24th Missouri
    24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
    The 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 24th Missouri Infantry was organized from recruits across the state of Missouri, October 24 through December 28, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under...

    , Company E
  • 80th Ohio
    80th Ohio Infantry
    The 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 80th Ohio Infantry was organized Canal Dover, Ohio October 1861 through January 1862 and mustered in for three years service on January 11, 1862 under the command of Colonel...

  • Wisconsin Light Artillery, 6th Battery
    6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
    The 6th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, nicknamed the "Buena Vista Artillery," was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • Wisconsin Light Artillery, 12th Battery
    12th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery
    The 12th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 12th Independent Battery was mustered into service at St...


Cavalry Division

  
Col John K. Mizner
First Brigade

  
Col Edward Hatch
Edward Hatch
Edward Hatch was a career American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...

  • 7th Illinois Cavalry
    7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
    The 7th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 7th Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on October 13, 1861....

  • 11th Illinois Cavalry
    11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
    The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was raised by orator Robert Green Ingersoll who became its first colonel and Basile D...

  • 5th Ohio Cavalry
    5th Ohio Cavalry
    The 5th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry was a regiment of Union cavalry raised in seven counties in southwestern Ohio for service during the American Civil War. It primarily served in the Western Theater in several major campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee....

    , Companies E, H, I, and K
Second Brigade

  
Col Albert L. Lee
  • 2nd Iowa Cavalry
  • 7th Kansas Cavalry
    7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
    The 7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 3rd Michigan Cavalry
    3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
    The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan between August 24 and November 28, 1861.Private James H...

Unattached

  • 64th Illinois
    64th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 64th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed "Yates' Sharpshooters" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 1st United States Infantry, Companies A, B, C, D, H, and I (siege artillery)

Army of West Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...

 (not present)

Detachment commanded by BG James B. McPherson
James B. McPherson
James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War...


Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Second Division

    
BG Thomas A. Davies
First Brigade

  
BG Pleasant A. Hackleman
Pleasant A. Hackleman
Pleasant Adam Hackleman was a lawyer, politician and Union general who was killed during the American Civil War....

 (mw)

  
Col Thomas W. Sweeny

  • 52nd Illinois
    52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 52nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 52nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Geneva, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on November 19, 1861....

  • 58th Illinois
    58th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 58th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 58th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861....

     (detachment)
  • 2nd Iowa
  • 7th Iowa
  • 8th Iowa (detachment)
  • 12th Iowa (detachment)
  • 14th Iowa (detachment)
Second Brigade

  
BG Richard J. Oglesby (w)

  
Col August Mersy
  • 9th Illinois
    9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years)
    The 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 9th Illinois Infantry was organized at Cairo, Illinois and mustered into Federal service between July 26 and August 31, 1861 for a three year...

  • 12th Illinois
    12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year)
    The 12th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "1st Scotch Regiment," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 22nd Ohio
    22nd Ohio Infantry
    The 22nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:...

  • 81st Ohio
    81st Ohio Infantry
    The 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 81st Ohio Infantry was originally organized as "Morton's Independent Rifle Regiment" and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Thomas Morton.The...

Third Brigade

  
Col Silas D. Baldwin (w)

  
Col John V. Du Bois
  • 7th Illinois
  • 50th Illinois
    50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 50th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Blind Half-Hundred," was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

  • 57th Illinois
    57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 57th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 57th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861.The regiment was mustered out on July...

Artillery

  
Maj George H. Stone

  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery D
  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery H
  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery I
  • 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery K
Unattached

  
  • Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteers
    66th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 66th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment originally known as "Birge's Western Sharpshooters" and later as the "Western Sharpshooters-14th Missouri Volunteers", was a specialized regiment of infantry sharpshooters that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-...


Sixth Division

    
BG John McArthur
John McArthur
John McArthur was a Union general during the American Civil War. McArthur became one of the ablest Federal commanders in the Western Theater.-Early life:...



    
BG Thomas J. McKean
Thomas J. McKean
Thomas Jefferson McKean was an American engineer, soldier, politician, and farmer. A West Point graduate, he fought in the U.S. Army during the Seminole Wars, in the Mexican–American War, and he served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Thomas J...

First Brigade

  
Col Benjamin Allen

  
BG John McArthur
John McArthur
John McArthur was a Union general during the American Civil War. McArthur became one of the ablest Federal commanders in the Western Theater.-Early life:...

  • 21st Missouri
  • 16th Wisconsin
    16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 16th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 16th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service January 31, 1862....

  • 17th Wisconsin
    17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 17th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 17th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862....

Second Brigade

  
Col John M. Oliver
  • 15th Michigan
    15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 15th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 15th Michigan Infantry was organized at Ypsilanti and Detroit, Michigan between October 16, 1861 and March 13, 1862 and was mustered into Federal service...

  • 18th Missouri, Companies A, B, C, and E
  • 14th Wisconsin
    14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 14th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Four of its members received the Medal of Honor for service in the Battle of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; among them the Color-Sergeant Denis J. F...

  • 18th Wisconsin
    18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    The 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 18th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service March 15, 1862....

  • Ford's Company, Illinois Cavalry
    Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies
    The state of Illinois raised a number of short-lived Independent Cavalry Companies which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Most of these units were quickly amalgamated with larger formations.-Units:...

Third Brigade

  
Col Marcellus M. Crocker
Marcellus M. Crocker
Marcellus Monroe Crocker was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War most noted for his service in the Western Theater.-Biography:...

  • 11th Iowa
  • 13th Iowa
  • 15th Iowa
  • 16th Iowa
Artillery

  
Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper
Andrew Hickenlooper
Andrew Hickenlooper was an Ohio civil engineer, politician, industrialist, and most famously, an officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and Civil War career:...

  • 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery F
  • Minnesota Light Artillery, 1st Battery
    1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery
    The 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was mustered in at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. on November 21, 1861....

  • 3rd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
    3rd Ohio Battery
    3rd Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Ohio Battery was organized in Canton, Minerva, and Massillon, Ohio November 9, 1861 through March 15, 1862 and mustered in for three years service under Captain William S...

  • 5th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
    5th Ohio Battery
    5th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 5th Ohio Battery was organized in St. Louis, Missouri on August 31, 1861 and mustered in there for three years service on September 22, 1861 under Captain Andrew...

  • 10th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
    10th Ohio Battery
    10th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Xenia, Ohio January 9, 1862 and mustered in at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio for a three year enlistment on March 3, 1862 under Captain...


Sources

  • Cozzens, Peter. The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 1997. ISBN 0-8078-2320-1
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