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
Abbreviations used
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Artillery
- 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
- How = Howitzer
- lb = pound (projectile weight)
- Nap = M1857 Napoleon Gun
- R = Rifled Gun
- SB = Smoothbore Gun
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
Army of the Tennessee
MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding
General Staff & Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
- Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. John A. Rawlins
- Chief Commissary: Cpt. John Parker Hawkins[4]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| First Division | 1st Brigade K-104, W-467, M-9 = 580
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| 2nd Brigade K-80, W-475, M-30 = 583
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| 3rd Brigade K-96, W-393, M-46 = 535
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| Not brigaded K-5, W-35, M-0 = 40 |
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| Second Division
| 1st Brigade K-39, W-143, M-676 = 858
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| 2nd Brigade K-99, W-470, M-11 = 580
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| 3rd Brigade K-127, W-501, M-619 = 1,247
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| Not brigaded K-1, W-5, M-0 = 6 |
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| Third Division
| 1st Brigade K-18, W-114, M-0 = 132
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| 2nd Brigade K-20, W-99, M-3 = 122
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| 3rd Brigade K-2, W-32, M-1 = 35
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| Not brigaded K-1, W-6, M-0 = 7 |
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| Fourth Division | 1st Brigade K-112, W-532, M-43 = 687
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| 2nd Brigade K-130, W-492, M-8 = 630
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| 3rd Brigade K-70, W-384, M-4 = 458
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| Not brigaded K-5, W-33, M-56 = 97 | ||
| Fifth Division
| 1st Brigade K-137, W-444, M-70 = 651
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| 2nd Brigade K-80, W-380, M-90 = 550
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| 3rd Brigade K-70, W-221, M-65 = 356
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| 4th Brigade K-36, W-203, M-74 = 313 |
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| Not brigaded K-2, W-28, M-0 = 30 |
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| Sixth Division
| 1st Brigade K-113, W-372, M-263 = 721
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| 2nd Brigade K-44, W-228, M-178 = 450
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| Not brigaded K-78, W-328, M-592 = 998 |
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| Unassigned troops K-39, W-159, M-17 = 215 |
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Army of the Ohio
MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding
- Chief of Staff: Col James B. Fry
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. J.M. Wright
- Topographical Engineer: Cpt. Nathaniel Michler
- Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt. Alvan C. Gillem
- Assistant Inspector General: Cpt. Charles C. Gilbert[19]
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| Second Division
| 4th Brigade K-28, W-280, M-3 = 311
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| 5th Brigade K-34, W-310, M-2 = 346
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| 6th Brigade K-25, W-220, M-2 = 247
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| Fourth Division | 10th Brigade K-16, W-106, M-8 = 130
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| 19th Brigade K-48, W-357, M-1 = 406
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| 22nd Brigade K-29, W-138, M-11 = 178
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| Fifth Division
| 11th Brigade K-33, W-212, M-18 = 263
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| 14th Brigade K-25, W-157, M-10 = 192
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| Not brigaded K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10 |
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| Sixth Division | 20th Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 |
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| 21st Brigade K-0, W-4, M-0 = 4
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Notes
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 100-108
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 93-98
- ^ Accompanied Grant on the field (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant)
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146, S. H. M. Byers, W. D CONDIT & CO. Des Moines, Iowa
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 137, figures for Sunday only
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Cunningham, page 413
- ^ 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
- ^ Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender (Official Records: Report of Col. Francis Quinn)
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ Iowa In War Times, p. 146
- ^ At Savannah during the engagement (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell)
References
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- Cunningham, O. Edward. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. Edited by Gary Joiner and Timothy Smith. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ISBN 978-1-932714-27-2.
- McDonough, James Lee. Shiloh: In Hell before Night. University of Tennessee Press, 1977. ISBN 0870492322