Shiloh Union order of battle

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.

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

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Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

Chief of Staff: Cernal [[Joseph Dumb
Chief of Engineers: Col Jared Zambrana
Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. John A. Rawlins
Chief Commissary: Cpt. John Parker Hawkins^[1]
2nd Illinois Heavy Artillery Regiment: Cpt Relly Madison

Division	Brigade	Regiments 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	8th Illinois: Cpt J. M. Ashmore (w), Cpt W. H. Harvey (k), Cpt R. H. Sturgess 18th Illinois: Maj S. Eeaton (w), Cpt Daniel H. Brush (w), Cpt William J. Dillon (k), Cpt J. J. Anderson 11th Iowa: Ltc William Hall (w) 13th Iowa: Col Marcellus M. Crocker Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (6 James R): Cpt James P. Timmony
	2nd Brigade K-80, W-475, M-30 = 583 Col C. Carroll Marsh	11th Illinois: Ltc Thomas E. G. Ransom (w), Maj Garrett Nevins (w), Cpt L. D. Waddell 20th Illinois: Ltc Evan Richards (w), Maj F. A. Bartleson (w), Cpt O. Frisbie 45th Illinois: Col John E. Smith 48th Illinois: Col Isham N. Haynie (w), Ltc William W. Sanford (w), Maj M. Mayfield
	3rd Brigade K-96, W-393, M-46 = 535 Col Julius Raith (mw) Ltc Enos P. Wood	17th Illinois: Ltc Enos P. Wood, Maj Francis M. Smith 29th Illinois: Ltc Charles M. Ferrell 43rd Illinois: Ltc Adolph Englemann 49th Illinois: Ltc Phineas Pease (w) Carmichael's Company Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Eagleton Carmichael
	Not brigaded K-5, W-35, M-0 = 40	Stewart's Company Illinois Cavalry: Lt Ezra King Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 24 lb how): Cpt Edward McAllister (w) Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt George L. Nispel 14th Ohio Battery (4 6 lb Wiard R, 2 12 lb Wiard R): Cpt Jerome B. Burrows (w)
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	2nd Iowa: Ltc James Baker 7th Iowa: Ltc James C. Parrott 12th Iowa: Col Joseph J. Woods (w/c), Cpt S. R. Edgington (c) 14th Iowa (7 companies): Col William T. Shaw
	2nd Brigade K-99, W-470, M-11 = 580 BG John McArthur (w) Col Thomas Morton	9th Illinois: Col August Mersy 12th Illinois: Ltc Augustus L. Chetlain, Cpt James R. Hugunin 81st Ohio: Col Thomas Morton 13th Missouri: Col Crafts J. Wright Birge's Western Sharpshooters: Col B. S. Compton (15th Missouri)
	3rd Brigade K-127, W-501, M-619 = 1,247 Col Thomas W. Sweeny (w) Col Silas D. Baldwin	8th Iowa: Col James L. Geddes 7th Illinois: Maj Richard Rowett 50th Illinois: Col Moses M. Bane (w), Cpt T. W. Gaines 52nd Illinois: Maj Henry Stark, Cpt E. A. Bowen 57th Illinois: Col Silas D. Baldwin, Cpt G. A. Busse 58th Illinois: Col William F. Lynch
	Not brigaded K-1, W-5, M-0 = 6	Company C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry: Lt James Powell 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company A): Cpt John R. Hotaling 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Thomas J. Larison Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt Peter P. Wood Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R): Cpt Henry Richardson Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (2 20 lb, 2 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt Frederick Welker Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 10 lb Parrott R): Cpt George H. Stone
Third Division MG Lew Wallace	1st Brigade K-18, W-114, M-0 = 132 Col Morgan L. Smith	8th Missouri: Ltc James Peckham 11th Indiana: Col George Francis McGinnis 24th Indiana: Col Alvin Peterson Hovey
	2nd Brigade K-20, W-99, M-3 = 122 Col John M. Thayer	1st Nebraska: Ltc William D. McCord 23rd Indiana: Col William L. Sanderson 58th Ohio: Col Valentine Bausenwein 68th Ohio: Col Samuel H. Steedman
	3rd Brigade K-2, W-32, M-1 = 35 Col Charles Whittlesey	20th Ohio: Ltc Manning F. Force 56th Ohio: Col Peter Kinney 76th Ohio: Col Charles R. Woods 78th Ohio: Col Mortimer Dormer Leggett
	Not brigaded K-1, W-6, M-0 = 7	Battery L, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how) 9th Indiana Battery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt George R. Brown 5th Ohio Cavalry, 3rd Battalion: Maj Charles S. Hayes 11th Illinois Cavalry, 3rd battalion: Maj James F. Johnson
Fourth Division BG Stephen A. Hurlbut	1st Brigade K-112, W-532, M-43 = 687 Col Nelson G. Williams (w) Col Isaac C. Pugh	3rd Iowa: Maj William M. Stone (c), Lt George W. Crosley 28th Illinois: Col Amory K. Johnson 32nd Illinois: Col John Logan (w) 41st Illinois: Col Isaac C. Pugh, Ltc A. Tupper (k), Maj John Warner, Cpt John N. Hale
	2nd Brigade K-130, W-492, M-8 = 630 Col James C. Veatch	25th Indiana: Ltc William H. Morgan (w), Maj John W. Foster 14th Illinois: Col Cyrus Hall 15th Illinois: Ltc Edward F. W. Ellis (k), Maj William R. Goddard (k), Cpt Louis D. Kelley 46th Illinois: Col John A. Davis (w), Ltc John J. Jones
	3rd Brigade K-70, W-384, M-4 = 458 BG Jacob G. Lauman	31st Indiana: Col Charles Cruft (w), Ltc John Osborn 44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed 17th Kentucky: Col John H. McHenry, Jr. 25th Kentucky: Ltc Benjamin H. Bristow
	Not brigaded K-5, W-33, M-56 = 97	5th Ohio Cavalry, 1st & 2nd battalions: Col William H. Taylor 13th Ohio Battery (one section) Mann's battery, Missouri Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb How) Battery B 1st Michigan Light Artillery (2 6 lb SB, 4 10 lb Parrot R)
Fifth Division BG William T. Sherman (w)	1st Brigade K-137, W-444, M-70 = 651 Col John A. McDowell	6th Iowa: Cpt John W. Williams (w), Cpt Madison Miner Walden 46th Ohio: Col Thomas Worthington 40th Illinois: Col Stephen G. Hicks (w), Ltc J. M. Boothe 6th Indiana Battery: Cpt Frederick Behr (k)
	2nd Brigade K-80, W-380, M-90 = 550 Col David Stuart (w) Ltc Oscar Malmborg^[2] Col Thomas Kilby Smith	55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 54th Ohio: Col Thomas Kilby Smith, Ltc James A. Farden 71st Ohio: Col Rodney Mason
	3rd Brigade K-70, W-221, M-65 = 356 Col Jesse Hildebrand	53rd Ohio: Col Jesse J. Appler, Ltc Robert A. Fulton 57th Ohio: Ltc Americus V. Rice 77th Ohio: Ltc Wills De Hass, Maj Benjamin D. Fearing
	4th Brigade K-36, W-203, M-74 = 313 Col Ralph P. Buckland	48th Ohio: Col Peter J. Sullivan (w), Ltc Job R. Parker 70th Ohio: Col Joseph R. Cockerill 72nd Ohio: Ltc Herman Canfield (k)
	Not brigaded K-2, W-28, M-0 = 30	4th Illinois Cavalry (1st & 2nd battalions): Ltc William McCullough Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb How): Cpt Samuel E. Barrett Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 James R): Cpt A. C. Waterhouse (w), Lt A. E. Abbott (w), Lt John A. Fitch
Sixth Division BG Benjamin M. Prentiss (c)	1st Brigade K-113, W-372, M-263 = 721 Col Everett Peabody (k)	21st Missouri: Col David Moore (w), Ltc Humphrey M. Woodyard 25th Missouri: Ltc Robert T. Van Horn 16th Wisconsin: Col Benjamin Allen (w) 12th Michigan: Col Francis Quinn ^[3]
	2nd Brigade K-44, W-228, M-178 = 450 Col Madison Miller (c)	18th Missouri: Ltc Issac V. Pratt 61st Illinois: Col Jacob Fry 16th Iowa: Col Alexander Chambers (w), Ltc Addison H. Sanders
	Not brigaded K-78, W-328, M-592 = 998	11th Illinois Cavalry (8 companies): Col Robert G. Ingersoll 15th Iowa: Col Hugh Thompson Reid (w) 3rd Ohio Battery: Cpt William S. Williams 5th Ohio Battery: Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper 1st Minnesota Battery - 2 12 lb How, 4 James R 23rd Missouri: Col J. T. Tindall (k), Ltc Quin Morton (c) 18th Wisconsin: Col James S. Alban (k), Ltc Samuel W. Beall (w), Maj Josiah W. Crane (k)
Unassigned troops K-39, W-159, M-17 = 215	15th Michigan 14th Wisconsin: Col David E. Wood 8th Ohio Battery (6 30 lb Parrott R): Cpt Louis Markgraf Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R) Battery I, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb James R): Cpt Edward Bouton Battery L, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (6 James R) Battery B, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (5 24 lb SB) Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery (6 6 lb SB): Cpt John Wesley Powell (w)

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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 Inpector General: Cpt. Charles C. Gilbert^[4]

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Second Division BG Alexander M. McCook	4th Brigade K-28, W-280, M-3 = 311 BG Lovell H. Rousseau	15th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (8 companies): Maj John H. King, Cpt P. T. Swaine 16th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (7 companies): Maj John H. King, Cpt Edwin F. Townsend 19th U.S. Infantry, First Battalion (5 companies): Maj Stephen D. Carpenter 1st Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Smith 6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 5th Kentucky: Col Harvey M. Buckley
	5th Brigade K-34, W-310, M-2 = 346 Col Edward N. Kirk (w)	77th Pennsylvania: Col. Frederick S. Stumbaugh 29th Indiana: Ltc David M. Dunn 30th Indiana: Col Sion S. Bass (mw), Ltc Joseph B. Dodge, Maj Orin Hurd 34th Illinois: Maj Charles N. Levanway (k), Cpt H. W. Bristol
	6th Brigade K-25, W-220, M-2 = 247 Col William H. Gibson	15th Ohio: Maj William Wallace 49th Ohio: Ltc Albert M. Blackman 32nd Indiana: Col August Willich 39th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Harrison Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery (4 12 lb Nap, 2 10 lb Parrott R)
Fourth Division BG William Nelson	10th Brigade K-16, W-106, M-8 = 130 Col Jacob Ammen	6th Ohio: Ltc Nicholas Longworth Anderson 24th Ohio: Col Frederick C. Jones 36th Indiana: Col William Grose (w)
	19th Brigade K-48, W-357, M-1 = 406 Col William B. Hazen	6th Kentucky: Col Walter C. Whitaker 9th Indiana: Col Gideon C. Moody 41st Ohio: Ltc George S. Mygatt
	22nd Brigade K-29, W-138, M-11 = 178 Col Sanders D. Bruce	1st Kentucky: Col David A. Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson 2nd Indiana Cavalry
Fifth Division BG Thomas L. Crittenden	11th Brigade K-33, W-212, M-18 = 263 BG Jeremiah T. Boyle	19th Ohio: Col Samuel Beatty 59th Ohio: Col James P. Fyffe 9th Kentucky: Col Benjamin C. Grider 13th Kentucky: Col Edward H. Hobson
	14th Brigade K-25, W-157, M-10 = 192 Col William S. Smith	13th Ohio: Ltc Joseph G. Hawkins 11th Kentucky: Col Pierce B. Hawkins 26th Kentucky: Ltc Cicero Maxwell
	Not brigaded K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10	3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Col James S. Jackson Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb Wiard R): Cpt Joseph Bartlett Batteries H and M, 4th U.S. Artillery (2 3" R, 2 12 lb How)
Sixth Division BG Thomas J. Wood	20th Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 BG James A. Garfield	64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio: Col Charles Garrison Harker 13th Michigan: Col Michael Shoemaker 51st Indiana: Col Abel D. Streight
Sixth Division BG Thomas J. Wood	21st Brigade K-0, W-4, M-0 = 4 Col George D. Wagner	15th Indiana: Col Gustavus A. Wood 10th Indiana: Col Mahlon D. Manson 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus C. Hines 24th Kentucky: Col Louis Grigsby

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Notes

^ Accompanied Grant on the field Grant's Official Report
^ Cunningham p.413
^ Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender Civil War Archive
^ At Savannah during the engagement Buell's Official Report

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References

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 087049232290443
Official Records: Return of Casualties

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