Battle of Wilson's Creek order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units^[1] and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

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Staff

Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Brigade Maj Samuel D. Sturgis	2nd Missouri Infantry (two companies): Maj Peter J. Osterhaus 1st U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt Joseph B. Plummer (w), Cpt Arch Houston Company I, 2nd Kansas Infantry (mounted): Cpt Samuel N. Wood Company D, 1st U.S. Cavalry: Lt Charles W. Canfield Company F, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt James Totten
Second Brigade Col Franz Sigel	3rd Missouri Infantry: Ltc Anselm Albert 5th Missouri Infantry: Col Charles E. Salomon Company I, 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene A. Carr Company C, 2nd U.S. Dragoons: Lt Charles E. Farrand Backof's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Edward Schuetzenbach, Lt Frederick Schaefer
Third Brigade Ltc George L. Andrews	1st Missouri Infantry: Ltc George L. Andrews (w), Cpt Theodore Yates 2nd U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Maj Frederick Steele Du Bois’ Battery: Lt John V. Du Bois
Fourth Brigade Col George Deitzler (w)	1st Iowa Infantry: Col John F. Bates 1st Kansas Infantry: Col George Deitzler 2nd Kansas Infantry: Col Robert B. Mitchell (w), Ltc Charles W. Blair 13th Illinois Infantry (21 man detachment): Lt James Beardsley Home Guards: Cpt Clark Wright
Unassigned	Lyon's bodyguard: Unknown^[2] Voerster's Pioneer Company: Cpt John D. Voerster^[2]

^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ ^a ^b Piston & Hatcher 2000, p. 337.

NPS Order of Battle
Piston, William Garrett; Hatcher, Richard W. (2000). Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2515-8.