Prairie_Grove_Union_order_of_battle

Battle of Prairie Grove order of battle: Union

Battle of Prairie Grove order of battle: Union

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove of the American Civil War on December 7, 1862, in Washington County, Arkansas. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Army of the Frontier

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MG James G. Blunt[1] 9,216 men on the battlefield

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Blunt had replaced John Schofield as commander when the latter fell ill a week earlier and returned to St. Louis to recuperate.
  2. [2]
    Shea 2009, p. 99.
  3. [3]
    Shea 2009, p. 95.
  4. [4]
    Shea 2009, p. 96.
  5. [5]
    The division's regular commander, BG James Totten, was absent during the battle. The 2nd Division was attached to Herron's division.
  6. [6]
    Shea 2009, p. 160.
  7. [7]
    Shea 2009, p. 158.
  8. [8]
    Units marked by (*) joined together to form Colonel Dudley Wickersham's Cavalry Brigade

References

  • Shea, William L. (2009). Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3315-5.
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