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Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Union

Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Union

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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]

Union forces at Shiloh

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Artillery

Other

Army of the Tennessee

Main article: Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

General Staff & Headquarters

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Army of the Ohio

Main article: Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. [2]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 100-108
  3. [3]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 1, pages 93-98
  4. [4]
    Accompanied Grant on the field (Official Records: Report of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant)
  5. [5]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146, S. H. M. Byers, W. D CONDIT & CO. Des Moines, Iowa
  6. [6]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  7. [7]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  8. [8]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  9. [9]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  10. [10]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  11. [11]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  12. [12]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 137, figures for Sunday only
  13. [13]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  14. [14]
    Cunningham, page 413
  15. [15]
    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
  16. [16]
    Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender (Official Records: Report of Col. Francis Quinn)
  17. [17]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  18. [18]
    Iowa In War Times, p. 146
  19. [19]
    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
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