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Siege of Corinth order of battle: Union

Siege of Corinth order of battle: Union

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The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union Army had approximately 150,000 present for duty.[1][2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the siege.[3]

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Department of the Mississippi

MG Henry W. Halleck[4]

District of West Tennessee

Main article: Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant[6][7]

Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

Main article: Army of the Tennessee

MG George H. Thomas[8][9]

  • Chief of Staff and Asst. Adjutant General: Cpt George E. Flynt
More information Division, Brigade ...

Reserves (Army of the Tennessee)

MG John A. McClernand[14][15]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Center (Army of the Ohio)

Main article: Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell[19]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Left Wing (Army of the Mississippi)

Main article: Army of the Mississippi

MG John Pope[29][30]

More information Division, Brigade ...

Right Wing

MG William S. Rosecrans[34] assigned 29 May

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Left Wing

BG Schuyler Hamilton[39] assigned 29 May

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References

  1. [1]
    Abstract from returns of the Armies of the Mississippi and of the Tennessee and of the District of the Ohio for May 31 and June 1, 1862
  2. [2]
    Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  3. [3]
    Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 2, pages 147-154 (April 30, 1862) and pages 185-188 (May 13, 1862)
  4. [4]
    Special Field Orders No. 35
  5. [5]
    Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter XXVI Grant was named Second in Command of the whole army group and was also specifically in command of the Right Wing and Reserves. Halleck moved his headquarters with the Right Wing during the operation.
  6. [6]
    Grant retained general command of the Dist. of West Tennessee which included all the divisions of Army of the Tennessee now divided between the Right Wing directly under George H. Thomas and Reserves directly under John A. McClernand. Special Field Orders No. 35
  7. [7]
    Organization of the Army of the Tennessee April 30, 1862
  8. [8]
    Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter XXVI
  9. [9]
    Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth MS, May 13, 1862
  10. [10]
    The First Division, Army of the Ohio was also known as the 7th Division, Army of the Tennessee Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserves, 13 May 1862
  11. [11]
    The "Union Brigade" was a regiment-sized command, led by John P. Coulter of the 12th Iowa, composed of members of the 8th, 12th and 14th Iowa and 58th Illinois regiments who escaped capture in the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh.
  12. [12]
    Owing to the reduced regimental strength, the 5th Division was reorganized into three brigades instead of four on 15 May 1862. Orders No. 25
  13. [13]
    Denver's Official Report
  14. [14]
    McClernand's Official Report
  15. [15]
    Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth, MS, May 13, 1862
  16. [16]
    Logan's Official Report
  17. [17]
    page 479
  18. [18]
    transferred from 3rd Brigade May 1862
  19. [19]
    Organization of the Army of the Ohio, April 30, 1862; Organization of the Army of the Ohio, June 10, 1862
  20. [20]
    McCook's Official Records
  21. [21]
    Nelson's Official Report
  22. [22]
    Sedgewick's Official Report
  23. [23]
    Official Records
  24. [24]
    Crittenden's Official Report
  25. [25]
    Crittenden's Division was originally assigned to the Reserves but was reattached to Buell's command before it could be transferred
  26. [26]
    Beatty's Official Report
  27. [27]
    Eicher p.315
  28. [28]
    Wood's Official Report
  29. [29]
    Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth, MS, May 13, 1862
  30. [30]
    Organization of the Army of the Mississippi April 30, 1862
  31. [31]
    Granger's Official Report
  32. [32]
    page 479
  33. [33]
    Carlin's Reserve Brigade was reassigned as the 2nd Brigade in Jefferson C. Davis' 4th Division on 1 June (Eicher p.163)
  34. [34]
    General Orders, HQ Army of the Mississippi
  35. [35]
    James D. Morgan's Official Report of the First Division
  36. [36]
    Dyer p. 477
  37. [37]
    Dyer p. 477
  38. [38]
    Dyer p. 477
  39. [39]
    General Orders, HQ Army of the Mississippi
  40. [40]
    Davis' Official Report
  41. [41]
    Joined 25 May; reorganized as 5th Division on 1 June at which time Carlin's Reserve Brigade became the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division.
  42. [42]
    A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1 p. 478

Sources

  • 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.
  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1, Des Moines IA: The Dyer Publishing Co.. 1908
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