Wilson's_Creek_Confederate_order_of_battle

Battle of Wilson's Creek order of battle: Confederate

Battle of Wilson's Creek order of battle: Confederate

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The following Confederate States 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. Though identified with the Confederates, the Missouri State Guard were technically an independent army, as Missouri had not yet seceded, and were not folded into the Confederate Army of the West until March 17, 1862. Though identified with the Confederates, the Arkansas State Troops were technically not yet Confederate troops. Arkansas had seceded on May 6, 1861, and been recognized as a Confederate State, but Brigadier General Nichols Pearce's troops had not been transferred from the State of Arkansas to the Confederate Government and had not been sworn into Confederate Service. After the battle, Pearce's troops voted to disband rather than enter Confederate Service.

The Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

  • k = killed
  • w = wounded

Confederate Forces at Wilson’s Creek

BG Benjamin McCulloch

Western Army

BG Benjamin McCulloch

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Missouri State Guard

MG Sterling Price (w)

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Notes

  1. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  2. McIntosh acted as McCulloch's adjutant and second-in-command during the battle, and exercised command of the brigade while McCulloch commanded the army. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214.
  3. Embry exercised tactical command of the regiment during the battle. See Piston & Hatcher, p. 214.
  4. Rector was Pearce's adjutant general and took command of the 4th Arkansas after Walker fell ill on August 10 (Piston & Hatcher, p. 208).
  5. While scouting for a position to place his battery, Guibor was cut off behind Union lines during the remainder of the battle (Piston & Hatcher, pp. 240241).

References

  • NPS Order of Battle
  • Brooksher, William Riley. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek (Washington: Brassey's, Inc.), 2000. ISBN 1-57488-205-8
  • Piston, William Garrett & Richard W. Hatcher, III. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 2003. ISBN 0-8078-5575-8

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