Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Confederate order of battle is shown separately.[1]

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Army of the Southwest

Army Headquarters

BG Samuel R. Curtis

Units attached to Army Headquarters[2]
Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing Casualties
Headquarters Not Brigaded 24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Companies A, B, F, H, I
Maj Eli W. Weston 3 16 7 26
3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Companies A, B, C, D, M
Col Cyrus Bussey 24[3] 17 9 50
Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion, 4 companies
4 12-pounder mountain howitzers
Maj William D. Bowen 1 3 2 6

First and Second Divisions

BG Franz Sigel

1st and 2nd Divisions: Franz Sigel[4]
Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing Casualties

First Division
Col Peter J. Osterhaus

First Brigade
Col Peter J. Osterhaus
25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Col William N. Coler 3 18 3 24
44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Col Charles Knobelsdorff 1 2 0 3
17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company A detached Maj August H. Poten 0 2 8 10
Second Brigade
Col Nicholas Greusel
36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Company F detached
Col Nicholas Greusel 4 37 34 75
12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company E detached Maj Hugo Wangelin 3 29 2 34
Artillery 4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Louis Hoffman 1 4 0 5
Welfley’s Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery
3 12-pounder howitzers & 2 12-pounder Napoleons
Cpt Martin Welfley 0 5 0 5

Second Division
     BG Alexander Asboth (w)

First Brigade

   Col Frederick Schaefer

2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry Ltc Bernard Laiboldt 8 34 12 54
15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company B detached Col Francis J. Joliat 0 0 11 11
Not Brigaded 3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Companies B, C, E Maj Joseph Conrad 0 0 0 0
4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
Companies A, C, D, E, F, I
Maj Emeric Meszaros 5 8 3 16
5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Col Joseph Nemett 3 11 3 17
Artillery 1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery
4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Gustavus M. Elbert 3 8 8 19
2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery
4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Lt William B. Chapman 1 2 0 3

Third and Fourth Divisions

3rd and 4th Divisions: Independent[5]
Division Brigade Unit Commander Killed Wounded Missing Casualties
Third Division
Col Jefferson C. Davis
First Brigade
Col Thomas Pattison
8th Indiana Infantry Regiment Col William P. Benton 5 27 0 32
18th Indiana Infantry Regiment Ltc Henry D. Washburn 3 23 0 26
22d Indiana Infantry Regiment
Company B detached
Ltc John A. Hendricks (k)
Maj David W. Daily, Jr.
9 33 0 42
1st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns
Cpt Martin Klauss 0 5 6 11
Second Brigade
Col Julius White
37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ltc Myron Barnes 20 121 3 144
59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ltc Calvin H. Frederick 9 57 0 66
Battery A, 2d Illinois Light Artillery
2 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns
& 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Peter Davidson 0 17 0 17
Not Brigaded 1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Companies B, F, G, H, I, K, L, M
Col Calvin A. Ellis 2 2 2 6
Fourth Division
Col Eugene A. Carr (w)
First Brigade
Col Grenville M. Dodge (w)
4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ltc John Galligan (w) 18 139 3 160
35th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Col Gustavus A. Smith (w)
Ltc William P. Chandler (w)
14 47 52 113
3rd Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Maj John McConnell 9 36 13 58
1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery
4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Junius A. Jones (w)
Lt Virgil A. David
3 14 0 17
Second Brigade
Col William Vandever
9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment Ltc Francis J. Herron (w/c)
Maj William H. Coyl (w)
38 176 4 218
25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Col John S. Phelps (w) 12 71 11 94
3d Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery
4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Mortimer M. Hayden 2 17 3 22

Notes

  1. ^ Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 331–334.
  2. ^ Shea & Hess 1992, p. 334.
  3. ^ Shea & Hess 1992, p. 274, Curtis complained to Van Dorn that his native American warriors murdered the wounded.
  4. ^ Shea & Hess 1992, p. 331–332.
  5. ^ Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 332–334.

References

  • Shea, William L.; Hess, Earl J. (1992). Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2042-3.

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