Siege of Corinth order of battle: Union
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
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
Department of the Mississippi
- Second-in-Command: MG Ulysses S. Grant[5]
- Chief of Staff and Chief Engineer: BG George W. Cullum
- Chief of Cavalry: BG Andrew J. Smith
- Chief Topographical Engineer: Col George Thom
- Aide de Camp: Col Norton Parker Chipman
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John C. Kelton
District of West Tennessee
- Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
- Aide de Camp: Col James B. McPherson
- Provost Marshal General: Col William S. Hillyer after 3 May
- Provost Marshal General: Ltc DeWitt C. Anthony until May'
- Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John A. Rawlins
- Chief Commissary: Cpt John Parker Hawkins
Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)
- Chief of Staff and Asst. Adjutant General: Cpt George E. Flynt
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division (Army of the Ohio)[10]
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery | ||
| Cavalry | ||
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Cavalry |
| |
|
Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Cavalry |
| |
|
Fifth Division
|
1st Brigade
|
Before 15 May
After 15 May
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
Before 15 May
After 15 May
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
Before 15 May
After 15 May
| |
| 4th Brigade
|
Discontinued 15 May | |
| Artillery
|
| |
| Cavalry
|
| |
|
Sixth Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Cavalry |
|
Reserves (Army of the Tennessee)
- Assistant Inspector General: Col Thomas E. G. Ransom
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Cavalry |
| |
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| 3rd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
| Cavalry |
|
Center (Army of the Ohio)
- Chief of Staff: Col James Barnet Fry
- Assistant Inspector General: Maj Adam J. Slemmer
- Assistant Inspector General: Cpt Charles Champion Gilbert
- Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Alvan C. Gillem (until May 1862)
- Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Andrew J. Mackay (May 1862)
- Chief Engineer: Cpt James St. Clair Morton
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Second Division
|
4th Brigade |
|
| 5th Brigade
|
| |
| 6th Brigade |
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Fourth Division
|
10th Brigade
|
|
| 19th Brigade
|
| |
| 22nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery | ||
| Cavalry
|
| |
|
Fifth Division
|
11th Brigade
|
|
| 14th Brigade |
| |
| Cavalry
|
||
| Artillery | ||
|
Sixth Division
|
15th Brigade
|
|
| 20th Brigade |
| |
| 21st Brigade
|
|
Left Wing (Army of the Mississippi)
- Chief of Staff: BG Washington L. Elliott after 12 June
- Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Speed Butler
- Assistant Inspector General: Maj John M. Corse
- Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Philip H. Sheridan
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Cavalry Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Reporting Directly |
Reserve Brigade[33] |
|
| Artillery Brigade
|
| |
| Unattached Units |
|
Right Wing
MG William S. Rosecrans[34] assigned 29 May
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
First Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Second Division
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
|
Left Wing
BG Schuyler Hamilton[39] assigned 29 May
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
|---|---|---|
|
Third Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
| |
| Artillery |
| |
|
Fourth Division
|
1st Brigade |
|
| Asboth's Brigade[41] |
| |
|
Fifth Division[42] created 1 June
|
1st Brigade
|
|
| 2nd Brigade
|
|
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume X, Part 2, pages 147-154 (April 30, 1862) and pages 185-188 (May 13, 1862)
- ^ Special Field Orders No. 35
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Organization of the Army of the Tennessee April 30, 1862
- ^ Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter XXVI
- ^ Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth MS, May 13, 1862
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Owing to the reduced regimental strength, the 5th Division was reorganized into three brigades instead of four on 15 May 1862. Orders No. 25
- ^ Denver's Official Report
- ^ McClernand's Official Report
- ^ Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth, MS, May 13, 1862
- ^ Logan's Official Report
- ^ page 479
- ^ transferred from 3rd Brigade May 1862
- ^ Organization of the Army of the Ohio, April 30, 1862; Organization of the Army of the Ohio, June 10, 1862
- ^ McCook's Official Records
- ^ Nelson's Official Report
- ^ Sedgewick's Official Report
- ^ Official Records
- ^ Crittenden's Official Report
- ^ Crittenden's Division was originally assigned to the Reserves but was reattached to Buell's command before it could be transferred
- ^ Beatty's Official Report
- ^ Eicher p.315
- ^ Wood's Official Report
- ^ Organization of the Right Wing, Left Wing and Reserve, in front of Corinth, MS, May 13, 1862
- ^ Organization of the Army of the Mississippi April 30, 1862
- ^ Granger's Official Report
- ^ page 479
- ^ Carlin's Reserve Brigade was reassigned as the 2nd Brigade in Jefferson C. Davis' 4th Division on 1 June (Eicher p.163)
- ^ General Orders, HQ Army of the Mississippi
- ^ James D. Morgan's Official Report of the First Division
- ^ Dyer p. 477
- ^ Dyer p. 477
- ^ Dyer p. 477
- ^ General Orders, HQ Army of the Mississippi
- ^ Davis' Official Report
- ^ Joined 25 May; reorganized as 5th Division on 1 June at which time Carlin's Reserve Brigade became the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division.
- ^ 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