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ORDER OF BATTLE, US ARMY
Brig. Gen. George Henry
Thomas - about 4400 effectives
2nd Brigade - Col. Mahlon D. Manson |
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10th
Ind. Inf. - Lt. Col.William Kise |
710 effectives |
4th Ky. Inf. -
Col. Speed Smith Fry (w) |
400 |
Co. C, 14th
Ohio Inf. - Capt. J. W. Brown |
? |
3rd Brigade - Col. Robert L. McCook (w) |
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| 2nd Minn. Inf.
- Col. Horatio Van Cleve (minus Co. A) |
500 |
| 9th Ohio Inf. - Maj. Gustave
Kammerling |
628 |
12th Brigade - Col. Samuel Powhatan Carter |
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| 12th Ky. Inf.
- Col. William A. Hoskins
|
478 |
| 1st Tenn. Inf. - Col. Robert K.
Byrd
|
610 |
| 2nd Tenn. Inf. - Col. J. P. T.
Carter |
442 |
| 1st Ky. Cav. - Col. Frank
Wolford (Cos. A, B, C, H) |
250 |
Btty. B, 1st Ohio Arty. - Capt. William E. Standart
(6 guns - rifled 6-pounders?) |
122 |
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Btty. C, 1st Ohio Arty. - Capt. Dennis Kenny, Jr.
(six James rifles - probably rifled 6-pounders; possibly only
four of the guns were rifled, the other two smoothbore) |
110 |
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9th Ohio Btty. - Capt. Henry Shepard Wetmore
(two 10-pounder Parrotts, two 12-pounder howitzers) |
104 |
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NOTE: Numbers shown are from Battle, Perrin, and
Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville:
F.A. Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.
US troops present at Logan’s Crossroads, but not directly engaged in the
battle:
Co. A, 2nd Minn. Inf. - Capt. Judson Bishop (on picket duty; engaged in pursuit to
Beech Grove)
Co. A, 38th Ohio Inf. - Capt. Charles Greenwood (camp guard; engaged in pursuit to Beech
Grove)
Cos. D, F, and G, 1st Mich. Engrs. and Mechanics - Lt. Col. K. A. Hunton (camp guard)
(follow this link for further info on the 1st
Michigan Engineers and Mechanics)
US reinforcements, arrived after the battle, engaged in the pursuit to Beech Grove:
1st Brigade - Brig.Gen. Albin Schoepf
17th Ohio Inf. - Col. John M. Connell
31st Ohio Inf. - Col. Moses B. Walker
38th Ohio Inf. - Col. Edwin D. Bradley
(2nd Brigade)
10th Ky. Inf. - Col. John M. Harlan
14th Ohio Inf. - Col. James B. Steedman
ORDER OF BATTLE, CS ARMY
Maj. Gen. George
Bibb Crittenden - about 5900 effectives
| 1st Brigade - Brig. Gen.
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (KIA) |
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| 15th
Miss. Inf. - Lt. Col. Edward Cary Walthall |
854 effectives |
| 19th Tenn.
Inf. - Col. David H. Cummings |
676 |
| 20th Tenn.
Inf. - Col. Joel Allen Battle |
694 |
| 25th Tenn.
Inf. - Col. Sidney Smith Stanton (w) |
683 |
| Tenn. Btty. -
Capt. Arthur Middleton Rutledge - 6 guns |
140 |
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(four 6-pounders and two 12-pound howitzers;
only the four |
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6-pounders used in the battle) |
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| Tenn. Cav. Co.
- Capt. William Scott Bledsoe |
84 |
| Tenn. Cav. Co.
- Capt. Q. C. "Ned" Sanders/Saunders |
71 |
| Ky. Cav. Co. -
Capt. B. E. Roberts (w/ Bledsoe & Sanders) |
? |
| 2nd Brigade - Brig. Gen. William Henry Carroll |
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| 16th Ala. Inf. - Col.
William B. Wood |
378 |
| 17th Tenn. Inf. - Lt. Col. Thomas C. H.
Miller |
338 |
| 28th Tenn. Inf. - Col. John Porry Murray |
748 |
| 29th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Samuel Powell (w) |
493 |
| Tenn. Btty. (Caswell Artillery) - Capt.
Hugh L. W. McClung - 4 guns |
83 |
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(two 6-pounders and two 12-pound howitzers; only two guns listed in the
advance to Logan’s Crossroads; apparently none actually used in the battle) |
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| 4th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. Benjamin M.
Branner
|
336 |
| 5th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. George R.
McClellan |
315 |
NOTE: Numbers shown are from Zollicoffer's report of 7 Jan. 1862 (OR I, 7,
p. 824).
Confederate forces present at Mill Springs (south side of the river), but not
engaged in the battle:
37th Tennessee Infantry - Col. Moses White
(crossed the river during the battle,
and engaged in the defense of Beech Grove)
1st Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. Frank Nathaniel McNairy (may
have been present at Beech Grove)
2 companies of the 3rd Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. William
Brazleton
Tenn. Btty. (Harding Artillery) - Capts. G. H. Monserratt and Ed
Baxter (4 or 6 guns)
Sources:
Reports in Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. 7, pp. 79-116; 824.
Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State.
Louisville: F. A. Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.
Lindsley, John B., The Military Annals
of Tennessee, Confederate: First Series. Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co., 1886,
pp. 794-795.
Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. Vol. II.
Columbus: Eclectic Publishing Co., 1893, pp. 893, 895.
Witham, George, Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units. Memphis: Riverside Press,
1980, pp. 81-84.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky
Volunteers, War 1861-65. Vol. I. Frankfort, 1915, pp. 676-677.
York, Capt. Harrison B., Record of the 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Vol.
Artillery. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1864.
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