Battle of Perryville order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Perryville of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle and return of casualties. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant
• 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
• Sgt = Sergeant
• Bvt = Brevet

Artillery

• 10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle
• 12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer
• 12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer
• 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon
• 24-pdr How = M1841 24-pounder howitzer
• 3" R = 3-inch Ordnance rifle
• 6-pdr SB = M1841 6-pounder field gun
• Jam R = 14-pounder James rifle
• How = howitzer
• pdr = pound (projectile weight)
• R = rifled gun
• SB = smoothbore gun

Other

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured
• m = missing

Army of the Ohio

<small>55,000 men, 147 guns (k-889, w-2966, m-433 = 4,288)</small><br /> <br /> MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding<br /> MG George Henry Thomas, second in command<br /> <br /> Escort:

• Anderson Troop, Pennsylvania Cavalry: 2Lt Thomas S. Maple
• 4th US Cavalry (Companies B, C, D, G, I, & K): Ltc James Oakes

<br /> Signal detachment: Cpt Jesse Merrill

I Corps

<small>13,000 men, 38 guns (k-695, w-2290, m-346 = 3,331)</small>

MG Alexander McDowell McCook

• Chief of Staff: Ltc James Vote Bomford (w)

II Corps

<small>20,000 men, 65 guns (k-2, w-4, m-6 = 12)</small>

MG Thomas Leonidas Crittenden

Escort:

• 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics (Companies B, E, I, & K): Col William Power Innes
• 1st Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj James Laughlin
• 3rd Ohio Cavalry (4 companies): Maj John Howard Foster

III Corps

<small>22,000 men, 44 guns (k-192, w-672, m-80 = 944)</small>

MG Charles Champion Gilbert

See also

• Kentucky in the American Civil War

Notes

References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, .
• Holman, Kurt. Perryville Order of Battle: Forces Present at Perryville, October 8, 1862 (Revised January 10, 2008), unpublished paper, Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site.
• Noe, Kenneth W., Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle, University Press of Kentucky, 2001, .
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume XVI, Part I and II (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1886.