Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Union

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

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = Lieutenant

Artillery

• 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
• How = Howitzer
• lb = pound (projectile weight)
• Nap = M1857 Napoleon Gun
• R = Rifled Gun
• SB = Smoothbore Gun

Other

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

Army of the Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding<br> <br> General Staff & Headquarters

• Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
• Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
• Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. John A. Rawlins
• Chief Commissary: Cpt. John Parker Hawkins

Army of the Ohio

MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

• Chief of Staff: Col James B. Fry
• Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. John M. Wright
• Topographical Engineer: Cpt. Nathaniel Michler
• Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt. Alvan C. Gillem
• Assistant Inspector General: Cpt. Charles C. Gilbert

Notes

References

• 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.
• Cunningham, O. Edward. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. Edited by Gary Joiner and Timothy Smith. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. .
• McDonough, James Lee. Shiloh: In Hell before Night. University of Tennessee Press, 1977.