Fort Donelson Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns,[1] and the reports.[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

Other

Union Forces

District of Cairo

BG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG John A. McClernand

 1st Brigade
K-184, W-603, M-66 = 853


   Col Richard J. Oglesby
2nd Brigade
K-99, W-350, M-98 = 547


   Col William H. L. Wallace
3rd Brigade
K-28, W-105, M-19 = 152


   Col William R. Morrison (w)
   Col Isham N. Haynie[4][5]
   Col Leonard F. Ross

Second Division


     BG Charles F. Smith

 1st Brigade
K-69, W-340, M-20 = 429


   Col John McArthur
3rd Brigade
K-10, W-109, M-2 = 121


   Col John Cook
4th Brigade
K-55, W-301, M-1 = 357


   Col Jacob G. Lauman
5th Brigade
K-11, W-69, M-0 = 80


   Col Morgan L. Smith[7]

Third Division[8]


     BG Lew Wallace

 1st Brigade
K-35, W-182, M-16 = 233


   Col Charles Cruft
2nd Brigade[9]
K6, W-15, M-1 = 22


  
3rd Brigade
K-3, W-24, M-1 = 28


   Col John M. Thayer
Unattached
K-0, W-20, M-0 = 20

Western Flotilla

Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote (w)

Class Vessel

City class ironclad

 U.S.S. St. Louis
  

Lieutenant Leonard Paulding
(K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10)

U.S.S. Carondelet
  

Commander Henry Walke
(K-5, W-28, M-0 = 33)

U.S.S. Louisville
  

Commander Benjamin M. Dove
(K-4, W-5, M-0 = 9)

U.S.S. Pittsburgh
  

Lieutenant Egbert Thompson
(K-0, W-2, M-0 = 2)

Timberclad

 U.S.S. Tyler
  

Lieutenant William Gwin

U.S.S. Conestoga
  

Lieutenant Seth L. Phelps

U.S.S. Lexington
  

Lieutenant James Shirk

Rear Guard

These units were attached to the District of Cairo but were posted to guard duty and did not take part in the campaign against Fort Donelson.[10]

Post Brigade Regiments and Others

Bird's Point, MO
    

 4th Brigade
(1st Division)


   Col James D. Morgan

Cairo, IL
    

 Brigade


   BG Eleazar A. Paine

See also

Notes
  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 167
  2. Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 157
  3. History of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry
  4. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 1, page 429.
  5. Haynie's regiment was temporarily attached to the 3rd Brigade on Feb. 13 to participate in an assault on a Confederate battery. Haynie outranked Morrison and therefore was the senior commander. Quickly into the fighting Morrison was wounded and when the attacked failed Haynie's regiment was returned to the 2nd Brigade. (Cooling p. 145) Leonard F. Ross was then elevated to command of the 3rd Brigade.
  6. The 52nd Illinois (Col Sweeny, Eicher p.519) moved to Fort Donelson between Feb 10-17 and was primarily involved in prisoner transport.
  7. Temporarily attached to Third Division on February 15.
  8. Division created February 14. General Wallace transferred from 5th Brigade, 2nd Division (Eicher p.551)
  9. Attached to 3rd Brigade.
  10. Gott p.77

References
  • Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, The Campaign for Fort Donelson, U.S. National Park Service and Eastern National, 1999, ISBN 1-888213-50-7.
  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Gott, Kendall D., Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry—Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862, Stackpole books, 2003, ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
  • Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles, Volume 1 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
  • 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.
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