Glorieta Pass order of battle

The following Union Army and Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Glorieta Pass of the American Civil War.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant
• 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant

Union Army

Col John P. Slough

Flanking Column
Maj John M. Chivington

First Battalion (provisional)

Cpt William H. Lewis

5th U.S. Infantry, Company A: Lt Samuel Barr

5th U.S. Infantry, Company G: Lt Stephen Norvell

1st Colorado Infantry, Company B: Cpt Samuel M. Logan

Independent Company of Colorado Volunteers: Cpt James Hobart Ford

New Mexico Volunteers (detachment): Ltc Manuel Antonio Chaves

Organization of both Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1982

Second Battalion (provisional)

Cpt Edward W. Wynkoop

1st Colorado Infantry, Company A: 1st Lt. James R. Shaffer

1st Colorado Infantry, Company E: Cpt Scott J. Anthony

1st Colorado Infantry, Company H: Cpt George L. Sanborn

Main Column
Col John P. Slough

Field Battalion (provisional)

Ltc Samuel F. Tappan

1st Colorado Infantry, Company C: Cpt Richard Sopris

1st Colorado Infantry, Company D: Cpt Jacob Downing

1st Colorado Infantry, Company G: Cpt William F. Wilder

1st Colorado Infantry, Company I: Lt Charles Kerber

1st Colorado Infantry, Company K: Cpt Samuel H. Robbins

Heavy Battery: Cpt John F. Ritter

Light Battery: Lt Ira W. Claflin

Cavalry Reserve

Col John P. Slough

3rd U.S. Cavalry, Company C: Cpt George W. Howland

3rd U.S. Cavalry, Company E: Cpt Charles J. Walker

1st Colorado, Company F: Cpt Samuel H. Cook

Confederate Army

Ltc William Read Scurry

2nd Texas Mounted Rifles: Maj Charles L. Pyron

4th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj Henry W. Raguet

5th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj John S. Shropshire

7th Texas Mounted Volunteers: Maj Powhatan Jordan

Independent Attached Units

Arizona Rangers: 2Lt William Simmons

Brigands (Santa Fe Gamblers): Cpt John G. Phillips

San Elizario Spy Company: Lt J. R. Parsons

Artillery Battery: 2Lt James Bradford

References

• Alberts, Don E. The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press), 1998. ISBN 0-89096-825-X
• Edrington, Thomas S. & John Taylor. The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26–28, 1862 (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press), 1998. ISBN 0-8263-1896-7