Pea Ridge Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Confederate order of battle is shown separately.[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

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

Army of the Southwest

Army Headquarters

BG Samuel R. Curtis

Units attached to Army Headquarters[2]

Division	Brigade	Unit	Commander	Killed	Wounded	Missing	Casualties
Headquarters	Not Brigaded	24th Missouri Volunteer Infantry Companies A, B, F, H, I	Maj Eli W. Weston	3	16	7	26
		3rd Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry Companies A, B, C, D, M	Col Cyrus Bussey	24[3]	17	9	50
		Bowen’s Missouri Cavalry Battalion, 4 companies 4 12-pounder mountain howitzers	Maj William D. Bowen	1	3	2	6

First and Second Divisions

BG Franz Sigel

1st and 2nd Divisions: Franz Sigel[4]

Division	Brigade	Unit	Commander	Killed	Wounded	Missing	Casualties
First Division Col Peter J. Osterhaus	First Brigade Col Peter J. Osterhaus	25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Col William N. Coler	3	18	3	24
		44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Col Charles Knobelsdorff	1	2	0	3
		17th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company A detached	Maj August H. Poten	0	2	8	10
	Second Brigade Col Nicholas Greusel	36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company F detached	Col Nicholas Greusel	4	37	34	75
		12th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company E detached	Maj Hugo Wangelin	3	29	2	34
	Artillery	4th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Cpt Louis Hoffman	1	4	0	5
		Welfley’s Independent Battery, Missouri Light Artillery 3 12-pounder howitzers & 2 12-pounder Napoleons	Cpt Martin Welfley	0	5	0	5
Second Division      BG Alexander Asboth (w)	First Brigade    Col Frederick Schaefer	2nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry	Ltc Bernard Laiboldt	8	34	12	54
		15th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Company B detached	Col Francis J. Joliat	0	0	11	11
	Not Brigaded	3rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Companies B, C, E	Maj Joseph Conrad	0	0	0	0
		4th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Companies A, C, D, E, F, I	Maj Emeric Meszaros	5	8	3	16
		5th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry	Col Joseph Nemett	3	11	3	17
	Artillery	1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Cpt Gustavus M. Elbert	3	8	8	19
		2nd Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Lt William B. Chapman	1	2	0	3

Third and Fourth Divisions

3rd and 4th Divisions: Independent[5]

Division	Brigade	Unit	Commander	Killed	Wounded	Missing	Casualties
Third Division Col Jefferson C. Davis	First Brigade Col Thomas Pattison	8th Indiana Infantry Regiment	Col William P. Benton	5	27	0	32
		18th Regiment Indiana Infantry	Ltc Henry D. Washburn	3	23	0	26
		22nd Regiment Indiana Infantry Company B detached	Ltc John A. Hendricks (k) Maj David W. Daily, Jr.	9	33	0	42
		1st Battery Indiana Light Artillery 4 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns	Cpt Martin Klauss	0	5	6	11
	Second Brigade Col Julius White	37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Ltc Myron Barnes	20	121	3	144
		59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Ltc Calvin H. Frederick	9	57	0	66
		Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery 2 rifled 6-pounder guns & 2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Cpt Peter Davidson	0	17	0	17
	Not Brigaded	1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Companies B, F, G, H, I, K, L, M	Col Calvin A. Ellis	2	2	2	6
Fourth Division Col Eugene A. Carr (w)	First Brigade Col Grenville M. Dodge (w)	4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Ltc John Galligan (w)	18	139	3	160
		35th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Col Gustavus A. Smith (w) Ltc William P. Chandler (w)	14	47	52	113
		3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry	Maj John McConnell	9	36	13	58
		1st Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Cpt Junius A. Jones (w) Lt Virgil A. David	3	14	0	17
	Second Brigade Col William Vandever	9th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment	Ltc Francis J. Herron (w/c) Maj William H. Coyl (w)	38	176	4	218
		25th Missouri Volunteer Infantry	Col John S. Phelps (w)	12	71	11	94
		3rd Independent Battery, Iowa Light Artillery 4 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers	Cpt Mortimer M. Hayden	2	17	3	22

Notes

1. Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 331–334.
2. Shea & Hess 1992, p. 334.
3. Shea & Hess 1992, p. 274, Curtis complained to Van Dorn that his native American warriors murdered the wounded.
4. Shea & Hess 1992, p. 331–332.
5. Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 332–334.

References

• Shea, William L.; Hess, Earl J. (1992). Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2042-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Pea Ridge National Military Park website (Order of Battle)