# Siege of Corinth order of battle: Union

The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union Army had approximately 150,000 present for duty. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the siege.

## Abbreviations used
### Military Rank

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

### Other

* w = wounded
* mw = mortally wounded
* k = killed

## Department of the Mississippi

MG Henry W. Halleck
* Second-in-Command: MG Ulysses S. Grant
* Chief of Staff and Chief Engineer: BG George W. Cullum
* Chief of Cavalry: BG Andrew J. Smith
* Chief Topographical Engineer: Col George Thom
* Aide de Camp: Col Norton Parker Chipman
* Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John C. Kelton

### District of West Tennessee

MG Ulysses S. Grant
* Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
* Aide de Camp: Col James B. McPherson
* Provost Marshal General: Col William S. Hillyer after 3 May
* Provost Marshal General: Ltc DeWitt C. Anthony until May'
* Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John A. Rawlins
* Chief Commissary: Cpt John Parker Hawkins

#### Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

MG George H. Thomas
* Chief of Staff and Asst. Adjutant General: Cpt George E. Flynt
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division (Army of the Ohio)   MG George H. Thomas until 3 May  BG Thomas W. Sherman | 1st Brigade   BG Albin F. Schoepf | 12th Kentucky: Col William A. Hoskins 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell 31st Ohio: Col Moses B. Walker 38th Ohio: Col Edwin Bradley |
| First Division (Army of the Ohio)   MG George H. Thomas until 3 May  BG Thomas W. Sherman | 2nd Brigade   BG Speed Smith Fry | 10th Indiana: Col Mahlon D. Manson 4th Kentucky: Col John T. Croxton 10th Kentucky: Col John M. Harlan 14th Ohio: Col James B. Steedman |
| First Division (Army of the Ohio)   MG George H. Thomas until 3 May  BG Thomas W. Sherman | 3rd Brigade   BG Robert L. McCook | 2nd Minnesota: Col James George 9th Ohio: Maj Gustave Kammerling 35th Ohio: Col Ferdinand Van Derveer 18th U.S. Infantry: Ltc Oliver L. Shepherd |
| First Division (Army of the Ohio)   MG George H. Thomas until 3 May  BG Thomas W. Sherman | Artillery | Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery |
| First Division (Army of the Ohio)   MG George H. Thomas until 3 May  BG Thomas W. Sherman | Cavalry | 1st Ohio Cavalry |
| Second Division   BG Thomas A. Davies until 2 June   BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord | 1st Brigade   Col James Tuttle | 2nd Iowa: Cpt Richard H. Huston 7th Iowa: Col Elliott Warren Rice "Union Brigade": Ltc John P. Coulter 8th Iowa, Detachment 12th Iowa, Detachment 14th Iowa, Detachment: Cpt Robert W. Healy 58th Illinois, Detachment |
| Second Division   BG Thomas A. Davies until 2 June   BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord | 2nd Brigade   BG Richard J. Oglesby | 9th Illinois: Col August Mersy 12th Illinois: Col Augustus L. Chetlain 81st Ohio: Col Thomas Morton 13th Missouri (22nd Ohio): Col Crafts J. Wright Birge’s Sharpshooters |
| Second Division   BG Thomas A. Davies until 2 June   BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord | 3rd Brigade   Col Silas Baldwin | 7th Illinois: Col Andrew J. Babcock 50th Illinois: Cpt John W. Smith 52nd Illinois: Cpt Edwin A. Bowen 57th Illinois: Ltc Frederick J. Hurlbut |
| Second Division   BG Thomas A. Davies until 2 June   BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord | Artillery   Maj John S. Cavender | Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Henry Richardson Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Battery I, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt James T. Buel Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt George H. Stone 2nd Michigan Battery |
| Second Division   BG Thomas A. Davies until 2 June   BG Edward Otho Cresap Ord | Cavalry | 2nd Illinois Cavalry, 1 squadron: Cpt John R. Hotaling 5th Ohio Cavalry, 3rd Battalion: Maj Charles S. Hayes 4th U.S. Cavalry, Company I: Lt James Powell |
| Fourth Division   BG Stephen A. Hurlbut | 1st Brigade   BG Jacob G. Lauman | 52nd Indiana: Cpt W. L. Guard transferred to 2nd Brigade May 1862 28th Illinois: Col Amory K. Johnson 32nd Illinois: Maj William Hunter 41st Illinois: Col Isaac C. Pugh 53rd Illinois: Col William H.W. Cushman 3rd Iowa: Cpt John B. Smith |
| Fourth Division   BG Stephen A. Hurlbut | 2nd Brigade   BG James C. Veatch | 25th Indiana: Cpt John Watson Foster 53rd Indiana: Col Walter Q. Gresham 14th Illinois: Col Cyrus Hall 15th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Turner 46th Illinois: Ltc John J. Jones |
| Fourth Division   BG Stephen A. Hurlbut | Artillery | 2nd Illinois, Batteries L and B: Cpt William H. Bolton 1st Missouri, Battery C: Cpt Charles Mann 15th Ohio Battery: Cpt Edward Spear |
| Fourth Division   BG Stephen A. Hurlbut | Cavalry | 5th Ohio Cavalry, 1st and 2nd Battalions: Col William H.H. Taylor |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | 1st Brigade   Col John A. McDowell until 12 May   Col Morgan L. Smith | Before 15 May 40th Illinois: Ltc James W. Booth 6th Iowa: Cpt Madison Miner Walden 46th Ohio: Col Thomas Worthington After 15 May 8th Missouri: Ltc James Peckham 55th Illinois: Col David Stuart 54th Ohio: Col Thomas Kilby Smith 57th Ohio: Ltc Americus V. Rice |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | 2nd Brigade   Col David Stuart until 15 May   Col John A. McDowell | Before 15 May 55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 54th Ohio: Col Thomas Kilby Smith After 15 May 40th Illinois: Ltc James W. Booth 6th Iowa: Cpt Madison M. Walden 46th Ohio: Col Thomas Worthington 77th Ohio: Col Jesse Hildebrand 6th Indiana Battery |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | 3rd Brigade   Col Jesse Hildebrand until 15 May   Col Ralph P. Buckland until 16 May   BG James W. Denver | Before 15 May 53rd Ohio: Ltc Robert A. Fulton 57th Ohio: Ltc Americus V. Rice 77th Ohio: Ltc Wills De Haas After 15 May 48th Ohio: Cpt Samuel G.W. Peterson 53rd Ohio: Col Wells Jones 70th Ohio: Col Joseph R. Cockerill 72nd Ohio: Col Ralph P. Buckland |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | 4th Brigade   Col Ralph P. Buckland | 48th Ohio: Cpt Richard S. Robbins 70th Ohio: Col Joseph R. Cockerill 72nd Ohio: Cpt Charles G. Eaton Discontinued 15 May |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | Artillery   Maj Ezra Taylor | 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery B: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery E: Lt John A. Fitch 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery H: Cpt Axel Silverparre 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Edward Bouton 4th Indiana Battery: Lt William Mussman 7th Ohio Battery |
| Fifth Division   MG William T. Sherman | Cavalry   Col T. Lyle Dickey | 4th Illinois Cavalry, 2nd and 3rd Battalions: Col T. Lyle Dickey Thielemann's Illinois Cavalry, 2 companies: Maj Christian Thielemann |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. McKean until 30 Apr  BG Thomas W. Sherman until 3 May  BG Thomas J. McKean | 1st Brigade   Col John L. Doran until 23 May  BG John McArthur | 21st Missouri: Col David Moore 25th Missouri: Ltc Robert T. Van Horn 16th Wisconsin: Maj Thomas Reynolds 17th Wisconsin: Col John L. Doran, Ltc Adam G. Malloy |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. McKean until 30 Apr  BG Thomas W. Sherman until 3 May  BG Thomas J. McKean | 2nd Brigade   Col John M. Oliver | 15th Michigan: Maj Stephen Walsh 18th Missouri: Ltc John McDermott 18th Wisconsin: Cpt Charles H. Jackson Ford’s Company Illinois Cavalry |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. McKean until 30 Apr  BG Thomas W. Sherman until 3 May  BG Thomas J. McKean | 3rd Brigade   Col Marcellus M. Crocker | 11th Iowa: Ltc William Hall 13th Iowa: Cpt George M. Van Hoesen 15th Iowa: Ltc William Dewey 16th Iowa: Ltc Addison H. Sanders |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. McKean until 30 Apr  BG Thomas W. Sherman until 3 May  BG Thomas J. McKean | Artillery   Cpt Andrew Hickenlooper | Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Christian D. Bliss 1st Minnesota Battery: Lt William Pfaender 3rd Ohio Battery: Cpt William S. Williams 5th Ohio Battery: Lt Lewis C. Sawyer 10th Ohio Battery: Cpt Hamilton B. White |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. McKean until 30 Apr  BG Thomas W. Sherman until 3 May  BG Thomas J. McKean | Cavalry | 11th Illinois Cavalry, 1st and 2nd Battalions: Col Robert G. Ingersoll |

#### Reserves (Army of the Tennessee)

MG John A. McClernand
* Assistant Inspector General: Col Thomas E. G. Ransom
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division   MG John A. McClernand until 2 May  BG John A. Logan until 4 May  BG Henry M. Judah until 2 June  BG Thomas A. Davies | 1st Brigade   BG John A. Logan until 2 May  Col Michael K. Lawler until 4 May  BG John A. Logan | 8th Illinois: Ltc Frank L. Rhoads 18th Illinois: Col Michael K. Lawler 30th Illinois: Col Elias Dennis 31st Illinois: Ltc Lyndorf Ozburn 12th Michigan: Col Francis Quinn |
| First Division   MG John A. McClernand until 2 May  BG John A. Logan until 4 May  BG Henry M. Judah until 2 June  BG Thomas A. Davies | 2nd Brigade   Col C. Carroll Marsh until 4 May  Col Andrew J. Babcock | 11th Illinois: Ltc Thomas E. G. Ransom 20th Illinois: Cpt Orton Frisbie 45th Illinois: Col John Eugene Smith 48th Illinois: Maj Manning Mayfield |
| First Division   MG John A. McClernand until 2 May  BG John A. Logan until 4 May  BG Henry M. Judah until 2 June  BG Thomas A. Davies | 3rd Brigade   BG Leonard F. Ross | 17th Illinois: Maj Francis M. Smith 29th Illinois: Col Charles M. Ferrell 43rd Illinois: Col Adolph Englemann 49th Illinois: Maj William W. Bishop 61st Illinois: Col Jacob Fry |
| First Division   MG John A. McClernand until 2 May  BG John A. Logan until 4 May  BG Henry M. Judah until 2 June  BG Thomas A. Davies | Artillery | 1st Illinois, Battery D: Lt G. S. Wood 2nd Illinois, Battery E: Lt George L. Nispel 14th Indiana Battery 14th Ohio Battery |
| First Division   MG John A. McClernand until 2 May  BG John A. Logan until 4 May  BG Henry M. Judah until 2 June  BG Thomas A. Davies | Cavalry | 4th Illinois Cavalry, 1st Battalion: Ltc William McCullough Carmichael's Company Dollin's Company O'Hartnett's Company Stewart's Company: Cpt Warren Stewart |
| Third Division   MG Lewis Wallace | 1st Brigade   Col Morgan L. Smith until 12 May   BG Alvin P. Hovey | 11th Indiana: Col George Francis McGinnis 24th Indiana: Col Alvin P. Hovey 8th Missouri: Ltc James Peckham regiment transferred 15 May |
| Third Division   MG Lewis Wallace | 2nd Brigade   Col John M. Thayer | 23rd Indiana: Col William L. Sanderson 1st Nebraska: Ltc Robert R. Livingston 20th Ohio: Ltc Manning F. Force 58th Ohio: Ltc Ferdinand F. Rempel |
| Third Division   MG Lewis Wallace | 3rd Brigade   Col Charles Whittlesey until May   Col Charles R. Woods | 56th Ohio: Col Peter Kinney 68th Ohio: Col Samuel H. Steedman 76th Ohio: Maj Willard Warner 78th Ohio: Col Mortimer D. Leggett |
| Third Division   MG Lewis Wallace | Artillery | 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery A: Lt Peter P. Wood 1st Illinois Artillery, Battery F Cogswell's Illinois Battery: Cpt William Cogswell 9th Indiana Battery: Cpt Noah S. Thompson 8th Ohio Battery: Lt John W. Wellshear |
| Third Division   MG Lewis Wallace | Cavalry | 11th Illinois Cavalry, 3rd Battalion: Cpt Otto Funke |

### Center (Army of the Ohio)

MG Don Carlos Buell
* Chief of Staff: Col James Barnet Fry
* Assistant Inspector General: Maj Adam J. Slemmer
* Assistant Inspector General: Cpt Charles Champion Gilbert
* Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Alvan C. Gillem (until May 1862)
* Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Andrew J. Mackay (May 1862)
* Chief Engineer: Cpt James St. Clair Morton
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Second Division   BG Alexander M. McCook | 4th Brigade   BG Lovell H. Rousseau | 15th U.S. Infantry, 1st Battalion: Maj John H. King 16th U.S. Infantry, 1st Battalion: Cpt Edwin F. Townsend 19th U.S. Infantry, 1st Battalion: Stephen D. Carpenter 1st Ohio: Col Benjamin F. Smith 6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 5th Kentucky: Col Harvey M. Buckley |
| Second Division   BG Alexander M. McCook | 5th Brigade   Col Frederick S. Stumbaugh | 77th Pennsylvania: Col Frederick Stumbaugh 29th Indiana: Col John F. Miller 30th Indiana: Ltc Joseph B. Dodge 34th Illinois: Ltc Hiram Bristol |
| Second Division   BG Alexander M. McCook | 6th Brigade   BG Richard W. Johnson | 15th Ohio: Col Moses R. Dickey 49th Ohio: Col William Harvey Gibson 32nd Indiana: Col August Willich 39th Indiana: Col Thomas J. Harrison |
| Second Division   BG Alexander M. McCook | Artillery   Cpt William R. Terrill | Battery A, Kentucky Light Artillery Ohio Battery Pennsylvania Battery Battery H, 5th U.S. Artillery |
| Fourth Division   MG William "Bull" Nelson | 10th Brigade   Col Jacob Ammen | 36th Indiana: Col William Grose 17th Kentucky: Col John McHenry II 6th Ohio: Ltc Nicholas L. Anderson 24th Ohio: Ltc Frederick C. Jones |
| Fourth Division   MG William "Bull" Nelson | 19th Brigade   Col William B. Hazen | 6th Kentucky: Col Walter C. Whitaker 27th Kentucky: Col Charles D. Pennebaker 41st Ohio: Ltc George Mygatt |
| Fourth Division   MG William "Bull" Nelson | 22nd Brigade   Col Thomas D. Sedgewick until 30 May  BG Mahlon D. Manson | 31st Indiana: Ltc John Osborn 1st Kentucky: Col David Enyart 2nd Kentucky: Ltc Warner Spencer; Col Thomas D. Sedgewick 20th Kentucky: Ltc Charles S. Hanson |
| Fourth Division   MG William "Bull" Nelson | Artillery | Battery I, 4th U.S. Artillery: Cpt John Mendenhall |
| Fourth Division   MG William "Bull" Nelson | Cavalry   Ltc Edward M. McCook | 2nd Indiana Cavalry: Ltc Edward M. McCook 3rd Indiana Cavalry, one company |
| Fifth Division   BG Thomas L. Crittenden | 11th Brigade   BG Jeremiah T. Boyle until 27 May  Col Samuel Beatty | 19th Ohio: Col Samuel Beatty 59th Ohio: Col James P. Fyffe 9th Kentucky: Col Benjamin C. Grider 13th Kentucky: Col Edward H. Hobson |
| Fifth Division   BG Thomas L. Crittenden | 14th Brigade   BG Horatio P. Van Cleve | 13th Ohio: Col William Sooy Smith 11th Kentucky: Col Pierce B. Hawkins 26th Kentucky: Col Stephen G. Burbridge |
| Fifth Division   BG Thomas L. Crittenden | Cavalry | 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Col James S. Jackson |
| Fifth Division   BG Thomas L. Crittenden | Artillery | Battery G, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery H, 4th U.S. Artillery Battery M, 4th U.S. Artillery |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. Wood | 15th Brigade   BG Milo Hascall | 17th Indiana: Col John T. Wilder 58th Indiana: Col George P. Buell 3rd Kentucky: Col Thomas E. Bramlette 26th Ohio: Col Edward P. Fyffe 8th Indiana Battery |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. Wood | 20th Brigade   BG James A. Garfield | 51st Indiana: Col Abel Streight 13th Michigan: Col Michael Shoemaker 64th Ohio: Col John Ferguson 65th Ohio: Col Charles G. Harker |
| Sixth Division   BG Thomas J. Wood | 21st Brigade   Col George D. Wagner | 15th Indiana: Col Gustavus A. Wood 57th Indiana: Col Cyrus Hines 24th Kentucky: Col Louis Grisgsby |

### Left Wing (Army of the Mississippi)

MG John Pope
* Chief of Staff: BG Washington L. Elliott after 12 June
* Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Speed Butler
* Assistant Inspector General: Maj John M. Corse
* Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Philip H. Sheridan
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Cavalry Division   BG Gordon Granger | 1st Brigade   Col William P. Kellogg until 1 June   Col John K. Mizner | 3rd Michigan Cavalry: Ltc Robert H.G. Minty 7th Illinois Cavalry: Col William P. Kellogg |
| Cavalry Division   BG Gordon Granger | 2nd Brigade   Col Washington Lafayette Elliott until 1 June  Col Philip H. Sheridan | 2nd Iowa Cavalry: Ltc Edward Hatch 2nd Michigan Cavalry: Col Philip H. Sheridan appointed 25 May |
| Cavalry Division   BG Gordon Granger | Artillery | Powell's Battery |
| Reporting Directly | Reserve Brigade   Col William P. Carlin | 21st Illinois: Ltc George Peck 38th Illinois: Ltc Daniel H. Gilmer Hotchkiss’ Minnesota Battery |
| Reporting Directly | Artillery Brigade   Ltc Warren L. Lothrop | 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Charles M. Barnett Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Albert M. Powell 5th Wisconsin Battery: Cpt Oscar F. Pinney |
| Reporting Directly | Unattached Units | Missouri Engineers: Col Josiah W. Bissell 1st U.S. Infantry: Cpt George A. Williams 4th U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene W. Crittenden |

#### Right Wing

MG William S. Rosecrans assigned 29 May
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| First Division   BG Eleazar Paine | 1st Brigade   BG John M. Palmer | 22nd Illinois: Ltc Harrison E. Hart 27th Illinois: Ltc Fazilo Harrington 42nd Illinois: Col George W. Roberts 51st Illinois: Col Gilbert W. Cumming |
| First Division   BG Eleazar Paine | 2nd Brigade   Col James D. Morgan until 1 May   BG Daniel Tyler | 10th Illinois: Ltc John Tillson, Col James D. Morgan 16th Illinois: Col Robert F. Smith 60th Illinois: Col Silas C. Toler 10th Michigan: Col Charles M. Lum 14th Michigan: Col Robert P. Sinclair Yates’ Sharpshooters: Ltc David E. Williams |
| First Division   BG Eleazar Paine | Artillery | 1st Illinois, Battery C 1st Missouri Artillery, Battery G |
| Second Division   BG David S. Stanley | 1st Brigade   Col John Groesbeck until 8 July  Col Joseph L. Kirby Smith | 27th Ohio: Col John W. Fuller 39th Ohio: Col John Groesbeck, Ltc Alfred W. Gilbert 43rd Ohio: Col J.L. Kirby Smith 63rd Ohio: Col John W. Sprague |
| Second Division   BG David S. Stanley | 2nd Brigade   BG Joseph B. Plummer until 29 May  Col Robert C. Murphy | 26th Illinois: Col John M. Loomis 47th Illinois: Col William Thrush 5th Minnesota: Col Rudolph von Borgersode (joined 10-24 May 1862) 11th Missouri: Col Joseph A. Mower 8th Wisconsin: Col Robert C. Murphy |
| Second Division   BG David S. Stanley | Artillery | 2nd Iowa Battery 1st Michigan, Battery C 2nd U.S. Artillery, Battery F |

#### Left Wing

BG Schuyler Hamilton assigned 29 May
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
| Third Division   BG Schuyler Hamilton until 29 May  BG Joseph B. Plummer | 1st Brigade   BG Napoleon B. Buford | 48th Indiana: Col Norman Eddy 59th Indiana: Col Jesse I. Alexander 5th Iowa: Col William H. Worthington (k, 22 May 1862), Ltc Karl Leopold Matthias 4th Minnesota: Col John B. Sanborn 26th Missouri: Col John H. Holman |
| Third Division   BG Schuyler Hamilton until 29 May  BG Joseph B. Plummer | 2nd Brigade   Col Nicholas Perczel | 56th Illinois: Ltc William R. Brown 10th Iowa: Ltc William E. Small 10th Missouri: Col Samuel Holmes 26th Missouri: Col George B. Boomer 80th Ohio: Col Ephraim R. Eckley |
| Third Division   BG Schuyler Hamilton until 29 May  BG Joseph B. Plummer | Artillery | 11th Ohio Battery: Cap Frank C. Sands Battery G, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Buell’s Battery Missouri Light Artillery 6th Wisconsin Battery 12th Wisconsin Battery |
| Fourth Division   BG Jefferson C. Davis | 1st Brigade   BG Robert B. Mitchell | 22nd Indiana: Maj Michael Gooding 59th Illinois: Col Philip S. Post |
| Fourth Division   BG Jefferson C. Davis | Asboth's Brigade   BG Alexander Asboth | 2nd Missouri: Col Frederick Schaefer 15th Missouri: Col Francis Joliat 36th Illinois: Col Nicholas Greusel 44th Illinois: Col Charles Knobelsdorff |
| Fifth Division created 1 June   BG Alexander Asboth | 1st Brigade   Col Nicholas Greusel | 36th Illinois: Col Nicholas Greusel 44th Illinois: Col Charles Knobelsdorff |
| Fifth Division created 1 June   BG Alexander Asboth | 2nd Brigade   Ltc Bernard Laiboldt | 2nd Missouri: Maj Francis Ehrler 15th Missouri: Maj Joseph Conrad |