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Battle of Fort Donelson
Union Order of Battle

Army of the District of Cairo

Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

 

First Division

Brig. Gen. John A. McClernand

 

1st Division

Col. Richard J. Oglesby

8th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Frank L. Rhoads

18th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Michael K. Lawler

29th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. James S. Reardon

30th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Elias S. Dennis

31st Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. John A. Logan

D Battery, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Jasper M. Dresser

E Battery, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Lt. George C. Gumbart

A Company, 2 Illinois Cavalry

Capt. John R. Hotaling

B Company, 2 Illinois Cavalry

Capt. Thomas J. Larrison

C Company, 2 Illinois Cavalry

Lt. James H. Powell

I Company, 2 Illinois Cavalry

Lt. James H. Powell

Carmichael's Illinois Cavalry Company

Capt. Eagleton Carmichael

Dollin's Illinois Cavalry Company

Capt. James J. Dollin

O'Harnett's Illinois Cavalry Company

Capt. Morrison H. O'Harnett

Stewart's Illinois Cavalry Company

Capt. Ezra King

 

2nd Brigade

Col. William H. L. Wallace

11th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Thomas E. G. Ransom

20th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. C. Carroll Marsh

45th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. John E. Smith

48th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Isham N. Haynie

B Battery, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Ezra Taylor

D Battery, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Edward McAllister

4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment

Col. T. Lyle Dickey

 

3rd Brigade

Col. William R. Morrison

17th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Leonard F. Ross

49th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Phineas Pease

H Battery, 1st Missouri Light Artillery

Capt. Frederick Welker

K Battery, 1st Missouri Light Artillery

Capt. George H. Stone

 

 

2nd Division

BGen. Charles F. Smith

2nd Brigade

Col. John McArthur

9th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. August Mersey

12th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Augustus L. Chetlain

41st Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Isaac C. Pugh

 

3rd Brigade

Col. John Cook

7th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Andrew J. Babcock

50th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Moses M. Bane

 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment

Col. Joseph J. Woods

52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment

Col. James M. Smith

13th Missouri Infantry Regiment

Col. Crafts J. Wright

D Battery, 1st Missouri Artillery

Capt. Henry Richardson

 

4th Brigade

Col. Jacob G. Lauman

2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment

Col. James M. Tuttle

7th Iowa Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. James C. Parrott

14th Iowa Infantry Regiment

Col. William T. Shaw

25th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Col. James C. Veatch

14th Missouri Sharpshooter Regiment

Col. Benjamin Compton

 

5th Brigade

Col. Morgan L. Smith

11th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Col. George F. McGinnis

8th Missouri Infantry Regiment

Co. Morgan L. Smith

 

 

3rd Division

BGen Lew Wallace

1st Brigade

Col. Charles Cruft

31st Indiana Infantry Regiment

Col. Thomas O. Osborn

44th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Col. Hugh B. Reed

17th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Col. John H. McHenry Jr.

25th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

Col. James M. Shackleford

 

2nd Brigade

 

46th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. John A. Davis

57th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. Silas D. Baldwin

58th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Col. William F. Lynch

20th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Col. Charles Whittlesey

 

3rd Brigade

Col. John M. Thayer

1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. William D. McCord

58th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Lt. Col. Fred Rempel

68th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Col. Samuel H. Steedman

76th Ohio Infantry Regiment

Col. Charles R. Woods

A Company, 32nd Illinois Infantry Regiment

Capt. Henry Davidson

A Battery, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Peter P. Wood

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