Camp Wildcat Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Camp Wildcat (also known as Wildcat Mountain and Camp Wild Cat) of the American Civil War on October 21, 1861, in Laurel County, Kentucky. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

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Union Army[]

BG Albin F. Schoepf
Col Theophilus T. Garrard [in command until the arrival of Schoepf]

Union order of battle at Camp Wildcat
Units
Infantry
  • 33rd Indiana: Col John Coburn - 700 men
  • 7th Kentucky: Col Theophilus T. Garrard - 600 men
  • Laurel Home Guard - 200 men
  • 14th Ohio: Col James Blair Steedman - 850 men
  • 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell - 850 men
  • 38th Ohio: Col Edwin D. Bradley - not engaged
  • 1st East Tennessee: Col Robert K. Byrd - not engaged
  • 2nd East Tennessee: Col James P.T. Carter - not engaged
Artillery
Cavalry

See also[]

References[]

  • Battle, J. H., et al. Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville, KY: F. A. Battey, 1885).
  • The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 4, pp. 280–316.
  • Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission 12 vol. (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
  • Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

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