Fort Donelson Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns,[1] and the reports.[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used[]

Military Rank[]

Other[]

Union Forces[]

District of Cairo[]

BG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

  • Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
  • Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John A. Rawlins
Division Brigade Regiments and Others

First Division


     BG John A. McClernand

1st Brigade
K-184, W-603, M-66 = 853


   Col Richard J. Oglesby

2nd Brigade
K-99, W-350, M-98 = 547


   Col William H. L. Wallace

3rd Brigade
K-28, W-105, M-19 = 152


   Col William R. Morrison (w)
   Col Isham N. Haynie[4][5]
   Col Leonard F. Ross

  • 17th Illinois: Col Leonard F. Ross, Maj Francis M. Smith, Cpt Henry H. Bush
  • 49th Illinois: Ltc Phineas Pease
  • Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Frederick Welker
  • Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt George H. Stone

Second Division


     BG Charles F. Smith

1st Brigade
K-69, W-340, M-20 = 429


   Col John McArthur

  • 9th Illinois: Ltc Jesse J. Phillips
  • 12th Illinois: Ltc Augustus L. Chetlain
  • 41st Illinois: Col Isaac C. Pugh
3rd Brigade
K-10, W-109, M-2 = 121


   Col John Cook

  • 7th Illinois: Ltc Andrew J. Babcock
  • 28th Illinois: Col Amory K. Johnston
  • 50th Illinois: Col Moses M. Bane
  • 52nd Illinois: Col Thomas W. Sweeny[6]
  • 12th Iowa: Col Joseph J. Wood
  • 52nd Indiana: Col James M. Smith
  • 13th Missouri: Col Crafts J. Wright
  • Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Cpt Henry Richardson
4th Brigade
K-55, W-301, M-1 = 357


   Col Jacob G. Lauman

  • 2nd Iowa: Col James Tuttle
  • 7th Iowa: Ltc James Parrott
  • 14th Iowa: Col William T. Shaw
  • 25th Indiana: Col James C. Veatch
  • Birge's Western Sharpshooters: Col John W. Birge
5th Brigade
K-11, W-69, M-0 = 80


   Col Morgan L. Smith[7]

  • 11th Indiana: Col George F. McGinnis
  • 8th Missouri: Maj John McDonald

Third Division[8]


     BG Lew Wallace

1st Brigade
K-35, W-182, M-16 = 233


   Col Charles Cruft

  • 31st Indiana: Ltc John Osborn, Maj Fred Arn
  • 44th Indiana: Col Hugh B. Reed
  • 17th Kentucky: Col John H. McHenry, Jr.
  • 25th Kentucky: Col James M. Shackelford
2nd Brigade[9]
K6, W-15, M-1 = 22


  

  • 46th Illinois: Col John A. Davis
  • 57th Illinois: Col Silas D. Baldwin
  • 58th Illinois: Col William F. Lynch
  • 20th Ohio: Col Charles Whittlesey
3rd Brigade
K-3, W-24, M-1 = 28


   Col John M. Thayer

  • 1st Nebraska: Ltc William McCord
  • 58th Ohio: Ltc Ferdinand F. Rempel
  • 68th Ohio: Col Samuel H. Steedman
  • 76th Ohio: Col William B. Woods
Unattached
K-0, W-20, M-0 = 20

Western Flotilla[]

Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote (w)

Class Vessel

City class ironclad

U.S.S. St. Louis
  

Lieutenant Leonard Paulding
(K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10)

U.S.S. Carondelet
  

Commander Henry Walke
(K-5, W-28, M-0 = 33)

U.S.S. Louisville
  

Commander Benjamin M. Dove
(K-4, W-5, M-0 = 9)

U.S.S. Pittsburgh
  

Lieutenant Egbert Thompson
(K-0, W-2, M-0 = 2)

Timberclad

U.S.S. Tyler
  

Lieutenant William Gwin

U.S.S. Conestoga
  

Lieutenant Seth L. Phelps

U.S.S. Lexington
  

Lieutenant James Shirk

Rear Guard[]

These units were attached to the District of Cairo but were posted to guard duty and did not take part in the campaign against Fort Donelson.[10]

Post Brigade Regiments and Others

Bird's Point, MO
    

4th Brigade
(1st Division)


   Col James D. Morgan

  • 10th Illinois: Ltc John Tillson
  • 16th Illinois: Col Robert F. Smith
  • 22nd Illinois: Ltc Harrison E. Hart
  • 10th Iowa: Col Nicholas Perczel

Cairo, IL
    

Brigade


   BG Eleazar A. Paine

  • 51st Illinois: Col Gilbert W. Cumming
  • Artillery, 4 batteries

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 167
  2. ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 157
  3. ^ History of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry
  4. ^ Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 1, page 429.
  5. ^ Haynie's regiment was temporarily attached to the 3rd Brigade on Feb. 13 to participate in an assault on a Confederate battery. Haynie outranked Morrison and therefore was the senior commander. Quickly into the fighting Morrison was wounded and when the attacked failed Haynie's regiment was returned to the 2nd Brigade. (Cooling p. 145) Leonard F. Ross was then elevated to command of the 3rd Brigade.
  6. ^ The 52nd Illinois (Col Sweeny, Eicher p.519) moved to Fort Donelson between Feb 10-17 [1] and was primarily involved in prisoner transport.
  7. ^ Temporarily attached to Third Division on February 15.
  8. ^ Division created February 14. General Wallace transferred from 5th Brigade, 2nd Division (Eicher p.551)
  9. ^ Attached to 3rd Brigade.
  10. ^ Gott p.77

References[]

  • Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, The Campaign for Fort Donelson, U.S. National Park Service and Eastern National, 1999, ISBN 1-888213-50-7.
  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Gott, Kendall D., Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry—Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862, Stackpole books, 2003, ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
  • Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles, Volume 1 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
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