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Battle of Wilson's Creek order of battle: Union


Battle of Wilson's Creek order of battle: Union


The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
  • 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant

Other

  • w = wounded
  • k = killed

Army of the West

BG Nathaniel Lyon (k)
Maj Samuel D. Sturgis

Staff

  • Asst. Inspector General: BG Thomas W. Sweeny
  • Chief of Staff: Maj. John M. Schofield

Notes

References

  • NPS Order of Battle
  • Piston, William Garrett; Hatcher, Richard W. (2000). Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2515-8.

Further reading

  • Brooksher, William Riley. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995.
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