Battle of Pea Ridge order of battle: Confederate
These are the units and commanders who fought for the Confederacy in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Union order of battle is shown separately.[1]
Abbreviations used
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- MG = Major general
- BG = Brigadier general
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = Lieutenant
Other
[edit]- w = wounded
- mw = mortally wounded
- k = killed
- c = captured
- - = not reported, unknown
Army of the West
[edit]Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn
Right Wing
[edit]| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCulloch's Division BG Benjamin McCulloch (k) BG James M. McIntosh (k) Col Elkanah Greer BG Albert Pike |
Hébert's Infantry Brigade Col Louis Hébert (c) Col Evander McNair (5,700 infantry)[3] |
3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment | Maj Will F. Tunnard (c) Cpt W.L. Gunnells |
10 | 15 | 42 | 67 |
| 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col Evander McNair Ltc Samuel Ogden |
16 | 38 | 0 | 54 | ||
| 14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Powers') | Col William C. Mitchell (c) | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col Dandridge McRae | 10 | 16 | 8 | 34: Web site Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 15th Northwest Arkansas Infantry regiment | ||
| 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col John F. Hill | - | - | - | - | ||
| 17th (Griffith's) Arkansas Infantry Regiment | Col Frank A. Rector | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26: Web site: Fold3 under Confederate service records Arkansas then 17th Arkansas infantry regiment Griffith's | ||
| 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) | Col Thomas J. Churchill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles (dismounted) | Col Benjamin T. Embry | 4 | 15 | 8 | 27 | ||
| 4th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted) | Maj John W. Whitfield | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade BG James M. McIntosh (k) Col Elkanah Greer (3,000 cavalry)[3] |
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment | Col Elkanah Greer Ltc Walter P. Lane |
2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |
| 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment | Col B. Warren Stone | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | ||
| 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment | Col William B. Sims (w) Ltc William Quayle |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2: War of the Rebelion Series 1 Volume 8 Page 300. | ||
| 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment | Col William C. Young | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) | Maj William H. Brooks | 11 | 30 | 0 | 41 | ||
| 1st Texas Cavalry Battalion | Maj R. Phillip Crump | - | - | - | - | ||
| Artillery (18 guns) | Hart's Arkansas Battery 4 6-pounder guns |
Cpt William Hart | - | - | - | - | |
| Provence's Arkansas Battery 2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers |
Cpt David Provence | - | - | - | - | ||
| Gaines's Arkansas Battery 2 12-pounder rifled guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers |
Cpt James J. Gaines | - | - | - | - | ||
| Good's Texas Battery 4 12-pounder field guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers |
Cpt John Jay Good | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Pike's Brigade | Pike's Indian Brigade BG Albert Pike (2,500 cavalry)[4] |
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles | Col John Drew | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3: War of the Rebellion: Series 1 Volume 8 Page 300. |
| 2nd Cherokee Mounted Rifles | Col Stand Watie | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw (not engaged) | Col Douglas H. Cooper | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1st Creek Mounted Rifles (not engaged) | Col Daniel N. McIntosh | - | - | - | - | ||
| Welch's Texas Cavalry Squadron | Cpt Otis G. Welch | - | - | - | - | ||
| Unassigned Units | Not Brigaded | 19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dawson's) (not engaged)[5] |
Ltc P. R. Smith | - | - | - | - |
| 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (not engaged)[5] | Col. George W. King | - | - | - | - |
Left Wing (Missouri State Guard)
[edit]MG Sterling Price (w)
At the beginning of 1862, Price commanded about 8,000 soldiers. About half of these soldiers were organized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Missouri Brigades while the rest remained in seven Missouri State Guard "Divisions" that were hardly larger than regiments.[3]
| Division | Brigade | Unit | Commander | Killed | Wounded | Missing | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First (Price's) Division MG Sterling Price (w) |
Headquarters | Cearnal's Missouri Cavalry Battalion | Ltc James T. Cearnal (w) Maj D. Todd Samuels |
2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| First Missouri Brigade Col Lewis Henry Little |
2nd Missouri Infantry | Col John Q. Burbridge | - | - | - | - | |
| 3rd Missouri Infantry | Col Benjamin A. Rives (k) Ltc James A. Pritchard |
26 | 45 | 33 | 104 | ||
| 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment | Col Elijah Gates | - | - | - | - | ||
| Wade's Missouri Artillery Battery 2 6-pounder guns & 4 12-pound howitzers |
Cpt William Wade | - | - | - | - | ||
| Clark's Missouri Artillery Battery 4 6-pounder guns |
Cpt Samuel Churchill Clark (k) Lt James L. Farris |
- | - | - | - | ||
| Second Missouri Brigade Col William Y. Slack (mw) Col Thomas H. Rosser |
Hughes's Missouri Infantry Battalion | Col John T. Hughes | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Bevier's Missouri Infantry Battalion | Maj Robert S. Bevier | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Rosser's Missouri Infantry Battalion | Col Thomas H. Rosser | - | - | - | - | ||
| Riggins's Missouri Cavalry Battalion | Col George W. Riggins | - | - | - | - | ||
| Landis's Missouri Artillery Battery 2 12-pounder howitzers & 2 24-pounder howitzers |
Cpt John C. Landis | - | - | - | - | ||
| Jackson's Missouri Artillery Battery 4 6-pounder guns |
Cpt William Lucas | - | - | - | - | ||
| Third Missouri Brigade Col Colton Greene |
Brigade was composed of parts of Col Thomas Freeman's Regiment, Ltc John A. Schnable's Regiment, Cpt L.C. Campbell's cavalry company and partially organized Missouri State Guard units transferring into Confederate service. | Col Thomas Freeman et al | 6 | 59 | 0 | 65 | |
| Missouri State Guard | Second Division BG Martin E. Green Guarding army's trains[5] |
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units | BG Martin E. Green | - | - | - | - |
| Kneisley's Missouri Battery 5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns |
Cpt James W. Kneisley | - | - | - | - | ||
| Third Division Col John Bullock Clark Jr. |
1st Infantry | Maj John F. Rucker | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2nd Infantry | Col Congreve Jackson | 5 | 17 | 15 | 47[note 1] | ||
| 3rd Infantry | Maj Robert R. Hutchinson | 1 | 20 | 6 | 27 | ||
| 4th and 5th Infantry | Col J.A. Poindexter | 3 | 37 | 7 | 47 | ||
| 6th Infantry | Ltc Quinton Peacher | 2 | 23 | 8 | 33 | ||
| Tull's Missouri Battery 2 6-pounder rifled guns & 2 6-pounder guns |
Cpt Francis M. Tull | - | - | - | - | ||
| Fifth Division Col James P. Saunders |
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units | Col James P. Saunders | 9 | 32 | 0 | 41 | |
| Kelley's Battery 5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns |
Cpt Joseph Kelly | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sixth Division Maj D. Herndon Lindsay |
Unidentified infantry and cavalry units | Maj D. Herndon Lindsay | 13 | 34 | 0 | 47 | |
| Gorham's Battery 4 6-pounder guns |
Cpt James C. Gorham | - | - | - | - | ||
| Seventh and Ninth Divisions BG Daniel M. Frost |
7th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units | BG Daniel M. Frost | - | - | - | - | |
| Guibor's Missouri Battery 2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers |
Cpt Henry Guibor | - | - | - | - | ||
| 9th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry units | BG James H. McBride | - | - | - | - | ||
| MacDonald's Missouri Battery 1 6-pounder gun & 2 12-pounder howitzers |
Cpt Emmett MacDonald | - | - | - | - | ||
| Eighth Division BG James S. Rains |
1st Infantry | Col William H. Erwin | 2 | 26 | 0 | 28[7] | |
| 2nd Infantry | Ltc John P. Bowman | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3rd Infantry | Ltc A. J. Pearcy | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4th Infantry | Ltc John M. Stemmons | - | - | - | - | ||
| Shelby's Cavalry Company | Cpt Jo Shelby | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bledsoe's Missouri Battery 3 12-pounder Napoleons & 1 12-pounder gun |
Lt Charles W. Higgins | - | - | - | - |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Footnotes
- ^ This should sum to 37. It appears to be a typo in the source.
- Citations
- ^ Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 331–334.
- ^ Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 334–336.
- ^ a b c Shea & Hess 1992, p. 23.
- ^ Shea & Hess 1992, p. 25.
- ^ a b c Shea & Hess 1992, p. 148.
- ^ Shea & Hess 1992, pp. 336–339.
- ^ Johnson & Buel 1986, p. 337. Reported losses are for the entire 8th Division.
References
[edit]- Foote, Shelby (1986). The Civil War A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville. Vol. 1. New York, N.Y.: Random House. ISBN 0-394-74913-8.
- Johnson, Robert Underwood; Buel, Clarence Clough (1986). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Vol. 1. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. ISBN 0-89009-569-8.
- Shea, William L.; Hess, Earl J. (1992). Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2042-3.