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19 January 1862, Kentucky, War Between the States

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ORDER OF BATTLE, US ARMY 

Brig. Gen. George Henry Thomas - about 4400 effectives

   

2nd Brigade - Col. Mahlon D. Manson

        10th Ind. Inf. - Lt. Col.William Kise

710 effectives

        4th Ky. Inf. - Col. Speed Smith Fry (w)

400

        Co. C, 14th Ohio Inf. - Capt. J. W. Brown

  ?

3rd Brigade - Col. Robert L. McCook (w)
        2nd Minn. Inf. - Col. Horatio Van Cleve (minus Co. A) 500
        9th Ohio Inf. - Maj. Gustave Kammerling 628

12th Brigade - Col. Samuel Powhatan Carter
        12th Ky. Inf. - Col. William A. Hoskins                               478
        1st Tenn. Inf. - Col. Robert K. Byrd                                    610
        2nd Tenn. Inf. - Col. J. P. T. Carter 442
        1st Ky. Cav. - Col. Frank Wolford (Cos. A, B, C, H)         250

Btty. B, 1st Ohio Arty. - Capt. William E. Standart
     (6 guns - rifled 6-pounders?)
122
Btty. C, 1st Ohio Arty. - Capt. Dennis Kenny, Jr.
     (six James rifles - probably rifled 6-pounders; possibly only
      four of the guns were rifled, the other two smoothbore)
110
9th Ohio Btty. - Capt. Henry Shepard Wetmore
     (two 10-pounder Parrotts, two 12-pounder howitzers)
104
   

NOTE: Numbers shown are from Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville: F.A. Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.

 

US troops present at Logan’s Crossroads, but not directly engaged in the battle:

Co. A, 2nd Minn. Inf. - Capt. Judson Bishop (on picket duty; engaged in pursuit to Beech Grove)
Co. A, 38th Ohio Inf. - Capt. Charles Greenwood (camp guard; engaged in pursuit to Beech Grove)
Cos. D, F, and G, 1st Mich. Engrs. and Mechanics - Lt. Col. K. A. Hunton (camp guard)
   (follow this link for further info on the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics)

 

US reinforcements, arrived after the battle, engaged in the pursuit to Beech Grove:

1st Brigade - Brig.Gen. Albin Schoepf
    17th Ohio Inf. - Col. John M. Connell
    31st Ohio Inf. - Col. Moses B. Walker
    38th Ohio Inf. - Col. Edwin D. Bradley

(2nd Brigade)
    10th Ky. Inf. - Col. John M. Harlan
    14th Ohio Inf. - Col. James B. Steedman

 

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ORDER OF BATTLE, CS ARMY
 

Maj. Gen. George Bibb Crittenden - about 5900 effectives

1st Brigade - Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (KIA)
    15th Miss. Inf. - Lt. Col. Edward Cary Walthall 854 effectives
    19th Tenn. Inf. - Col. David H. Cummings 676
    20th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Joel Allen Battle 694
    25th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Sidney Smith Stanton (w) 683
    Tenn. Btty. - Capt. Arthur Middleton Rutledge - 6 guns 140
        (four 6-pounders and two 12-pound howitzers; only the four
        6-pounders used in the battle)
    Tenn. Cav. Co. - Capt. William Scott Bledsoe   84
    Tenn. Cav. Co. - Capt. Q. C. "Ned" Sanders/Saunders   71
    Ky. Cav. Co. - Capt. B. E. Roberts (w/ Bledsoe & Sanders)    ?

 

2nd Brigade - Brig. Gen. William Henry Carroll
    16th Ala. Inf. - Col. William B. Wood 378
    17th Tenn. Inf. - Lt. Col. Thomas C. H. Miller 338
    28th Tenn. Inf. - Col. John Porry Murray 748
    29th Tenn. Inf. - Col. Samuel Powell (w) 493   
    Tenn. Btty. (Caswell Artillery) - Capt. Hugh L. W. McClung - 4 guns   83
        (two 6-pounders and two 12-pound howitzers; only two guns listed in the advance to Logan’s Crossroads; apparently none actually used in the battle)
    4th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. Benjamin M. Branner                                          336
    5th Tenn. Cav. Bn. - Lt. Col. George R. McClellan 315

NOTE: Numbers shown are from Zollicoffer's report of  7 Jan. 1862 (OR I, 7, p. 824).

 

Confederate forces present at Mill Springs (south side of the river), but not engaged in the battle:

   37th Tennessee Infantry  -  Col. Moses White
         (crossed the river during the battle, and engaged in the defense of Beech Grove)
   1st Tenn. Cav. Bn.  -  Lt. Col. Frank Nathaniel McNairy (may have been present at Beech Grove)
   2 companies of the 3rd Tenn. Cav. Bn.  -  Lt. Col. William Brazleton
   Tenn. Btty. (Harding Artillery)  -  Capts. G. H. Monserratt and Ed Baxter (4 or 6 guns)

 

Sources:

Reports in Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. 7, pp. 79-116; 824.

Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville: F. A. Battey, 1885, Part 1, p. 391.

Lindsley, John B., The Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate: First Series. Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co., 1886, pp. 794-795.

Reid, Whitelaw, Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. Vol. II. Columbus: Eclectic Publishing Co., 1893, pp. 893, 895.

Witham, George, Shiloh, Shells and Artillery Units. Memphis: Riverside Press, 1980, pp. 81-84.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: Confederate Kentucky Volunteers, War 1861-65. Vol. I. Frankfort, 1915, pp. 676-677.

York, Capt. Harrison B., Record of the 9th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Vol. Artillery. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1864.

 

 Compiled by Geoffrey R. Walden, 1997; copyright © 1997-1999, Geoffrey R. Walden; all rights reserved.

 

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