PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS

6-7 March 1862

also known as

Elk Horn Tavern

OR- Series I, Volume VIII, Chapter XVIII, Pg 189

 

 

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Union Forces

BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL RYAN CURTIS

1st & 2nd Divisions - Brigadier General Franz Sigel

1st Division - Colonel Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade -

24th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William N. Coler

44th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Charles Knobelsdorff

17th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Major August H. Poten

K-4 W-22 M-11 =37

2nd Brigade - Colonel Nicholas Greusel

36th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Nicholas Greusel

12th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Major Hugo Wangelin

2 Companies, Illinois Cavalry --- Captain Albert Jenks

                                                            Captain Henry A. Smith

K-7 W-66 M-36 =109

Artillery

Missouri Artillery Battery --- Captain Martin Welfley

4th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery --- Captain Louis Hoffmann

K-0 W-6 M-4 =10

2nd Division - Brigadier General Alexander Asboth (W)

Staff Casualties: K-0 W-1 M-0 =1

1st Brigade - Colonel Frederick Schaefer

2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Laiboldt

15th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Francis J. Joliat

Unattached

Fremont's Hussars --- Major Emeric Meszards

5th Missouri Cavalry Regiment --- * Captain Joseph Nemett

1st Missouri Horse Battery --- Captain G. M. Elbert

2nd Battery, Ohio Light Artillery --- Lieutenant W. R. Chapman

* Also known as Benton Hussars

K-12 W-29 M-14 =55

3rd Division - Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis

1st Brigade - Colonel Thomas Pattison

8th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William P. Benton

18th Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Washburn

22nd Indiana Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John A. Hendricks (W)

                                                            Major David W. Daily Jr.

1st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery --- Captain Martin Clauss

K-17 W-88 M-6 =111

2nd Brigade - Colonel Julius White

37th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel M. S. Barnes

59th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Frederick

Peoria Illinois Battery --- Captain P. Davidson

K-29 W-195 M-3 =227

Cavalry

1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel C. A. Ellis

K-2 W-2 M-2 =6

4th Division - Colonel Eugene Asa Carr (W)

Staff Casualties: K-0 W-1 M-0 =1

1st Brigade - Colonel Grenville M. Dodge

35th Illinois Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Gustavus A. Smith (W)

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel William P. Chandler (C)

4th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John Gilligan (W)

1st Battery, Iowa Light Artillery --- Captain Junius A. Jones (W)

                                                            Lieutenant V. J. David

K-35 W-200 M-55 =290

2nd Brigade - Colonel William Vandever

9th Iowa Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Francis J. Herron (WC)

                                                            Major William H. Coyl (W)

Phillips's Missouri Infantry --- Colonel John S. Phelps (W)

3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment --- Major John McConnell

3rd Battery, Iowa Light Artillery --- Captain Mortimer M. Hayden

K-61 W-300 M-30 =391

Unattached

3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Cyrus Bussey

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel Henry H. Trimble (W)

Bower's Battalion, Missouri --- Cavalry Major William D. Bowen

3rd Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Major Joseph Conrad

24th Missouri Infantry Regiment --- Major Eli W. Weston

K-28 W-36 M-18 =82

STRENGTHS: 10,500

CASUALTIES Killed 203; Wounded 980; Missing 201; TOTAL 1,384

 

Confederate Forces

MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN

Missouri State Guard - Major General Sterling "Pap" Price

Escort

Cearnal's Cavalry Battalion Lieutenant Colonel J. T. Cearnal (W)

Volunteers

1st Brigade - Colonel Henry Little

1st Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Elijah Gates

1st Infantry Regiment --- Colonel John Q. Burbridge

2nd Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Benjamin A. Rives (MW)

                                    Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Pritchard

1st Battery --- Captain William Wade

2nd Battery --- Captain S. Churchill Clark (K)

                                    Lieutenant James L. Farris

2nd Brigade - Brigadier General William Yarnell Slack (MW)

Colonel Thomas H. Rosser

Battalion, Volunteer Infantry --- Colonel John T. Hughes

Battalion, Volunteer Infantry --- Major R. S. Bevier

Battalion, Volunteer Infantry --- Colonel Thomas H. Rosser

Battalion, Volunteer Cavalry --- Colonel G. W. Riggins

Battery, Volunteer Artillery --- Captain William Lucas

K-5 W-37 M-0 =42

3rd Brigade - Colonel Colten Green

(Composition Unknown)

K-6 W-59 M-0 =65

STATE TROOPS

2nd Division - Brigadier General Martin E. Green

(Composition Unknown)

3rd Division - Colonel John Bullock Clark Jr.

1st Infantry Regiment --- Major Rucker (W)

2nd Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Congreve Jackson

3rd Infantry Regiment --- Major Hutchinson

4th & 5th Infantry Regiments --- Colonel J. A. Poindexter (W)

6th Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Peacher

K-11 W-101 M-35 =147

5th Division - Colonel James P. Saunders

(Detachments of Infantry & Cavalry)

Kelly's Artillery Battery

K-9 W-32 M-0 =41

6th Division - Major D. H. Lindsay

Detachments of Infantry & Cavalry

Guibor's Artillery Battery

McDonald's Artillery Battery

8th Division - Brigadier General James S. Rains

Infantry Regiment --- Colonel William H. Erwin

Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel John P. Bowman

Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Pearcy

Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Stemmons

Bledsoe's Artillery Battery

Shelby's Cavalry Company

K-2 W-26 M-0 =28

McCulloch's Division - Brigadier General Ben McCulloch (K)

Colonel E. Greer

Infantry Brigade - Colonel Louis Hebert (C)

Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ogden

4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Evander McNair

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ogden

14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel M. C. Mitchell

16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel J. F. Hill

17th Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel F. A. Rector

21st Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel D. McRae

3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Major W. F. Tunnard (C)

Captain W. S. Gunnell

Cavalry Brigade - Brigadier General James McIntosh (K)

1st Arkansas Mounted Rifle Regiment --- Colonel Thomas James Churchill

2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifle Regiment --- Colonel B. T. Embry

3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Elkanah Greer

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel Walter P. Lane

4th Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel William B. Sims (W)

                                                            Lieutenant Colonel William Quayle

6th Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel B. W. Stone

11th Texas Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel James J. Dimond

Artillery

Harts Artillery Battery

Provence's Artillery Battery

Gaine's Artillery Battery

Good's Artillery Battery

Pike's Command - Brigadier General Albert Pike

Cherokee Regiment --- Colonel Staind Waite

Cherokee Regiment --- Colonel John Drew

Creek Regiment --- Colonel Daniel N. McIntosh

Squadron Texas Cavalry --- Colonel O. G. Welch

Other Troops

1st Battalion, Arkansas Cavalry --- Major W. H. Brooks

Battalion Texas Cavalry --- Major R. P. Crump

Battalion, Texas Mounted Rifles --- Major J. W. Shefield

Teel's Texas Artillery Battery

19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel P. R. Smith

22nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment --- Colonel G. W. King

STRENGTHS: 16,200

CASUALTIES Killed 800-1000 (including wounded); Missing 200-300 (Captured); TOTAL 1,000-1,300

 

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