Rich Mountain order of battle

The following is the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Rich Mountain, during the American Civil War in 1861.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank Gen = General LTG = Lieutenant General MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant

Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed m = missing

Union forces

Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation), MG George B. McClellan

Union forces

Brigades	Regiments
Schleich's Brigade    BG Newton Schleich	3rd Ohio: Col Isaac H. Morrow 6th Ohio: Col William K. Bosley 14th Indiana: Col Nathan Kimball 15th Indiana: Col George D. Wagner
Rosecrans' Brigade    BG William S. Rosecrans[1]	17th Ohio: Col John M. Connel 19th Ohio: Col Samuel Beatty 8th Indiana: Col William P. Benton 10th Indiana: Col Mahlon D. Manson 13th Indiana: Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry: Cpt Henry W. Burdsal 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery G: Cpt Albion P. Howe 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery I: Cpt Oscar A. Mack
Morris' "Indiana" Brigade    BG Thomas A. Morris	6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden 7th Indiana: Col Ebenezer Dumont 9th Indiana: Col Robert H. Milroy 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Detachment: Col James Barnett
Hill's Brigade    BG Charles W. Hill	8th Ohio: Col Herman G. Depuy 15th Ohio: Col George W. Andrews 16th Ohio: Col James Irvine
McCook's Advance Brigade    Col Robert L. McCook	4th Ohio: Col Lorin Andrews 9th Ohio: Col Robert L. McCook 1st Michigan Artillery, Battery A: Lt George Van Pelt

Confederate forces

Army of the Northwest, BG Robert S. Garnett^[2]

Confederate forces

Brigades	Regiments
Laurel Hill    BG Robert S. Garnett	1st Georgia: Col James N. Ramsey 9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry: Maj George W. Hansborough 23rd Virginia: Col William B. Taliaferro 31st Virginia: Ltc William L. Jackson 37th Virginia: Col Samuel V. Fulkerson Danville Artillery: Cpt Lindsay M. Shumaker Smith's Cavalry Squadron: Cpt John G. Smith Jackson's Cavalry Squadron: Cpt George Jackson
Rich Mountain    Ltc John Pegram	20th Virginia: Ltc John Pegram 25th Virginia: Ltc Jonathan M. Heck 44th Virginia: Col William C. Scott 14th Virginia Cavalry, Company I: Cpt Franklin F. Sterrett Lee Battery: Cpt Pierce B. Anderson

References

1. Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 641.
2. Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 250.

• Eicher, John H; Eicher, David J (2001). Civil War High Commands. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. Retrieved 2012-12-19.

External links

• Rich Mountain Battlefield