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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creekmarker of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations Used

Military Rank



Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed
  • pow = prisoner of war

===Army of the West===

BG Nathaniel Lyon (k)

1st Brigade

Maj Samuel D. Sturgis
1st U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt Joseph B. Plummer
2nd Missouri Infantry Battalion: Maj Peter J. Osterhaus
Company I, 2nd Kansas Mounted Infantry
Company D, 1st U.S. Cavalry
Company F, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt James Totten


2nd Brigade

Col Franz Sigel
3rd Missouri Infantry: Ltc Anselm Albert
5th Missouri Infantry: Col Charles E. Salomon
Company I, 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene A. Carr
Company C, 2nd U.S. Dragoons: 2Lt Charles E. Farrand
Backoff’s Battery: Lt Edward Schuetzenbach, Lt Fredrick Shaefer


3rd Brigade

Ltc George Andrews
1st Missouri Infantry: Ltc George L. Andrews
2nd U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt Frederick Steele
Du Bois’ Battery: 2Lt John V. Du Bois


4th BrigadeCol George W. Deitzler
1st Kansas Infantry: Col George W. Deitzler
2nd Kansas Infantry: Col Robert B. Mitchell (w), Ltc Charles W. Blair
1st Iowa Infantry: Col John F. Bates
Home Guards: Cpt Clark Wright


References

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



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