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Shiloh Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Shiloh of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, return of casualties and reports.

Contents

Military rank

  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant
  • Artillery

  • 3" R = 3 inch caliber ordnance rifle
  • How = Howitzer
  • lb = pound (projectile weight)
  • Nap = M1857 Napoleon Gun
  • R = Rifled Gun
  • SB = Smoothbore Gun
  • Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed
  • c = captured
  • Army of the Tennessee

    MG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

    General Staff & Headquarters

  • Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
  • Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. John A. Rawlins
  • Chief Commissary: Cpt. John Parker Hawkins
  • Army of the Ohio

    MG Don Carlos Buell, Commanding

  • Chief of Staff: Col James B. Fry
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt. J.M. Wright
  • Topographical Engineer: Cpt. Nathaniel Michler
  • Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt. Alvan C. Gillem
  • Assistant Inspector General: Cpt. Charles C. Gilbert
  • References

    Shiloh Union order of battle Wikipedia