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Siege of Corinth Union order of battle

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The following units and commanders of the Union Army fought at the Siege of Corinth (29 Apr-30 May 1862) of the American Civil War. The Union Army had approximately 150,000 present for duty. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the siege.

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Military Rank

  • 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

    • Department of the Mississippi

    MG Henry W. Halleck

  • Second-in-Command: MG Ulysses S. Grant
  • Chief of Staff and Chief Engineer: BG George W. Cullum
  • Chief of Cavalry: BG Andrew J. Smith
  • Chief Topographical Engineer: Col George Thom
  • Aide de Camp: Col Norton Parker Chipman
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John C. Kelton

    • District of West Tennessee

    MG Ulysses S. Grant

  • Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
  • Aide de Camp: Col James B. McPherson
  • Provost Marshal General: Col William S. Hillyer after 3 May
  • Provost Marshal General: Ltc DeWitt C. Anthony until May'
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John A. Rawlins
  • Chief Commissary: Cpt John Parker Hawkins

    • Right Wing (Army of the Tennessee)

    MG George H. Thomas

  • Chief of Staff and Asst. Adjutant General: Cpt George E. Flynt

    • Reserves (Army of the Tennessee)

    MG John A. McClernand

  • Assistant Inspector General: Col Thomas E. G. Ransom

    • Center (Army of the Ohio)

    MG Don Carlos Buell

  • Chief of Staff: Col James Barnet Fry
  • Assistant Inspector General: Maj Adam J. Slemmer
  • Assistant Inspector General: Cpt Charles Champion Gilbert
  • Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Alvan C. Gillem (until May 1862)
  • Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Andrew J. Mackay (May 1862)
  • Chief Engineer: Cpt James St. Clair Morton

    • Left Wing (Army of the Mississippi)

    MG John Pope

  • Chief of Staff: BG Washington L. Elliott after 12 June
  • Assistant Adjutant General: Maj Speed Butler
  • Assistant Inspector General: Maj John M. Corse
  • Assistant Quartermaster: Cpt Philip H. Sheridan

    • Right Wing

    MG William S. Rosecrans assigned 29 May

    Left Wing

    BG Schuyler Hamilton assigned 29 May

    References

    Siege of Corinth Union order of battle Wikipedia
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