Battle of Tupelo order of battle: Union

The following Union army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Tupelo, July 14-15, 1864, during the American Civil War.^[1]^[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

Right Wing, 16th Army Corps

MG Andrew Jackson Smith, Commanding

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
First Division BG Joseph Mower	First Brigade^[3] Col. William L. McMillen	114th Illinois, Capt. B.C. Berry (w) 93rd Indiana, Capt. C.A. Hubbard 10th Minnesota, Lt. Col. Samuel P. Jennison 72nd Ohio, Maj. E. A. Rawson (mw) 95th Ohio, Lt. Col. J. Brumback Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Lt. Orrin W. Cram
	Second Brigade Col. Alexander Wilkin (k) Col. John D. McClure	47th Illinois 5th Minnesota (detachment) 9th Minnesota, Lt. Col. Josiah F. Marsh 11th Missouri 8th Wisconsin Iowa Light Artillery, 2nd Battery, Lt. Joseph Rea Reed
	Third Brigade^[4] Col. Joseph J. Woods	12th Iowa, Lt. Col. John H. Stibbs 35th Iowa, Col. Sylvester G. Hill 7th Minnesota, Col. William R. Marshall 33rd Missouri, Lt. Col. William H. Heath
	Fourth Brigade^[5] Col. Lyman M. Ward	41st Illinois (detachment), Lt. Wilson 14th Wisconsin, Lt. Col. James W. Polleys 33rd Wisconsin, Lt. Col. F. S. Lovell 6th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery Battery M, 1st Missouri Light Artillery Regiment, Cpt. Mueller
Third Division Col. David Moore	First Brigade^[6] Col. Charles D. Murray	58th Illinois, Cpt. Heelan 119th Illinois, Col. Thomas J. Kinney 122nd Illinois, Col. J. I. Rinaker 89th Indiana, Lt. Col. Craven 21st Missouri, Col. Edwin Moore 9th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
	Second Brigade^[7] Col. James I. Gilbert	14th Iowa, Cpt. William J. Campbell 27th Iowa, Cpt. Amos M. Haslip 32nd Iowa, Maj. Jonathan Hutchinson 24th Missouri, Maj. Robert W. Fyan 3rd Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery, Lt. Richard Burns
	Third Brigade Col. Edward H. Wolfe	49th Illinois 117th Illinois, Col. Risdon M. Moore 52nd Indiana, Lt. Col. Zalmon S. Main 178th New York, Cpt. George F. Young Battery G, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Lt. John W. Lowell 14th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
United States Colored Troops	First Brigade^[8] Col. Edward Bouton	59th US Colored Infantry, Maj. James C. Foster 61st US Colored Infantry, Col. F. A. Kendrick 68th US Colored Infantry, Col. J. B. Jones 2nd US Colored Light Artillery, Battery I, Cpt. Louis B. Smith
Cavalry Division BG Benjamin Grierson	Second Brigade Col. Edward F. Winslow	3rd Iowa, Lt. Col. John W. Noble 4th Iowa, Lt. Col. John H. Peters 10th Missouri, Maj. Martin H. Williams Battery K, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment
	Third Brigade Col. Datus E.Coon	3rd Illinois (detachment) 7th Illinois (detachment) 9th Illinois, Lt. Col. Henry B. Burgh 2nd Iowa, Maj. Charles C. Horton
	Unassigned	7th Kansas, Col. Thomas P. Herrick

Notes

↑ Jordan, Thomas (1868). The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry. New Orleans: Blelock & Company. p. 506.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. pp. 254–256.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 259.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 268.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 277.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 280.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 281.
↑ United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 300.

References

Bearrs, Edwin C. (2023) Outwitting Forrest: The Tupelo Campaign in Mississippi, June 22 - July 23, 1864, Savas Beatie, El Dorado Hills, CA.
Jordan, T.J. & Pryor, J.P. (1868) The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, Blelock & Company, New Orleans.

External links

US National Park Service - Tupelo National Battlefield: The Battle

[1] Jordan, Thomas (1868). The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry. New Orleans: Blelock & Company. p. 506.

[2] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. pp. 254–256.

[3] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 259.

[4] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 268.

[5] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 277.

[6] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 280.

[7] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 281.

[8] United States War Department (1895). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 39, Serial 77. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 300.

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Abbreviations used

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Other

Right Wing, 16th Army Corps

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