Carthage Confederate order of battle
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The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carthage
of the American Civil War
. The Union order of battle
is listed separately.
[not present]
Governor Claiborne F. Jackson
Col Lewis Henry Little
, Adjutant General
Note: Several independent cavalry units were attached to Rains' Eighth Division. Altogether, the Missouri State Guard included over 2,000 unarmed men who did not participate in the battle.
Battle of Carthage (1861)
-References:* Lee, Guy Carlton, and Francis Newtun Thorpe, editors. The History of North America. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1905.* Monhegan, Jay. Civil War on the Western Border: 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.*...
of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The Union order of battle
Carthage Union order of battle
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carthage of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.-Military Rank:* Col = Colonel* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel* Maj = Major...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = ColonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
- Maj = MajorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
- Cpt = Captain
Missouri State Guard
MG Sterling PriceSterling Price
Sterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...
[not present]
Governor Claiborne F. Jackson
Col Lewis Henry Little
Lewis Henry Little
Lewis Henry Little was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He served mainly in the Western Theater and was killed in action during the Battle of Iuka....
, Adjutant General
Division | Regiments and Other |
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Third Division BG John Bullock Clark, Sr. |
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Fourth Division
BG William Y. Slack William Y. Slack William Yarnel Slack was a Missouri lawyer, politician, and general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War... |
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Sixth Division
BG Mosby Parsons Mosby Parsons Mosby Monroe Parsons was a United States officer in the Mexican-American War and brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
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Eighth Division
BG James Spencer Rains Col Richard Hanson Weightman Richard Hanson Weightman Richard Hanson Weightman was an antebellum delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico... |
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Note: Several independent cavalry units were attached to Rains' Eighth Division. Altogether, the Missouri State Guard included over 2,000 unarmed men who did not participate in the battle.