Rich Mountain order of battle - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Rich Mountain

Battle of Rich Mountain

The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.-Background:...

, during 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...

in 1861.

Military Rank

Gen = General
General
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LTG = Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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MG = Major General
Major General
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BG = Brigadier General
Brigadier General
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Col = Colonel
Colonel
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Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
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Maj = Major
Major
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Cpt = Captain
Lt = Lieutenant
Lieutenant
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Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation)
Department of the Ohio
The Department of the Ohio was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer the troops in the Northern states near the Ohio River.General Orders No...

MG George B. McClellan

George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan was a major general during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly as the general-in-chief of the Union Army. Early in the war, McClellan played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army for the Union...

Brigades	Regiments
Rosecrans' Brigade BG William S. Rosecrans	3rd Ohio 3rd Ohio Infantry The 3rd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in several important campaigns in the Western Theater in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.-Three-months regiment:... – Col Isaac H. Morrow 4th Ohio 4th Ohio Infantry The 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of... – Col Lorin Andres 7th Ohio 7th Ohio Infantry The 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment formed in northeastern Ohio for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War... – Col Erastus B. Tyler Erastus B. Tyler Erastus Bernard Tyler was an American businessman, merchant, and soldier. He was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and fought in many of the early battles in the Eastern Theater before being assigned command of the defenses of Baltimore, Maryland. He briefly commanded the... 8th Indiana 8th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months) The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana on April 21, for a three month enlistment.... – Col William P. Benton 9th Ohio 9th Ohio Infantry The 9th Ohio Infantry ' was an infantry regiment that was a part of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The members of the regiment were primarily of German descent and the unit was the first almost all-German unit to enter the Union Army.-Organization:Between 1836 to 1860, four German... – Col Robert L. McCook 10th Indiana 10th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 10th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:The 10th Indiana Infantry organized at Indianapolis, Indiana April 22–25, 1861 in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers. The regiment performed... – Col Mahlon D. Manson 10th Ohio 10th Ohio Infantry The 10th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was also known as the Montgomery Regiment and the Bloody Tenth... – Col William H. Lytle 13th Indiana – Col Jeremiah C. Sullivan Jeremiah C. Sullivan Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan was an Indiana lawyer, antebellum United States Navy officer, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was among a handful of former Navy officers who later served as infantry generals during the war.-Early life and career:Jeremiah C.... 14th Indiana 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 14th Indiana Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as the Gallant Fourteenth, was an Civil War infantry regiment. A part of the celebrated Gibraltar Brigade of the Army of the Potomac, the 14th helped secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.- Service :*The 14th Indiana was... – Col Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball Nathan Kimball was a physician, politician, postmaster, and military officer, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War... 15th Indiana 15th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 15th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 15th Indiana Infantry was organized at Lafayette, Indiana for a one year enlistment in May 1861... – Col George D. Wagner George D. Wagner George Day Wagner was an Indiana politician, farmer, and soldier, serving as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His controversial actions at the Battle of Franklin in 1864 overshadowed his positive performance earlier in the war.-Early life and career:Wagner was born in... 17th Ohio 17th Ohio Infantry The 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col John M. Connel 19th Ohio 19th Ohio Infantry The 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col Samuel Beatty Samuel Beatty (general) Samuel Beatty was an American soldier, sheriff, and farmer from Ohio. He was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1866, he was awarded the brevet grade of major general of volunteers.... 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery A – Cpt C.O. Loomis 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery G. – Cpt Albion P. Howe Albion P. Howe Albion Parris Howe was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Howe's contentious relationships with superior officers in the Army of the Potomac eventually led to his being deprived of division command.... 4th U.S. Artillery, Battery I. – Cpt Oscar A. Mack 1st Illinois Cavalry, Company A – Cpt C.W. Barker 1st Illinois Cavalry, Company D – Cpt Frederick Schambeck 1st Ohio Cavalry, Detachment – Col Henry W. Burdsal
Morris' Brigade BG Thomas A. Morris Thomas A. Morris Thomas Armstrong Morris was an American railroad executive and civil engineer from Indiana and a soldier, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...	1st West Virginia, Detachment 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service record:... – Col Benjamin F. Kelley 6th Indiana – Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden Thomas Turpin Crittenden Thomas Turpin Crittenden was a Union general in the American Civil War.-Birth and early years:Crittenden was born in Huntsville, Alabama, but his family moved to Texas shortly thereafter. He was a nephew of Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky, and a first cousin of Confederate general George B.... 6th Ohio 6th Ohio Infantry The 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater in a series of campaigns and battles.-Organization and service:... – Col William K. Bosley 7th Indiana 7th Regiment Indiana Infantry (3 months) The 7th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from the State of Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... – Col Ebenezer Dumont Ebenezer Dumont Ebenezer Dumont was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... 9th Indiana 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized on April 22, 1861, for three-months' service in Indianapolis... – Col Robert H. Milroy Robert H. Milroy Robert Huston Milroy was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863.-Early life:... 11th Indiana 11th Regiment Indiana Infantry The 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-3 Month:The 11th Indiana was organized in Indianapolis, Indiana with Lew Wallace as colonel and George McGinnis as lieutenant colonel... – Col Lew Wallace Lew Wallace Lewis "Lew" Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician and author... 14th Ohio, Detachment 14th Ohio Infantry The 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col James B. Steedman James B. Steedman James Blair Steedman was an American soldier, printer, and politician. He also served during the American Civil War as a general in the Union Army, most noted for his performances at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 and the Battle of Nashville in 1864.-Early life and career:Steedman was born in... 15th Ohio, Detachment 15th Ohio Infantry The 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Ltc Moses R. Dickey 16th Ohio, Detachment 16th Ohio Infantry The 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Detachment – Col James Barnett
Hill's Brigade BG Charles W. Hill	1st West Virginia, Detachment 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Year) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service record:... 2nd West Virginia, Detachment 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Mustering:... 5th Ohio 5th Ohio Infantry The 5th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from southwestern Ohio that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving in both the Eastern and Western Theaters in a series of campaigns and battles.... – Col Samuel H. Dunning 8th Ohio 8th Ohio Infantry The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping repulse Pickett's Charge during the Battle of... – Col Herman G. Depuy 13th Ohio 13th Ohio Infantry The 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col William Sooy Smith William Sooy Smith William Sooy Smith was a West Point graduate and career United States Army officer who rose through the ranks to become a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.... 15th Ohio, Detachment 15th Ohio Infantry The 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col G. W. Andrews 16th Ohio, Detachment – Col J. Irvine 18th Ohio 18th Ohio Infantry The 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Three-months regiment:... – Col Timothy R. Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley Timothy Robbins Stanley A native of Hartford, Connecticut, he served during the Civil War as colonel of the 18th Ohio Infantry. He was brevetted brigadier general, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war."-External links:* 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry... 20th Ohio – Col Thomas Morton 22nd Ohio – Ltc John A. Turley 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, Battery A – Cpt Philip Daum 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company A. – Cpt John Keys

Army of the Northwest

BG Robert S. Garnett

Robert S. Garnett

Robert Selden Garnett was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army until the American Civil War, when he became a Confederate States Army brigadier general. He was the first general officer killed in the Civil War.-Early life and career:Garnett was born at the family plantation...

Brigades	Regiments
Laurel Hill BG Robert S. Garnett	1st Georgia - Col James N. Ramsey 9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry - Maj George W. Hansborough 23rd Virginia - Col William B. Taliaferro William B. Taliaferro William Booth Taliaferro , was a United States Army officer, a lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:... 31st Virginia - Ltc William L. Jackson 37th Virginia - Col Samuel P. Fulkerson Danville Artillery - Cpt Lindsay M. Shumaker Smith's Cavalry Squadron - Cpt John G. Smith Jackson's Cavalry Squadron - Cpt George Jackson
Rich Mountain Ltc John Pegram John Pegram (general) John Pegram was a career soldier from Virginia who served as an officer in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S...	20th Virginia - Ltc John Pegram 25th Virginia - Ltc Jonathan M. Heck 44th Virginia - Col William C. Scott Company I, 14th Virginia Cavalry - Cpt Franklin F. Sterrett Lee Battery - Cpt Pierce B. Anderson

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Military Rank

Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation)Department of the OhioThe Department of the Ohio was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer the troops in the Northern states near the Ohio River.General Orders No...

Army of the Northwest

Department of the Ohio (Army of Occupation)
Department of the Ohio
The Department of the Ohio was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer the troops in the Northern states near the Ohio River.General Orders No...