Mill Springs Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Mill Springs during the American Civil War on January 19, 1862, near present-day Nancy, Kentucky. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

## Abbreviations used[edit]

### Military rank[edit]

* BG = Brigadier General
* Col = Colonel
* Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
* Maj = Major
* Cpt = Captain

### Other[edit]

* w = wounded

## First Division, Army of the Ohio[edit]

Union order of battle at Mill Springs

BG George Henry Thomas

Brigade  | Regiments and Other

|

Second Brigade

Col Mahlon Dickerson Manson

* 10th Indiana: Ltc William C. Kise
* 4th Kentucky Infantry: Col Speed Smith Fry (w)
* 14th Ohio Infantry, Company C: Cpt J. W. Brown

Third Brigade

Col Robert Latimer McCook (w)

* 2nd Minnesota Infantry (9 companies): Col Horatio Phillips Van Cleve
* 9th Ohio Infantry: Maj Gustave Kammerling

Twelfth Brigade

Col Samuel Perry Carter

* 12th Kentucky Infantry: Col William A. Hoskins
* 1st Tennessee Infantry: Col Robert K. Byrd
* 2nd Tennessee Infantry: Col James P. T. Carter
* 1st Kentucky Cavalry (4 companies): Col Frank Lane Wolford

Artillery  |

* Battery B, 1st Ohio Artillery: Cpt William E. Standart
* Battery C, 1st Ohio Artillery: Cpt Dennis Kenny Jr.
* 9th Ohio Battery: Cpt Henry Shepard Wetmore

### Nearby troops not engaged[edit]

* 10th Kentucky Infantry: Col John Marshall Harlan
* 2nd Minnesota Infantry, Company A: Cpt Judson Bishop (on picket duty; engaged in pursuit to Beech Grove)
* 17th Ohio Infantry: Col John M. Connell
* 35th Ohio Infantry: Col Ferdinand Van Derveer
* 38th Ohio Infantry, Company A: Cpt Charles Greenwood (camp guard; engaged in pursuit to Beech Grove)
* 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics, Companies D, F, G: Ltc K. A. Hunton (camp guard)

## References[edit]

* Battle, J. H., et al. Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville, KY: F. A. Battey, 1885).
* The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. I, Vol. 7, pp. 79–116; 824.
* Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861-1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission 12 vol. (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895.
* Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers. (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

## External links[edit]

* Mills Springs Battlefield Association
* Battle of Mill Springs/Fishing Creek by Geoffrey R. Walden