Battle of Belmont order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Belmont of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

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Military Rank

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Union Forces

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Grant's Expeditionary Command, District of Southeast Missouri

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BG Ulysses S. Grant

Brigade Regiments and Other
McClernand's Brigade

   BG John A. McClernand

Dougherty's Brigade

   Col Henry Dougherty

Cavalry
Artillery
Gunboats
Steamers
  • Aleck Scott: Captain Robert A. Reilly
  • Chancellor
  • Keystone State
  • Belle Memphis: Captain ___ Turner, Pilot Charles M. Scott
  • James Montgomery
  • Rob Roy

Units subject to Grant's command

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Brigade Regiments and Other
from Bird's Point toward Bloomfield
Oglesby's Brigade

   Col Richard James Oglesby

Cavalry
Artillery
Plummer's Brigade

   Col Joseph B. Plummer
[from Cape Girardeau to Bloomfield]

from Cape Girardeau to Charleston
Cook's Brigade

   Col John Cook
[from Fort Holt, Kentucky to Columbus]

From Paducah, Kentucky

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BG Charles Ferguson Smith

Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Brigade


   BG Eleazer A. Paine

2nd Brigade

Cooperating unit not subject to Grant's command, from Ironton to St. Francis River

See also

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References

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  • Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs. The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press), 1991. ISBN 0-8078-1968-9
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