Fort Donelson Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the casualty returns,^[1] and the reports.^[2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

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

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed

Union Forces

District of Cairo

BG Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding

• Chief of Staff: Col Joseph D. Webster
• Chief of Engineers: Col James B. McPherson
• Assistant Adjutant General: Cpt John A. Rawlins

Western Flotilla

Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote (w)

Rear Guard

These units were attached to the District of Cairo but were posted to guard duty and did not take part in the campaign against Fort Donelson.^[10]

See also

• Tennessee in the American Civil War

Notes

1. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 167
2. ↑ Official Records, Series I, Volume VII, page 157
3. ↑ History of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry
4. ↑ Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 1, page 429.
5. ↑ Haynie's regiment was temporarily attached to the 3rd Brigade on Feb. 13 to participate in an assault on a Confederate battery. Haynie outranked Morrison and therefore was the senior commander. Quickly into the fighting Morrison was wounded and when the attacked failed Haynie's regiment was returned to the 2nd Brigade. (Cooling p. 145) Leonard F. Ross was then elevated to command of the 3rd Brigade.
6. ↑ The 52nd Illinois (Col Sweeny, Eicher p.519) moved to Fort Donelson between Feb 10-17 and was primarily involved in prisoner transport.
7. ↑ Temporarily attached to Third Division on February 15.
8. ↑ Division created February 14. General Wallace transferred from 5th Brigade, 2nd Division (Eicher p.551)
9. ↑ Attached to 3rd Brigade.
10. ↑ Gott p.77

References

• Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, The Campaign for Fort Donelson, U.S. National Park Service and Eastern National, 1999, ISBN 1-888213-50-7.
• Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• Gott, Kendall D., Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry—Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862, Stackpole books, 2003, ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
• Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles, Volume 1 (Pdf), New York: The Century Co., 1887.
• U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.