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

Abbreviations used

Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain

Missouri State Guard MG Sterling Price [not present] Governor Claiborne F. Jackson Col Lewis Henry Little, Adjutant General

Division Regiments and Other Third Division

BG John Bullock Clark, Sr. 1st Missouri: Col John Q. Burbridge 1st Missouri: Ltc Edwin W. Price 1st Missouri Regiment: Maj John Bullock Clark, Jr. Fourth Division

BG William Y. Slack 1st Missouri: Col John T. Hughes, Ltc James Pritchard Thornton's Battalion: Maj John C. Thornton 1st Cavalry: Col Benjamin A. Rives Sixth Division

BG Mosby Parsons Kelly's Missouri Regiment: Col Joseph Kelly Dills' Battalion: Maj George K. Dills 1st Missouri Cavalry: Col Ben Brown Alexander's Cavalry: Cpt ___ Alexander Crews' Cavalry: Cpt ___ Crews Guibor's Battery (4 guns): Cpt Henry Guibor Eighth Division

BG James Spencer Rains   Col Richard Hanson Weightman 2nd Regiment: Col John R. Graves 3rd Regiment: Col Edgar V. Hurst O'Kane's Battalion: Ltc Walter S. O'Kane Independent Detachment: Cpt Francis P. McKinney 2nd Cavalry (1st Battalion Independent): Col James McCown 3rd Cavalry, Companies A, B, & H (part): Col Robert Y. Peyton 7th Cavalry, Boughan's Battalion: Ltc Richard A. Boughan Bledsoe's Battery (3 guns): Cpt Hiram M. Bledsoe

Note: Several independent cavalry units were attached to Rains' Eighth Division. Among these a contingent of 150 mounted troops under the command of Capt. Jo Shelby distinguished themselves on the vanguard of the Southern action throughout the battle. From daring battlefield maneuvers under fire by Sigel's batteries to pressing Sigel's retreat to Sarcoxie, Shelby's cavalry "snatched the victory at Carthage from Sigel's grasp." Altogether, the Missouri State Guard included over 2,000 unarmed men who did not participate in the battle.

See also

Missouri in the American Civil War

References Hinze, David C. & Karen Farnham. The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861 (Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing Company), 1997. O'Flaherty, Daniel. Sutherland, Daniel E. General Jo Shelby: Undefeated Rebel. North Carolina: UNC Press. Pgs. 63-72: Boonville and Carthage. Jun 1, 2000. First Edition 1954.