The following Union Army unitsMultiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign. and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used Military rank BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant 2Lt = 2nd Lieutenant
Other w = wounded k = killed
Army of the West BG Nathaniel Lyon (k) Maj Samuel D. Sturgis
Staff Asst. Inspector General: BG Thomas W. Sweeny Chief of Staff: Maj. John M. Schofield
Brigade Regiments and Others First Brigade
Maj Samuel D. Sturgis 2nd Missouri Infantry (two companies): Maj Peter J. Osterhaus 1st U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Cpt Joseph B. Plummer (w), Cpt Arch Houston Company I, 2nd Kansas Infantry (mounted): Cpt Samuel N. Wood Company D, 1st U.S. Cavalry: Lt Charles W. Canfield Company F, 2nd U.S. Artillery: Cpt James Totten Second Brigade
Col Franz Sigel 3rd Missouri Infantry: Ltc Anselm Albert 5th Missouri Infantry: Col Charles E. Salomon Company I, 1st U.S. Cavalry: Cpt Eugene A. Carr Company C, 2nd U.S. Dragoons: Lt Charles E. Farrand Backof's Battery, Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Edward Schuetzenbach, Lt Frederick Schaefer Third Brigade
Ltc George L. Andrews 1st Missouri Infantry: Ltc George L. Andrews (w), Cpt Theodore Yates 2nd U.S. Infantry (4 companies): Maj Frederick Steele Du Bois’ Battery: Lt John V. Du Bois Fourth Brigade
Col George Deitzler (w) 1st Iowa Infantry: Col John F. Bates 1st Kansas Infantry: Col George Deitzler 2nd Kansas Infantry: Col Robert B. Mitchell (w), Ltc Charles W. Blair 13th Illinois Infantry (21 man detachment): Lt James Beardsley Home Guards: Cpt Clark Wright Unassigned Lyon's bodyguard: Unknown Voerster's Pioneer Company: Cpt John D. Voerster
Notes
References NPS Order of Battle
Further reading Brooksher, William Riley. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995.