title: Wilson's Creek Union order of battle
text: # Wilson's Creek Union order of battle
  
  The following Union Army units 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 |
  