Pea Ridge Confederate order of battle


These are the units and commanders who fought for the Confederacy in the Battle of Pea Ridge. The Pea Ridge Union order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn

Right Wing

DivisionBrigadeUnitCommanderKilledWoundedMissingCasualties
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
3rd Louisiana Infantry RegimentMaj Will F. Tunnard
Cpt W.L. Gunnells
10154267
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
4th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol Evander McNair
Ltc Samuel Ogden
1638054
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
14th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col William C. Mitchell ----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col Dandridge McRae----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
16th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol John F. Hill----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
17th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol Frank A. Rector----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles Col Thomas J. Churchill5005
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles Col Benjamin T. Embry415827
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Hébert's Infantry Brigade
Col Louis Hébert
Col Evander McNair
4th Texas Cavalry Battalion Maj John W. Whitfield----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
3rd Texas Cavalry RegimentCol Elkanah Greer
Ltc Walter P. Lane
212014
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
6th Texas Cavalry RegimentCol B. Warren Stone331319
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
9th Texas Cavalry RegimentCol William B. Sims
Ltc William Quayle
----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
11th Texas Cavalry RegimentCol William C. Young----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion Maj William H. Brooks1130041
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
McIntosh's Cavalry Brigade
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
1st Texas Cavalry BattalionMaj R. Phillip Crump----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Artillery Hart's Arkansas Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt William Hart----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Artillery Provence's Arkansas Battery
2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt David Provence----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Artillery Gaines's Arkansas Battery
2 12-pounder rifled guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt James J. Gaines----
McCulloch's Division
BG Benjamin McCulloch
BG James M. McIntosh
Col Elkanah Greer
BG Albert Pike
Artillery Good's Texas Battery
4 12-pounder field guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt John Jay Good114217
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
1st Cherokee Mounted RiflesCol John Drew----
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
2nd Cherokee Mounted RiflesCol Stand Watie----
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Col Douglas H. Cooper----
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
1st Creek Mounted Rifles Col Daniel N. McIntosh----
Pike's BrigadePike's Indian Brigade
BG Albert Pike
Welch's Texas Cavalry SquadronCpt Otis G. Welch----
Unassigned UnitsNot Brigaded19th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
Ltc P. R. Smith----
Unassigned UnitsNot Brigaded20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Col. George W. King----

Left Wing (Missouri State Guard)

MG Sterling Price
At the beginning of 1862, Price commanded about 8,000 soldiers. About half of these soldiers were organized as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Missouri Brigades while the rest remained in seven Missouri State Guard "Divisions" that were hardly larger than regiments.
DivisionBrigadeUnitCommanderKilledWoundedMissingCasualties
First Division
MG Sterling Price
HeadquartersCearnal's Missouri Cavalry BattalionLtc James T. Cearnal
Maj D. Todd Samuels
261220
First Division
MG Sterling Price
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
2nd Missouri InfantryCol John Q. Burbridge----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
3rd Missouri InfantryCol Benjamin A. Rives
Ltc James A. Pritchard
264533104
First Division
MG Sterling Price
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
1st Missouri Cavalry RegimentCol Elijah Gates----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
Wade's Missouri Artillery Battery
2 6-pounder guns & 4 12-pound howitzers
Cpt William Wade----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
First Missouri Brigade
Col Lewis Henry Little
Clark's Missouri Artillery Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt S. Churchill Clark
Lt James L. Farris
----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Hughes's Missouri Infantry BattalionCol John T. Hughes1348
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Bevier's Missouri Infantry BattalionMaj Robert S. Bevier38415
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Rosser's Missouri Infantry BattalionCol Thomas H. Rosser----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Riggins's Missouri Cavalry BattalionCol George W. Riggins----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Landis's Missouri Artillery Battery
2 12-pounder howitzers & 2 24-pounder howitzers
Cpt John C. Landis----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Second Missouri Brigade
Col William Y. Slack
Col Thomas H. Rosser
Jackson's Missouri Artillery Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt William Lucas----
First Division
MG Sterling Price
Third Missouri Brigade
Col Colton Greene
Brigade was composed of parts of Col Thomas Freeman's Regiment, Ltc John A. Schnable's Regiment, Cpt L.C. Campbell's cavalry company and partially organized Missouri State Guard units transferring into Confederate service.Col Thomas Freeman et al659065
Missouri State GuardSecond Division
BG Martin E. Green
Guarding army's trains
Unidentified infantry and cavalry unitsBG Martin E. Green----
Missouri State GuardSecond Division
BG Martin E. Green
Guarding army's trains
Kneisley's Missouri Battery
5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns
Cpt James W. Kneisley----
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
1st InfantryMaj John F. Rucker15511
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
2nd InfantryCol Congreve Jackson5171547
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
3rd InfantryMaj Robert R. Hutchinson120627
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
4th and 5th InfantryCol J.A. Poindexter337747
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
6th InfantryLtc Quinton Peacher223833
Missouri State GuardThird Division
Col John Bullock Clark Jr.
Tull's Missouri Battery
2 6-pounder rifled guns & 2 6-pounder guns
Cpt Francis M. Tull----
Missouri State GuardFifth Division
Col James P. Saunders
Unidentified infantry and cavalry unitsCol James P. Saunders932041
Missouri State GuardFifth Division
Col James P. Saunders
Kelley's Battery
5 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns
Cpt Joseph Kelly----
Missouri State GuardSixth Division
Maj D. Herndon Lindsay
Unidentified infantry and cavalry unitsMaj D. Herndon Lindsay1334047
Missouri State GuardSixth Division
Maj D. Herndon Lindsay
Gorham's Battery
4 6-pounder guns
Cpt James C. Gorham----
Missouri State GuardSeventh and Ninth Divisions
BG Daniel M. Frost
7th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry unitsBG Daniel M. Frost----
Missouri State GuardSeventh and Ninth Divisions
BG Daniel M. Frost
Guibor's Missouri Battery
2 6-pounder guns & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Henry Guibor----
Missouri State GuardSeventh and Ninth Divisions
BG Daniel M. Frost
9th: Unidentified infantry and cavalry unitsBG James H. McBride----
Missouri State GuardSeventh and Ninth Divisions
BG Daniel M. Frost
MacDonald's St. Louis Battery
1 6-pounder gun & 2 12-pounder howitzers
Cpt Emmett MacDonald----
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
1st InfantryCol William H. Erwin226028
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
2nd InfantryLtc John P. Bowman----
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
3rd InfantryLtc A. J. Pearcy----
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
4th InfantryLtc John M. Stemmons----
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
Shelby's Cavalry CompanyCpt Jo Shelby----
Missouri State GuardEighth Division
BG James S. Rains
Bledsoe's Missouri Battery
3 12-pounder Napoleons & 1 12-pounder gun
Lt Charles W. Higgins----