Carthage Confederate order of battle
# Carthage Confederate order of battle

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.

