Battle of the Thames order of battle

The following units and commanders of the American, British and Native American armed forces Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812.

Abbreviations used

Military Rank

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed
• m = missing

American Forces

Army of the Northwest: MG William Henry Harrison

General Staff

• Inspector-General: Col George Walker
• Military Secretary: Maj William T. Barry
• Judge Advocate General: Maj Thomas Barr
• Adjutant General: Joseph McDowell

Unit	Regiments and Other
U.S. Regular Army	27th U.S. Infantry: Col George Paul
Cavalry	Mounted Riflemen: Col Richard Mentor Johnson

Kentucky Militia

Governor Isaac Shelby^[1]

General Staff

• 1st Aide de Camp: BG John Adair
• 2nd Aide de Camp: Maj John J. Crittenden

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
1st Division      BG William Henry	First Brigade    Col George Trotter[2]	1st Infantry Regiment: Col George Trotter 2nd Infantry Regiment: Col John Donaldson
	Third Brigade    BG John Edward King	5th Infantry Regiment: Col Henry Renick 7th Infantry Regiment: Col Micah Taul
	Fourth Brigade    BG James Allen	6th Infantry Regiment: Col Richard Davenport 7th Infantry Regiment: Col John Calloway
Second Division      BG Joseph Desha	Second Brigade    BG David Chiles	3rd Infantry Regiment: Col John Poagle 4th Infantry Regiment: Col William Mountjoy
	Second Brigade    BG Samuel Caldwell	9th Infantry Regiment: Col John Simrall 10th Infantry Regiment: Col Philip Barbour
	Unattached	11th Infantry Regiment: Col William Williams

British & Native American Forces

MG Henry Procter

British

• 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot - Ltc Augustus Warburton
• Local militia (composition unknown)

Tecumseh's Confederacy

Tecumseh †

• Shawnee: Tecumseh
• Wyandot: Roundhead †

References

1. Organization of the Kentucky Militia forces (Young pp.38-43)
2. The First brigade was assigned to BG Marquis Calmes who was absent at the time of the battle. Col Trotter commanded in his place.

Sources

• Young, Bennett H., The Battle of the Thames in which the Kentuckians defeated the British, French and Indians, October 5, 1813 Louisville KY: John P. Morton & Company, 1903