Camp Wildcat Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Camp Wildcat (also known as Wildcat Mountain and Camp Wild Cat) of the American Civil War on October 21, 1861, in Laurel County, Kentucky. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Cpt = Captain

Union Army

BG Albin F. Schoepf
Col Theophilus T. Garrard [in command until the arrival of Schoepf]

Union order of battle at Camp Wildcat

Units
Infantry	33rd Indiana: Col John Coburn - 700 men 7th Kentucky: Col Theophilus T. Garrard - 600 men Laurel Home Guard - 200 men 14th Ohio: Col James Blair Steedman - 850 men 17th Ohio: Col John M. Connell - 850 men 38th Ohio: Col Edwin D. Bradley - not engaged 1st East Tennessee - not engaged 2nd East Tennessee - not engaged
Artillery	Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt William E. Standart - 150 men
Cavalry	1st Kentucky Cavalry (dismounted): Col Frank Lane Wolford - 450 men

See also

• Kentucky in the American Civil War

References

• Battle, J. H., et al. Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville, KY: F. A. Battey, 1885).
• The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 4, pp. 280–316.
• Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission 12 vol. (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886-1895.
• Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

External links

• National Park Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Camp Wildcat battle site, photos, and description
• National Park Service Battle Summary
• Camp Wildcat Preservation Foundation