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

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

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.

Kentucky in the American Civil War

Pre-War	History of slavery in Kentucky Calvin Fairbank

1861	Confederate government of Kentucky Battle of Barbourville Battle of Camp Wildcat Battle of Ivy Mountain Battle of Rowlett's Station Battle of Sacramento

1862	Battle of Middle Creek Battle of Lucas Bend Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Richmond Battle of Munfordville Battle of Perryville Battle of New Haven General Order No. 11

1863	Battle of Somerset Morgan's Raid Battle of Tebbs Bend Battle of Lebanon Battle of Cumberland Gap Camp Nelson

1864	Battle of Paducah Battle of Salyersville Battle of Mount Sterling Battle of Cynthiana American Civil War fortifications in Louisville

Post-War	Monuments Cave Hill Cemetery Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

See also Timeline Lexington Louisville

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