Union Trans-Mississippi Units at Chickamauga

It’s possible to learn a lot of interesting facts from studying an Order of Battle along with casualty reports. Did you know that the 8th Kansas Infantry and the 2nd Minnesota Infantry were among the regiments that suffered some of the highest casualty rates among Union troops at the battle of Chickamauga? The following list of Union trans-Mississippi units that served at the battle of Chickamauga is taken from the Official Records:

8^th Kansas Infantry (20^th Army Corps, Heg’s Brigade: 30 KIA, 165 WIA, 25 captured or missing)

2^nd Minnesota Battery (20^th Army Corps, 1^st Division: 2 WIA)

2^nd Minnesota Infantry (14^th Army Corps, Van Derveer’s Brigade: 35 KIA, 113 WIA, 14 captured or missing)

1^st Missouri Light Artillery, Battery G (20^th Army Corps, Laiboldt’s Brigade: 4 WIA)

2^nd Missouri Infantry (20^th Army Corps, Laiboldt’s Brigade: 7 KIA, 56 WIA, 29 captured or missing)

15^th Missouri Infantry (20^th Army Corps, Laiboldt’s Brigade: 11 KIA, 67 WIA, 22 captured or missing)