Battle of Arkansas Post order of battle: Union

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) (otherwise known as Battle of Fort Hindman) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization and return of casualties during the battle.Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, pages 716-719

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

Army of the Mississippi

MG John A. McClernand

XIII Corps

BG George W. Morgan Chief of Staff: Maj John H. Hammond Escort: Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Cpt Richard H. Ballinger

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFirst Division

BG Andrew Jackson Smith 1st BrigadeK-37, W-305, M-7 = 349

BG Stephen Gano Burbridge 16th Indiana: Ltc John M. Orr (w), Maj James H. Redfield 60th Indiana: Col Richard Owen 67th Indiana: Col Frank Emerson (w) 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin 96th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Vance 23rd Wisconsin: Col Joshua J. Guppey 2nd BrigadeK-8, W-77, M-0 = 85

Col William J. Landram 77th Illinois: Col David P. Grier 97th Illinois: Col Friend S. Rutherford 108th Illinois: Col John Warner 131st Illinois: Ltc R. A. Peter 19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan 48th Ohio: Ltc Job R. Parker (w), Cpt S. G. W. Peterson ArtilleryK-0, W-1, M-1 = 1 Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery: Cpt Charles G. Cooley 17th Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Ambrose A. Blount CavalryK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 6th Missouri Cavalry (squadron): Col Clark WrightSecond Division

BG Peter J. Osterhaus 1st BrigadeK-3, W-14, M-11 = 28

Col Lionel A. Sheldon 118th Illinois: Col John G. Fonda 69th Indiana: Col Thomas Warren Bennett 120th Ohio: Col Daniel French 2nd BrigadeK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0

Col Daniel W. Lindsey 49th Indiana: Col James Keigwin 7th Kentucky: Cpt Andrew H. Clark 114th Ohio: Ltc Horatio B. Maynard 3rd BrigadeK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0

Col John F. DeCourcy 54th Indiana: Col Fielding Mansfield 22nd Kentucky: Maj William J. Worthington 16th Ohio: Cpt Eli W. Botsford 42nd Ohio: Ltc Don Albert Pardee ArtilleryK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Lanphere 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob T. Foster Engineers Patterson's Kentucky Engineers & Mechanics: Cpt William F. Patterson

XV Corps

MG William T. Sherman

Division Brigade Regiments and OthersFourth Division

BG Frederick Steele

Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder 1st BrigadeK-0, W-9, M-0 = 9

BG Francis Preston Blair Jr. 13th Illinois: Ltc Adam B. Gorgas 29th Missouri: Col John S. Cavender 30th Missouri: Ltc Otto Schadt 31st Missouri: Ltc Samuel P. Simpson 32nd Missouri: Col Francis H. Manter 58th Ohio: Cpt Bastian Benkler 4th Ohio Battery: Cpt Louis Hoffman 2nd BrigadeK-38, W-182, M-2 = 222

BG Charles E. Hovey (w) 25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone 31st Iowa: Col William Smyth 3rd Missouri: Col Isaac F. Shepard 12th Missouri: Col Hugo Wangelin 17th Missouri: Col Francis Hassendeubel 76th Ohio: Col Charles Robert Woods 1st Missouri Horse Artillery: Cpt Clemens Landgraeber 3rd BrigadeK-24, W-156, M-0 = 180

BG John Milton Thayer 4th Iowa: Col James Alexander Williamson 9th Iowa: Ltc William H. Coyl 26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith 30th Iowa: Ltc W. M. G. Torrence 34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark 1st Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Griffiths CavalryK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 3rd Illinois Cavalry: Col Lafayette McCrillisSecond Division

BG David Stuart 1st BrigadeK-18, W-84, M-0 = 102

Col Giles A. Smith 113th Illinois: Col George B. Hoge 116th Illinois: Ltc James P. Boyd 6th Missouri: Ltc James H. Blood 8th Missouri: Ltc David C. Coleman (w), Maj Dennis T. Kirby 1st Battalion, 13th US: Maj Daniel Chase 2nd BrigadeK-6, W-70, M-9 = 85

Col Thomas Kilby Smith 55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 127th Illinois: Col John Van Arman 83rd Indiana: Col Benjamin J. Spooner 54th Ohio: Cpt S. B. Yoeman (w) 57th Ohio: Col William Mungen ArtilleryK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Peter P. Wood Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Levi W. Hart 8th Ohio Light Artillery: Lt James F. Putnam CavalryK-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 Company A & B, Thielman's Battalion (Illinois): Cpt Bertold Marschner Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry: Lt Daniel W. Ballou

Naval forces Rear Admiral David D. Porter

Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following:

Class VesselCity class ironclad USS Baron DeKalb Lieutenant Commander William Gwin Lieutenant George M. Bache U.S.S. Louisville Lieutenant Commander Elias K. OwenTinclad USS Glide Acting Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth USS Rattler Lieutenant Commander Watson SmithOthers USS Black Hawk Lieutenant Commander K. R. Breese U.S.S. Lexington Lieutenant James W. Shirk USS Monarch Colonel C. R. Ellet USS New Era Acting Master F. W. Flanner [possibly, Acting Master J. C. Bunner]

See also

Arkansas in the American Civil War McClernand's Official Report

Notes

References U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Johnson, Robert Underswood & Clarence Clough Buell (eds.). Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: The Century Company), 1884.