Camden Expedition Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Department of Arkansas & VII Corps

MG Frederick Steele
Escort:

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Third Division
     BG Frederick C. Salomon

1st Brigade

   BG Samuel Allen Rice (mw) 30 Apr 1864

2nd Brigade

   Col William E. McLean

3rd Brigade

   Col Adolph Englemann

Artillery
  • Vaughn's Illinois Battery
  • Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery
  • Voegele's Wisconsin Battery

Frontier Division [joined near Elkins Ferry]
     BG John Milton Thayer

1st Brigade

   Col John Edwards

2nd Brigade

   Col Charles W. Adams

3rd Brigade

   Col Owen Bassett

Cavalry Division
     BG Eugene Asa Carr

1st Brigade

   Col John F. Ritter

2nd Brigade

   Col Daniel Anderson

Independent Cavalry Brigade [mixed; at Pine Bluff]

   Col Powell Clayton

See also

References

  • Forsyth, Michael J. The Camden Expedition of 1864 and the Opportunity Lost by the Confederacy to Change the Civil War (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers), 2003. ISBN 0-7864-1554-1.