Fort Hindman Union order of battle

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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (or 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.[1]

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

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 Others

First Division
     BG Andrew Jackson Smith

1st Brigade
K-37, W-305, M-7 = 349


   BG Stephen Gano Burbridge

2nd Brigade
K-8, W-77, M-0 = 85


   Col William J. Landram

Artillery
K-0, W-1, M-1 = 1
Cavalry
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0

Second Division
     BG Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade
K-3, W-14, M-11 = 28


   Col Lionel A. Sheldon

2nd Brigade
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


   Col Daniel W. Lindsey

3rd Brigade
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


   Col John F. DeCourcy

Artillery
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0
Engineers

XV Corps

MG William T. Sherman

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Fourth Division
     BG Frederick Steele

1st Brigade
K-0, W-9, M-0 = 9


   BG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

2nd Brigade
K-38, W-182, M-2 = 222


   BG Charles E. Hovey (w)

3rd Brigade
K-24, W-156, M-0 = 180


   BG John Milton Thayer

Cavalry
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0

Second Division
     BG David Stuart

1st Brigade
K-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 Brigade
K-6, W-70, M-9 = 85


   Col Thomas Kilby Smith

Artillery
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


Cavalry
K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0


Naval forces

Rear Admiral David D. Porter

Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following:

Class Vessel

City class ironclad

USS Baron DeKalb

Lieutenant Commander William Gwin

USS Cincinnati

Lieutenant George M. Bache

U.S.S. Louisville

Lieutenant Commander Elias K. Owen

Tinclad

USS Glide

Acting Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth

USS Rattler

Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith

Others

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

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XVII, Part 1, pages 716-719

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.