Camden Expedition Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.[1][2] The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Union forces

VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)

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: Lt Charles W. Thomas
  • Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Charles Peetz
  • Voegele's Wisconsin Battery:[3] Cpt Martin Voegele

Frontier Division[4]
     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

3rd Brigade

   Col Daniel Anderson

Independent Cavalry Brigade [Post of Pine Bluff][5]

   Col Powell Clayton

  • 1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies): Maj Julian D. Owen
  • 5th Kansas Cavalry (ten companies): Ltc Wilton A. Jenkins
  • 7th Missouri Cavalry: Maj Henry P. Spellman
  • 18th Illinois: Ltc Samuel b. Marks
  • 28th Wisconsin: Ltc Edmund B. Gray

See also

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 658-659.
  2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  3. Manned by Company F, Ninth Wisconsin Infantry.
  4. Organized March 21, 1864, for the expedition. Joined near Elkins Ferry.
  5. Operating in connection with Steele's column.

References


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