Bayou Fourche order of battle

The Battle of Bayou Fourche (September 10, 1863) saw Union forces under the overall command of Frederick Steele clash with Confederate forces led by Sterling Price near Little Rock, Arkansas. Steele's cavalry commanded by John W. Davidson crossed to the south side of the Arkansas River and compelled the Confederate cavalry under John S. Marmaduke to abandon its defensive position behind Bayou Fourche. Price's outnumbered forces evacuated Little Rock and withdrew south to Arkadelphia. The Union occupation of Little Rock was the final action in a campaign that started on August 18 when Steele's troops marched west from DeValls Bluff.[1]

Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, USA
Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA
The battle pitted Steele's Union troops against Price's Confederates.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Artillery

Union forces

Union Army: Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele[2]

  • Present aggregate (Aug. 18, 1863): 13,000, 57 guns (18 guns with Davidson), 14,500 including True's brigade.[1]
  • Present for duty (Sept. 10, 1863): 10,477[2]
  • Present aggregate (Aug. 18, 1863): 13,207, 49 guns[3]
  • Present for duty (Aug. 18, 1863): 4,652 cavalry, 4,493 infantry, 288 artillery, 9,433 total[3]
  • Casualties: 18 killed, 118 wounded, 1 missing[2]
  • Cavalry Escort:[2]
Union Army: Little Rock Expedition[2]
Division Brigade Unit Commander
First (Cavalry) Division
Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson
6,000 cavalry and 18 guns
Davidson
First Brigade
Col. Lewis Merrill
2nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (Merrill's Horse)Maj. Garrison Harker
7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. John L. Chandler
8th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry RegimentCol. Washington F. Geiger
Second Brigade
Col. John Montgomery Glover
10th Illinois Cavalry RegimentCol. Dudley Wickersham
Lieut. Col. James Stuart
1st Iowa Volunteer Cavalry RegimentLt. Col. Daniel Anderson
Maj. Joseph W. Caldwell
3d Missouri Volunteer Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. T. G. Black
Capt. J. H. Reed
Reserve Brigade
Col. John. F. Ritter
13th Illinois Cavalry RegimentMaj. Lothar Lippert
3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry RegimentMaj. George Duffield
1st Missouri Volunteer Cavalry RegimentCapt. J. W. Fuller
32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment (mounted)Lieut. Col. Edward H. Mix
Maj. Gustavus A. Eberhard
Artillery
Capt. Julius L. Hadley
Battery K, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (4 x 3-in OR, 2 x 12lb How)[4]1st Lieut. T. S. Clarkson
Battery M, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery (4 x Mtn How)[4]Capt. Gustav Stange
Howitzer Battery, 2d Missouri Cavalry[5]1st Lieut. G. F. Lovejoy (w)[5]
25th Ohio Battery (2 x 3-in OR, 4 x 6lb Rifle)[6]1st Lieut. E. B. Hubbard
Second Division
Col. William E. McLean
Col. Adolph Englemann
First Brigade
Col. William H. Graves
18th Illinois Infantry RegimentCol. Daniel H. Brush
43rd Illinois Infantry RegimentMaj. Charles Stephani
54th Illinois Infantry RegimentCol. Greenville M. Mitchell
61st Illinois Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Simon P. Ohr
106th Illinois Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Henry Yates
12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Dwight May
Second Brigade
Col. Oliver Wood
126th Illinois Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Ezra M. Beardsley
40th Iowa Volunteer Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Samuel F. Cooper
3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry RegimentCol. Christopher C. Andrews
22nd Ohio Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Homer Thrall
27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry RegimentCol. Conrad Krez
Third Division
Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice
Rice
First Brigade
Col. Charles W. Kittredge
43rd Indiana Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. John C. Major
36th Iowa Volunteer Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Francis M. Drake
77th Ohio Infantry RegimentCol. William B. Mason
Second Brigade
Col. Thomas H. Benton Jr.
29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Robert F. Patterson
33rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Cyrus H. Mackey
28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry RegimentMaj. Calvert C. White
Independent Cavalry Independent Brigade
Col. Powell Clayton
1st Indiana Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. Thomas N. Pace
5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. Wilton A. Jenkins
Independent Infantry Independent Brigade
Col. James M. True
49th Illinois Infantry RegimentCol. Phineas Pease
62nd Illinois Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Stephen M. Meeker
50th Indiana Infantry RegimentLieut. Col. Samuel T. Wells
27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry RegimentCol. James Isham Gilbert
Springfield Illinois Light Artillery (6 x 14lb JR)[7]Capt. Thomas F. Vaughn
Independent Artillery Artillery Brigade
Capt. Mortimer M. Haden
3rd Iowa Independent Battery Light Artillery
(4 x 6lb Gun, 3 x 12lb How, 1 x 3-in OR, 1 x 10lb PR)[8]
1st Lieut. Melvil C. Wright
Battery K, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 x 10lb PR)[9]Capt. Stillman O. Fish
5th Ohio Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 14lb JR)[10]1st Lieut. John D. Burner
11th Ohio Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 12lb How, 1 x 6lb Rifle)[10]Capt. Frank C. Sands

Confederate forces

Confederate Army: Maj. Gen. Sterling Price

  • On July 23, 1863, the department commander Lieut. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes became ill and was superseded by Price.[11]
  • On September 6, 1863, Brig. Gen. Marmaduke mortally wounded Brig. Gen. Walker in a duel. Col. Dobbins assumed command of Walker's division.[12]
  • Marmaduke placed Dobbins under arrest on September 10 for disobedience of orders and command devolved upon Col. Newton. Price later suspended Dobbins's arrest.[13]
  • Present for duty: 7,749. About 6,500 were north of the Arkansas River and 1,250 south of the river.[1]
  • Aggregate present (September): 10,665, 32 guns. Present for duty: 8,532.[3]
  • Casualties: 12 killed, 34 wounded, 18 missing.[2]
Confederate Army: Little Rock Expedition[5][2]
Division Brigade Unit Commander
Marmaduke's Cavalry Division
Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke
Marmaduke
Shelby's Brigade
Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Gordon
5th Missouri Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. B. F. Gordon
6th Missouri Cavalry RegimentCol. Gideon W. Thompson
10th Missouri Cavalry BattalionMaj. Benjamin Elliott
2nd Missouri Field Battery (2 x 6lb Gun, 2 x 10lb PR)[14]Capt. Joseph Bledsoe
Marmaduke's Brigade
Col. William L. Jeffers
8th Missouri Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. S. J. Ward
3rd Missouri Cavalry RegimentMaj. L. A. Campbell
4th Missouri Cavalry RegimentLieut. Col. W. J. Preston
11th Missouri Cavalry BattalionLieut. Col. M. L. Young
Prairie Gun Battery, Missouri Artillery1st Lieut. T. J. Williams
Walker's Cavalry Division
Brig. Gen. Lucius M. Walker
Col. Archibald S. Dobbins
Col. Robert C. Newton
Walker
Dobbin's Brigade
Col. A. S. Dobbins
Col. R. C. Newton
1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Dobbin's)Maj. S. Corley (k)
Capt. M. M. Bateman
5th Arkansas Cavalry RegimentCol. R. C. Newton, Maj. J. P. Bull
6th Arkansas Field BatteryCapt. C. B. Etter
Carter's Brigade
Col. George W. Carter
21st Texas Cavalry Regiment[15][note 1]Lieut. Col. Dewitt C. Giddings
Morgan's Texas Cavalry SquadronMaj. Charles L. Morgan
Johnson's Spy Company, Texas CavalryCapt. Alf Johnson
Denson's Company, Louisiana CavalryCapt. William B. Denson
10th Texas Light ArtilleryCapt. Joseph H. Pratt
Price's Division
Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost
Frost
McRae's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Dandridge McRae
32nd Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. L. C. Gause
36th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. J. E. Glenn
39th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. R. A. Hart
3rd Arkansas Field BatteryCapt. John G. Marshall
Parsons's Brigade
Brig. Gen. M. Monroe Parsons
7th Missouri Infantry RegimentCol. L. M. Lewis
8th Missouri Infantry RegimentCol. S. P. Burns
9th Missouri Infantry RegimentCol. J. D. White
10th Missouri Infantry RegimentCol. A. C. Pickett
9th Missouri Sharpshooter BattalionMaj. L. A. Pindall
3rd Missouri Field Battery (4 x 6lb Gun)[16]Capt. C. B. Tilden
Fagan's Brigade
Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan
6th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. Alexander T. Hawthorn
34th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. W. H. Brooks
35th Arkansas Infantry RegimentCol. J. P. King
37th Arkansas Infantry RegimentMaj. T. H. Blacknall
7th Arkansas Field BatteryCapt. W. D. Blocker
Clark's Brigade[3]
Col. John B. Clark Jr.
8th Missouri Infantry Regiment[17]Col. Charles S. Mitchell
9th Missouri Infantry Regiment[18]Lieut. Col. M. W. Buster
8th Missouri Infantry Battalion[18]Lieut. Col. Richard H. Musser
1st Missouri Field Battery (2 x 6lb Rifle, 2 x 6lb Gun)[19]Capt. S. T. Ruffner

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. The 21st Texas Cavalry was picketing the Arkansas River and missed the fighting.
Citations

References

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