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 Salomon

1st Brigade

   BG Samuel Allen Rice (mw) 30 Apr 1864

2nd Brigade

   Col William E. McLean

3rd Brigade

   Col Adolph Engelmann

Artillery

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

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, 9th Wisconsin Infantry.
  4. Organized March 21, 1864, for the expedition. Joined near Elkins Ferry.
  5. Operating in connection with Steele's column.

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.
  • U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series 1, Vol. XXXIV, Part 1, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
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