Red River Campaign Union order of battle

The following is the organization of the Union forces engaged in the Red River Campaign, during the American Civil War in 1864. 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

Other

Union forces, March 31

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding

Brigade Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade


    Col George D. Robinson

  • Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. Francis
  • Escort (Company C): Cpt Frank Sayles

XIII Corps

BG Thomas E. G. Ransom (until Apr 8)
BG Robert A. Cameron

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

3rd Division[3]


      BG Robert A. Cameron
      Col William H. Raynor

1st Brigade[4]


   Ltc Aaron M. Flory

2nd Brigade


    Col William H. Raynor

Artillery

4th Division[5]


      Col William J. Landram
   

1st Brigade[6]


   Col Frank Emerson

2nd Brigade[7]


   Col Joseph W. Vance
  

Artillery

XIX Corps

MG William B. Franklin[9]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division


     BG William H. Emory

1st Brigade[10]


   BG William Dwight

2nd Brigade[11]


   BG James W. McMillan

3rd Brigade


   Col Lewis Benedict

Artillery


   Cpt George T. Hebard

  • New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth
  • 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor
  • Vermont Light, 1st Battery: Cpt George T. Hebard

2nd Division[12]


     BG Cuvier Grover
   

2nd Brigade[13]


   Col Edward L. Molineux

3rd Brigade


   Col Jacob Sharpe
  

Artillery


   Cpt George W. Fox

  • Massachusetts Light, 7th Battery (G): Cpt Newman W. Storer
  • New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox
  • 1st United States, Battery F: Lt Hardman P. Norris
  • 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. Rodgers
Cavalry
Corps Artillery Reserve


     Cpt Henry W. Closson[14]

  • Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Benjamin Nields
  • 1st Indiana Heavy (two companies): Cpt William S. Hinkle
Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops) 1st Brigade, 1st Division


   Col William H. Dickey

Cavalry Division


     BG Albert L. Lee

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas J. Lucas

3rd Brigade


   Col Harai Robinson

4th Brigade


   Col Nathan A. M. Duddley

5th Brigade


   Col Oliver P. Gooding

Artillery Brigade


  

  • Massachusetts Light, 2nd Battery (B): Cpt Ormand F. Nims
  • 5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

BG Andrew J. Smith

XVI Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division[16]


      _

2nd Brigade


   Col Lucius F. Hubbard

3rd Brigade


   Col Sylvester G. Hill

  • 35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler
  • 33rd Missouri: Ltc William H. Heath
3rd Division


      _

1st Brigade


   Col William F. Lynch

2nd Brigade


   Col William T. Shaw

3rd Brigade


   Col Risdon M. Moore

Artillery


     Cpt James M. Cockefair

XVII Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
Provisional Division


          BG T. Kilby Smith

1st Brigade


   Col Jonathan B. Moore

2nd Brigade


   Col Lyman M. Ward

Artillery


  • 1st Missouri Light, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer

Union forces, April 30

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding

Brigade Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade


    Col George D. Robinson

  • Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. Francis
  • Escort (Company C): Cpt Frank Sayles

XIII Corps (detachment)

MG John A. McClernand[18]

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
1st Division

_

2nd Brigade[19]


    BG Michael K. Lawler

3rd Division


      BG Robert A. Cameron

1st Brigade[20]


   Col Thomas H. Bringhurst

2nd Brigade


    Col James R. Slack

4th Division


      Col William J. Landram
   

1st Brigade[21]


   Col Frederick W. Moore

2nd Brigade[22]


   Col John R. Parker
  

Artillery[23]


   Maj Adolph Schwartz

Unattached

XIX Corps

MG William B. Franklin (until May 2)[25]
BG William H. Emory

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division


     BG William H. Emory
     BG James W. McMillan

1st Brigade[26]


   Col George L. Beal

2nd Brigade[27]


   BG James W. McMillan

3rd Brigade


   Ltc Justus W. Blanchard

Artillery


   Cpt Benjamin Nields

  • New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth
  • 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor
  • Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Lieutenant Thomas A. Porter
2nd Division[28]


     BG Cuvier Grover
   

1st Brigade[29]
  

BG Frank S. Nickerson

2nd Brigade[30]


   BG Henry W. Birge

3rd Brigade


   Col Jacob Sharpe
  

Artillery


   Cpt George W. Fox

  • Massachusetts Light, 7th Battery (G): Cpt Newman W. Storer
  • New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox
  • 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. Rodgers
3rd Division[31]


    

Artillery Reserve


     Cpt Henry W. Closson[32]

Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops)[33] 1st Brigade, 1st Division


   Col William H. Dickey

Cavalry Division[34]


     BG Richard Arnold[35]

1st Brigade


   Col Thomas J. Lucas

3rd Brigade


   Ltc John M. Crebs

4th Brigade


   Col Edmund J. Davis

5th Brigade


   Col Oliver P. Gooding

Artillery Brigade


  

  • Massachusetts Light, 2nd Battery (B): Cpt Ormand F. Nims
  • 1st United States, Battery F: Lt William L. Haskin
  • 5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles
Unattached

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

BG Andrew J. Smith

XVI Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division[36]


     _

2nd Brigade


   Col Lucius F. Hubbard

3rd Brigade


   Col Sylvester G. Hill

  • 35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler
  • 33rd Missouri: Maj George W. Van Beek
3rd Division


      BG Joseph A. Mower

1st Brigade


   Col William F. Lynch

2nd Brigade


   Col William T. Shaw

3rd Brigade


   Col Risdon M. Moore

Artillery


     Cpt James M. Cockefair

XVII Corps

Division Brigade Regiments and Others
Provisional Division


          BG T. Kilby Smith

1st Brigade


   Col Jonathan B. Moore

2nd Brigade


   Col Lyman M. Ward

Artillery


  • 1st Missouri Light, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer

Notes

  1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 167-176.
  2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
  3. At Natchitoches. General Cameron assumed command March 3.
  4. The 11th, 24th, and 34th Indiana Regiments absent on veteran furlough.
  5. At Natchitoches and on Cane River. Colonel Landram assigned to command March 15, vice Ransom, commanding the detachment.
  6. The 60th Indiana on veteran furlough (non-veterans attached to 67th Indiana) and the 1st United States on duty in New Orleans.
  7. The 97th Illinois on duty in New Orleans.
  8. Captain Patrick H. White, of this battery, was chief of artillery detachment XIII Army Corps.
  9. XIX Corps: marched from Franklin March 16; arrived at Alexandria March 25; encamped March 31 at Alexandria and on Cane River; the Third Division in Defenses of New Orleans.
  10. The 30th Massachusetts on veteran furlough.
  11. The 8th Vermont on veteran furlough.
  12. The 1st Brigade at Carrollton. Grover assumed command March 14.
  13. The 90th New York (except three companies) in La Fourche District, and 131st New York at Brashear City.
  14. Chief of corps artillery.
  15. Howitzer battery, under Captain Herbert H. Rottaken, attached.
  16. The 1st Brigade at Memphis, Tenn.; the 11th Missouri, of 2nd Brigade, and the 8th and 12th Iowa of 3rd Brigade on veteran furlough; the division artillery reported as at Memphis and Vicksburg. Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower assigned to command of both divisions XVI Army Corps, March 9.
  17. Non-veterans of 21st Missouri attached.
  18. XIII Corps: Corps headquarters and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, transferred from Texas to Alexandria, La., April 18 to 26. The remainder of the 1st and all of the 2nd Division remained in Texas during the campaign.
  19. The 7th Kentucky, 42nd Ohio, and 120th Ohio at Baton Rouge, La.
  20. The 11th, 24th, and 34th Indiana Regiments reported on veteran furlough.
  21. The 6th Indiana on veteran furlough and 1st United States on detached service at New Orleans, La.
  22. The 97th Illinois on provost duty at New Orleans, La., and the 83rd Ohio attached to 1st Brigade.
  23. Batteries G, 1st Michigan Light, and F, 1st Missouri Light, and the 16th Ohio Battery on Matagorda Island, Tex. Battery A, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, and the 17th Ohio Battery at New Orleans. Batteries B and E, 1st Missouri Light, at Brownsville, Tex. Battery E, 2nd Illinois Light, at Baton Rouge, La.
  24. Sent to New Orleans after the battle of Sabine Cross-Roads.
  25. XIX Corps: marched from Franklin March 16; arrived at Alexandria March 25; encamped March 31 at Alexandria and on Cane River; the Third Division in Defenses of New Orleans.
  26. The 30th Massachusetts on veteran furlough.
  27. The 8th Vermont on veteran furlough.
  28. The 1st Brigade at Carrollton. Grover assumed command March 14.
  29. The 9th Connecticut and 12th Maine on veteran furlough. The brigade transferred from Carrollton to Alexandria, La., April 15 to 18.
  30. The 90th New York at Donaldsonville and the 131st New York at Brashear City, La.
  31. Defenses of New Orleans.
  32. Chief of Artillery, XIX Army Corps.
  33. As organized and commanded March 31, 1864.
  34. The 2nd Brigade at Port Hudson, La.
  35. General Arnold relieved Brigadier General Albert L. Lee, April 18, 1864.
  36. The 1st Brigade on an expedition from Memphis, Tenn., in pursuit of Forrest; the 11th Missouri, of 2nd Brigade, and the 8th and 12th Iowa, of 3rd Brigade, on veteran furlough; the artillery reported as at Memphis, Tenn.

References

  • 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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