Fort Hindman Union order of battle

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Arkansas Post (1863) (otherwise known as 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[]

MG = Major General
BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Maj = Major
Cpt = Captain
Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other[]

w = wounded

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	16th Indiana: Ltc John M. Orr (w), Maj James H. Redfield 60th Indiana: Col Richard Owen 67th Indiana: Col Frank Emerson (w) 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin 96th Ohio: Col Joseph W. Vance 23rd Wisconsin: Col Joshua J. Guppey
	2nd Brigade K-8, W-77, M-0 = 85 Col William J. Landram	77th Illinois: Col David P. Grier 97th Illinois: Col Friend S. Rutherford 108th Illinois: Col John Warner 131st Illinois: Ltc R. A. Peter 19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan 48th Ohio: Ltc Job R. Parker (w), Cpt S. G. W. Peterson
	Artillery K-0, W-1, M-1 = 1	Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery: Cpt Charles G. Cooley 17th Ohio Light Artillery: Cpt Ambrose A. Blount
	Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0	6th Missouri Cavalry (squadron): Col Clark Wright
Second Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus	1st Brigade K-3, W-14, M-11 = 28 Col Lionel A. Sheldon	118th Illinois: Col John G. Fonda 69th Indiana: Col Thomas Warren Bennett 120th Ohio: Col Daniel French
	2nd Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 Col Daniel W. Lindsey	49th Indiana: Col James Keigwin 7th Kentucky: Cpt Andrew H. Clark 114th Ohio: Ltc Horatio B. Maynard
	3rd Brigade K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0 Col John F. DeCourcy	54th Indiana: Col Fielding Mansfield 22nd Kentucky: Maj William J. Worthington 16th Ohio: Cpt Eli W. Botsford 42nd Ohio: Ltc Don Albert Pardee
	Artillery K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0	Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery: Cpt Charles H. Lanphere 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery: Cpt Jacob T. Foster
	Engineers	Patterson's Kentucky Engineers & Mechanics: Cpt William F. Patterson

XV Corps[]

MG William T. Sherman

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Fourth Division BG Frederick Steele Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry: Cpt William C. Wilder	1st Brigade K-0, W-9, M-0 = 9 BG Francis Preston Blair, Jr.	13th Illinois: Ltc Adam B. Gorgas 29th Missouri: Col John S. Cavender 30th Missouri: Ltc Otto Schadt 31st Missouri: Ltc Samuel P. Simpson 32nd Missouri: Col Francis H. Manter 58th Ohio: Cpt Bastian Benkler 4th Ohio Battery: Cpt Louis Hoffman
	2nd Brigade K-38, W-182, M-2 = 222 BG Charles E. Hovey (w)	25th Iowa: Col George A. Stone 31st Iowa: Col William Smyth 3rd Missouri: Col Isaac F. Shepard 12th Missouri: Col Hugo Wangelin 17th Missouri: Col Francis Hassendeubel 76th Ohio: Col Charles Robert Woods 1st Missouri Horse Artillery: Cpt Clemens Landgraeber
	3rd Brigade K-24, W-156, M-0 = 180 BG John Milton Thayer	4th Iowa: Col James Alexander Williamson 9th Iowa: Ltc William H. Coyl 26th Iowa: Col Milo Smith 30th Iowa: Ltc W. M. G. Torrence 34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark 1st Iowa Light Artillery: Cpt Henry H. Griffiths
	Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0	3rd Illinois Cavalry: Col Lafayette McCrillis
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	55th Illinois: Ltc Oscar Malmborg 127th Illinois: Col John Van Arman 83rd Indiana: Col Benjamin J. Spooner 54th Ohio: Cpt S. B. Yoeman (w) 57th Ohio: Col William Mungen
	Artillery K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0	Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Peter P. Wood Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Cpt Samuel E. Barrett Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Lt Levi W. Hart 8th Ohio Light Artillery: Lt James F. Putnam
	Cavalry K-0, W-0, M-0 = 0	Company A & B, Thielman's Battalion (Illinois): Cpt Bertold Marschner Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry: Lt Daniel W. Ballou

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
Tinclad	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]

Notes[]

^ 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.

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

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