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]
Abbreviations used [ ] Military rank [ ] Other [ ] Union forces, March 31 [ ] MG Nathaniel P. Banks , Commanding
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade
3rd Engineers, Corps d'Afrique (U.S.C.T.) : Ltc George A. Harmount
5th Engineers, Corps d'Afrique (U.S.C.T.) : Ltc Uri B. Pearsall
Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. FrancisEscort (Company C): Cpt Frank SaylesXIII Corps [ ] BG Thomas E. G. Ransom (until Apr 8 )Robert A. Cameron
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
3rd Division[3]
Robert A. Cameron
1st Brigade[4]
46th Indiana : Cpt William M. DeHart29th Wisconsin : Maj Bradford Hancock
2nd Brigade
24th Iowa : Maj Edward Wright28th Iowa , Col John Connell56th Ohio : Cpt Maschil Manring
Artillery
1st Missouri Light, Battery A : Lt Elisha ColeOhio Light, 2nd Battery : Lt William H. Harper
4th Division[5]
William J. Landram
1st Brigade[6]
77th Illinois : Ltc Lysander R. Webb67th Indiana : Ltc Theodore E. Buehler19th Kentucky : Ltc John Cowan23rd Wisconsin : Maj Joseph E. Greene
2nd Brigade[7] Joseph W. Vance
130th Illinois : Maj John B. Reid48th Ohio : Ltc Joseph W. Lindsey83rd Ohio : Ltc William H. Baldwin96th Ohio : Ltc Albert H. Brown
Artillery
XIX Corps [ ] MG William B. Franklin [9]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division
William H. Emory
1st Brigade[10] William Dwight
29th Maine : Col George L. Beal 114th New York : Ltc Henry B. Morse116th New York : Col George M. Love 153rd New York : Col Edwin P. Davis161st New York : Ltc William B. Kinsey
2nd Brigade[11] James W. McMillan
13th Maine : Col Henry Rust, Jr.15th Maine : Col Isaac Dyer160th New York : Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania : Col Tilghman H. Good
3rd Brigade
Lewis Benedict
30th Maine : Col Francis Fessenden 162nd New York : Ltc Justus W. Blanchard165th New York : Ltc Gouverneur Carr173rd New York : Col Lewis M. Peck
Artillery
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]
Cuvier Grover
2nd Brigade[13]
13th Connecticut : Col Charles D. Blinn1st Louisiana : Col William O. Fiske90th New York (three companies): Maj John C. Smart159th New York : Ltc Edward L. Gaul
3rd Brigade
38th Massachusetts : Ltc James P. Richardson128th New York : Col James Smith156th New York : Cpt James J. Hoyt175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthey
Artillery
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
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
1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.) : Maj Hiram E. Perkins3rd Infantry (75th U.S.C.T.) : Col Henry W. Fuller12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin
22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division
Albert L. Lee
1st Brigade
16th Indiana Infantry (mounted): Ltc James H. Redfield2nd Louisiana Infantry (mounted): Maj Alfred Hodsdon6th Missouri :[15] 14th New York: Maj Abraham Bassford
3rd Brigade
87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Ltc John M. Crebs 1st Louisiana : Maj
4th Brigade
2nd Illinois : Maj Benjamin F. Marsh, Jr. 3rd Massachusetts : Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted): Cpt Elbert H. Fordham2nd New Hampshire: Ltc George A. Flanders
5th Brigade
2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler
18th New York: Col James J. Byrne
3rd Rhode Island (detachment): Maj George R. Davis
Artillery Brigade
Massachusetts Light, 2nd Battery (B): Cpt Ormand F. Nims
5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles
BG Andrew J. Smith
XVI Corps [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division[16]
2nd Brigade
Lucius F. Hubbard
47th Illinois : Col John D. McClure5th Minnesota : Maj John C. Becht8th Wisconsin : Ltc John W. Jefferson
3rd Brigade
Sylvester G. Hill
35th Iowa : Ltc William B. Keeler33rd Missouri : Ltc William H. Heath
3rd Division
1st Brigade
58th Illinois : Maj Thomas Newlan119th Illinois : Col Thomas J. Kinney89th Indiana : Col Charles D. Murray
2nd Brigade
3rd Brigade
49th Illinois : Maj Thomas W. Morgan117th Illinois : Ltc Jonathan Merriam178th New York : Col Edward Wehler
Artillery
XVII Corps [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Provisional Division
T. Kilby Smith
1st Brigade
Jonathan B. Moore
41st Illinois : Ltc John H. Nale3rd Iowa : Ltc James Tullis33rd Wisconsin : Maj. Horatio H. Virgin
2nd Brigade
Lyman M. Ward
81st Illinois : Ltc Andrew W. Rogers95th Illinois : Col Thomas W. Humphrey14th Wisconsin : Cpt Carlos M. G. Mansfield
Artillery
1st Missouri Light, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Union forces, April 30 [ ] MG Nathaniel P. Banks , Commanding
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade
97th U.S.C.T. : Ltc George A. Harmount
99th U.S.C.T. : Ltc Uri B. Pearsall
Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. FrancisEscort (Company C): Cpt Frank SaylesMG John A. McClernand [18]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division
_
2nd Brigade[19] Michael K. Lawler
3rd Division
Robert A. Cameron
1st Brigade[20]
46th Indiana : Cpt Henry Snyder29th Wisconsin : Col William A. Green
2nd Brigade
James R. Slack
47th Indiana : Ltc John A. McLaughlin24th Iowa : Maj Edward Wright28th Iowa , Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson56th Ohio : Col William H. Raynor
4th Division
William J. Landram
1st Brigade[21]
77th Illinois : Maj John A. Burdett19th Kentucky : Cpt William T. Cummins83rd Ohio : Ltc William H. Baldwin23rd Wisconsin : Maj Joseph E. Greene
2nd Brigade[22]
130th Illinois : Cpt John H. Robinson67th Indiana : Maj Francis A. Sears48th Ohio : Cpt James R. Lynch96th Ohio : Ltc Albert H. Brown
Artillery[23]
Unattached
XIX Corps [ ] MG William B. Franklin (until May 2) [25] William H. Emory
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division
William H. Emory
James W. McMillan
1st Brigade[26] George L. Beal
29th Maine : Ltc Charles S. Emerson114th New York: Maj Oscar H. Curtis
116th New York: Col George M. Love
153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis
161st New York : Ltc William B. Kinsey
2nd Brigade[27] James W. McMillan
13th Maine : Col Henry Rust, Jr.15th Maine : Col Isaac Dyer160th New York : Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania : Col Tilghman H. Good
3rd Brigade
30th Maine : Ltc Thomas H. Hubbard162nd New York : Ltc Cpt Samuel Cowdrey165th New York : Cpt Henry C. Inwood173rd New York : Cpt Howard C. Conrady
Artillery
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] Cuvier Grover
1st Brigade[29] BG Frank S. Nickerson
133rd New York : Col Leonard D. H. Currie176th New York : Maj Charles Lewis
2nd Brigade[30] Henry W. Birge
13th Connecticut : Col Charles D. Blinn1st Louisiana : Col William O. Fiske159th New York : Col Edward L. Molineux
3rd Brigade
38th Massachusetts : Ltc James P. Richardson128th New York : Ltc James P. Foster156th New York : Cpt James J. Hoyt175th New York (three companies) : Cpt Charles McCarthey
Artillery
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
[32]
Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops) [33] 1st Brigade, 1st Division
1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.) : Maj Hiram E. Perkins3rd Infantry (75th U.S. C.T.) : Col Henry W. Fuller12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin
22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division [34] [35]
1st Brigade
3rd Brigade
John M. Crebs
87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Maj George W. Land1st Louisiana : Maj
4th Brigade
Edmund J. Davis
2nd Illinois : Maj Benjamin F. Marsh, Jr. 3rd Massachusetts: Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent
31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted): Cpt Elbert H. Fordham2nd New Hampshire: Ltc George A. Flanders
5th Brigade
2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler
18th New York: Col James J. Byrne
3rd Rhode Island : Ltc Charles H. Parkhurst
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
4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Andrew P. Gallagher
3rd Maryland Cavalry : Ltc Byron Kirby
BG Andrew J. Smith
XVI Corps [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
1st Division[36]
2nd Brigade
Lucius F. Hubbard
47th Illinois : Col John D. McClure5th Minnesota : Maj John C. Becht8th Wisconsin : Ltc John W. Jefferson
3rd Brigade
Sylvester G. Hill
35th Iowa : Ltc William B. Keeler33rd Missouri : Maj George W. Van Beek
3rd Division
Joseph A. Mower
1st Brigade
58th Illinois : Maj Thomas Newlan119th Illinois : Col Thomas J. Kinney89th Indiana : Col Charles D. Murray
2nd Brigade
14th Iowa : Cpt Warren C. Jones27th Iowa : Col James I. Gilbert 32nd Iowa : Col John Scott 24th Missouri : Maj Robert W. Fyan
3rd Brigade
49th Illinois : Cpt Jacob E. Gauen117th Illinois : Ltc Jonathan Merriam178th New York : Col Edward Wehler
Artillery
XVII Corps [ ]
Division
Brigade
Regiments and Others
Provisional Division
T. Kilby Smith
1st Brigade
Jonathan B. Moore
41st Illinois : Ltc John H. Nale3rd Iowa : Ltc James Tullis33rd Wisconsin : Maj. Horatio H. Virgin
2nd Brigade
Lyman M. Ward
81st Illinois : Ltc Andrew W. Rogers95th Illinois : Col Thomas W. Humphrey14th Wisconsin : Cpt Carlos M. G. Mansfield
Artillery
1st Missouri Light, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Notes [ ]
^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 167-176 .
^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
^ At Natchitoches. General Cameron assumed command March 3.
^ The 11th, 24th, and 34th Indiana Regiments absent on veteran furlough.
^ At Natchitoches and on Cane River. Colonel Landram assigned to command March 15, vice Ransom, commanding the detachment.
^ The 60th Indiana on veteran furlough (non-veterans attached to 67th Indiana) and the 1st United States on duty in New Orleans.
^ The 97th Illinois on duty in New Orleans.
^ Captain Patrick H. White, of this battery, was chief of artillery detachment XIII Army Corps.
^ 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.
^ The 30th Massachusetts on veteran furlough.
^ The 8th Vermont on veteran furlough.
^ The 1st Brigade at Carrollton. Grover assumed command March 14.
^ The 90th New York (except three companies) in La Fourche District, and 131st New York at Brashear City.
^ Chief of corps artillery.
^ Howitzer battery, under Captain Herbert H. Rottaken, attached.
^ 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.
^ Non-veterans of 21st Missouri attached.
^ 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.
^ The 7th Kentucky, 42nd Ohio, and 120th Ohio at Baton Rouge, La.
^ The 11th, 24th, and 34th Indiana Regiments reported on veteran furlough.
^ The 6th Indiana on veteran furlough and 1st United States on detached service at New Orleans, La.
^ The 97th Illinois on provost duty at New Orleans, La., and the 83rd Ohio attached to 1st Brigade.
^ 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.
^ Sent to New Orleans after the battle of Sabine Cross-Roads.
^ 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.
^ The 30th Massachusetts on veteran furlough.
^ The 8th Vermont on veteran furlough.
^ The 1st Brigade at Carrollton. Grover assumed command March 14.
^ The 9th Connecticut and 12th Maine on veteran furlough. The brigade transferred from Carrollton to Alexandria, La., April 15 to 18.
^ The 90th New York at Donaldsonville and the 131st New York at Brashear City, La.
^ Defenses of New Orleans.
^ Chief of Artillery, XIX Army Corps.
^ As organized and commanded March 31, 1864.
^ The 2nd Brigade at Port Hudson, La.
^ General Arnold relieved Brigadier General Albert L. Lee, April 18, 1864.
^ 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.