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Battle of Arkansas Post
Union Order of Battle

Army of the Mississippi

Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand

XIII Corps

Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan

Chief of Staff

Maj. John H. Hammond

Escort

Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry

Capt. Richard H. Ballinger

First Division

Brig. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Stephen Gano Burbridge

16th Indiana Infantry

Lieut. Col. John M. Orr (w)

Maj. James H. Redfield

60th Indiana Infantry

Col. Richard Owen

67th Indiana Infantry

Col. Frank Emerson (w)

83rd Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. William H. Baldwin

96th Ohio Infantry

Col. Joseph W. Vance

23rd Wisconsin Infantry

Col. Joshua J. Guppey

2nd Brigade

Col. William J. Landram

77th Illinois Infantry

Col. David P. Grier

97th Illinois Infantry

Col. Friend S. Rutherford

108th Illinois Infantry

Col. John Warner

131st Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. R. A. Peter

19th Kentucky Infantry

Lieut. Col. John Cowan

48th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Job R. Parker (w)

Capt. S. G. W. Peterson

Artillery

Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery

Capt. Charles G. Cooley

17th Ohio Light Artillery

Capt. Ambrose A. Blount

Cavarly

6th Missouri Cavalry (squadron)

Col. Clark Wright

Second Divsion

Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus

1st Brigade

Col. Lionel A. Sheldon

118th Illinois Infantry

Col. John G. Fonda

69th Indiana Infantry

Col. Thomas Warren Bennett

120th Ohio Infantry

Col. Daniel French

2nd Brigade

Col. Daniel W. Lindsey

49th Indiana Infantry

Col. James Keigwin

7th Kentucky Infantry

Capt. Andrew H. Clark

114th Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Horatio B. Maynard

3rd Brigade

Col. John F. DeCourcy

54th Indiana Infantry

Col. Fielding Mansfield

22nd Kentucky Infantry

Maj. William J. Worthington

16th Ohio Infantry

Capt. Eli W. Botsford

42nd Ohio Infantry

Lieut. Col. Don Albert Pardee

Artillery

Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery

Capt. Charles H. Lanphere

1st Wisconsin Light Artillery

Capt. Jacob T. Foster

XV Corps

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

Fourth Division

Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele

Escort

Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry

Capt. William C. Wilder

1st Brigade

Brig. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

13th Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. Adam B. Gorgas

29th Missouri Infantry

Col. John S. Cavender

30th Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. Otto Schadt

31st Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Simpson

32nd Missouri Infantry

Col. Francis H. Manter

58th Ohio Infantry

Capt. Bastian Benkler

4th Ohio Battery

Capt. Louis Hoffman

2nd Brigade

Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hovey (w)

25th Iowa Infantry

Col. George A. Stone

31st Iowa Infantry

Col. William Smyth

3rd Missouri Infantry

Col. Isaac F. Shepard

12th Missouri Infantry

Col. Hugo Wangelin

17th Missouri Infantry

Col. Francis Hassendeubel

76th Ohio Infantry

Col. Charles Robert Woods

1st Missouri Horse Artillery

Capt. Clemens Landgraeber

3rd Brigade

Brig. John Milton Thayer

4th Iowa Infantry

Col. James Alexander Williamson

9th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. William H. Coyl

26th Iowa Infantry

Col. Milo Smith

30th Iowa Infantry

Lieut. Col. W. M. G. Torrence

34th Iowa Infantry

Col. George W. Clark

1st Iowa Light Artillery

Capt. Henry H. Griffiths

Cavalry

3rd Illinois Cavalry

Col. Lafayette McCrillis

Second Division

Brig. Gen. David Stuart

1st Brigade

Col. Giles A. Smith

113th Illinois Infantry

Col. George B. Hoge

116th Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd

6th Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. James H. Blood

8th Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Col. David C. Coleman (w)

Maj. Dennis T. Kirby

1st Battalion, 13th U.S. Infantry

Maj. Daniel Chase

2nd Brigade

Col. Thomas Kilby

55th Illinois Infantry

Lieut. Col. Oscar Malmborg

127th Illinois Infantry

Col. John Van Arman

83rd Indiana Infantry

Col. Benjamin J. Spooner

54th Ohio Infantry

Capt. S. B. Yoeman (w)

57th Ohio Infantry

Col. William Mungen

Artillery

Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Peter P. Wood

Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Capt. Samuel E. Barrett

Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Lieut. Levi W. Hart

8th Ohio Light Artillery

Lieut. James F. Putnam

Cavalry

Company A & B, Thielman's Battalion (Illinois)

Capt. Berold Marschner

Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry

Lieut. Daniel W. Ballou

Naval Forces

Rear Admiral David D. Porter

50 transport ships were used as well as the following:

City Class Ironclad

USS Baron DeKalb

Lieut. Commander William Gwin

USS Cincinnati

Lieut. George M. Bache

USS Louisville

Lieut. Commander Elias K. Owen

Tinclad

USS Glide

Acting Lieut. Selim E. Woodworth

USS Rattler

Lieut. Commander Watson Smith

Others

USS Black Hawk

Lieut. Commander K. R. Breese

USS Lexington

Lieut. James W. Shirk

USS Monarch

Col. C. R. Ellet

USS New Era

Acting Master F. W. Flanner

(possibly, Acting Master J. C. Bunner)

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