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DeutschCamden Expedition order of battle: Union
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
[edit]Military rank
[edit]- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
Union forces
[edit]MG Frederick Steele
444 officers, 11,162 men, 30 guns (not including Clayton's command)[3]
Escort (2 officers, 88 men):
- 3rd Illinois Cavalry, Company D: Lt Solomon M. Tabor
- 15th Illinois Cavalry, Company H: Cpt Thomas J. Beebe
| Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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| Third Division | 1st Brigade BG Samuel A. Rice (mw) 30 Apr |
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| 2nd Brigade Col William E. McLean |
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| 3rd Brigade Col Adolph Engelmann |
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| Artillery |
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| Frontier Division[5] | 1st Brigade |
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| 2nd Brigade Col Charles W. Adams |
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| 3rd Brigade Col Owen Bassett |
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| Cavalry Division | 1st Brigade Col John F. Ritter |
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| 3rd Brigade Col Daniel Anderson |
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| Independent Cavalry Brigade [Post of Pine Bluff][6] Col Powell Clayton |
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See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 657–659.
- ^ Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
- ^ All strength figures were "present for duty". The "aggregate present" strength was 13,754.
- ^ Manned by Company F, 9th Wisconsin Infantry.
- ^ Organized March 21, 1864, for the expedition. Joined near Elkins Ferry.
- ^ Operating in connection with Steele's column.
References
[edit]- 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 Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine: 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.