Red River campaign order of battle: Confederate

The following is the organization of the Confederate forces engaged in the Red River campaign, during the American Civil War in 1864. Order of battle shows the army organization during the campaign. The Union order of battle is listed separately.[1]

Abbreviations

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Military rank

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Other

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District of West Louisiana

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LG Richard Taylor[2][note 1]

Infantry

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Taylor's corps[3][4]
Division Brigade Regiments and others
Walker's Infantry Division
MG John George Walker
1st Brigade
BG Thomas N. Waul
12th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Overton C. Young
18th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col William H. King
22nd Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Richard B. Hubbard
13th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Anderson F. Crawford
Haldeman's Texas Battery: Cpt Horace Haldeman
2nd Brigade
BG Horace Randal
11th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Oran Milo Roberts
14th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Edward Clark
28th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col Eli H. Baxter
6th Texas Cavalry Battalion (dismounted): Ltc Robert S. Gould
Daniel's Texas Battery: Cpt James M. Daniel
3rd Brigade
BG William R. Scurry
3rd Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Philip N. Luckett[note 2]
16th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col George Flournoy
17th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col George Washington Jones
19th Texas Infantry Regiment: Col Richard Waterhouse
16th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col William Fitzhugh
1st Texas Field Battery: Cpt William Edgar[note 3]
Mouton's Infantry Division
BG Alfred Mouton (k)
BG Camille de Polignac
Polignac's Brigade
BG Camille de Polignac
Col James R. Taylor (k)
Ltc Robert D. Stone
15th Texas Infantry Regiment: Ltc James E. Harrison
17th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Col James R. Taylor
22nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc Robert D. Stone
31st Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Maj Frederick Malone
34th Texas Cavalry Regiment (dismounted): Ltc John H. Caudle
Gray's Brigade
Col Henry Gray
18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Col Leopold L. Armant (k)[5]
Crescent (24th) Louisiana Regiment: Col J. H. Beard (k)[note 4]
28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Walker (k)[6]
Artillery
Maj T. A. Faries[note 5]
1st Louisiana Regular Battery: Cpt James M. T. Barnes,
2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 3.8" JR[7]
Cornay's Battery: Cpt Florian O. Cornay (k),[8]
Lt John B. Tarleton, 2 × 12-pdr Nap, 2 × 12-pdr how[7]
Boone's Battery: Lt Maunsel Bennett, 2 × 30-pdr PR[9]

Cavalry

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BG Thomas Green[10]

Texas Cavalry Corps[1]
Division Brigade Regiments and others
Bee's Cavalry Division
BG Hamilton P. Bee
Debray's Brigade:
BG Xavier Debray
23rd Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Nicholas C. Gould
26th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc J. J. Meyers
36th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Peter C. Woods
Buchel's Brigade
Col Augustus Buchel (k)
1st Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc William O. Yager
35th (Likens') Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col James B. Likens[note 6]
Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Alexander W. Terrell
Major's Cavalry Division
BG James Patrick Major
Lane's Brigade
Col Walter P. Lane (w)
Col George W. Baylor
1st Texas Partisan Rangers: Ltc R. P. Crump
2nd Texas Partisan Rangers: Col Isham Chisum
2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade):
Col George W. Baylor, Ltc John W. Mullen
3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Arizona Brigade): Ltc George T. Madison
Bagby's Brigade
BG Arthur P. Bagby Jr.
4th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William Polk Hardeman
5th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Henry C. McNeill
7th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Ltc Philemon T. Herbert
13th Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Edward Waller
Steele's Cavalry Division
BG William Steele[note 7]
Parson's Brigade
Col William H. Parsons[note 8]
12th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col William H. Parsons
19th Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col Nathaniel M. Burford
21st Texas Cavalry Regiment: Col George W. Carter
Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Charles L. Morgan
10th Texas Field Battery: Cpt J. H. Pratt
Corps Artillery Artillery
Maj Oliver J. Semmes
Moseley's Texas Battery: Cpt Willam G. Moseley
Val Verde Texas Battery: Cpt T. D. Nettles,
2 × 6-pdr gun, 2 × 12-pdr how[11]
McMahan's Texas Battery: Cpt M. V. McMahan
West's Louisiana Battery: Cpt John A. A. West,
2 × 10-pdr PR, 2 × 12-pdr how[12]
Unattached Cavalry Unbrigaded Cavalry 2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment: Col William G. Vincent

Attachments

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BG Thomas James Churchill[2][13]

Churchill's corps[1]
Division Brigade Regiments and others
Arkansas Infantry Division
BG James Camp Tappan
Tappan's Brigade
Col H. L. Grinstead
19th and 24th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc William R. Hardy
27th and 38th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Robert G. Shaver
33rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc Thomas D. Thomson
Gause's Brigade
Col Lucien C. Gause
26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc Iverson L. Brooks
32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Ltc William Hicks
36th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col James M. Davie
Hawthorn's Brigade[14]
BG Alexander T. Hawthorn
34th Arkansas Infantry: -
35th Arkansas Infantry: -
37th Arkansas Infantry: -
Cocke's Arkansas Infantry: Col John B. Cocke
Artillery 6th Arkansas Field Battery: Cpt Chambers B. Etter
Missouri Infantry Division
BG Mosby Monroe Parsons
1st Brigade
BG John Bullock Clark Jr.
8th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Charles S. Mitchell
9th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Richard H. Musser
1st Missouri Field Battery: Cpt Samuel T. Ruffner
2nd Brigade
Col Simon P. Burns
10th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col William M. Moore
11th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc Thomas H. Murray
12th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Col Willis M. Ponder
16th Missouri Infantry Regiment: Ltc P. W. H. Cumming
9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion: Maj L. A. Pindall
Lesueur's Missouri Battery: Cpt A. A. Lesueur

Notes

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  1. ^ Taylor's superior was General Edmund Kirby Smith whose account stated that he arrived at 2 am after the Battle of Mansfield on 8 April 1864. Smith did not mention who was in overall command at the Battle of Pleasant Hill,(Battles & Leaders, p. 372) but another account assumed Taylor was in charge. (Battles & Leaders, p. 355)
  2. ^ 3rd Texas Infantry remained at Shreveport. (Kiper, p. 180)
  3. ^ Edgar's Battery was captured at the Battle of Henderson's Hill on 21 March 1864. (Kiper, p. 180)
  4. ^ All of the Crescent Regiment's field officers were killed at Mansfield. (Bergeron, p. 146)
  5. ^ Kiper's order of battle listed no artillery for Mouton's division. The 1st Regulars Battery was listed as unattached, and Cornay's and Boone's batteries were not listed at all. (Kiper, p. 181) Faries stated that he commanded the division's artillery and reported on all three batteries. (Official Records, pp. 630–632) Cornay's was "lightly engaged" at Mansfield, Boone's fought at the Battle of Mansura, and Barnes' and Cornay's fought at Mansura and the Battle of Yellow Bayou. Cornay was killed in a clash with gunboats at Cane River. (Bergeron, pp. 17–21)
  6. ^ Likens' Regiment arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
  7. ^ Steele's Division arrived after Pleasant Hill and was engaged in the pursuit of Banks' army. (Kiper, p. 179)
  8. ^ This brigade's commander alternated between Parsons and George W. Carter.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Kiper 1976, pp. 179–181.
  2. ^ a b Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 368.
  3. ^ Kiper 1976, pp. 180–181.
  4. ^ Blessington 1875, pp. 46–59.
  5. ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 119.
  6. ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 138.
  7. ^ a b Official Records 1891, pp. 630–632.
  8. ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 17.
  9. ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 21.
  10. ^ Kiper 1976, p. 179.
  11. ^ Frazier 1995.
  12. ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 26.
  13. ^ Kiper 1976, p. 180.
  14. ^ Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXXXI, Part 3

References

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  • Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
  • Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
  • Blessington, Joseph P. (1875). "The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division". New York, N.Y.: Lange, Little & Co. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  • Frazier, Donald (1995). "Val Verde Battery". Handbook of Texas. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  • Kiper, Richard Leslie (1976). "Dead-end at the crossroads: the battles of Mansfield (Sabine Crossroads) and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 8 and 9 April 1864: Master's Thesis" (PDF). Houston, Tex.: Rice University. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  • Official Records (1891). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XXIV Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 630. Retrieved December 6, 2022.