Camden Expedition order of battle: Confederate explained

The following Confederate 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 Union order of battle is listed separately.

Abbreviations

Military rank

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

Other

• k = killed
• w = wounded

Confederate forces

Gen E. Kirby Smith, Commanding

District of Arkansas

MG Sterling Price^[3]

Escort:

• 14th Missouri Battalion

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Fagan's Cavalry Division     BG James F. Fagan	Cabell's Brigade  BG William L. Cabell	1st Arkansas Cavalry: Col James C. Monroe 2nd Arkansas Cavalry: Col T. J. Morgan 4th Arkansas Cavalry: Col A. Gordon 7th Arkansas Cavalry: Col John F. Hill Gunter's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion: Ltc Thomas M. Gunter Blocher's Arkansas Battery
	Dockery's Brigade  BG Thomas P. Dockery	18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Carroll's): Col Robert Hamilton Crockett 19th and 15th Consolidated Infantry: Ltc H. G. P. Williams 20th Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Daniel W. Jones 12th Arkansas Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters): Maj William F. Rapley
	Crawford's Brigade  Col William A. Crawford	2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Slemons'): Cpt O.B. Tebbs Crawford's Arkansas Cavalry: Col William A. Crawford Wright's Arkansas Cavalry: Col John C. Wright Poe's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion: Maj James T. Poe McMurtrey's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion: Maj Elisha L. McMurtrey Hughey's Arkansas Battery: Cpt William M. Hughey
Marmaduke's Cavalry Division     BG John S. Marmaduke	Greene's Brigade  Col Colton Greene	3rd Missouri: Ltc Leonidas A. Campbell 4th Missouri: Ltc William J. Preston 7th Missouri: Col Solomon G. Kitchen 8th Missouri: Col William L. Jeffers 10th Missouri: Col Robert R. Lawther Harris' Missouri Battery: Cpt S. S. Harris
	Shelby's Brigade  BG Joseph O. Shelby	1st Missouri Battalion: Maj Benjamin Elliott 5th Missouri: Col B. Frank Gordon 11th Missouri: Col M. W. Smith 12th Missouri: Col David Shanks Hunter's Regiment: Col De Witt C. Hunter Collins' Missouri Battery: Cpt Richard A. Collins
Maxey's Cavalry Division^[4]     BG Samuel B. Maxey	Gano's Brigade  Col Charles DeMorse	29th Texas: Maj J. A. Carroll 30th Texas: Ltc N. W. Battle 31st Texas: Maj Michael Looscan Welch's Company: Lt Frank M. Gano Krumbhaar's Texas Battery: Cpt W. Butler Krumbhaar
	Second Indian Brigade  Col Tandy Walker	1st Regiment: Ltc James Riley 2nd Regiment: Col Simpson W. Folsom
Walkers's Division^[5]     MG John G. Walker (w)	Waul's Brigade  BG Thomas N. Waul	12th Texas: - 18th Texas: - 22nd Texas: - 13th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): -
	Scurry's Brigade  BG William R. Scurry (k)	3rd Texas: - Col Philip N. Luckett 16th Texas: - 17th Texas: - 19th Texas: - 16th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): -
	Randal's Brigade  Col Horace Randal (k)	11th Texas: - 14th Texas: - 28th Texas Cavalry (dismounted): - 6th Texas (Gould's) Cavalry Battalion (dismounted): -
Arkansas Division^[6]     BG Thomas J. Churchill	Tappan's Brigade  BG James C. Tappan	Dawson's and Portlock's Consolidated Arkansas Infantry: Ltc William R. Hardy Shaver's and Gaither's Consolidated Arkansas Infantry: Col Robert G. Shaver Grinsted's Arkansas Infantry Regiment: Col Hiram L. Grinsted (k)
	Gause's Brigade  Col Lucien C. Gause	26th Arkansas Infantry: Ltc Iverson L. Brooks 32nd Arkansas Infantry: Ltc William Hicks 36th Arkansas Infantry: Col James M. Davie
	Hawthorn's BrigadeBG Alexander T. Hawthorn^[7]	34th Arkansas Infantry: - 35th Arkansas Infantry: - 37th Arkansas Infantry: - Cocke's Arkansas Infantry: Col John B. Cocke (k)
Missouri Division^[8]     BG Mosby M. Parsons	1st Brigade  BG John Bullock Clark, Jr.	8th Missouri: Col Charles S. Mitchell 9th Missouri: Col R. H. Musser Ruffner's Missouri Battery: Cpt Samuel T. Ruffner
	2nd Brigade  Col Simon P. Burns	10th Missouri Infantry Regiment:^[9] Col William M. Moore 11th Missouri: Ltc Thomas H. Murray 12th Missouri: Col Willis M. Ponder 16th Missouri: Ltc P. W. H. Cumming 9th Missouri Battalion Sharpshooters: Maj L. A. Pindall Lesueur's Missouri Battery: Cpt A. A. Lesueur

References

• 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. .
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Official Records, Series I, Volume XXXIV, Part 1, pages 784-786.
2. Multiple commander names indicate command succession of command during the battle or the campaign.
3. Assumed command of the Arkansas and Missouri divisions April 26.
4. Arrived April 7–12; departed April 27.
5. Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
6. Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
7. Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXXXI, Part 3 Based in September 1864 organization
8. Arrived April 20; attached to Price's command April 26.
9. Book: Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865 . University of Arkansas Press . McGhee, James E. . 2008 . Fayetteville, Arkansas . 223–224 . 978-1-55728-870-7.