Camden Expedition order of battle: Union explained

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

Military rank

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

Union forces

VII Corps (Department of Arkansas)

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

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Third Division BG Frederick Salomon 193 officers, 4,657 men, 16 guns	1st Brigade BG Samuel A. Rice (mw) 30 Apr Col Charles E. Salomon	50th Indiana: Ltc Samuel T. Wells 29th Iowa: Col Thomas H. Benton Jr. 33rd Iowa: Maj Hiram D. Gibson 9th Wisconsin: Col Charles E. Salomon
	2nd Brigade Col William E. McLean	43rd Indiana: Maj Wesley W. Norris 36th Iowa: Col Charles W. Kittredge 77th Ohio: Col William B. Mason
	3rd Brigade Col Adolph Engelmann	43rd Illinois: Ltc Adolph Dengler 40th Iowa: Col John A. Garrett 27th Wisconsin: Col Conrad Krez
	Artillery	Springfield Illinois Light Artillery (Vaughn's): Lt Charles W. Thomas Battery E, 2nd Missouri Light Artillery: Lt Charles Peetz Voegele's Wisconsin Battery:^[4] Cpt Martin Voegele
Frontier Division^[5] BG John Milton Thayer Infantry: 115 officers, 2,893 men, 10 guns Cavalry: 40 officers, 913 men, 4 guns	1st Brigade Col John Edwards	1st Arkansas: Ltc Elhanon J. Searle 2nd Arkansas (8 companies): Maj Marshall L. Stephenson 18th Iowa: Cpt William M. Duncan 2nd Indiana Battery: Lt Hugh Espey
	2nd Brigade Col Charles W. Adams	1st Kansas (Colored): Col James M. Williams 2nd Kansas (Colored): Col Samuel J. Crawford 12th Kansas: Ltc Josiah E. Hayes 1st Battery, Arkansas Light Artillery: Cpt Denton D. Stark
	3rd Brigade Col Owen Bassett	2nd Kansas Cavalry: Maj Julius G. Fisk 6th Kansas Cavalry: Ltc William T. Campbell 14th Kansas Cavalry: Ltc John G. Brown
Cavalry Division BG Eugene Asa Carr 1st and 3rd Brigades: 77 officers, 2,611 men	1st Brigade Col John F. Ritter	3rd Arkansas Cavalry (4 companies): Maj George F. Lovejoy 13th Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Adolph Bechand 3rd Iowa Cavalry (detachment): Lt Franz W. Arnim 1st Missouri Cavalry (8 companies): Cpt Miles Kehoe 2nd Missouri Cavalry: Cpt William H. Higdon
	3rd Brigade Col Daniel Anderson	10th Illinois Cavalry (detachment): Ltc James Stuart 1st Iowa Cavalry: Ltc Joseph W. Caldwell 3rd Missouri Cavalry: Maj John A. Lennon
	Independent Cavalry Brigade [Post of Pine Bluff]^[6] Col Powell Clayton Cavalry: 42 officers, 885 men Infantry: 21 officers, 688 men	1st Indiana Cavalry (8 companies): Maj Julian D. Owen 5th Kansas Cavalry (10 companies): Ltc Wilton A. Jenkins 7th Missouri Cavalry: Maj Henry P. Spellman 18th Illinois: Ltc Samuel B. Marks 28th Wisconsin: Ltc Edmund B. Gray

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

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.