New Orleans American order of battle explained

The following units and commanders of the American armed forces under Andrew Jackson fought at the Battle of New Orleans during War of 1812. The British order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

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

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed
• m = missing

Forces

7th Military District: MG Andrew Jackson

General Staff

• Advisers to General Jackson: Brigadier General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert,
  Governor William C. C. Claiborne^[1]
• Aides-de-camp

Abner Lawson Duncan, John Randolph Grymes, Edward Livingston

• Aide-de-camp and judge advocate, Major Auguste Davezac
• Volunteer chief of engineers: Arsene Lacarriere Latour

width=25%	Division	width=25%	Brigade	Regiments and Others
Left Wing     MG William Carroll	Carroll's Brigade^[2]     MG William Carroll	1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col William Metcalf 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col John Cocke 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col James Raulston
	Coffee's Brigade^[3]     BG John Coffee	1st Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Robert Dyer 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Thomas Williamson Jugeant's Choctaws: Maj Pierre Jugeant
	Adair's Brigade^[4]     BG John Adair	Slaughter's Kentucky Militia: Ltc Gabriel Slaughter Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis (detached to West Bank) Mitchusson's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc William Mitchusson
Right Wing     Col George T. Ross	Louisiana Militia and Volunteers^[5]     MG Jacques Villeré     Col Pierre de la Ronde     Jean Michel Fortier^[6]	Several regiments/divisions of Louisiana Militia Battalion of Orleans (city): Maj Jean Baptiste Plauché Lacoste's Free Men of Color: Maj Pierre Lacoste^[7] Daquin's Free Men of Color Maj Louis Daquin City Rifles: Cpt Thomas Beale Baratarians (gunners from Jean Lafitte's privateer crews)
	U.S. Regular Army^[8]	7th U.S. Infantry Maj Henry D. Peire 44th U.S. Infantry: Col George T. Ross U.S. Marines: Maj Daniel Carmick Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons (there were no US Dragoons present at the Battle of New Orleans. Pickles is incorrect)
Reporting directly	West Bank^[9]     BG David B. Morgan	Naval Battalion: Commodore Daniel Patterson Louisiana Militia Battalion: Maj Paul Arnaud Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis Additional Reinforcements from East Bank: Gen. Humbert
	Reserves^[10]	Mississippi Dragoons: Maj Thomas Hinds Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons: Ogden (Ogden was not a Dragoon officer and there were no US Dragoons at this battle. Ogden was a New Orleans resident that led a group of mounted local guides. Also missing from the order of battle by Pickles are the Feliciana Dragoons. These, along with the Mississippi Dragoons were the only "dragoons" at the battle) Battalion, Kentucky Militia: Harrison

External links

• The Battle of New Orleans Order of Battle and Scenario Rules via warof1812wargaming.blogspot

Notes and References

1. http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry/william-charles-cole-claiborne William Claiborne at KnowLouisiana.org
2. http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812 Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812
3. Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812
4. Anderson C. Quisenberry, Kentucky in the War of 1812 (1915), pages 134-135.
5. Tim Pickles, New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British (1994), page 37.
6. http://www.knowlouisiana.org/entry-image/jean-michel-fortier-2 Jean Michel Fortier at KnowLouisiana.org
7. Web site: Hinsdale . Glenn L. . Troop Roster . American troops in the January 8 battle . April 4, 2024 . 5 of 198 . National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
8. Pickles, p. 37.
9. Pickles, p. 37.
10. Pickles, p. 37.