Red River campaign order of battle: Union explained

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

Abbreviations used

Military rank

Other

Naval artillery

Union forces, March 31

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding
Manpower and guns are from Official Records. All manpower strengths are "Aggregate Present".
Regiments and other units in parentheses were not present and were not included in unit strengths.

Engineer Brigade!Brigade!Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade
   Col George D. Robinson
    (872 men)

XIII Corps

See main article: XIII Corps (Union Army). BG Thomas E. G. Ransom (w)
BG Robert A. Cameron

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st and 2nd DivisionsAll Brigades
  • Detached in Texas
3rd Division


     BG Robert A. Cameron
      (2,275 men)

1st Brigade
  Ltc Aaron M. Flory

Cpt William M. DeHart

  • 29th Wisconsin

Maj Bradford Hancock

On veteran furlough

On veteran furlough

On veteran furlough

2nd Brigade
   Col William H. Raynor
  • 24th Iowa

Maj Edward Wright

  • 28th Iowa

Col John Connell

  • 56th Ohio

Cpt Maschil Manring

Artillery (8 guns)
  • 1st Missouri Light, Battery A: Lt Elisha Cole
  • Ohio Light, 2nd Battery: Lt William H. Harper
4th Division


     Col William J. Landram
      (2,990 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Frank Emerson (w&c)
  • 77th Illinois: Ltc Lysander R. Webb (k), Maj John A. Burdett
  • 67th Indiana: Ltc Theodore E. Buehler (Non-veterans of 60th Indiana attached)
  • 19th Kentucky: Ltc John Cowan
  • 23rd Wisconsin: Maj Joseph E. Greene
  • 60th Indiana: On veteran furlough
  • 1st United States: Detached at New Orleans
2nd Brigade
  Col Joseph W. Vance (k)
  Ltc Albert H. Brown
  • 130th Illinois: Maj John B. Reid
  • 48th Ohio: Ltc Joseph W. Lindsey
  • 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin
  • 96th Ohio: Ltc Albert H. Brown
  • 97th Illinois: Detached at New Orleans
Artillery (10 guns)
  Cpt Patrick H. White
   XIII Chief of artillery

XIX Corps

See main article: XIX Corps (Union Army). MG William B. Franklin (w)

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st Division


    BG William H. Emory
     (7,134 men)

1st Brigade
  BG William Dwight
  • 29th Maine: Col George L. Beal
  • 114th New York: Ltc Henry B. Morse (w), Maj Oscar H. Curtis
  • 116th New York: Col George M. Love
  • 153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis
  • 161st New York: Ltc William B. Kinsey
  • 30th Massachusetts: On veteran furlough
2nd Brigade
  BG James W. McMillan
3rd Brigade
  Col Lewis Benedict (k)
  Col Francis Fessenden (w)
   Ltc Justus W. Blanchard
  • 30th Maine: Col Francis Fessenden, Ltc Thomas H. Hubbard
  • 162nd New York: Ltc Justus W. Blanchard
  • 165th New York: Ltc Gouverneur Carr (w), Cpt Henry C. Inwood
  • 173rd New York: Col Lewis M. Peck, Cpt Howard C. Conrady
Artillery (14 guns)
  Cpt George T. Hebard
  • New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth
  • 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor
  • Vermont Light, 1st Battery: Cpt George T. Hebard
2nd Division


    BG Cuvier Grover
     (4,477 men)

1st Brigade
  • Detached at Carrollton
2nd Brigade
  BG Henry Warner Birge[2]
  Col Edward L. Molineux
  • 13th Connecticut: Col Charles D. Blinn
  • 1st Louisiana: Col William O. Fiske
  • 90th New York (3 companies): Maj John C. Smart
  • 159th New York: Ltc Edward L. Gaul
  • 90th New York (7 companies): Detached in Lafourche District
  • 131st New York: Detached at Brashear City
3rd Brigade
  Col Jacob Sharpe
  
  • 38th Massachusetts: Ltc James P. Richardson
  • 128th New York: Col James Smith
  • 156th New York: Cpt James J. Hoyt
  • 175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthey
Artillery (18 guns)
  Cpt George W. Fox
Cavalry
Corps Artillery Reserve


    Cpt Henry W. Closson
     XIX chief of artillery

Artillery (280 men, 14 guns)
  • Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Benjamin Nields
  • 1st Indiana Heavy (two companies): Cpt William S. Hinkle
Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops)1st Brigade, 1st Division
  Col William H. Dickey
   (1,745 men)
  • 1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.): Maj Hiram E. Perkins
  • 3rd Infantry (75th U.S.C.T.): Col Henry W. Fuller
  • 12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin
  • 22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division


    BG Albert L. Lee
     (5,333 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Thomas J. Lucas
  • 16th Indiana Infantry (mounted): Ltc James H. Redfield
  • 2nd Louisiana Infantry (mounted): Maj Alfred Hodsdon
  • 6th Missouri: Cpt Sidney A. Breese (Howitzer battery, under Captain Herbert H. Rottaken, attached.)
  • 14th New York: Maj Abraham Bassford
2nd Brigade
  • Detached at Port Hudson
3rd Brigade
  Col Harai Robinson
    • 87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Ltc John M. Crebs 1st Louisiana: Maj Algernon Sidney Badger
4th Brigade
  Col Nathan Dudley
5th Brigade
  Col Oliver P. Gooding
Artillery Brigade (12 guns)
  

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

BG Andrew J. Smith

XVI Corps

See main article: XVI Corps (Union Army).

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st Division


    BG Joseph A. Mower
     (2,431 men)

1st Brigade
  • Detached at Memphis
2nd Brigade
  Col Lucius F. Hubbard
3rd Brigade
  Col Sylvester G. Hill
  • 35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler
  • 33rd Missouri: Ltc William H. Heath (w), Maj George Van Beck
  • 8th Iowa: On veteran furlough
  • 12th Iowa: On veteran furlough
Artillery
  • Detached at Memphis and Vicksburg
3rd Division


    BG Joseph A. Mower
     (6,151 men)

1st Brigade
  Col William F. Lynch
  • 58th Illinois: Maj Thomas Newlan
  • 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney
  • 89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
2nd Brigade
  Col William T. Shaw
  • 14th Iowa: Ltc Joseph H. Newbold
    • 27th Iowa: Col James I. Gilbert 32nd Iowa: Col John Scott
  • 24th Missouri: Maj Robert W. Fyan (Non-veterans of 21st Missouri attached)
3rd Brigade
  Col Risdon M. Moore
  • 49th Illinois: Maj Thomas W. Morgan
  • 117th Illinois: Ltc Jonathan Merriam
  • 178th New York: Col Edward Wehler
Artillery (10 guns)
  Cpt James M. Cockefair
2nd and 4th Divisions1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades

XVII Corps

See main article: XVII Corps (Union Army).

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
Provisional Division


    BG T. Kilby Smith
     (2,039 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Jonathan B. Moore
  • 41st Illinois: Ltc John H. Nale
  • 3rd Iowa: Ltc James Tullis
  • 33rd Wisconsin: Maj. Horatio H. Virgin
2nd Brigade
  Col Lyman M. Ward
  • 81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers
  • 95th Illinois: Col Thomas W. Humphrey
  • 14th Wisconsin: Cpt Carlos M. G. Mansfield
Artillery (4 guns)

Union forces, April 30

Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf)

MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding

Engineer Brigade!Brigade!Regiments and Others
Engineer Brigade
   Col George D. Robinson
    (811 men)

XIII Corps (detachment)

See main article: XIII Corps (Union Army). MG John A. McClernand
Corps headquarters and 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, reached Alexandria, April 26.
Warren brought additional troops from Texas but they only reached Fort De Russy and are not listed.

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st Division


     BG Fitz Henry Warren
      (2,383 men)

2nd Brigade
   BG Michael K. Lawler
   
2nd DivisionAll brigades
  • Detached in Texas
3rd Division


     BG Robert A. Cameron
      (2,333 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Thomas H. Bringhurst

Cpt Henry Snyder

  • 29th Wisconsin

Col William A. Green

On veteran furlough

On veteran furlough

On veteran furlough

2nd Brigade
   Col James R. Slack

Ltc John A. McLaughlin

  • 24th Iowa

Maj Edward Wright

  • 28th Iowa, Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson
  • 56th Ohio

Col William H. Raynor

4th Division


     Col William J. Landram
      (1,784 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Frederick W. Moore
  • 77th Illinois: Maj John A. Burdett
  • 19th Kentucky: Cpt William T. Cummins
  • 83rd Ohio: Ltc William H. Baldwin
  • 23rd Wisconsin: Maj Joseph E. Greene
  • 60th Indiana: On veteran furlough
  • 1st United States: Detached at New Orleans
2nd Brigade
  Col John R. Parker
  
  • 130th Illinois: Cpt John H. Robinson
  • 67th Indiana: Maj Francis A. Sears
  • 48th Ohio: Cpt James R. Lynch
  • 96th Ohio: Ltc Albert H. Brown
  • 97th Illinois: Detached at New Orleans
Artillery
     Maj Adolph Schwartz
      (396 men, 18 guns)
Unbrigaded
Unattached

XIX Corps

See main article: XIX Corps (Union Army). MG William B. Franklin (until May 2)
BG William H. Emory

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st Division


    BG William H. Emory
    BG James W. McMillan
     (6,392 men)

1st Brigade
  Col George L. Beal
  • 29th Maine: Ltc Charles S. Emerson
  • 114th New York: Maj Oscar H. Curtis
  • 116th New York: Col George M. Love
  • 153rd New York: Col Edwin P. Davis
  • 161st New York: Ltc William B. Kinsey
  • 30th Massachusetts: On veteran furlough
2nd Brigade
  BG James W. McMillan
3rd Brigade
  Ltc Justus W. Blanchard
  • 30th Maine: Ltc Thomas H. Hubbard
  • 162nd New York: Ltc Cpt Samuel Cowdrey
  • 165th New York: Cpt Henry C. Inwood
  • 173rd New York: Cpt Howard C. Conrady
Artillery (14 guns)
  Cpt Benjamin Nields
  • New York Light, 25th Battery: Lt Irving D. Southworth
  • 1st United States, Battery L: Lt Franck E. Taylor
  • Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Lieutenant Thomas A. Porter
2nd Division


    BG Cuvier Grover
     (4,907 men)

1st Brigade (Reached Alexandria, La., April 18.)
  BG Frank S. Nickerson
  • 133rd New York: Col Leonard D. H. Currie
  • 176th New York: Maj Charles Lewis
  • 9th Connecticut On veteran furlough
  • 12th Maine On veteran furlough
2nd Brigade
  BG Henry W. Birge
3rd Brigade
  Col Jacob Sharpe
  
  • 38th Massachusetts: Ltc James P. Richardson
  • 128th New York: Ltc James P. Foster
  • 156th New York: Cpt James J. Hoyt
  • 175th New York (3 companies): Cpt Charles McCarthey
Artillery (14 guns)
  Cpt George W. Fox
  • 7th Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Newman W. Storer
  • New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox
  • 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. Rodgers
3rd Division
Detached in New Orleans


    

Artillery Reserve
(295 men, 14 guns)


    Cpt Henry W. Closson
     XIX Corps Chief of artillery

Corps d'Afrique (United States Colored Troops)1st Brigade, 1st Division
  Col William H. Dickey
   (1,745 men)
  • 1st Infantry (73rd U.S.C.T.): Maj Hiram E. Perkins
  • 3rd Infantry (75th U.S. C.T.): Col Henry W. Fuller
  • 12th Infantry (84th U.S.C.T.): Cpt James H. Corrin
  • 22nd Infantry (92nd U.S.C.T.): Col Henry N. Frisbie
Cavalry Division


    BG Richard Arnold
     (6,210 men)
     Arnold relieved Lee, April 18

1st Brigade
  Col Thomas J. Lucas
2nd Brigade
  • Detached at Port Hudson
3rd Brigade
  Ltc John M. Crebs
  • 87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Maj George W. Land
  • 1st Louisiana: Maj Algernon Sidney Badger
4th Brigade
  Col Edmund J. Davis
5th Brigade
  Col Oliver P. Gooding
  • 2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler
  • 18th New York: Col James J. Byrne
  • 3rd Rhode Island: Ltc Charles H. Parkhurst
Artillery Brigade (6 guns)
  
Unattached
  • 4th Indiana Cavalry, Company C: Cpt Andrew P. Gallagher
  • 3rd Maryland Cavalry: Ltc Byron Kirby

Army of the Tennessee (detachment)

BG Andrew J. Smith

XVI Corps

See main article: XVI Corps (Union Army).
XVI Corps received approximately 1,000 replacements on April 26.

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
1st Division


    BG Joseph A. Mower
     (4,101 men)

1st Brigade
  • On expedition from Memphis against N. B. Forrest
2nd Brigade
  Col Lucius F. Hubbard
3rd Brigade
  Col Sylvester G. Hill
  • 35th Iowa: Ltc William B. Keeler
  • 33rd Missouri: Maj George W. Van Beek
  • 8th Iowa: On veteran furlough
  • 12th Iowa: On veteran furlough
3rd Division


    BG Joseph A. Mower
     (5,464 men)

1st Brigade
  Col William F. Lynch
  • 58th Illinois: Maj Thomas Newlan
  • 119th Illinois: Col Thomas J. Kinney
  • 89th Indiana: Col Charles D. Murray
2nd Brigade
  Col William T. Shaw
  • 14th Iowa: Cpt Warren C. Jones
  • 27th Iowa: Col James I. Gilbert
  • 32nd Iowa: Col John Scott
  • 24th Missouri: Maj Robert W. Fyan
3rd Brigade
  Col Risdon M. Moore
  • 49th Illinois: Cpt Jacob E. Gauen
  • 117th Illinois: Ltc Jonathan Merriam
  • 178th New York: Col Edward Wehler
Artillery (10 guns)
  Cpt James M. Cockefair

XVII Corps

See main article: XVII Corps (Union Army).

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BrigadeRegiments and Others
Provisional Division


    BG T. Kilby Smith
     (2,052 men)

1st Brigade
  Col Jonathan B. Moore
  • 41st Illinois: Ltc John H. Nale
  • 3rd Iowa: Ltc James Tullis
  • 33rd Wisconsin: Maj. Horatio H. Virgin
2nd Brigade
  Col Lyman M. Ward
  • 81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers
  • 95th Illinois: Col Thomas W. Humphrey
  • 14th Wisconsin: Cpt Carlos M. G. Mansfield
Artillery (4 guns)

Union naval forces

Mississippi Flotilla

RA David Dixon Porter

U.S. Navy Mississippi Flotilla in the Red River Expedition! Warship! Type! Master! Armament
2 × 100-pdr PR, 8 × 9-inch, 2 × 50-pdr DR, 4 × 32-pdr
Ironclad Lcdr J. G. Mitchell 2 × 100-pdr PR, 3 × 9-inch, 4 × 8-inch, 1 × 50-pdr DR,
1 × 30-pdr PR
Ironclad 2 × 11-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
Ironclad 1 × 100-pdr PR, 3 × 9-inch, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 2 × 12-pdr how
Ironclad 2 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 2 × 50-pdr DR
Ironclad 2 × 100-pdr PR, 6 × 9-inch, 4 × 12-pdr how
Ironclad Lcdr J. P. Foster 2 × 11-inch, 2 × 9-inch, 2 × 100-pdr PR, 2 × 24-pdr how,
2 × 12-pdr how
Ironclad 1 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 4 × 32-pdr
Ironclad Ltn A. R. Langthorne 1 × 100-pdr PR, 4 × 9-inch, 3 × 8-inch, 1 × 50-pdr DR,
1 × 30-pdr PR, 2 × 32-pdr
Ironclad 4 × 9-inch, 1 × 100-pdr PR, 2 × 30-pdr PR
Ltn Samuel Howard 2 × 11-inch, 2 × 12-pdr how
Monitor 2 × 11-inch, 2 × 12-pdr how
Monitor 2 × 11-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
2 × 20-pdr PR, 4 × 24-pdr how, 1 × 12-pdr how
Tinclad Mstr Charles Thatcher 6 × 24-pdr how
Tinclad Mstr J. S. Watson 6 × 24-pdr how
Tinclad Ltn Edward Morgan 4 × 24-pdr how, 2 × 12-pdr how
2 × 30-pdr PR, 8 × 24-pdr how, 3 × 12-pdr how,
2 × repeating guns, 1 × Parmenter gun
Gunboat Ltn George P. Lord 2 × 50-pdr DR, 2 × 30-pdr PR, 4 × 24-pdr how,
1 × 12-pdr how
Gunboat 4 × 8-inch, 1 × 32-pdr, 2 × 30-pdr PR
Gunboat Ltn John Pearce 6 × 8-inch, 1 × 12-pdr how
Gunboat Lcdr Byron Wilson 5 × 30-pdr PR, 18 × 24-pdr how, 16 × 12-pdr how
Lcdr S. W. Terry none

References

. Frederick H. Dyer . A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Western Departments and Armies . 1908 . Des Moines, Iowa . Dyer Publishing Co. . February 27, 2023 . 559 .

Notes and References

  1. Multiple commander names indicate succession of command.
  2. Birge commanded a temporary division consisting of 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, at Monett's Ferry.