Fort Hindman Union order of battle
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The following Union Army
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Hindman
(or Battle of Arkansas Post) of the American Civil War
. The Confederate order of battle
is listed separately.
Escort: Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry
: Cpt Richard H. Ballinger
Fifty transport ships were used as well as the following:
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Hindman
Battle of Fort Hindman
The Battle of Fort Hindman, or the Battle of Arkansas Post, was fought January 9–11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, Arkansas, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.-Background:...
(or Battle of Arkansas Post) of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. The Confederate order of battle
Fort Hindman Confederate order of battle
The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Hindman of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately.-Military rank:* BG = Brigadier General* Col = Colonel...
is listed separately.
Military rank
- MG = Major GeneralMajor general (United States)In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...
- BG = Brigadier GeneralBrigadier general (United States)A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
- Col = ColonelColonel (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...
- Ltc = Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant Colonel (United States)In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services.The pay...
- Maj = MajorMajor (United States)In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, major is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel...
- Cpt = Captain
- Lt = 1st Lieutenant
XIII Corps
MG George W. MorganGeorge W. Morgan
George Washington Morgan was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
Escort: Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry
3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
The 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 27, 1861....
: Cpt Richard H. Ballinger
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First Division BG Andrew Jackson Smith Andrew Jackson Smith Andrew Jackson Smith was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate General S.D... |
1st Brigade BG Stephen Gano Burbridge Stephen G. Burbridge -External links:* — Article by Civil War historian/author Bryan S. Bush... |
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2nd Brigade
Col William J. Landram William J. Landram William Jennings Landram was a lawyer, publisher, and Union officer during the American Civil War. He served in many of the campaigns associated with the XIII Corps often in command of a brigade and occasionally in division command... |
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Artillery |
Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt Charles G. Cooley 17th Ohio Battery 17th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized in Dayton, Ohio and mustered in August 21, 1862 for a three year enlistment under Captain Ambrose A. Blount.... : Cpt Ambrose A. Blount |
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Cavalry |
6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry The 6th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th Missouri Cavalry was mustered in for three years service on February 14, 1862 by consolidation of Wright's Cavalry Battalion, Wood's Cavalry Battalion, and... (squadron): Col Clark Wright |
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Second Division BG Peter J. Osterhaus Peter J. Osterhaus Peter Joseph Osterhaus was Union Army General in the American Civil War and later served as a diplomat.-Early life:Osterhaus was born in Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia. He attended the Berlin Military Academy and after serving for some time as a Prussian Army officer, he emigrated to the United States... |
1st Brigade Col Lionel A. Sheldon |
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2nd Brigade
Col Daniel W. Lindsey |
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3rd Brigade
Col John F. DeCourcy |
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Artillery |
1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery The 1st Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 1st Independent Battery was mustered into service at LaCrosse, Wisconsin on October 10, 1861.... : Cpt Jacob T. Foster |
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Engineers |
Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers Patterson's Independent Company Kentucky Volunteer Engineers was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt William F. Patterson |
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XV Corps
MG William T. ShermanDivision | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Fourth Division BG Frederick Steele Frederick Steele Frederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his successful campaign to retake much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause.-Early life:Steele was born in Delhi, New... Escort: Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies The state of Illinois raised a number of short-lived Independent Cavalry Companies which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Most of these units were quickly amalgamated with larger formations.-Units:... : Cpt William C. Wilder |
1st Brigade BG Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in... |
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2nd Brigade
BG Charles E. Hovey Charles Edward Hovey Charles Edward Hovey was an educator, college president, pension lobbyist and a brevet major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... (w) |
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3rd Brigade
BG John Milton Thayer John Milton Thayer John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as governor of Wyoming Territory and governor of Nebraska.-Early life and career:... |
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Cavalry |
3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry The 3rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 3rd Illinois Cavalry was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Illinois on August 27, 1861.... : Col Lafayette McCrillis |
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Second Division BG David Stuart David Stuart (politician) David Stuart was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
1st Brigade Col Giles A. Smith |
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2nd Brigade
Col Thomas Kilby Smith Thomas Kilby Smith Thomas Kilby Smith was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army... |
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Artillery |
8th Ohio Battery 8th Ohio Independent Battery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The battery was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio and mustered in for a three year enlistment on March 11, 1862 under Captain Louis Markgraf.The battery was... : Lt James F. Putnam |
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Cavalry |
Thielman's Independent Cavalry Battalion Thielman's Independent Cavalry Battalion was a cavalry battalion that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:... : Cpt Bertold Marschner |
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Naval forces
Rear Admiral David D. PorterFifty transport ships were used as well as the following:
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City class ironclad City class ironclad The Pook Turtles, or City class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. They were also sometimes referred to as "Eads gunboats." The labels are applied to seven vessels of uniform design built from... |
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USS Baron DeKalb USS Baron DeKalb (1861) USS Baron DeKalb was a City class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Navy by James B. Eads during the American Civil War.... Lieutenant Commander William Gwin William Gwin (naval officer) William Gwin was an officer in the United States Navy who was killed in action during the American Civil War... |
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USS Cincinnati USS Cincinnati (1862) The City class ironclad USS Cincinnati was a stern-wheel casemate gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Cincinnati, Ohio and was the first ship to bear that name in the United States Navy.... Lieutenant George M. Bache George M. Bache George Mifflin Bache was an officer in the United States Navy, fighting on the Union side in the American Civil War and continuing to serve for a decade after the war's end.-Early life and ancestors:... |
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U.S.S. Louisville USS Louisville (1862) USS Louisville was a City class ironclad gunboat constructed for the U.S. Army by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. [While initially owned by the Army, the City Class gunboats were commanded by U.S. Navy officers, and were eventually transferred to the Navy.]Louisville was built at St.... Lieutenant Commander Elias K. Owen Elias K. Owen Elias K. Owen was a United States Navy officer.-Biography:Born November 21, 1834, in Chicago, Owen entered the Navy in 1848. During the Civil War he served in the Mississippi Squadron, commanding Louisville and a division of Admiral David Porter's squadron.Owen died April 8, 1877 at Kaskaskia,... |
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Tinclad |
USS Glide USS Glide (1862) The first USS Glide was a sternwheel tinclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Glide originally built in Shousetown, Pennsylvania in 1862 and purchased by Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 17 November 1862. She was taken to Cairo, Illinois... Acting Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth Selim E. Woodworth Selim E. Woodworth was a commander in the United States Navy, prominent San Francisco businessman, and member of the Woodworth political family.-Early years:... |
USS Rattler USS Rattler (1862) USS Rattler was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederate States of America, especially the Mississippi River, and to be employed as a gunship when required.- Built at Cincinnati in 1862 :Florence... Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith |
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Others |
USS Black Hawk USS Black Hawk (1848) USS Black Hawk was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunship duty in the waterways of the rebellious Confederate States of America.... Lieutenant Commander K. R. Breese |
U.S.S. Lexington USS Lexington (1861) The third USS Lexington was a timberclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Purchase and conversion:Lexington was built as a sidewheel steamer at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1861 and was purchased by the War Department and converted into a gunboat at Cincinnati, Ohio,... Lieutenant James W. Shirk |
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USS Monarch USS Monarch (1862) USS Monarch was a side paddle wheel ram in the United States Army. Monarch was built as a towboat at Fulton, Ohio, in 1853. She was converted to a ram in 1862 for service in the Ellet Ram Fleet under Lt. Col. Charles Ellet, Jr... Colonel C. R. Ellet |
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USS New Era USS New Era (1862) USS New Era was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. New Era was also a name initially carried by a timberclad USS Essex.- Commissioned at St... Acting Master F. W. Flanner [possibly, Acting Master J. C. Bunner] |
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See also
- Arkansas in the American Civil WarArkansas in the American Civil WarThe state of Arkansas was a part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and provided a source of troops, supplies, and military and political leaders for the fledgling country. Arkansas had become the 25th state of the United States, on June 15, 1836, entering as a...
- McClernand's Official Report