Battle of Arkansas Post
Union Order of Battle
Army of the Mississippi
Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand
XIII Corps
Brig. Gen. George W. Morgan
Chief of Staff
Maj. John H. Hammond
Escort
Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry
Capt. Richard H. Ballinger
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First Division
Brig. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith
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1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. Stephen Gano Burbridge
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16th Indiana Infantry
Lieut. Col. John M. Orr (w)
Maj. James H. Redfield
60th Indiana Infantry
Col. Richard Owen
67th Indiana Infantry
Col. Frank Emerson (w)
83rd Ohio Infantry
Lieut. Col. William H. Baldwin
96th Ohio Infantry
Col. Joseph W. Vance
23rd Wisconsin Infantry
Col. Joshua J. Guppey
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2nd Brigade
Col. William J. Landram
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77th Illinois Infantry
Col. David P. Grier
97th Illinois Infantry
Col. Friend S. Rutherford
108th Illinois Infantry
Col. John Warner
131st Illinois Infantry
Lieut. Col. R. A. Peter
19th Kentucky Infantry
Lieut. Col. John Cowan
48th Ohio Infantry
Lieut. Col. Job R. Parker (w)
Capt. S. G. W. Peterson
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Artillery
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Chicago Mercantile Light Artillery
Capt. Charles G. Cooley
17th Ohio Light Artillery
Capt. Ambrose A. Blount
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Cavarly
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6th Missouri Cavalry (squadron)
Col. Clark Wright
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Second Divsion
Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus
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1st Brigade
Col. Lionel A. Sheldon
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118th Illinois Infantry
Col. John G. Fonda
69th Indiana Infantry
Col. Thomas Warren Bennett
120th Ohio Infantry
Col. Daniel French
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2nd Brigade
Col. Daniel W. Lindsey
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49th Indiana Infantry
Col. James Keigwin
7th Kentucky Infantry
Capt. Andrew H. Clark
114th Ohio Infantry
Lieut. Col. Horatio B. Maynard
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3rd Brigade
Col. John F. DeCourcy
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54th Indiana Infantry
Col. Fielding Mansfield
22nd Kentucky Infantry
Maj. William J. Worthington
16th Ohio Infantry
Capt. Eli W. Botsford
42nd Ohio Infantry
Lieut. Col. Don Albert Pardee
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Artillery
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Battery G, 1st Michigan Light Artillery
Capt. Charles H. Lanphere
1st Wisconsin Light Artillery
Capt. Jacob T. Foster
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XV Corps
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
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Fourth Division
Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele
Escort
Dodson's Kane County (Illinois) Cavalry
Capt. William C. Wilder
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1st Brigade
Brig. Gen. Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
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13th Illinois Infantry
Lieut. Col. Adam B. Gorgas
29th Missouri Infantry
Col. John S. Cavender
30th Missouri Infantry
Lieut. Col. Otto Schadt
31st Missouri Infantry
Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Simpson
32nd Missouri Infantry
Col. Francis H. Manter
58th Ohio Infantry
Capt. Bastian Benkler
4th Ohio Battery
Capt. Louis Hoffman
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2nd Brigade
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hovey (w)
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25th Iowa Infantry
Col. George A. Stone
31st Iowa Infantry
Col. William Smyth
3rd Missouri Infantry
Col. Isaac F. Shepard
12th Missouri Infantry
Col. Hugo Wangelin
17th Missouri Infantry
Col. Francis Hassendeubel
76th Ohio Infantry
Col. Charles Robert Woods
1st Missouri Horse Artillery
Capt. Clemens Landgraeber
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3rd Brigade
Brig. John Milton Thayer
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4th Iowa Infantry
Col. James Alexander Williamson
9th Iowa Infantry
Lieut. Col. William H. Coyl
26th Iowa Infantry
Col. Milo Smith
30th Iowa Infantry
Lieut. Col. W. M. G. Torrence
34th Iowa Infantry
Col. George W. Clark
1st Iowa Light Artillery
Capt. Henry H. Griffiths
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Cavalry
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3rd Illinois Cavalry
Col. Lafayette McCrillis
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Second Division
Brig. Gen. David Stuart
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1st Brigade
Col. Giles A. Smith
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113th Illinois Infantry
Col. George B. Hoge
116th Illinois Infantry
Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd
6th Missouri Infantry
Lieut. Col. James H. Blood
8th Missouri Infantry
Lieut. Col. David C. Coleman (w)
Maj. Dennis T. Kirby
1st Battalion, 13th U.S. Infantry
Maj. Daniel Chase
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2nd Brigade
Col. Thomas Kilby
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55th Illinois Infantry
Lieut. Col. Oscar Malmborg
127th Illinois Infantry
Col. John Van Arman
83rd Indiana Infantry
Col. Benjamin J. Spooner
54th Ohio Infantry
Capt. S. B. Yoeman (w)
57th Ohio Infantry
Col. William Mungen
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Artillery
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Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Capt. Peter P. Wood
Battery B, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Capt. Samuel E. Barrett
Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Lieut. Levi W. Hart
8th Ohio Light Artillery
Lieut. James F. Putnam
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Cavalry
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Company A & B, Thielman's Battalion (Illinois)
Capt. Berold Marschner
Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry
Lieut. Daniel W. Ballou
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Naval Forces
Rear Admiral David D. Porter
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50 transport ships were used as well as the following:
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City Class Ironclad
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Lieut. Commander William Gwin
Lieut. George M. Bache
Lieut. Commander Elias K. Owen
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Tinclad
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Acting Lieut. Selim E. Woodworth
Lieut. Commander Watson Smith
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Others
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USS Black Hawk
Lieut. Commander K. R. Breese
Lieut. James W. Shirk
Col. C. R. Ellet
Acting Master F. W. Flanner
(possibly, Acting Master J. C. Bunner)
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