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Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

Confederate Commander

Gen. E. Kirby Smith

Forces Engaged: 10,000

Killed: 86

Wounded: 66

Missing: 1

Total Casualties: 153

Confederate Officers

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Brig. Gen. James F. Fagan

Brig. Gen. William L. Cabill

Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Dockery

Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke

Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby

Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill

Brig. Gen. James C. Tappan

Brig. Gen. Alexander T. Hawthorn

Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons

Brig. Gen. John B. Clark, Jr.

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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April 30, 1864

Jenkins' Ferry, Southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas

Union Victory

Part of the Red River Campaign

American History Central

The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, 1864

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Military History

Battle of Jenkins' Ferry

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Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele

Forces Engaged: 12,000

Killed: 63

Wounded: 413

Missing: 45

Total Casualties: 521

Union Officers

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Brig. Gen. Frederick Salomon

Brig. Gen. Samuel A. Rice

Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer

Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Britton, Wiley. "Resume of Military Operations in Missouri and Arkansas, 1854-65. Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence

          Clough Buel. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Grant-Lee Edition. Volume IV Part I. New York: Century Magazine,

          1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p 374-377

Harrell, John M. "Arkansas." Confederate Military History, Vol X Part II. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2008. p 248-283

Ira Don Richards. The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring, 1961), pp. 3-16 (14

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Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
 

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