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31 December 2013

Department of the Eastern Frontier Order of Battle


Order of Battle of the Army of the Arkansas (June 30, 1864)


 

ARMY OF THE ARKANSAS: MAJ. GEN. JAMES B. ELLIOTT

Headquarters

Headquarters Escort: Companies C & D, 4th Minnesota Cavalry

Provost Regiment: 203d Indiana Infantry

Detached Regiment: 65th Wisconsin Infantry

 

CAVALRY DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. ROBERT EWING

            1st Brigade: Col. David Strang*

25th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry**
20th Missouri Cavalry
19th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
25th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. Paul Herling

20th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
22d Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
16th Missouri Cavalry
21st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

 

            3d Brigade: Brig. Gen. Augustus Kraft

10th Iowa Cavalry
19th Missouri Cavalry
15th Indiana Cavalry
1st Battalion 10th Cavalry (USCT)

 

*Replacing Col. Kirk Marple, killed at Bethel Church, June 2d.

**Colors and most of regiment captured by Martin’s Brigade at Bethel Church on June 2d . Less than a battalion in strength.

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

1st DIVISION: MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM MALLORY

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. William H. Pease

178th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
190th  Illinois Volunteer Infantry
170th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
208th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. John D. Hollosetter

36th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
59th Wisconsin Infantry
63d Wisconsin Infantry
151st United States Colored Troops

 

            3d Brigade: Col. Elmer Wood

186th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
176th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
166th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
49th Iowa Infantry
160th Illinois Volunteer Infantry

 

            16th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery: Capt. Edward Burke

(Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

6th Iowa Battery Ind. Light Artillery: Capt. John W. Hudson

(Five 3 inch Ordnance Rifles)*

 

 

*One gun was captured by the Twenty-Ninth South Carolina at Tulip Creek on 10th May and is currently assigned to Nixon’s Georgia Battery.

           


 

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

2d DIVISION: MAJ. GEN. EDWARD STANLEY*

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. Vincent A. Osgood

17th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
12th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
65th Kentucky Infantry
70th Kentucky Infantry
66th Kentucky Infantry
67th Kentucky Infantry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. Alonzo B. Hammond

15th Minnesota Infantry
167th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
179th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
60th Wisconsin Infantry
61st Wisconsin Infantry
64th  Wisconsin Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Col. William Clay

58th Missouri Infantry
62d Missouri Infantry
57th Missouri Infantry
65th Missouri Infantry
64th Missouri Infantry
70th Missouri Infantry

 

            Battery F, Kentucky Light Artillery: Capt. John T. Richardson

 (Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

            Battery D, 3rd Missouri Light Artillery: Capt. Peter G. Sides.

(Six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles)

 

 

*Division was re-organized after White Fox Church and re-enforced with several green regiments and regiments transferred from other commands.


Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

3d DIVISION: JOHNSON B. ROONEY

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. Albert C. Bryan

163d Indiana Volunteer Infantry
180th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
201st  Indiana Volunteer Infantry
246th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
63d Missouri Infantry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. Samuel C. Stratton*

180th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
245th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
161st Indiana Volunteer Infantry
64th Kentucky Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Col. Edgar Anderson

215th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
203d Ohio Volunteer Infantry
221st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
215th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
226th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

 

            Battery C, 3d Illinois Light Artillery: Capt. James P. Mead

            (Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

            29th Ohio Independent Battery: Capt. Thomas J. Diehl

(Six 20lb Parrott Rifles)

 

 

*Replaced Col. John S. Woods, who was wooded at Tulip Creek, May 10th.

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

4th DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. BENJAMIN M. PIATT

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. Oliver Holtman

238th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
241st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
14th Tennessee Volunteer infantry
68th Kentucky Infantry
40th Michigan Volunteer Infantry

 

            2d Brigade:  Col. Henry J. Holtman

199th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
206th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
184th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
58th Wisconsin Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Col. James F. Hutchinson

188th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
165th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
172d  Illinois Volunteer Infantry
56th Wisconsin Infantry
200th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

 

            Battery D, 3d Illinois Light Artillery: Capt. Christian Grossman

            (Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

            18th Independent Battery Michigan Light Artillery: Capt. Alexander Atchison

(Six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles)


 

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

5th DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. LOUIS M. NAGLE

 

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. Dennis Bradley

163d  Illinois Volunteer Infantry
157th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
233d  Ohio Volunteer Infantry
230th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
227th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. John N. Potts

158th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
159th  Illinois Volunteer Infantry
171st Illinois Volunteer Infantry
177th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
32d  Michigan Volunteer Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Col. James F. Ocker

171st Indiana Volunteer Infantry
192d Indiana Volunteer Infantry
14th Minnesota Infantry
57th Wisconsin Infantry
66th Wisconsin Infantry

 

            Battery A, 3d Illinois Light Artillery: Capt. George A. Hicks

            (Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

            29th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery: Capt. Seymour Arnold

(Six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles)

           


 

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

6th DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. BENJAMIN ADAMS

            1st Brigade: Brig. Gen. Joseph Kitchen

130th USCT (8th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent )
131st United States Colored Troops
134th United States Colored Troops
136th USCT (10th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent )
137th United States Colored Troops
138th United States Colored Troops

 

            2d Brigade: Col. Edward J. Noyles

133d USCT (9th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent )
139th United States Colored Troops
142d United States Colored Troops
144th USCT (13th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry African Descent )

 

            3d Brigade: Col. James Casey

141st United States Colored Troops
143d United States Colored Troops
145th United States Colored Troops
146th United States Colored Troops
152d United States Colored Troops

 

            Battery A, 3d Light Artillery (USCT): Capt. John C. Elwood

            (Six 10lb Parrott Rifles)

 

            Battery C, 3d Light Artillery (USCT): Capt. Stanley C. Anderson

            (Six 12lb Napoleons)

 


 

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

7th DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. ZEBULON HAWLEY

 

            1st Brigade: Col. Obadiah B. Latham

48th Iowa Volunteer Infantry
60th Missouri Infantry
19th Kansas Infantry
33d Kansas Infantry
34th Kansas Infantry

 

            2d Brigade:  Jacob Miller

231st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
63d Kentucky Infantry
161st  Illinois Volunteer Infantry
11th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
155th  Illinois Volunteer Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Brig. Gen. Simon P. Henderson

242d Ohio Volunteer Infantry
244th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
69th Missouri Infantry
205th Indiana Volunteer Infantry

 

            30th Ohio Independent Battery: Capt. William Stam

(Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

14th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery: Capt. John Logan

(Six 10lb Parrott Rifles)

 


 

Army of the Arkansas Order of Battle (Cont’d)

 

8th DIVISION: BRIG. GEN. MORRIS G. DUPONT

           

            1st Brigade: Col. Robert Fulton Dietrich

162d Indiana Volunteer Infantry
209th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
219th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
239th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

 

            2d Brigade: Col. Bryan E. O’Neal

68th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
164th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
173d Illinois Volunteer Infantry
15th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
17th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

 

            3d Brigade: Col. John Faulkner

67th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
69th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
220th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
243d Ohio Volunteer Infantry
225th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

 

 

            31st Ohio Independent Battery: Capt. Karl Drexler

(Six 12lb Napoleons)

 

            Battery B, 3rd Missouri Light Artillery: Capt. Thomas Clayton

(Six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles)

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