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.Multiple commander names indicate succession of command. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately.
Abbreviations used
Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain Lt = 1st Lieutenant RA = Rear Admiral Cmdr = Commander Lcdr = Lieutenant Commander Ltn = Lieutenant (navy) Mstr = Master
Other w = wounded mw = mortally wounded k = killed c = captured
Naval artillery
100-pdr PR = 100-pounder Parrott rifled gun 50-pdr DR = 50-pounder Dahlgren gun (rifled) 32-pdr = 32-pounder gun (smoothbore) 30-pdr PR = 30-pounder Parrott rifled gun 20-pdr PR = 20-pounder Parrott rifled gun 24-pdr how = M1841 24-pounder howitzer 12-pdr how = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 11-inch = 11-inch smoothbore gun 9-inch = 9-inch smoothbore gun 8-inch = 8-inch smoothbore gun
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 BrigadeBrigadeRegiments and OthersEngineer Brigade
Col George D. Robinson (872 men) 3rd Engineers, Corps d'Afrique: Ltc George A. Harmount 5th Engineers, Corps d'Afrique: Ltc Uri B. Pearsall Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. Francis Escort (Company C): Cpt Frank Sayles
XIII Corps
BG Thomas E. G. Ransom (w) BG Robert A. Cameron +XIII Corps (Detachment) Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st and 2nd Divisions All Brigades Detached in Texas3rd Division
BG Robert A. Cameron (2,275 men) 1st Brigade
Ltc Aaron M. Flory46th Indiana: Cpt William M. DeHart 29th Wisconsin: Maj Bradford Hancock 11th Indiana: On veteran furlough 24th Indiana: On veteran furlough 34th Indiana: On veteran furlough 2nd Brigade
Col William H. Raynor24th Iowa: Maj Edward Wright 28th Iowa: Col John Connell 56th Ohio: Cpt Maschil ManringArtillery (8 guns) 1st Missouri Light, Battery A: Lt Elisha Cole Ohio Light, 2nd Battery: Lt William H. Harper4th 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 Indiana Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Martin Klauss Chicago (Illinois) Mercantile Battery: Lt Pinckney S. Cone
XIX Corps
MG William B. Franklin (w) +XIX Corps Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st 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 13th Maine: Col Henry Rust, Jr. 15th Maine: Col Isaac Dyer 160th New York: Ltc John B. Van Petten 47th Pennsylvania: Col Tilghman H. Good 8th Vermont: On veteran furlough3rd 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. ConradyArtillery (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. Hebard2nd Division
BG Cuvier Grover (4,477 men) 1st Brigade Detached at Carrollton 2nd Brigade
BG Henry Warner BirgeBirge commanded a temporary division consisting of 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, at Monett's Ferry.
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 7th Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Newman W. Storer New York Light, 26th Battery: Cpt George W. Fox 1st United States, Battery F: Lt Hardman P. Norris 2nd United States, Battery C: Lt John I. RodgersCavalry 3rd Maryland: Col C. Carroll TevisCorps Artillery Reserve
Cpt Henry W. Closson XIX chief of artilleryArtillery (280 men, 14 guns) Delaware Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Benjamin Nields 1st Indiana Heavy (two companies): Cpt William S. HinkleCorps 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 Hudson3rd Brigade
Col Harai Robinson 87th Illinois Infantry (mounted): Ltc John M. Crebs 1st Louisiana: Maj Algernon Sidney Badger4th Brigade
Col Nathan Dudley 2nd Illinois: Maj Benjamin F. Marsh, Jr. 3rd Massachusetts: Ltc Lorenzo D. Sargent 31st Massachusetts Infantry (mounted): Cpt Elbert H. Fordham 8th New Hampshire Infantry (mounted): Ltc George A. Flanders5th Brigade
Col Oliver P. Gooding 2nd New York Veteran: Col Morgan H. Chrysler 18th New York: Col James J. Byrne 3rd Rhode Island (detachment): Maj George R. DavisArtillery Brigade (12 guns) 2nd Massachusetts Battery: Cpt Ormand F. Nims 5th United States, Battery G: Lt Jacob B. Rawles
Army of the Tennessee (detachment) BG Andrew J. Smith
XVI Corps
+XVI Corps: Army of the Tennessee (Detachment) Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG Joseph A. Mower (2,431 men)1st Brigade Detached at Memphis2nd Brigade
Col Lucius F. Hubbard 47th Illinois: Col John D. McClure 5th Minnesota: Maj John C. Becht 8th Wisconsin: Ltc John W. Jefferson 11th Missouri: On veteran furlough3rd 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 furloughArtillery Detached at Memphis and Vicksburg3rd 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. Murray2nd 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 WehlerArtillery (10 guns)
Cpt James M. Cockefair Indiana Light, 3rd Battery: Cpt James M. Cockefair Indiana Light, 9th Battery: Cpt George R. Brown 2nd and 4th Divisions1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades Serving in Atlanta campaign
XVII Corps
+XVII Corps: Army of the Tennessee (Detachment) Division Brigade Regiments and OthersProvisional 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. Virgin2nd Brigade
Col Lyman M. Ward 81st Illinois: Ltc Andrew W. Rogers 95th Illinois: Col Thomas W. Humphrey 14th Wisconsin: Cpt Carlos M. G. MansfieldArtillery (4 guns) 1st Missouri, Battery M: Lt John H. Tiemeyer
Union forces, April 30
Army of the Gulf (Department of the Gulf) MG Nathaniel P. Banks, Commanding + Engineer BrigadeBrigadeRegiments and OthersEngineer Brigade
Col George D. Robinson (811 men) 97th U.S. Colored Infantry: Ltc George A. Harmount 99th U.S. Colored Infantry: Ltc Uri B. Pearsall Headquarters troops (Companies A and B): Cpt Richard W. Francis Escort (Company C): Cpt Frank Sayles
XIII Corps (detachment)
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. +XIII Corps (Detachment) Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG Fitz Henry Warren (2,383 men)2nd Brigade
BG Michael K. Lawler 49th Indiana: Col James Keigwin 69th Indiana: Ltc Oran Perry 34th Iowa: Col George W. Clark 22nd Kentucky: Col George W. Monroe 16th Ohio: Ltc Philip Kershner 114th Ohio: Ltc John H. Kelly 7th Kentucky: Detached at Baton Rouge 42nd Ohio: Detached at Baton Rouge 120th Ohio: Detached at Baton Rouge2nd Division All brigades Detached in Texas3rd Division
BG Robert A. Cameron (2,333 men) 1st Brigade
Col Thomas H. Bringhurst46th Indiana: Cpt Henry Snyder 29th Wisconsin: Col William A. Green 11th Indiana: On veteran furlough 24th Indiana: On veteran furlough 34th Indiana: On veteran furlough 2nd Brigade
Col James R. Slack47th Indiana: Ltc John A. McLaughlin 24th Iowa: Maj Edward Wright 28th Iowa, Ltc Bartholomew W. Wilson 56th Ohio: Col William H. Raynor4th 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 Indiana Light, 1st Battery: Lt Lawrence Jacoby 1st Missouri Light, Battery A: Lt Elisha Cole Ohio Light, 2nd Battery: Lt William H. Harper Wisconsin Light, 1st Battery: Cpt Jacob T. Foster Chicago (Illinois) Mercantile Battery: Lt Henry Roe, at New Orleans Battery A, 2nd Illinois: Detached at New Orleans Battery E, 2nd Illinois: Detached at Baton Rouge Battery B, 1st Missouri: Detached at Brownsville, Texas Battery E, 1st Missouri: Detached at Brownsville, Texas Battery F, 1st Missouri: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas Battery G, 1st Michigan: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas 16th Ohio Battery: Detached at Matagorda Island, Texas 17th Ohio Battery: Detached at New Orleans Unattached Independent Company Kentucky Engineers: Cpt William F. Patterson
XIX Corps
MG William B. Franklin (until May 2) BG William H. Emory +XIX Corps Division Brigade Regiments and Others1st Division
BG William H. Emory
BG James W. McMillan (6,392 men) 1st Brigade
Col George L. Beal 29th Maine: Ltc Charles S. Emerson